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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by THEY NEED THE BIBLE.

Totals

Total revenue
$214,332
Total expenses
$211,651
Contributions and grants received
$214,151
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$181
Total assets, end of year
$34,697
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$34,697
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$133,872
Management and general expenses
$72,422
Fundraising expenses
$5,357
Program service expenses (Part III)
$133,872

Program services were 63.3% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $214,151

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISC REVENUE

    total $181 · excluded $181

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $181

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $100,991 · program services $75,743 · management and general $20,198 · fundraising $5,050

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $20,983 · management and general $20,983

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $1,125 · management and general $1,125

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $2,877 · management and general $2,877

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $1,504 · program services $1,504

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $18,285 · management and general $18,285

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $9,000 · program services $7,200 · management and general $1,620 · fundraising $180

  • 17 · Travel

    total $8,004 · program services $8,004

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $327 · program services $327

  • 24a · Other expenses: TRANSLATION CONTRACTS

    total $37,294 · program services $37,294

  • 24b · Other expenses: BOARD EVENTS

    total $6,295 · management and general $6,295

  • 24c · Other expenses: PARTNERSHIP DEVELOPMENT

    total $3,800 · program services $3,800

  • 24d · Other expenses: GIFTS

    total $778 · management and general $778

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $388 · management and general $261 · fundraising $127

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $32,016 · end of year $34,697

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $32,016 · end of year $34,697

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO OPERATE A NON-DENOMINATIONAL CHRISTIAN MINISTRY AND IMPROVE ACCESS TO THE BIBLE AND OTHER CHRISTIAN AND LITERACY RESOURCES THROUGH TRANSLATION WORK. THIS INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO: 1) ESTABLISHING NETWORKS OF TRANSLATION STAFF AND FACILITATE TRANSLATION TEAMS IN THE UNITED STATES AND ABROAD, 2) MENTORING, EDUCATING AND EMPOWERING TRANSLATORS TO ACCURATELY AND EFFICIENTLY COMPLETE TRANSLATIONS; AND 3) SUPPORTING THE DISTRIBUTION OF EXISTING TRANSLATIONS OF THE BIBLE AND OTHER CHRISTIAN RESOURCES IN THE UNITED STATES AND ABROAD IN THIS SHARED MISSION.

  • FACILITATED A NEW PARTNERSHIP WITH LUTHERAN BIBLE TRANSLATORS TO EXPAND THE WORK IN INDONESIA. 50 ETHNO-ART TIMELAPSES TO CREATE DIGITAL ACCESS TO SCRIPTURE. 50 NEW DICTIONARIES FOR MICROLANGUAGES. ESTABLISHED AN OFFICE IN INDONESIA. FACILITATED A TRAINING COURSE FOR BIBLE TRANSLATION CERTIFICATE PROGRAMS IN INDONESIA.

    Expenses $133,872

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • ANDREW OLSON

    FOUNDER

    Total calculated
    $100,991
    From this org
    $82,642
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,349
    Hours/week
    40

  • JAY CHAPMAN

    CHIEF TECHNO

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DANIEL HUNTER

    CREATIVE ENG

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KEVIN OLSON

    DEVOTIONAL S

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JUSTO PILLMAN

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • COLIN SHEAHAN

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • NATE WATSON

    COMM. SECRET

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • NICOLE WATSON

    VICE PRESIDE

    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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
24 June 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202501899349301480

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