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← BSF INTERNATIONAL LLC

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by BSF INTERNATIONAL LLC.

Totals

Total revenue
$4,392,483
Total expenses
$2,551,098
Contributions and grants received
$4,391,173
Grants paid
$75,473
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$37,217
Other revenue
-$35,907
Total assets, end of year
$13,739,939
Total liabilities, end of year
$185,008
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$13,554,931
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,074,587
Management and general expenses
$476,511
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,074,587

Program services were 81.3% 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

    $257,347

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $4,133,826

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

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

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $37,217 · excluded $37,217

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $0 · other assets $0

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total -$35,907 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded -$35,907

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    -$35,907

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $75,473 · program services $75,473

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $400,642 · program services $265,716 · management and general $134,926

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $9,430 · program services $6,254 · management and general $3,176

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $7,118 · program services $4,721 · management and general $2,397

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $16,245 · program services $10,774 · management and general $5,471

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $11,244 · management and general $11,244

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $59,105 · management and general $59,105

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $201,587 · program services $190,936 · management and general $10,651 · fundraising $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $342,726 · program services $100,714 · management and general $242,012

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $1,046 · program services $1,046

  • 17 · Travel

    total $115,167 · program services $114,312 · management and general $855

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $233,679 · program services $233,679

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $2,314 · program services $1,279 · management and general $1,035

  • 24a · Other expenses: Church Facilities

    total $837,051 · program services $837,051

  • 24b · Other expenses: Area Advisor Expenses

    total $221,142 · program services $221,142

  • 24c · Other expenses: Curriculum & Supplies

    total $5,455 · program services $5,455

  • 24d · Other expenses: Screening Volunteers & Training

    total $5,158 · program services $4,538 · management and general $620

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $6,516 · program services $1,497 · management and general $5,019 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $7,906,940 · end of year $3,891,858

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $299,442 · end of year $432,720

  • 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 $13,977 · end of year $3,158

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

    $0

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

    $0

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $4,192,456 · end of year $9,412,203

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $517,395 · end of year $158,031

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $26,977

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $11,775,089 · end of year $13,554,931

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $120,331

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

BSF International, LLC, administers Bible study classes across the world in support of Bible Study Fellowship, an interdenominational lay Christian organization.

Activities or mission (Part I)

Global in-depth Bible classes producing passionate commitment to Christ, His Word, and His Church.

  • Providing in-person, online, and app-based in-depth Bible study classes and training lay Christian leaders outside the United States in conjuction with Bible Study Fellowship.

    Expenses $2,074,587 · Grants $75,473

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Anthony Tan

    Chairman

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.8 + 4.3 related

  • Dr Garth Bolinder

    Vice Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.8 + 4 related

  • Hollie Roberts

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $262,594
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $242,679
    Other
    $19,915
    Hours/week
    9 + 31.1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $242,079 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $600 related
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $12,230 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $7,685 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $262,594 related

  • Michael T Duke

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.8 + 4.3 related

  • Pamela Bunn

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.8 + 4.1 related

  • Dr Mark Bailey

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.8 + 4 related

  • Dr Mark Strauss

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.8 + 4 related

  • Gavin Oyas

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.8 + 4 related

  • Katie McClure

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.8 + 4 related

  • Matthew Leung

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.8 + 4 related

  • Terri Burroughs

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.8 + 4 related

  • Alan White

    Chief Financial Officer

    Total calculated
    $49,939
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $45,274
    Other
    $4,665
    Hours/week
    9 + 31.1 related

  • Jamie Lawson

    Chief Financial Officer (Part Year)

    Total calculated
    $208,750
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $178,199
    Other
    $30,551
    Hours/week
    9 + 31.1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $178,199 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $6,902 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $23,649 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $208,750 related

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

  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 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 4b Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
Bible Study Fellowship, a related organization, offers a supplemental nonqualified retirement plan to certain top-level management employees. There were no distributions during the tax year.

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

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.

  • Bible Study Fellowship

    501(c)(3) · Bible Study Classes · CA

    Directly controlled by NA

  • BSF Global Impact Corp

    501(c)(3) · Support of Bible Study Fellowship · TX

    Directly controlled by Bible Study Fellowship

  • BSF International Properties Corp

    501(c)(2) · Support of Bible Study Fellowship · TX

    Directly controlled by Bible Study Fellowship

  • BSF International LLC (Kenya)

    Bible Study Classes · KE · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by BSF International LLC

  • BSF International LLC (Uganda)

    BIble Study Classes · UG · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by BSF International LLC

  • BSF International LtdGuarantee (Nigeria)

    Bible Study Classes · NI · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by BSF International LLC

  • Taiwan BSF Bible Study Fellowship

    Bible Study Classes · TW · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by BSF International LLC

  • Bible Study Fellowship (Hong Kong)

    501(c)(3) · Bible Study Classes · HK

    Directly controlled by NA

  • BSF Foundation (Indonesia)

    501(c)(3) · Bible Study Classes · ID

    Directly controlled by NA

  • BSF International (Philippines)

    501(c)(3) · Bible Study Classes · RP

    Directly controlled by NA

  • BSF International (Australia) Limited

    501(c)(3) · Bible Study Classes · AS

    Directly controlled by NA

  • BSF International (New Zealand) Limited

    501(c)(3) · Bible Study Classes · NZ

    Directly controlled by NA

  • Bible Study Fellowship (Singapore)

    501(c)(3) · Bible Study Classes · SN

    Directly controlled by NA

  • BSF International (UK) Limited

    501(c)(3) · Bible Study Classes · UK

    Directly controlled by NA

  • BSF International (Canada)

    501(c)(3) · Bible Study Classes · CA

    Directly controlled by NA

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
30 June 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202501819349301560

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