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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by PIONEER BIBLE TRANSLATORS.

Totals

Total revenue
$23,892,519
Total expenses
$24,106,738
Contributions and grants received
$23,423,618
Grants paid
$1,750,851
Program service revenue
$122,125
Investment income
$464,039
Other revenue
-$117,263
Total assets, end of year
$29,447,278
Total liabilities, end of year
$460,213
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$28,987,065
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$19,078,998
Management and general expenses
$3,385,496
Fundraising expenses
$1,642,244
Program service expenses (Part III)
$19,078,998

Program services were 79.1% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $119,692

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $23,303,926

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $348,331

  • 2a · Program service revenue: ADMIN FEES

    total $82,782 · related or exempt $82,782

  • 2b · Program service revenue: OTHER PROGRAM

    total $39,343 · related or exempt $39,343

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $346,702 · excluded $346,702

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $80,387

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $69,923

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $10,464

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $10,464 · excluded $10,464

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $1,293,298 · other assets $78,108

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

    securities $1,192,669 · other assets $61,400

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $100,629 · other assets $16,708

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $117,337 · excluded $117,337

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $0

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

    $119,692

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $136,994

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$136,994 · excluded -$136,994

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $1,843

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $1,843 · excluded $1,843

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $7,424 · excluded $7,424

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $7,424

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $27,060 · program services $27,060

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $8,625 · program services $8,625

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $1,715,166 · program services $1,715,166

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $782,953 · program services $337,822 · management and general $327,424 · fundraising $117,707

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $170,733 · program services $141,246 · management and general $21,009 · fundraising $8,478

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $12,661,822 · program services $10,016,453 · management and general $1,684,871 · fundraising $960,498

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $3,788 · program services $3,750 · fundraising $38

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $905,224 · program services $764,789 · management and general $98,497 · fundraising $41,938

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $836,589 · program services $642,661 · management and general $127,526 · fundraising $66,402

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $92,685 · program services $16,746 · management and general $74,871 · fundraising $1,068

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $47,470 · program services $4,903 · management and general $42,567

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,289,841 · program services $970,201 · management and general $206,230 · fundraising $113,410

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $90,073 · program services $75,217 · management and general $3,721 · fundraising $11,135

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $711,528 · program services $566,052 · management and general $114,178 · fundraising $31,298

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $419,916 · program services $194,829 · management and general $185,088 · fundraising $39,999

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $491,873 · program services $267,541 · management and general $217,574 · fundraising $6,758

  • 17 · Travel

    total $2,338,270 · program services $1,995,262 · management and general $153,377 · fundraising $189,631

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $310,335 · program services $260,883 · management and general $25,141 · fundraising $24,311

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $822,353 · program services $789,257 · management and general $16,548 · fundraising $16,548

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $80,595 · program services $27,965 · management and general $51,618 · fundraising $1,012

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMEN

    total $210,148 · program services $176,270 · management and general $24,571 · fundraising $9,307

  • 24b · Other expenses: MAINTENANCE

    total $64,463 · program services $55,832 · management and general $6,918 · fundraising $1,713

  • 24c · Other expenses: HOSPITALITY

    total $25,228 · program services $20,468 · management and general $3,767 · fundraising $993

  • 26 · Joint costs (an allocation of the lines above)

    total $1,022,999 · program services $843,799 · management and general $84,307 · fundraising $94,893

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $3,512,015 · end of year $3,331,073

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $5,179,764 · end of year $2,172,505

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $746,267 · end of year $565,343

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $73,044 · end of year $87,503

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $365,539 · end of year $480,200

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

    $19,425,137

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

    $5,226,253

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $14,798,434 · end of year $14,198,884

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $4,596,887 · end of year $7,498,594

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $223,778 · end of year $1,113,176

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $297,135 · end of year $248,553

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $217,579 · end of year $211,660

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $14,365,830 · end of year $13,413,242

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $14,615,184 · end of year $15,573,823

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

PIONEER BIBLE TRANSLATORS EXISTS AS A TEAM TO DISCIPLE BIBLE-LESS PEOPLES, MOBILIZING GOD'S PEOPLE EVERYWHERE BOTH TO PROVIDE ENDURING ACCESS TO GOD'S WORD TRANSLATED INTO THEIR LANGUAGES AND TO MAXIMIZE ITS IMPACT TO GROW THE CHURCH.

Activities or mission (Part I)

PIONEER BIBLE PROVIDES ENDURING ACCESS TO GOD'S WORD IN THE LANGUAGES OF BIBLE-LESS PEOPLES.

  • BIBLE TRANSLATION, LITERACY, AND RELATED MOBILIZATION AND DISCIPLESHIP ACTIVITIES - PIONEER BIBLE CONSISTS OF 701 TEAMMATES COOPERATING WITH 350 LOCAL COLLEAGUES WORLDWIDE MINISTERING TO 510 MILLION PEOPLE IN 116 DIFFERENT LANGUAGE GROUPS IN 41 COUNTRIES. DURING 2025, WE INCREASED THE NUMBER OF LANGUAGE GROUPS ENGAGED FROM 106 TO 116 WITH A HISTORICAL PORTFOLIO OF 146 LANGUAGE PROGRAMS (INCLUDING ACTIVE AND INACTIVE PROGRAMS). TEAMS TRANSLATED 39,265 VERSES OF SCRIPTURE WHICH ARE READY FOR FIRST PUBLICATION AND CONTINUED BUILDING A CAPACITY FOR SIGN LANGUAGE TRANSLATION WORLDWIDE. FINALLY, WE NOTE THAT IN THE 49-YEAR HISTORY OF PIONEER BIBLE, OUR TEAMS HAVE DRAFTED 1,094,009 VERSES OF THE BIBLE, THE EQUIVALENT NUMBER OF VERSES AS 137 NEW TESTAMENTS. OUR TEAMS NOW HAVE PUBLISHED A TOTAL OF 5 COMPLETE BIBLES AND 25 NEW TESTAMENTS.

    Expenses $18,188,227 · Grants $1,750,851 · Revenue $122,125

  • MOBILIZATION - THE ORGANIZATION WELCOMED 58 NEW TEAMMATES. MOBILIZERS ATTENDED 30+ EVENTS, DURING WHICH THEY FACILITATED 50 SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS. THROUGH THESE EVENTS, AROUND 2,500+ PEOPLE BECAME FAMILIAR WITH THE MINISTRY OF PIONEER BIBLE TRANSLATORS. AROUND 100 OF THESE ARE SERIOUS INQUIRERS.TRAINING - TRAINING NEW AND CURRENT MISSIONARIES IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF PIONEER BIBLE'S MISSION. IN 2025, PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL COACHING WAS PROVIDED TO AT LEAST 133 INDIVIDUALS PREPARING FOR CROSS-CULTURAL WORK. A PROGRAM PRACTICUM AND PLANNING COURSE WAS OFFERED IN THE FALL, AND WEEKLY CHAPEL SERVICES WERE CONDUCTED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. VARIOUS WORKSHOPS AND SEMINARS WERE ALSO PROVIDED, INCLUDING TEAM ORIENTATION AND SPIRITUAL FORMATION. ONGOING TRAINING ACTIVITIES CONTINUED DAILY WITH NEW REPRESENTATIVES AND ASSOCIATES. IN 2025, 20 MISSIONARIES COMPLETED TRAINING AND BEGAN THEIR FIRST ASSIGNMENT.

    Expenses $589,688

  • MISSIONARY CARE OUR ORGANIZATION VALUES A CULTURE OF CARE AMONG OUR EXPATRIATE AND NATIONAL COWORKERS. OUR CARE DEPARTMENT DESIRES TO BE A CATALYST OF ENCOURAGEMENT AND HOLISTIC NURTURING THAT LEADS TO PHYSICAL, SPIRITUAL, SOCIAL, MENTAL, PROFESSIONAL, AND EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING. IN 2025, WE WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE HUNDREDS OF HOURS OF CLINICAL THERAPY FOR OUR TEAMMATES. WE ALSO PROVIDED HUNDREDS OF HOURS OF PASTORAL CARE THROUGH HEALING PRAYER AND DEBRIEFING SERVICES FOR ADULTS AND CHILDREN. FOR TEAMMATES TRANSITIONING BETWEEN COUNTRIES, CULTURES, AND LANGUAGES, WE PROVIDED PERSONAL AND GROUP DEBRIEFING OPPORTUNITIES TO DEAL WITH CHANGES AND OTHER STRESSORS. IN ADDITION TO IN-PERSON AND ONLINE ACTIVITIES FOR CROSS-CULTURAL KIDS, WE PROVIDED SEVERAL AGE-APPROPRIATE SERVICES IN THE USA AND ABROAD. WE ALSO TRAINED PARENTS TO BETTER ASSIST THEIR CHILDREN. THE CARE TEAM MOBILIZED DAILY PRAYER, SENT THOUSANDS OF EMAILS AND SOCIAL MEDIA EXCHANGES, USED TELECONFERENCING, HOSTED FOUR WEBINARS INCLUDING ONE LED BY A NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED AUTHOR, AND LED OUR US-BASED AND OVERSEAS TEAMMATES IN MONTHLY PRAYER AND FASTING EVENTS. WE TRAINED NEARLY 50 PEOPLE IN CARE PRACTICES. THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES THE CARE DEPARTMENT WAS BLESSED TO FACILITATE IN 2025.

    Expenses $301,083

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Alesha Hagemeyer

    BD MEMBER/BRANCH REP

    Total calculated
    $68,250
    From this org
    $65,728
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $2,522
    Hours/week
    40

  • David Millard

    BD MEMBER/BRANCH REP (PART YEAR)

    Total calculated
    $58,458
    From this org
    $46,900
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,558
    Hours/week
    40

  • Greg Pruett

    PRESIDENT, BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $41,750
    From this org
    $14,823
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $26,927
    Hours/week
    40

  • Shaun Cooper

    BD MEMBER/BRANCH REP (PART YEAR)

    Total calculated
    $41,549
    From this org
    $24,157
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,392
    Hours/week
    40

  • Yancey Yarick

    BD MEMBER/BRANCH REP (PART YEAR)

    Total calculated
    $36,660
    From this org
    $34,882
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $1,778
    Hours/week
    40

  • Yolanda Hunter

    BD MEMBER/BRANCH REP (PART YEAR)

    Total calculated
    $21,986
    From this org
    $19,722
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $2,264
    Hours/week
    40

  • Mike Chambers

    CHAIR, BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Paul Turner

    VICE CHAIR, BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Clif Davis

    BOARD MEMBER/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jack Straus

    BOARD MEMBER/SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Janet Hayes

    SECRETARY/BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Mike Armstrong

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Bill Bourland

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jerry Chubb

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Tom Ewald

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Doyle Jennings

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Susan Jennings

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Pat Magness

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jonathan Ott

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Bridget Schnautz

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Michael Scott Graves

    CHIEF PEOPLE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $132,860
    From this org
    $84,524
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $48,336
    Hours/week
    40

  • Jeff Wilhoit

    EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $108,300
    From this org
    $42,312
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $65,988
    Hours/week
    40

  • Jr Bucklew

    ADVANCEMENT OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $102,415
    From this org
    $101,610
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $805
    Hours/week
    40

  • Clint Stringer

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $92,208
    From this org
    $76,408
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,800
    Hours/week
    40

  • Clare Smitham

    CHIEF LEGAL OFFICER (PART YEAR)

    Total calculated
    $78,518
    From this org
    $78,518
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

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

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.

  • SEARCH ALLIANCE LLC

    PAYROLL AGENT · TX · income $0 · assets $130,622

    Directly controlled by PIONEER BIBLE TRANSLATORS

  • GLOBAL MILESTONES STAFFING AND LOGISTICS LLC

    PAYROLL AGENT · TX · income $0 · assets $148,719

    Directly controlled by PIONEER BIBLE TRANSLATORS

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
6 August 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.2
Source object
202612189349300611

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