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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by GOOD NEWS CENTER INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$803,411
Total expenses
$903,283
Contributions and grants received
$777,867
Grants paid
$722,400
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$25,544
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$805,885
Total liabilities, end of year
$10,291
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$795,594
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$783,523
Management and general expenses
$105,563
Fundraising expenses
$14,197
Program service expenses (Part III)
$783,523

Program services were 86.7% 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

    $777,867

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $25,544 · excluded $25,544

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $722,400 · program services $722,400

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $58,595 · management and general $58,595

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $4,483 · management and general $4,483

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $7,409 · management and general $7,409

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $400 · management and general $400

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $795 · fundraising $795

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $17,172 · management and general $15,899 · fundraising $1,273

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $8,277 · management and general $5,533 · fundraising $2,744

  • 17 · Travel

    total $63,854 · program services $50,566 · management and general $3,903 · fundraising $9,385

  • 24a · Other expenses: SUPPLIES

    total $5,953 · program services $5,953

  • 24b · Other expenses: TELEPHONE

    total $4,295 · management and general $4,295

  • 24c · Other expenses: MEALS

    total $4,082 · program services $4,082

  • 24d · Other expenses: BANK CHARGES

    total $3,620 · management and general $3,620

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $1,948 · program services $522 · management and general $1,426

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $295,805 · end of year $102,231

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $156,840 · end of year $121,250

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $445,196 · end of year $582,404

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $16,308 · end of year $10,291

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $881,533 · end of year $795,594

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO ASSIST LESS FORTUNATE INDIVIDUALS IN INDIA

  • NABA ASHA (NEW LIFE) CHILDREN HOME: NABA ASHA REMAINS A BEACON OF "NEW HOPE" FOR VULNERABLE CHILDREN IN WESTERN ODISHA. -IN 2024, NEARLY 200 CHILDREN WERE PROVIDED WITH SAFE HOUSING, EDUCATION, NUTRITIOUS MEALS, AND SPIRITUAL NURTURE. -RENOVATIONS OF THE GIRL'S HOME WAS COMPLETED AND IT HAS IMPROVED THE LIVING CONDITIONS OF THE CHILDREN. -AFTER-SCHOOL TUTORING AND COUNSELING HELPED CHILDREN GROW ACADEMICALLY AND EMOTIONALLY. -THE WIDER COMMUNITY HAS SEEN REMARKABLE CHANGES IN THESE CHILDREN, AFFIRMING THAT THE LORD IS RAISING A NEW GENERATION FOR HIS KINGDOM. -THE PRESENCE OF A PERMANENT SOCIAL WORKER AND COUNSELLOR HAS HELPED THE CHILDREN TO EFFECTIVELY OVERCOME MANY OF THE PHYSICAL AS WELL AS EMOTIONAL CHALLENGES.

    Expenses $155,800 · Grants $153,775

  • SCRIPTURE TRANSLATION & DISTRIBUTION: SPREADING GOD'S WORD REMAINS CENTRAL TO GNC'S MISSION. -IN 2024, 119,136 NEW TESTAMENTS WERE DISTRIBUTED, BRINGING THE TOTAL TO OVER 2 MILLION SCRIPTURES SHARED SINCE THE PROGRAM BEGAN. -THE SAMBALPURI OLD TESTAMENT TRANSLATION IS PROGRESSING VERY WELL. WE ARE WORKING HARD TO ENSURE GOD'S WORD IS ACCESSIBLE IN THIS REGIONAL HEART LANGUAGE .

    Expenses $66,667 · Grants $63,727

  • MOBILE HEALTH CARE: FOR THE NINTH CONSECUTIVE YEAR, OUR MOBILE HEALTH CARE SERVICES HAVE BEEN A LIFELINE IN WESTERN ODISHA - A REGION WITH SOME OF THE WORLD'S HIGHEST INFANT AND MATERNAL MORTALITY RATES. -IN 2024, 4,675 PATIENTS RECEIVED CARE THROUGH OUR MOBILE MEDICAL CLINIC, BRINGING THE TOTAL SERVED SINCE INCEPTION TO NEARLY 55,000. -OVER 120 EXPECTANT MOTHERS WERE ADOPTED INTO THE PROGRAM FOR PRENATAL CHECK-UPS, NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT, AND DELIVERY ASSISTANCE. -PREVENTIVE HEALTH EDUCATION AND AWARENESS CAMPAIGNS ON HYGIENE AND SANITATION CONTINUED TO REDUCE DISEASE RISKS AND IMPROVE COMMUNITY WELL- BEING.

    Expenses $143,601 · Grants $143,601

  • JESUS FILM: THE JESUS FILM MINISTRY POWERFULLY ILLUSTRATED THE GOSPEL ACROSS INDIA IN 2024. -5,767 PEOPLE WATCHED THE FILM THROUGH 254 VILLAGE-TO-VILLAGE SCREENINGS WITH PROJECTOR. -TV SHOWING WAS CONDUCTED IN SAMBALPURI, ODIA, BHOJPOURI AND TELUGU LANGUAGE IN VARIOUS TV CHANNELS. -SCREENINGS DURING EASTER AND CHRISTMAS DREW LARGE AUDIENCES AND SPARKED MANY FAITH CONVERSATIONS. CHURCH PLANTING AND RELIGIOUS TRAINING: THE YEAR WAS MARKED BY EXPONENTIAL SPIRITUAL GROWTH: -1,674 BAPTISMS - CELEBRATED NEW LIFE IN CHRIST. -1,741 INDIVIDUALS WERE TRAINED THROUGH 27 DISCIPLESHIP TRAININGS, INCLUDING CLASSES FOR NEW BELIEVERS. -MORE THEN 600 DISCIPLE MAKERS WERE EQUIPPED AND MOBILIZED. -2,282 HOUSE CHURCHES CONTINUED TO GROW AND MULTIPLY ACROSS NORTH INDIA . GNC KIDS CLUB: THE KIDS CLUBS EXPANDED SIGNIFICANTLY IN 2024, SERVING 2,473 CHILDREN WEEKLY ACROSS MULTIPLE CENTERS. -CHILDREN ENGAGED IN CREATIVE ACTIVITIES, LIFE SKILLS DEVELOPMENT, AND ACADEMIC SUPPORT. -PARENTS BEGAN OPENING THEIR HEARTS TO THE GOSPEL AS THEY WITNESSED THE TRANSFORMATION OF THEIR CHILDREN. -TESTIMONIES OF HEALING, HOPE, AND FAITH WERE EVIDENT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM: UNDER THE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM, WE CONTINUE TO SPONSOR TWO OF OUR STUDENTS TO STUDY MASTER IN SOCIAL WORK AT AMITY UNIVERSITY IN NOIDA, INDIA. MAHIMA SIKSHA KENDRA SCHOOL: THE SLUM SCHOOL UNDER MAHIMA SIKSHA KENDRA WAS STARTED BACK AGAIN IN 2022 AND IS THRIVING. WE HAVE ADDED A COMPUTER LIBRARY WITH EIGHT MICROSOFT WINDOWS COMPUTER TO PROVIDE BASIC COMPUTER EDUCATION TO THE UNDERPRIVILEGED CHILDREN. WOMEN2WOMEN: OUR WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT INITIATIVE GREW TO NEW HEIGHTS IN 2024. -806 WOMEN IN DELHI SLUM COMMUNITIES RECEIVED VOCATIONAL TRAINING IN TAILORING, HAIRSTYLING, AND BEAUTICIAN SKILLS. -ADULT LITERACY CLASSES CONTINUED TO EQUIP WOMEN WITH CONFIDENCE AND INDEPENDENCE. -MANY WOMEN HAVE ALREADY BEGUN CONTRIBUTING FINANCIALLY TO THEIR HOUSEHOLDS.

    Expenses $417,455 · Grants $361,297

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Kadmiel Kumar

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Lindsay L Lapole

    VICE PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Orlando M Okoth

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Cary Strange

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Andrea Goff

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Mark Hearn

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Gary Lancaster

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

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
13 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202533199349301678

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