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← THE WORD FOR THE WORLD INTERNATIONAL

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by THE WORD FOR THE WORLD INTERNATIONAL.

Totals

Total revenue
$11,564,650
Total expenses
$9,623,101
Contributions and grants received
$11,360,755
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$202,395
Other revenue
$1,500
Total assets, end of year
$5,859,645
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$5,859,645
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$8,221,240
Management and general expenses
$948,066
Fundraising expenses
$453,795
Program service expenses (Part III)
$8,221,240

Program services were 85.4% 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

    $11,360,755

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $1,500

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $202,395 · excluded $202,395

  • 11a · Other revenue: Miscelleneous

    total $1,500 · excluded $1,500

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $1,500

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $218,243 · program services $66,634 · management and general $115,567 · fundraising $36,042

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,012,656 · program services $309,185 · management and general $536,237 · fundraising $167,234

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $22,556 · program services $6,887 · management and general $11,944 · fundraising $3,725

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $52,725 · program services $16,098 · management and general $27,920 · fundraising $8,707

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $53,087 · program services $16,209 · management and general $28,111 · fundraising $8,767

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $7,100 · management and general $7,100

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $13,325 · management and general $13,325

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $30,071 · management and general $30,071

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $204,468 · program services $61,340 · management and general $20,447 · fundraising $122,681

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $41,287 · program services $2,566 · management and general $37,185 · fundraising $1,536

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $20,649 · program services $5,314 · management and general $10,387 · fundraising $4,948

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $62,657 · program services $5,680 · management and general $35,392 · fundraising $21,585

  • 17 · Travel

    total $145,010 · program services $29,002 · management and general $43,503 · fundraising $72,505

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $41,820 · program services $20,910 · management and general $20,910

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $2,971 · fundraising $2,971

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $2,588 · program services $725 · management and general $1,713 · fundraising $150

  • 24a · Other expenses: Bible programs

    total $7,675,577 · program services $7,675,577

  • 24b · Other expenses: Miscellaneous

    total $16,311 · program services $5,113 · management and general $8,254 · fundraising $2,944

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $510,338 · end of year $119,745

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $5,821,134 · end of year $5,688,523

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $34,508 · end of year $18,698

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

    $35,650

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

    $2,971

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $32,679

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $49,362 · end of year $0

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $2,452,814 · end of year $0

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $44,432 · end of year $0

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,283,636 · end of year $3,549,743

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,634,460 · end of year $2,309,902

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

The mission of the Word for the World is to enable persons, ministries and organizations from language communities that do not have the Bible in their own language yet to take responsibility for Bible translation and related activities and to ensure its availability. (cont. Sch. O)The Word for the World trains nationals in the required skills and provides them with the support they need to accurately translate God's Word into their primary language. The organization partners with others to print and distribute the newly translated Scripture, and promote literacy and Scripture engagement where needed. The Word for the World has more than 40 years of experience in Bible translation, and its unique, mobile training program results in Bibles that are among the most accurate, readily accepted, cost effective and timely Bible translations in the world.

Activities or mission (Part I)

The purpose of The Word for the World USA is to support mother-tongue Bible translation.

  • Recruiting, training and assisting bible translators working in languages into which the bibles has never been translated. Training nationals to translate the bible for their own people. Providing the organizational infrastructure to channel finances for bible translation projects. Providing technical support through bible translation consultants to ensure quality translations of the bible. Initiating and managing literacy programs to teach people to read and write.

    Expenses $8,221,240

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Christiaan de Wet

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $131,843
    From this org
    $85,478
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $46,365
    Hours/week
    40

  • Dr Steven Prensner

    Chairman

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Paul Nelson

    Vice Chairman

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Susan Buenger

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Travis Williams

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Randy Welsch

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Ralph Gates

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Martin Rediger

    Chief Operating Officer

    Total calculated
    $86,400
    From this org
    $82,186
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,214
    Hours/week
    40

  • Peter Bradley

    Former CEO

    Total calculated
    $122,504
    From this org
    $122,504
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $122,504
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $122,504

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 · Housing allowance or residence for personal use
  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment

Answered no

  • 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 VII
Peter Bradley, Former CEO, retired on September 30, 2022. In 2023, he received a lump sum retirement payout which was considered reportable 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
26 July 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202402089349300140

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