Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$25,321,753

Total expenses

$25,195,888

Contributions and grants received

$23,914,649

Grants paid

$10,707,486

Program service revenue

$1,088,881

Investment income

$59,129

Other revenue

$259,094

Total assets, end of year

$18,699,356

Total liabilities, end of year

$2,823,189

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$15,876,167

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$22,085,232

Management and general expenses

$1,759,292

Fundraising expenses

$1,351,364

Program service expenses (Part III)

$22,085,232

Program services were 87.7% 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 · 2023

• Digital, Media, Product and Publications - Our strategic initiative to provide a scalable and robust infrastructure foundation for Alpha's digital products continued at pace in 2023. We further strengthened the security of our systems by implementing a new private network and we achieved some key milestones in the development of our new technology platform, including real time integration between our applications and in-country Alpha databases. This hidden work has unlocked opportunities for exciting digital product innovation in 2024. In collaboration with Alpha International USA IP, LLC. ('AIUSA'), we supported development activity for two new Alpha products: the new Alpha Youth Series (AYS), currently scheduled to launch in late 2024, and the new Alpha Film Series (AFS), currently scheduled to launch in 2026.T he National Alpha Office in Malaysia commenced building work on the Alpha Creative Hub (ACH), which is located in Kuala Lumpur and will focus on the production, translation and contextualisation of Alpha materials to be used globally. AI rebranded Bible in One Year (BiOY) to 'The Bible with Nicky and Pippa Gumbel' (BNAP) which was launched in Q4 of 2023.

  Expenses $9,256,132 · Grants $5,156,961 · Revenue $150,391

• Strategic Leadership and Enablement - Within the context of our overall vision, we launched Alpha's 2033 vision to our staff team, donors and churches. Alpha International's vision is for everyone, everywhere to have the opportunity to explore faith through Alpha by 2033. As we look forward to the 2000th anniversary of the resurrection, we hope to make exploring faith in Jesus as accessible as possible, so that millions more might encounter the love of God. Further investment was made into Leadership Development. Notably, 2023 saw the completion of the Global Emerging Leaders' Cohort (GELC), including two in-person gatherings during the year for a cohort of 27 talented ministry-facing leaders.

  Expenses $4,970,241 · Grants $2,596,975

• International Development - In 2023 the Alpha Sub-Saharan Africa regional team based in South Africa and Kenya, launched 'Alpha Youth Talks Africa' (AYTA). AYTA is a video series adapted from the global Alpha Youth live scripts, presented by African voices. National Alpha Offices (NAOs) in 15 countries hosted a global event, 'The Marriage Course Experience', where church leader couples were invited to join the course which included a new, exclusive episode, "Marriage and Ministry". We closed the year with 625 Hub churches, who play a key role in our 'extend' strategy, which is an increase of over 100. The Alpha Collective continues to prove successful with two events held in March and November with over 310 strategic church leaders from all over the world attending and being invited to become Hub Churches. Alpha Malaysia held a conference for the wider AP region, as part of a regional gathering, which hosted over 509 guests. We also welcomed over 550 strategic and Hub church leaders to 'The Next Decade Day' after LC23 which envisioned them for the part they can play in Alpha's 2033 vision. In 2024, we are encouraging regions to develop their Hub Churches so they can run their own contextualised events with USA, Latin America, Africa and Asia Pacific country and regional teams already planning their events.

  Expenses $4,138,399 · Grants $2,870,645

• Conferences - Alpha International hosted the Leadership Conference 2023 (LC23) at the Royal Albert Hall, with many joining from around the world and many also participating with LC23 Online.

  Expenses $1,794,708 · Grants $2,518 · Revenue $1,088,881

• UK Development - The team works accross the UK to equip and support churches to be able to run Alpha in their local church, parish, youth groups and prisons. There is also publishing of the materials used to run Alpha and supporting local churches in the marketing and advertising of Alpha courses. In collaboration with the Alpha UK team, the 'Stay Curious Guest Invitation' campaign was created and distributed. The Guest Invitation is a suite of marketing materials to help enable leaders to promote their Alpha courses and to invite potential Alpha guests to explore faith through Alpha.

  Expenses $1,272,254 · Grants $31,656

• Alpha Context Development - Several AI staff attended World Youth Day in Lisbon, Portugal, and held significant visibility through a stand at the vocational fair, with 60k+ young people in attendance. 1,000+ young people and leaders were welcomed to a local Hub church to 'experience Alpha' in person and 1,500+ follow-up requests received. In 2023, over 5,000 Catholic churches globally ran Alpha, and we saw a significant increase in the number of participants, with over 200,000 people experiencing Alpha in a Catholic context

  Expenses $498,870 · Grants $48,731

• Other Ministries - An additional episode for The Marriage Course series called 'Marriage and Ministry' was released through 'The Marriage Course Experience' (TMCE) designed specifically for church leaders. NAOs ran TMCE simultaneously with TMC in Q1 of 2023.

  Expenses $154,628

As filed on the 2023 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

• Alpha International USA

  $1,079,493

  Project Expenses

• Alpha USA

  $394,567

  Project Expenses

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

5 November 2024

IRS schema version

2023v5.1

Source object

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