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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by GREATER EUROPE MISSION.

Totals

Total revenue
$29,435,355
Total expenses
$28,777,271
Contributions and grants received
$28,703,571
Grants paid
$5,506,518
Program service revenue
$89,665
Investment income
$506,947
Other revenue
$135,172
Total assets, end of year
$20,829,364
Total liabilities, end of year
$2,893,565
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$17,935,799
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$24,038,203
Management and general expenses
$3,227,447
Fundraising expenses
$1,511,621
Program service expenses (Part III)
$24,038,203

Program services were 83.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $87,523

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $28,616,048

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $357,791

  • 2a · Program service revenue: CONFERENCE FEES

    total $17,545 · related or exempt $17,545

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $72,120 · related or exempt $72,120

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $477,566 · excluded $477,566

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $102,565 · excluded $102,565

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $1,489,609

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $1,460,228

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $29,381

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $29,381 · excluded $29,381

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $490

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $324

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $166 · excluded $166

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $32,441 · excluded $32,441

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $32,441

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $5,506,518 · program services $5,506,518

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $657,347 · program services $262,293 · management and general $266,863 · fundraising $128,191

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $88,043 · program services $83,641 · management and general $1,761 · fundraising $2,641

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $14,318,440 · program services $12,442,068 · management and general $1,292,434 · fundraising $583,938

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $571,873 · program services $488,374 · management and general $57,832 · fundraising $25,667

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $1,483,330 · program services $1,402,064 · management and general $28,867 · fundraising $52,399

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $259,895 · program services $200,275 · management and general $44,926 · fundraising $14,694

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $684,969 · management and general $684,969

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $63,738 · management and general $63,738

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $550,878 · program services $263,670 · management and general $73,469 · fundraising $213,739

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $123,107 · program services $87,653 · management and general $31,519 · fundraising $3,935

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $694,941 · program services $219,832 · management and general $425,181 · fundraising $49,928

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $186,031 · program services $129,425 · management and general $46,589 · fundraising $10,017

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $106,736 · program services $98,867 · management and general $6,459 · fundraising $1,410

  • 17 · Travel

    total $2,440,239 · program services $2,013,133 · management and general $75,196 · fundraising $351,910

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $487,088 · program services $452,258 · management and general $3,923 · fundraising $30,907

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $28,155 · management and general $28,155

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $75,483 · program services $3,566 · management and general $71,913 · fundraising $4

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM EXPENSE

    total $262,917 · program services $230,464 · management and general $20,409 · fundraising $12,044

  • 24b · Other expenses: MEETINGS AND EDUCATION

    total $162,451 · program services $130,591 · management and general $2,304 · fundraising $29,556

  • 24c · Other expenses: REGISTRATIONS, MEMBERSH

    total $25,092 · program services $23,511 · management and general $940 · fundraising $641

  • 26 · Joint costs (an allocation of the lines above)

    total $3,280,624 · program services $2,656,259 · management and general $31,921 · fundraising $592,444

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $2,339,040 · end of year $1,429,391

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,899,216 · end of year $2,204,190

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $190,129 · end of year $365,129

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $31,904 · end of year $1,771,190

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $532,951 · end of year $639,842

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $2,178 · end of year $1,854

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $232,092 · end of year $644,149

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $79,472

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $77,751

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $4,014 · end of year $1,721

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $12,655,553 · end of year $13,565,030

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $96,018 · end of year $70,156

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $1,491,947 · end of year $136,712

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $619,205 · end of year $2,344,012

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $125,223 · end of year $135,078

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $2,098,311 · end of year $414,475

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $7,952,426 · end of year $8,131,268

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $8,679,877 · end of year $9,804,531

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE MISSION OF GREATER EUROPE MISSION (GEM) IS TO REACH EUROPE BY MULTIPLYING DISCIPLES AND GROWING CHRIST'S CHURCH IN ORDER TO SEE GOD EXPAND HIS KINGDOM THROUGH ALL PEOPLES OF EUROPE TO THE WORLD.

Activities or mission (Part I)

BUILDING DISCIPLESHIP MOVEMENTS THAT ARE TRANSFORMING EUROPE.

  • GEM EXISTS TO RELATIONALLY CONNECT AND REACH THE UNBELIEVING AND UNCOMMITTED ACROSS EUROPE, GROW AND DEEPEN THEM IN THEIR FAITH THROUGH INTENTIONAL DISCIPLESHIP AND TO EMPOWER AND SEND THEM OUT TO IMPACT THEIR WORLD FOR JESUS CHRIST. AREAS THAT GEM FOCUSES ON TO DO THIS ARE CHURCH PLANTING, DISCIPLESHIP MULTIPLICATION, BIBLICAL EDUCATION, REFUGEE MINISTRIES, JUSTICE MINISTRIES, AND PROFESSIONAL MINISTRIES. GEM SEEKS TO MINISTER TO OTHERS OUT OF THEIR OWN TRANSFORMATION, SEEING THE LOST SAVED, AND DISCIPLES MULTIPLIED WITH A HUMBLE HEART WHILE HONORING GOD'S RESOURCES.

    Expenses $24,038,203 · Grants $5,506,518 · Revenue $89,665

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Jonathan Burns

    PRESIDENT & CEO, INTL

    Total calculated
    $274,213
    From this org
    $184,325
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $89,888
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $177,706
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $6,619
    Deferred
    $19,882
    Nontaxable benefits
    $70,006
    Filer's total
    $274,213
  • Thad K McAuley

    COO, INTL

    Total calculated
    $230,166
    From this org
    $125,535
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $104,631
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $86,085
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $39,450
    Deferred
    $22,080
    Nontaxable benefits
    $82,551
    Filer's total
    $230,166
  • Christopher Tweedy

    CFO, US & INTL

    Total calculated
    $203,257
    From this org
    $126,576
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $76,681
    Hours/week
    36

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $103,307
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $23,269
    Deferred
    $22,880
    Nontaxable benefits
    $53,801
    Filer's total
    $203,257
  • Kevin Brown

    CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER, US

    Total calculated
    $192,081
    From this org
    $105,747
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $86,334
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $103,279
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $2,468
    Deferred
    $37,786
    Nontaxable benefits
    $48,548
    Filer's total
    $192,081
  • Evan McRae

    MISSIONARY (UK)

    Total calculated
    $175,197
    From this org
    $138,428
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $36,769
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $98,835
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $39,593
    Deferred
    $4,860
    Nontaxable benefits
    $31,909
    Filer's total
    $175,197
  • Sarah Robins

    PRESIDENT, US

    Total calculated
    $166,925
    From this org
    $84,486
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $82,439
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $84,486
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $11,736
    Nontaxable benefits
    $70,703
    Filer's total
    $166,925
  • Jason Holm

    MISSIONARY (GERMANY)

    Total calculated
    $156,257
    From this org
    $117,904
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $38,353
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $112,723
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $5,181
    Deferred
    $5,297
    Nontaxable benefits
    $33,056
    Filer's total
    $156,257
  • Patrick Preston

    MISSIONARY (GREECE) (PART YEAR)

    Total calculated
    $141,028
    From this org
    $114,171
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $26,857
    Hours/week
    40
  • Kathy Sharp

    BOARD MEMBER - CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Carl Hefton

    VICE CHAIR (PART YEAR)/BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Emily Firnstahl

    BOARD SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Jeremy Fudge

    BOARD MEMBER - VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Corey Grindal

    BOARD MEMBER-FINANCE COMMITTEE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Greg Ladd

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Eric Wakeling

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Andrea Ganahl

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Keith Frey

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Ronald Orsini

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 1a · Travel for companions
  • 1a · Tax indemnification and gross-up payments
  • 1a · Housing allowance or residence for personal use
  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 1A
JONATHAN BURNS (PRESIDENT & CEO, INT'L) AND KEVIN BROWN (U.S. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR) WERE PROVIDED TRAVEL FOR THEIR SPOUSES TO ACCOMPANY THEM ON TRIPS. THIS TRAVEL WAS INCLUDED IN TAXABLE COMPENSATION. GROSS UP PAYMENTS WERE MADE FOR TAXABLE ITEMS PROVIDED TO JONATHAN BURNS (PRESIDENT & CEO, INT'L), CHRISTOPHER TWEEDY (CFO), KEVIN BROWN (U.S. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR), SARAH ROBINS (PRESIDENT, U.S), AND THAD MCAULEY (COO). GROSS UP AMOUNTS ARE INCLUDED IN TAXABLE INCOME. PURSUANT TO INTERNAL REVENUE CODE SECTION 107, MINISTERIAL HOUSING ALLOWANCES ARE PROVIDED FOR QUALIFYING MINISTERIAL EMPLOYEES. THIS IS NOT INCLUDED IN TAXABLE COMPENSATION. JONATHAN BURNS (PRESIDENT & CEO, INT'L), CHRISTOPHER TWEEDY (CFO), KEVIN BROWN (U.S. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR), SARAH ROBINS (PRESIDENT, U.S), EVAN MCRAE (MISSIONARY, UK), PATRICK PRESTON (MISSIONARY, GREECE), JASON HOLM (MISSIONARY, GERMANY) AND THAD MCAULEY (COO) ALL MET THE QUALIFICATIONS FOR AND RECEIVED A MINISTERIAL HOUSING ALLOWANCE DURING THE TAX YEAR.

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

  • GREATER EUROPE MISSION EV

    501(C)(3) · DISCIPLESHIP · GM · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by GEM US

  • LA LIGUE BIBLIQUE FRANCAIS

    501(C)(3) · TRAINING/EQUIPPING · FR · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by GEM US

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
2 March 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202630619349301408

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