Skip to content
Nonprofiteer
← DEAF BIBLE SOCIETY INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by DEAF BIBLE SOCIETY INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$5,207,914
Total expenses
$5,739,986
Contributions and grants received
$4,970,840
Grants paid
$2,555,237
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$229,142
Other revenue
$7,932
Total assets, end of year
$7,188,380
Total liabilities, end of year
$100,726
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$7,087,654
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$4,969,097
Management and general expenses
$569,904
Fundraising expenses
$200,985
Program service expenses (Part III)
$4,969,097

Program services were 86.6% 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

    $4,970,840

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $203,835 · excluded $203,835

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $0

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $2,190,000

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

    securities $2,164,693

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $25,307

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $25,307 · excluded $25,307

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $0

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS INCOME

    total $7,932 · related or exempt $7,932

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $7,932

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $0

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $2,555,237 · program services $2,555,237

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $149,786 · program services $44,936 · management and general $47,548 · fundraising $57,302

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $707,057 · program services $622,664 · management and general $78,824 · fundraising $5,569

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $101,578 · program services $93,585 · management and general $7,370 · fundraising $623

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $59,454 · program services $47,219 · management and general $8,297 · fundraising $3,938

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $11,946 · management and general $11,946

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $0

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,096,775 · program services $847,898 · management and general $230,242 · fundraising $18,635

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $83,455 · program services $14,372 · management and general $70 · fundraising $69,013

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $222,110 · program services $167,846 · management and general $52,623 · fundraising $1,641

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $0

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $185,237 · program services $129,666 · management and general $37,047 · fundraising $18,524

  • 17 · Travel

    total $171,700 · program services $121,436 · management and general $39,574 · fundraising $10,690

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $33,954 · program services $23,768 · management and general $6,791 · fundraising $3,395

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $8,389 · management and general $8,389

  • 24a · Other expenses: translation expenses

    total $259,984 · program services $239,515 · management and general $20,469

  • 24b · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT

    total $70,742 · program services $57,158 · management and general $13,584

  • 24c · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $22,582 · program services $3,797 · management and general $7,130 · fundraising $11,655

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $2,974,981 · end of year $973,708

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $3,751,589 · end of year $5,232,509

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $0

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $24,299

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    end of year $0

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

    $1,636,538

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

    $687,454

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $971,575 · end of year $949,084

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    end of year $0

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    end of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $8,780 · end of year $8,780

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $87,199 · end of year $100,726

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $6,869,518 · end of year $3,238,316

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $750,208 · end of year $3,849,338

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO PROVIDE GOD'S WORD IN EVERY SIGN LANGUAGE.

  • Bridge-Broker: Bridge and broker sign Language Bible translation projects for different sign languages around the world as well as develop a strategic road map for the unreached languages.

    Expenses $3,378,986

  • Deaf Bible Engagement Platform: Engaging communities with access to Gods Word through Bible content distribution by creating innovative tools to help distribute content to Deaf communities for free and build tools that help us accomplish our mission with better quality, doing it faster, and at a lower cost.

    Expenses $1,093,201

  • Advocacy: Provide tools and resources to the hearing community that lead to awareness and education of Deaf communities and their cultures that invite activities of prayer and giving toward great commission initiatives in Sign Languages.

    Expenses $347,837

  • Deaf Community Relations: Researched what sign language/deaf-centric churches/ministries in USA.

    Expenses $149,073

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Chantel Pagan

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $148,924
    From this org
    $122,800
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $26,124
    Hours/week
    40
  • John Dickinson

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Richard Mack

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Grace Townsend-Goreth

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Dave Cram

    SEC/TREAS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Melvin Morris

    Chairman

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Mark Apodaca

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

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
17 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202533219349307958

Check it against the return as filed: the GivingTuesday Data Lake hosts a public copy of the original XML.

The source document this was parsed from is served over the API, which is where bulk and document access live.