Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$10,663,044

Total expenses

$9,818,631

Contributions and grants received

$10,641,532

Grants paid

$2,048

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$6,860

Other revenue

$14,652

Total assets, end of year

$3,524,553

Total liabilities, end of year

$1,240,004

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$2,284,549

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$7,180,952

Management and general expenses

$1,563,808

Fundraising expenses

$1,073,871

Program service expenses (Part III)

$7,180,952

Program services were 73.1% 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.

Mission and programs · 2024

• Whole Bible Whole Nation (WBWN): The Whole Bible for the Whole Nation (WBWN) portfolio is designed to equip and empower church networks to reach underrepresented people groups by expanding ministry efforts, training leaders, and facilitating Bible translation. Its primary focus is on building capacity, enabling churches to continue planting new congregations, and developing maturity through the translation of scripture. Supporting holistic development, the WBWN strategy addresses various needs and promotes ownership and sustainability. It aims to reduce reliance on external support by providing stewardship training and encouraging long-term planning. One of the Organization's objectives for this portfolio is to demonstrate that Church-Centric Bible Translation (CCBT) is an effective strategy in each major region of the world. There are six active WBWN programs: Sudan, Islands-Asia, Southeast Asia, Benin, Chad and Iran.In 2024, nine Southeast Asia New Testament translations were uploaded into Digital Bible Library (DBL), with New Testament audio recordings and Old Testament translations in progress across eight languages. In Sudan, five group language teams completed Equipping Journey (EJ) Course 1, translating 25 Bible chapters each, and three group language teams completed Open Bible Stories (OBS) training. The Sudanese Arabic Scripture Completion team translated 17 books. In Benin, in five group languages, three Open Bible Stories (OBS) workshops were completed, with 15 stories translated, tested, and recorded in audio/video formats. The Organization collaborates with foreign organizations that are actively involved with local churches to host training and workshops. In Chad, community testing was completed in two out of seven languages (Sara Kaba & Masana) alongside significant training in the managers of collaborating foreign organizations. The audio and video recording of all 50 OBS in all group languages was completed and collaborating foreign organizations began broadcasting content on the radio. In Iran, a collaborative organization has translated over 30 strategic language resources across 12 books of the New Testament for Farsi and over 29 books of the New Testament into three different languages.WBWN New Initiatives: Work across Latin America, South Asia, and Equatorial SubSahara continue to yield exciting opportunities. The Organization's next WBWN across the SubSahara is Togo. In 2024, Togo showed great promise. The Organization's work in Islands Asia with collaborating foreign organizations included a Scripture book package translation and checking program, an OBS training program, and a Foundational Principles of Translation program.

  Expenses $3,912,884 · Grants $2,048

• Strategic Language Resources: The Strategic Language Resources (SLR) portfolio aims to address the resource gaps and challenges that impede Bible translation, particularly in unreached communities. It provides open-licensed and accessible resources and tools to empower local church networks to lead translation efforts. This approach ensures sustainable access to Scripture in the languages that resonate most with these communities. The portfolio focuses on several key needs, including equipping church networks with resources to reach unreached people groups and translate the Bible into their heart languages. It also aims to enhance accessibility by providing unrestricted access to Bible translation sources and training materials for the global church in languages they understand. Additionally, it seeks to overcome barriers, such as reliance on all-rights-reserved English resources.In 2024, the Organization worked with BiblioNexus, a collaborating foreign organization, to implement AI-assisted tools to help complete the English Old Testament resources in 2 years instead of 5, which will accelerate the process and create valuable content for other Strategic Languages. The Eurasian team of collaborating foreign organizations completed five book packages in Russian and another five books of Scriptures were translated into the Ukrainian Romani Ruskoroma language. In the Middle East, the Bible Society of Jordan, a collaborating foreign organization, has assembled a new translation team and created 12 translation resources for three books of the New Testament. The resources created in MSA are then being tested by the Organization's collaborating foreign organizations in Sudan.

  Expenses $1,466,298

• Technology: The Tools and Technology portfolio addresses the critical shortage of accessible, self-service Bible translation tools for church networks in under-resourced and restricted-access areas. It also highlights the need for global software developers to engage in this ministry. Current translation tools often require advanced technological infrastructure, formal training, and external oversight, creating barriers for many language communities that desire Scripture in their heart language. Key issues being addressed include the spiritual needs of people who do not have access to a complete Bible, technological obstacles, and the fact that existing Bible translation tools typically require internet access, consultants, and complex software. These requirements make them inaccessible to churches in remote areas. Additionally, the initiative seeks to address the persecution and security risks faced by churches in restricted-access regions by providing decentralized, offline-capable solutions that allow them to continue translation efforts safely. Another important focus is meeting the needs of oral cultures and low literacy communities, particularly for unreached people who rely on oral learning. This portfolio initiative aims to provide open-licensed, mobile-friendly, and offline translation tools, empowering churches to lead their own translation efforts without depending on external experts.As of 2024, over 2,700 translators worldwide use the Organization's translationCore toolset. The Open Components Ecosystem (OCE) continues to expand, with over 50 participants from 10 collaborating foreign organizations who attended the two-week event featuring seven sessions on AI language models, VS Code Extensions, and key initiatives like Aquifer and Platform.Bible. The developers collaborated in teams, both in person across multiple global locations and remotely, leading to the presentation of 11 innovative projects. Other achievements include building an offline capability into the rebranded LEVEL.Bible translation software (previously VCANA) and continued development of Scribe SE.

  Expenses $1,426,094

• Catalyzation: The Catalyzation Portfolio serves a vital purpose by equipping church leaders and translation practitioners with Church-Centric Bible Translation methodologies. This initiative provides a global platform for sharing best practices, addressing challenges, and developing innovative solutions. It aims to strengthen collaborative partnerships and networks among churches, translation organizations, and funding bodies while informing and inviting churches and organizations to engage in projects and collaborations. By tackling these gaps, the project will accelerate the availability of Scripture in new languages, promote sustainable translation movements, and ensure that churches remain at the forefront of Bible translation efforts.In 2024, the Organization held its third annual Global Church Centric Bible Translation Forum with 63 participants representing 24 different collaborating foreign organizations of various nationalities. Nearly half of the participants were new to the forum in 2024, expanding the Organization's reach and influence. In 2024, the Organization began training a church planting network with more than ten million house churches. The Organization also began to see an exciting increase of cross-network training with collaborating foreign organizations in Latin America providing training for an Island-Asia team, collaborating foreign organizations in South Asia training a new South Asian team, and collaborating foreign organizations in Sudan training a team in Kenya.

  Expenses $375,676

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

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

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.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2024

Filed

21 April 2025

IRS schema version

2024v5.1

Source object

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