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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by GOOD NEWS FOR INDIA - TEXAS.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,576,705
Total expenses
$1,836,781
Contributions and grants received
$2,450,447
Grants paid
$1,661,433
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$126,258
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$8,256,614
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$8,256,614
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,799,020
Management and general expenses
$17,833
Fundraising expenses
$19,928
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,799,020

Program services were 97.9% 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

    $2,450,447

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $126,258 · related or exempt $126,258

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $5,000 · program services $5,000

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $3,606 · program services $3,606

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $1,652,827 · program services $1,652,827

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $60,000 · program services $48,000 · management and general $3,000 · fundraising $9,000

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $11,675 · management and general $11,675

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $30,975 · program services $27,765 · management and general $803 · fundraising $2,407

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $25,419 · program services $21,920 · management and general $875 · fundraising $2,624

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $486 · program services $389 · management and general $24 · fundraising $73

  • 17 · Travel

    total $46,793 · program services $39,513 · management and general $1,456 · fundraising $5,824

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $2,245,258 · end of year $1,358,924

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $3,150,000 · end of year $4,776,258

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $1,814,619 · end of year $2,121,432

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $6,440,876 · end of year $7,620,292

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $769,001 · end of year $636,322

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

TO TRAIN, SEND, AND SUPPORT NATIONAL CHRISTIAN LEADERS TO STRENGTHEN THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH IN INDIA. TO PROVIDE PRIMARY & SECONDARY EDUCATION TO POOR & NEEDY CHILDREN, AND ASSIST POOR WOMEN TO IMPROVE THEIR LIVES.

  • GNFI SUPPORTS BHARAT SUSAMACHAR SAMITI (BSS) FINANCIALLY. BSS OPERATES THE FOLLOWING MINISTRIES, ALL IN THE NORTHERN PART OF INDIA: 1) NEW THEOLOGICAL COLLEGE (NTC). NTC IS A BIBLE COLLEGE / SEMINARY THAT PROVIDES TRAINING FOR PASTORS, PRIESTS, CHRISTIAN SCHOOL TEACHERS, AND OTHER CHRISTIAN LEADERS. WHEN IT WAS FOUNDED IN 1989, NTC HAD 22 STUDENTS. TODAY IT IS THE LARGEST, FULLY ACCREDITED, EVANGELICAL THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY IN NORTH INDIA WITH NEARLY 300 STUDENTS. SINCE ITS INAUGURATION, NEARLY 3,000 MEN AND WOMEN HAVE BEEN TRAINED BY NTC AND ITS SATELLITE TRAINING CENTERS. FOR MORE INFORMATION SEE SCHEDULE O

    Expenses $1,160,133 · Grants $1,080,333

  • TWO OTHER ORGANIZATIONS SUPPORTED FINANCIALLY BY GNFI ARE CHRISTIAN EVANGELISTIC ASSEMBLIES (CEA) AND EVANGELICAL TRUST ASSOCIATION OF NORTH INDIA (ETANI). CEA IS AN ORGANIZATION THAT SUPPORTS PRIESTS AND PASTORS AS THEY AS THEY PROVIDE SPIRITUAL CARE FOR PEOPLE. CEA SERVES PEOPLE IN THESE WAYS: 1) BY PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE TO LEARN THE ETHICAL AND MORAL TEACHINGS OF THE HOLY BIBLE AND ORGANIZING PLACES OF WORSHIP WHERE THE LORD JESUS CHRIST IS WORSHIPPED. THERE ARE CURRENTLY 612 SUCH PLACES OF WORSHIP UNDER THE CARE OF CEA. FOR MORE INFORMATION SEE SCHEDULE O

    Expenses $609,644 · Grants $554,500

  • IN ADDITION TO THE ORGANIZATIONS MENTIONED ABOVE, GNFI ALSO REGULARLY SUPPORTS TWO OTHER ORGANIZATIONS: GOOD NEWS SERVICE SOCIETY - THIS SOCIETY ACCOMPLISHES THE FOLLOWING: 1) PROVIDING QUALITY EDUCATION TO SEVERAL HUNDRED NEEDY CHILDREN THROUGH ONE PRIMARY SCHOOL. 2) CARING FOR SEVERAL DOZEN STREET CHILDREN IN THE CITY OF BHOPAL BY TEACHING THEM HOW TO READ AND WRITE, PROVIDING THEM WITH FOOD, CLOTHING, AND OCCASIONAL MEDICAL CARE. FOR MORE INFORMATION SEE SCHEDULE O

    Expenses $29,243 · Grants $26,600

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • George Chavanikamannil

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $60,000
    From this org
    $33,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $27,000
    Hours/week
    40
  • Dr Timothy Tennent

    VICE-PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Lee S Johnson

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Leela Chavanikamannil

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Mike Hooper

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Steve Woodworth

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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
2023
Filed
29 October 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.0
Source object
202413039349302411

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