Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by MISSION EURASIA.

Totals

Total revenue: $17,767,575
Total expenses: $17,798,653
Contributions and grants received: $17,405,403
Grants paid: $14,348,907
Program service revenue: $0
Investment income: $346,150
Other revenue: $16,022
Total assets, end of year: $9,309,886
Total liabilities, end of year: $669,616
Net assets or fund balances, end of year: $8,640,270
Program services expenses (Part IX): $16,519,863
Management and general expenses: $841,909
Fundraising expenses: $436,881
Program service expenses (Part III): $16,519,863

Program services were 92.8% 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.

1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

$17,405,403
1g · Noncash contributions included above

$9,688,151
2f · All other program service revenue

total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
3 · Investment income

total $343,089 · excluded $343,089
6c · Rental income or loss

real property $0 · personal property $0
7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

securities $1,132,374
7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

securities $1,129,313
7c · Gain or loss

securities $3,061 · other assets $0
7d · Net gain or loss

total $3,061 · excluded $3,061
11d · All other revenue

total $16,022 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $16,022
11e · Other revenue, total

$16,022

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

total $14,348,907 · program services $14,348,907
4 · Benefits paid to or for members

total $0 · program services $0
5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

total $353,094 · program services $167,873 · management and general $110,749 · fundraising $74,472
6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

total $46,809 · program services $0 · management and general $1,809 · fundraising $45,000
7 · Other salaries and wages

total $604,315 · program services $295,700 · management and general $179,294 · fundraising $129,321
8 · Pension plan contributions

total $9,168 · program services $3,552 · management and general $3,841 · fundraising $1,775
9 · Other employee benefits

total $42,318 · program services $16,396 · management and general $17,729 · fundraising $8,193
10 · Payroll taxes

total $56,290 · management and general $56,290
11b · Fees: legal

total $20,700 · program services $3,777 · management and general $7,069 · fundraising $9,854
11c · Fees: accounting

total $26,514 · management and general $26,514
11g · Fees: other

total $244,451 · program services $57,654 · management and general $81,386 · fundraising $105,411
12 · Advertising and promotion

total $7,306 · management and general $4,686 · fundraising $2,620
13 · Office expenses

total $357,511 · program services $244,379 · management and general $102,318 · fundraising $10,814
14 · Information technology

total $31,807 · program services $5,804 · management and general $10,862 · fundraising $15,141
16 · Occupancy

total $80,209 · program services $8,854 · management and general $71,355
17 · Travel

total $224,024 · program services $150,322 · management and general $42,491 · fundraising $31,211
20 · Interest

total $22,291 · management and general $22,291
22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

total $56,555 · management and general $56,555
24a · Other expenses: Publishing

total $1,214,726 · program services $1,214,726
24b · Other expenses: Dues & Subscriptions

total $29,092 · program services $1,919 · management and general $24,104 · fundraising $3,069
24e · All other expenses

total $22,566 · program services $0 · management and general $22,566 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

beginning of year $659,480 · end of year $548,857
2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

beginning of year $172,431 · end of year $2,064
5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

beginning of year $101,911 · end of year $3,261
10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

$2,138,877
10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

$167,457
10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

beginning of year $389,936 · end of year $1,971,420
11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

beginning of year $7,152,550 · end of year $6,413,629
12 · Investments: other securities

beginning of year $326,468 · end of year $370,655
13 · Investments: program-related

beginning of year $0
15 · Other assets

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

beginning of year $148,470 · end of year $140,960
22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

end of year $528,656
25 · Other liabilities

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

beginning of year $8,505,156 · end of year $8,535,692
28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

beginning of year $149,150 · end of year $104,578

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

To train, equip, mobilize Christian leadership throughout Eurasia to engage in indigenous evangelism, church-planting, holistic ministries, and church growth by developing creative, strategic ministries and by facilitating partnerships between nationals and Western Christians.

Activities or mission (Part I)

Train, equip, and mobilize Christian leadership throughout Eurasia

Caring Hands Initiative (formerly "I Care" Refugee Assistance Program)/GIK - Mission Eurasia distributes humanitarian aid (GIK) in Ukraine and throughout Eurasia to provide holistic care for those in need. Each year, our School Without Walls (SWW) leaders, in partnership with local churches and volunteers, reach hundreds of thousands of people for Christ by bringing them desperately needed clothing, food, wheelchairs, medicine, and other items. In 2024, through Caring Hands-Ukraine (formerly iCare-Ukraine), we provided humanitarian aid for 95,920 displaced and refugees from Ukraine through our refugee assistance centers in Poland and Moldova and our regional ministry hubs in Ukraine. In 2024, our SWW leaders and other ministry volunteers distributed 100,000 Gifts of Hope-brightly colored boxes filled with sweets, toys, school and hygiene supplies, warm mittens or socks, and a children's Bible or other Christian literature, to needy children in six countries of Eurasia during the Christmas season.

Expenses $10,823,963 · Grants $10,143,701
Publishing - Each year, Mission Eurasia prints and distributes a variety of specialized Scripture pieces in Russian, Ukrainian, and other national languages for the people of Eurasia. In 2023-2024, a total of 850,000 copies of Scripture were printed and distributed, primarily to the victims of war from Ukraine. Scripture versions included New Testaments, My First Bible, Action Bible New Testament, Jesus Storybook Bible, Gospels of John, Light magazine and Hope magazine. In addition, we printed and distributed 262,000 copies of Christian literature, including devotionals for children and teens. Finally, Mission Eurasia helped to cultivate a Next Generation of Christian authors within Eurasia through our National Christian Authors Series. Through this program, we oversaw the publication and distribution of titles that enable young leaders in Eurasia to present solutions to the challenges facing the evangelical church and society at large in their homeland. We also used these titles in our SWW program, NGPLI conferences, and pastoral training seminars. Some of these titles included: Hope for You, God's Stories, Renew, Generous Lifestyle, and My Destiny is With You.

Expenses $2,948,902 · Grants $1,737,325
Gift of Hope, Summer Bible Camps, Leadership Development, Church Planting, Unreached People Groups. In 2023-2024 a total of 100,000 Gifts of Hope - brightly colored boxes filled with sweets, toys, school and hygiene supplies, warm mittens or socks, and a children's Bible or other Christian Literature to needy children in six countries of Eurasia during the Christmas season.

Expenses $2,171,753 · Grants $1,941,024
School Without Walls (SWW)/Next Generation Professional Leaders Initiative (NGPLI) - Mission Eurasia uses these flexible, non-formal leadership training programs to equip Next Generation Christian leaders in Eurasia and Israel to transform their communities, workplaces, and nations for Christ. More specifically, SWW and NGPLI provide Next Generation leaders and young professionals with biblical wisdom, leadership training, and practical, hands-on ministry experience. In 2023-2024, Mission Eurasia trained 1,200 young leaders from 14 countries in Eurasia and Israel through SWW. In addition, SWW training centers were opened in 25 new locations. In 2023-2024, NGPLI trained 4,300 young professionals, including medical professionals and trauma counselors, to provide physical assistance and trauma healing for the people of Ukraine suffering from the war in their homeland.

Expenses $575,245 · Grants $526,857

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

Barry Gardner

Chairman (Part Year)

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Carla Voss Genelly

Board Member/Treasurer

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Michael Johnson

Board Member / Secretary

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Sergey Rakhuba

President

Total calculated

$207,273

From this org

$169,898

From related orgs

$0

Other

$37,375

Hours/week

40

Schedule J breakdown matched by us

Base

$169,898

Bonus

$0

Other

$0

Deferred

$5,636

Nontaxable benefits

$31,739

Filer's total

$207,273
Wayne Shepherd

Chairman

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Barbara Erickson

Board Member

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Jon Wiebe

Board Member

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Lauren Homer

Board Member

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Paul Mercer

Board Member

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Tom McMurray

Board Member (Part Year)

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Diane Knopp

COO/CFO/Assistant Secretary

Total calculated

$122,606

From this org

$119,136

From related orgs

$0

Other

$3,470

Hours/week

40

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
1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
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)

Schedule J, Part I, Line 1a Travel for companions: The travel for companions is for the President's wife. The travel is for a bona fide business purpose and is not treated as taxable compensation.

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.

Provenance

Return type: form_990
Tax year: 2023
Filed: 9 April 2025
IRS schema version: 2023v6.0
Source object: 202520999349300837

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