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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by FRIENDS OF THE GREAT COMMISSION.

Totals

Total revenue
$5,634,560
Total expenses
$5,253,563
Contributions and grants received
$5,357,238
Grants paid
$3,290,580
Program service revenue
$222,902
Investment income
$41,592
Other revenue
$12,828
Total assets, end of year
$1,854,041
Total liabilities, end of year
$181,178
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,672,863
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$4,403,469
Management and general expenses
$715,490
Fundraising expenses
$134,604
Program service expenses (Part III)
$4,403,469

Program services were 83.8% 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.

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $90,250

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $5,266,988

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Admin Services

    total $222,902 · related or exempt $222,902

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

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

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $41,592 · excluded $41,592

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $785 · excluded $785

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $712,000

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

    securities $712,000

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $0 · other assets $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $0 · excluded $0

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $11,848

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $11,848 · related or exempt $11,848

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $195 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $195

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $195

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $159,369 · program services $159,369

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $3,131,211 · program services $3,131,211

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $19,719 · management and general $19,719

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $189,843 · management and general $189,843

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $15,062 · program services $12,803 · management and general $753 · fundraising $1,506

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $12,005 · management and general $12,005

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $42,222 · management and general $42,222

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $910,723 · program services $600,198 · management and general $239,913 · fundraising $70,612

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $66,715 · management and general $4,229 · fundraising $62,486

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $99,942 · program services $22,594 · management and general $77,348

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $54,766 · management and general $54,766

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $53,572 · management and general $53,572

  • 17 · Travel

    total $84,568 · program services $69,037 · management and general $15,531

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $5,589 · management and general $5,589

  • 24a · Other expenses: Int'l ministry projects

    total $408,257 · program services $408,257

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,640,930 · end of year $998,731

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $270,134

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $900 · end of year $2,265

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $4,409 · end of year $5,819

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

    $0

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

    $0

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    end of year $0

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $501,325 · end of year $523,262

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $79,508 · end of year $53,830

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $66,947 · end of year $41,082

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    end of year $0

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $881,629 · end of year $140,096

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year -$808,134 · end of year -$37,691

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,086,630 · end of year $1,710,554

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

Provide donation, administrative, bookkeeping & compliance services to agents conducting ministry work. FGC achieves its mission by collaborating with agents with similar missions & goals & providing needed services so agents can focus their time & energy on ministry.

Activities or mission (Part I)

To simplify ministry and mission by providing donor, admin, and compliance expertise.

  • Friends of the Great Commission's primary program is to assist people, projects, and other organizations who are carrying out missions around the world with the purpose of advancing the Christian faith, helping to improve education, and helping to provide relief from poverty. The organization's primary program is to collect donations and distribute them to those conducting missionary work around the world.

    Expenses $4,403,469 · Grants $3,290,580 · Revenue $234,750

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Chad Bruneski

    President (part year)

    Total calculated
    $132,989
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $129,470
    Other
    $3,519
    Hours/week
    2 + 38 related

  • KR Davidson

    President & CEO

    Total calculated
    $23,339
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $23,339
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    8 + 32 related

  • Stuart Rempel

    Chairman/Founder

    Total calculated
    $81,187
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $77,499
    Other
    $3,688
    Hours/week
    2 + 38 related

  • David Anderson

    Member at large

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Nester Turczan

    Member at large

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Norm Schulz

    Member at large

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Hugh Jones

    Board Secretary, Legal Counsel

    Total calculated
    $19,719
    From this org
    $19,719
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $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.

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.

  • The Great Commission Foundation

    501(c)(3) · To aid missionary work · CA

    Directly controlled by NA

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Disregarded entities

Part I: entities that legally are the filer and file no return of their own.

  • Name Withheld for Security Reasons

    To aid missionary work · CO · income $0 · assets $0

    Directly controlled by Friends of the Great Commission

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
13 September 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202432579349300843

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