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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by WISCONSIN EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN SYNOD KINGDOM WORKERS INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$4,902,019
Total expenses
$4,547,922
Contributions and grants received
$4,825,488
Grants paid
$15,970
Program service revenue
$24,825
Investment income
$51,706
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$4,196,586
Total liabilities, end of year
$408,940
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$3,787,646
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$3,163,922
Management and general expenses
$451,062
Fundraising expenses
$932,938
Program service expenses (Part III)
$3,163,922

Program services were 69.6% 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

    $4,825,488

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $15,000

  • 2a · Program service revenue: MISCELLANEOUS INCOME

    total $24,825 · related or exempt $24,825

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $59,680 · excluded $59,680

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $44,953 · other assets $13,300

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

    securities $61,477 · other assets $4,750

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$16,524 · other assets $8,550

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$7,974 · excluded -$7,974

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $15,970 · program services $15,970

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $252,724 · program services $117,136 · management and general $113,629 · fundraising $21,959

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,910,727 · program services $1,556,488 · management and general $158,609 · fundraising $195,630

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $43,545 · program services $34,629 · management and general $2,049 · fundraising $6,867

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $363,982 · program services $288,364 · management and general $18,831 · fundraising $56,787

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $150,064 · program services $113,298 · management and general $14,406 · fundraising $22,360

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $10,762 · program services $5,757 · management and general $385 · fundraising $4,620

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $28,597 · management and general $28,597

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $191,263 · fundraising $191,263

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $9,689 · management and general $9,689

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $371,460 · program services $295,213 · fundraising $76,247

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $105,405 · program services $16,189 · management and general $64 · fundraising $89,152

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $288,817 · program services $116,206 · management and general $19,353 · fundraising $153,258

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $185,125 · program services $119,388 · management and general $35,092 · fundraising $30,645

  • 17 · Travel

    total $367,495 · program services $269,647 · management and general $20,371 · fundraising $77,477

  • 20 · Interest

    total $1,095 · management and general $1,095

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $40,509 · program services $16,263 · management and general $23,555 · fundraising $691

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $34,239 · program services $25,761 · management and general $4,513 · fundraising $3,965

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM SUPPLIES

    total $136,006 · program services $136,006

  • 24b · Other expenses: STAFF DEVELOPMENT

    total $40,448 · program services $37,607 · management and general $824 · fundraising $2,017

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $845,825 · end of year $576,130

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $396,220 · end of year $362,862

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $45,000 · end of year $511,000

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $165 · end of year $9,397

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $37,226 · end of year $55,439

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

    $454,842

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

    $292,598

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $116,210 · end of year $162,244

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $2,034,570 · end of year $2,365,100

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $205,903 · end of year $154,414

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $45,791 · end of year $71,555

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $180,235 · end of year $180,235

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $208,869 · end of year $157,150

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,534,840 · end of year $2,545,407

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $711,384 · end of year $1,242,239

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

KINGDOM WORKERS SPREADS THE GOSPEL BY MOBILIZING CHRISTIANS TO CREATE LOCALLY SUSTAINABLE MINISTRIES ADDRESSING SPIRITUAL AND PHYSICAL NEEDS IN COMMUNITIES AROUND THE WORLD.

Activities or mission (Part I)

PROVIDING SUPPORT AND TRAINING FOR VARIOUS MISSION AND OUTREACH MINISTRY NEEDS AND OPPORTUNITIES.

  • MALAWI - THE WATER & SANITATION PROGRAM IN MALAWI GREW RAPIDLY THIS YEAR, SERVING OVER 12,275 PEOPLE BY PROVIDING THEM WITH CLEAN WATER SOLUTIONS, HEALTH EDUCATION, OR FLOOD RELIEF, AND CHOLERA PREVENTION DEPENDING ON EACH COMMUNITY'S NEEDS. THE DISABILITY PROGRAM SERVED OVER 3,698 PEOPLE THROUGH A WIDE VARIETY OF SERVICES INCLUDING HOME-BASED PHYSICAL THERAPY, MODIFIED WORSHIP SERVICES SPECIFICALLY FOR THOSE WITH DISABILITIES, HOSPITAL TRANSPORT, VOCATIONAL TRAINING, AND MORE. THE DISABILITY PROGRAM MOBILIZED OVER 580 LOCAL VOLUNTEERS WHO HELPED THOSE WITH DISABILITIES IN THEIR OWN COMMUNITIES. SHARING JESUS IS A KEY PART OF THE VOLUNTEER'S SERVICE.

    Expenses $211,513 · Grants $15,970

  • NORTH AMERICA - WE MOBILIZIED NEARLY 400 VOLUNTEERS IN THE U.S. TO SERVE OVER 1,600 PEOPLE IN THEIR LOCAL COMMUNITIES. VOLUNTEERS PROVIDED SPIRITUAL SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGEMENT TO THOSE THEY SERVED. SUPPORT AND CARE FOR FOSTER FAMILIES WAS PROVIDED THROUGH 195 VOLUNTEERS WHO SERVED OVER 400 PEOPLE. WE MOBILIZED 110 PEOPLE TO BECOME ADVOCATES OR SUPPORT GROUP LEADERS FOR SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC ABUSE. THROUGH OUR CONTRUSTION-FOCUSED PROGRAMS, WE PROVIDED MENTORS TO YOUTH AND INTRODUCED THEM TO THE CONSTRUCTION TRADE. VOLUNTEERS ASSISTED IN BUILDING CHURCHES AND SCHOOLS THAT SERVE 706 PEOPLE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES. ON AN APACHE RESERVATION IN ARIZONA, VOLUNTEERS TAUGHT HOME DO-IT-YOURSELF AND GARDENING SKILLS TO THEIR NEIGHBORS, SERVING OVER 160 PEOPLE THIS YEAR.

    Expenses $550,423

  • SE ASIA - IN SE ASIA, WE SERVE PEOPLE THROUGH A VARIETY OF PROGRAMS INCLUDING AGRICULTURE EDUCATION, CHILD & CLASSROOM DEVELOPMENT, HEALTH EDUCATION, AND WATER & SANITATION WORK. THESE PROGRAMS COMBINED SERVED NEARLY 4,200 PEOPLE AS WE EXPANDED INTO NEW VILLAGES THIS YEAR. THROUGH THIS WORK, NEW CLEAN WATER SOLUTIONS AND TOILETS WERE BUILT, PEOPLE WERE TAUGHT HOW TO CREATE AND CARE FOR GARDENS THAT YIELD HEALTH FOOD, PEOPLE WERE TAUGHT HOW TO READ, AND SO MUCH MORE. GOSPEL PROCLAMATION IS A KEY PART OF EVERYTHING WE DO.

    Expenses $138,028

  • JAPAN - THROUGH OUR JAPAN ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE (ESL) PROGRAM, WE SERVED NEARLY 100 PEOPLE BY PROVIDING THEM WITH ESL CLASSES. THROUGH OUR DISABILITY PROGRAM, WE SERVED CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES AND THEIR FAMILIES BY PROVIDING SUPPORT GROUP OPTIONS FOR PARENTS AND HOSTING SOCIAL EVENTS FOR THEIR CHILDREN.- NIGERIA - A HOME-BASED HEALTH EDUCATION PROGRAM IN NIGERIA HAS OVER 130 LOCAL CONGREGATIONAL WOMEN WHO VISIT THEIR NEIGHBORS TO OFFER PREVENTATIVE HEALTH EDUCATION, SPIRITUAL SUPPORT, AND SOCIAL SUPPORT FOR ILLNESSES. THESE VOLUNTEERS SERVED OVER 7,100 PEOPLE IN 2023.- SOUTH SUDAN - 60 VOLUNTEERS PROVIDED WATER AND SANITATION HEALTH EDUCATION, FLOOD RELIEF, AND COMMUNITY BUILDING OPPORTUNITIES TO S SUDANESE REFUGEES. THEY SERVED OVER 2,800 PEOPLE IN 2023.-GRENADA - OUR COGNITIVE DELAY & ASSESSMENT PROGRAM FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES SERVES THOSE WITH DISABILITIES, ALONG WITH THEIR FAMILIES AND CAREGIVERS. THEY ARE SERVED THROUGH SUPPORT GROUPS, SENSORY CAMPS, SCHOOL VISITS, GOSPEL PROCLAMATION, AND MORE. NEARLY 300 PEOPLE WERE SERVED BY ALMOST 100 LOCAL VOLUNTEERS IN 2023.

    Expenses $2,263,958

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Dr David Miller

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Micheal Froehlich

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mark Tredo

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dr Abigail Polzin

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rev James Buske

    SPIRITUAL ADVISOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Joshua Birkholz

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dr Daniel Bruss

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jasmine Miller

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Minyanga Nkhoma

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Cheryl Pailzote

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Elizabeth Schroeder

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mark Schultz

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Matthew Sauer

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Todd Simonsen

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • William Meier

    PRESIDENT & CEO

    Total calculated
    $133,182
    From this org
    $107,619
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,563
    Hours/week
    40

  • James Garrison

    DIRECTOR OF FINANCE AND HR

    Total calculated
    $119,542
    From this org
    $94,570
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,972
    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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
25 June 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202431839349301328

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