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← JAARS INC

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by JAARS INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$11,930,681
Total expenses
$8,539,451
Contributions and grants received
$10,101,743
Grants paid
$547,409
Program service revenue
$1,667,262
Investment income
$56,926
Other revenue
$104,750
Total assets, end of year
$17,611,457
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,366,575
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$16,244,882
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$6,651,601
Management and general expenses
$1,453,054
Fundraising expenses
$434,796
Program service expenses (Part III)
$6,651,601

Program services were 77.9% 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.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $0

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $0

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $0

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $0

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $0

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $10,101,743

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $1,877,402

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Base Operations

    total $1,138,678 · related or exempt $1,138,678 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2b · Program service revenue: Technology

    total $51,459 · related or exempt $51,459 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2c · Program service revenue: Transportation

    total $477,125 · related or exempt $477,125 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $69,553 · related or exempt $69,553 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $0 · other assets $77,430

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $0 · other assets $90,057

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $0 · other assets -$12,627

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$12,627 · related or exempt -$12,627 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $0

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $508,890

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $404,140

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $104,750 · related or exempt $104,750 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $528,307 · program services $528,307

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $19,102 · program services $19,102

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $3,042,556 · program services $1,975,123 · management and general $798,672 · fundraising $268,761

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $204,222 · program services $112,020 · management and general $85,042 · fundraising $7,160

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $228,746 · program services $154,342 · management and general $55,033 · fundraising $19,371

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $42,345 · program services $2,676 · management and general $39,538 · fundraising $131

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $348,452 · program services $243,449 · management and general $96,814 · fundraising $8,189

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $60,170 · program services $33,739 · management and general $222 · fundraising $26,209

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $424,732 · program services $400,804 · management and general $10,414 · fundraising $13,514

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $551,121 · program services $512,204 · management and general $37,033 · fundraising $1,884

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $493,170 · program services $454,869 · management and general $35,827 · fundraising $2,474

  • 17 · Travel

    total $524,444 · program services $421,955 · management and general $28,293 · fundraising $74,196

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $140,756 · program services $137,838 · management and general $2,918 · fundraising $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $1,059,990 · program services $1,029,074 · management and general $25,887 · fundraising $5,029

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $381,384 · program services $196,568 · management and general $184,816 · fundraising $0

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $489,954 · program services $429,531 · management and general $52,545 · fundraising $7,878

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $437,519 · end of year $681,461

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,249,149 · end of year $227,868

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $0

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $571,848 · end of year $1,129,367

  • 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

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $116,925 · end of year $130,950

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $117,717 · end of year $150,656

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

    $29,462,003

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

    $16,646,356

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $8,878,007 · end of year $12,815,647

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $0

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $566,016 · end of year $747,382

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $1,109,632 · end of year $986,077

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $662,576 · end of year $742,049

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $324,317 · end of year $522,086

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $0

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $0

  • 20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities

    beginning of year $0

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $0

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $0

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $0

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $712,786 · end of year $844,489

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $10,697,743 · end of year $13,433,294

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,974,543 · end of year $2,811,588

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

We reduce barriers, ease burdens and deliver God's Word. We do that by training, equipping, deploying and sustaining individuals, teams and stations - primarily in the area of transportation using special purpose aircraft, boats and off-road vehicles - to aid in the work of proclaiming the gospel to the whole creation.

Activities or mission (Part I)

The vision of JAARS is that people's lives and communities are transformed as they experience God's Word in their own language. Our mission is to reduce barriers, ease burdens and deliver God's Word, especially in the most remote and difficult places on earth.

  • BASE OPERATIONS--JAARS is heavily engaged in training pilots, mechanics, technicians and support personnel to aid bible translation, literacy and engagement in remote environments that primarily include jungle rainforests or difficult terrain. We supply partners on four continents. The training assists our primary partner, SIL International, and others with transportation solutions where none readily exist with air, land and sea solutions. The approximately 500 personnel at the base integrate and instruct training on aviation, maritime, land transport, communication, and intercultural relationships. The base also serves as a research & development and engineering station to create future solutions needed in the field. The base serves as the force and logistical provider, program manager, financial and personnel support base with capacity in counseling, healthcare services, housing for trainees, fundraising, and missionary support both domestic and abroad.

    Expenses $3,261,771 · Grants $76,134 · Revenue $1,138,678

  • TRANSPORTATION SOLUTIONS-- We help facilitate our international partners' flight programs by recruiting and training staff, setting standards, acquiring and equipping aircraft, providing technical field support and R&D, and more. Currently, we partner with programs in Brazil, Cameroon, Gabon, Indonesia, Kenya, Papua New Guinea, and Peru. We help our international partners assess their travel challenges and determine the optimal vehicles for their situations and assist with acquiring, upfit and training.

    Expenses $2,133,115 · Grants $245,327 · Revenue $477,125

  • TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS-- We have designed, developed, and now support FlightSpan, a custom application that helps to ensure efficiency, accountability, and safety before, during, and after conducting flight operations. In addition, technology is provided and supported with our international partners and at the JAARS base in North Carolina headquarters.

    Expenses $1,046,746 · Grants $149,670 · Revenue $51,459

  • INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS-- We help our international partners assess needs, develop effective solutions, funding support, and effective implementation and training to help missionaries cross the last mile. In addition, we are exploring high-impact operating "hubs" to help missionaries cross the last mile and reach the unreached.

    Expenses $209,969 · Grants $25,478

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Steve Russell

    President

    Total calculated
    $140,000
    From this org
    $140,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Steve Biggerstaff

    Vice President of Engagement

    Total calculated
    $118,482
    From this org
    $118,482
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Denise Shockley

    V P of Finance, CFO

    Total calculated
    $103,304
    From this org
    $103,304
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Andrew Hood

    Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Bonnie Nystrom

    Vice Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lee Bramlett

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Dan Dugger

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Grace Goreth

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Daniel Johnson

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Ryan Kruse

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Nydia Garcia Schmidt

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Eleanor Berry

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Keith Burkhart

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

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.

Grants on this return

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
4 August 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202542169349301859

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