Form 990 for tax year 2025

Totals

Total revenue

$510,291

Total expenses

$377,222

Contributions and grants received

$529,590

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$59,911

Other revenue

-$79,210

Total assets, end of year

$2,008,438

Total liabilities, end of year

$0

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$2,008,438

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$182,687

Management and general expenses

$112,653

Fundraising expenses

$81,882

Program service expenses (Part III)

$182,687

Program services were 48.4% 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.

Mission and programs · 2025

• The BLESS Foundation strengthened the ministry capabilities that enable BLESS to identify, prepare for, and support gospel work among Unreached People Groups- communities with little or no meaningful access to the gospel or a local church. The Foundations work centered on donor education, mobilization, and the careful evaluation and stewardship of ministry opportunities. Through the 10/40 Club, the Foundation educated and engaged a community of donors committed to reaching the unreached. Educational gatherings, ongoing communication, and personal engagement helped participants understand the spiritual realities facing Unreached People Groups, learn how BLESS approaches its mission, and identify meaningful ways to participate through prayer, generosity, advocacy, service, and sending. These activities cultivated informed and engaged partners whose participation extends beyond financial support. During FYE26, the Foundation chose not to hold its large-scale Light the World fundraising event and instead advanced a year-round model of donor education and engagement through the 10/40 Club, ongoing communication, and relationship-based participation. The Foundation also supported mobilization efforts that connected prospective Mission Partners and Field Workers with pathways for giving, serving, and being sent. Campus-level engagement expanded during the year, helping BLESS develop relationships with emerging leaders and prospective missionary candidates. Pre-field preparation also expanded, strengthening the processes designed to equip Field Workers for faithful, resilient, and sustainable cross-cultural ministry. In addition, the Foundation maintained the systems and organizational capacity for identifying, evaluating, and monitoring Field Partners and ministry opportunities. This vetting and portfolio work considered theological and ministry alignment, organizational readiness, local relationships, accountability, financial stewardship, and the potential for long-term gospel impact. During FYE26, the Foundations portfolio-development work supported new and expanding ministry opportunities in Indonesia, Southeast Asia, South Asia, and the Sahel and Sub-Saharan Africa. It also strengthened engagement with existing opportunities across Asia, Africa, and other regions within the 10/40 Window. The BLESS Foundation made no grants during FYE26. Frontline grants to Field Partners and ministries serving Unreached People Groups were distributed through The BLESS Fund, a separate related tax-exempt entity. Together, the organizations form a coordinated ministry pathway: the Foundation educates and mobilizes participants, develops and evaluates ministry opportunities, and provides the infrastructure necessary for faithful stewardship, while the Fund deploys gifts to approved frontline ministry opportunities. Because some of this work occurs in sensitive ministry contexts, the Foundation does not publicly identify specific Unreached People Groups, Field Workers, or local ministry partners when disclosure could pose security risks or hinder ongoing ministry.

  Expenses $182,687

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

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.

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 BLESS Fund

  501(c)(3) · Charitable programs · TX

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2025

Filed

14 August 2026

IRS schema version

2025v4.1

Source object

202632269349302773

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