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← WORLDSERVE INTERNATIONAL

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by WORLDSERVE INTERNATIONAL.

Totals

Total revenue
$10,194,069
Total expenses
$9,455,360
Contributions and grants received
$10,674,591
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$72,764
Other revenue
-$553,286
Total assets, end of year
$4,197,667
Total liabilities, end of year
$189,356
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$4,008,311
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$7,870,035
Management and general expenses
$898,693
Fundraising expenses
$686,632
Program service expenses (Part III)
$7,870,035

Program services were 83.2% 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

    $10,674,591

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $72,764 · excluded $72,764

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $199,880

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $800,018

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$600,138 · excluded -$600,138

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER

    total $46,852 · related or exempt $46,852

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $46,852

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $182,918 · program services $121,183 · management and general $34,297 · fundraising $27,438

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $432,094 · management and general $290,212 · fundraising $141,882

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $102,546 · program services $18,765 · management and general $70,076 · fundraising $13,705

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $11,881 · program services $1,000 · management and general $10,881

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $417,695 · program services $392,034 · fundraising $25,661

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $222,544 · program services $5,984 · fundraising $216,560

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $88,241 · program services $14,650 · management and general $64,740 · fundraising $8,851

  • 17 · Travel

    total $760,334 · program services $434,381 · management and general $304,955 · fundraising $20,998

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $9,678 · fundraising $9,678

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $3,738 · management and general $3,690 · fundraising $48

  • 24a · Other expenses: DRILLING AND OTHER PROG

    total $6,868,976 · program services $6,868,976

  • 24b · Other expenses: PROMOTIONAL MATERIALS

    total $162,430 · fundraising $162,430

  • 24c · Other expenses: MEALS & ENTERTAINMENT

    total $63,378 · program services $11,581 · management and general $50,929 · fundraising $868

  • 24d · Other expenses: WEBSITE ADMINISTRATION

    total $47,365 · fundraising $47,365

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $81,542 · program services $1,481 · management and general $68,913 · fundraising $11,148

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $2,759,369 · end of year $2,860,529

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $502,181 · end of year $1,027,484

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $262,796 · end of year $197,512

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    end of year $112,142

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $254,744 · end of year $189,356

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,269,602 · end of year $4,008,311

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE ORGANIZATION'S MISSION IS TO PROVIDE CLEAN WATER, SANITATION, EDUCATION AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES AMONG THE POOR OF AFRICA IN HOPES OF ALLEVIATING POVERTY AND SUFFERING.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDES CLEAN WATER, ECONOMIC AND AGRICULTURE DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE TO THE THIRD WORLD, PRIMARILY IN EAST AFRICA.

  • AFRICAN WATER PROJECTS PROVIDE CLEAN WATER TO UNDERSERVED AREAS AFFECTED BY DROUGHT AND DISASTER. CLEAN WATER IS ESSENTIAL TO AGRICULTURE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF DISEASE AND SUSTAINING HUMAN LIFE.

    Expenses $7,870,035

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Dr Randall K Barton

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Michael Cardone III

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Doug Pitt

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Gary Renaud

    SECRETARY/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    15
  • Lane Fleming

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • John Bongiorno

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Sam Coryell

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jack Nicklaus II

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dr Lesley Hawley

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Anthony Tolliver

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ed Berry

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jeff Britton

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 1a · First-class or charter travel
  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 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 3
CEO SALARY IS APPROVED ANNUALLY BY VOTE OF THE ENTIRE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

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
2024
Filed
17 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202523219349314902

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