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CHURCH OF BIBLE UNDERSTANDING

EIN 23-7184229 SCRANTON, PA

Largest nonprofits in Pennsylvania

Revenue 2023
$2,241,747
Expenses 2023
$2,529,159

Program services were 84.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
Classification
1000
Street
PO BOX 20109

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

We are a Christian church and a large part of our operation is to fund our missionary work in the impoverished country of Haiti, WI. We have been in Haiti since 1977 and are recognized as an NGO by the Haitian government. For many years we operated an orphanage there, taking in cases of urgent need and providing for them into adulthood. In recent years we have transitioned from the orphanage into supporting children and their families in their own homes, supplying them with food, education and medical care. In addition to this, we have a feeding program, providing food to needy families in the rural mountain regions above Port-au-Prince, as well as to many smaller Haitian-run orphanages. We also have two Christian group homes for young adults, most of whom grew up in our former orphanage, where we are helping them to finish their education and learn trades in order to transition to adulthood. These young people are also instrumental in operating our other works in Haiti, such as distri

Activities or mission (Part I)

We are a Christian fellowship, united by our mutual faith and hope in Christ. Our aim is to spread the Gospel to all, and to find others who are of the same mind and hope. We also understand it to be Gods will to remember the poor. (Jms 1:27; Gal 2:10).

  • WELFAREOur church offers the opportunity for serious Christian training for those who desire to live and work together. The Church provides housing, food, medical and living expenses for these members (Acts 2:44).

    Expenses $814,084

  • In 2023 the US Govt opened the CHNV Humanitarian Parole Program to Haitian citizens to enter the US for a period of up to 2 years to live and work lawfully provided they have a sponsor in the US. Our church has resolved to participate in this program due to the rapidly deteriorating conditions in Haiti where our mission work is located. Several of our church members have elected to sponsor various ones and the Church is willing and able to act as a co-sponsor. The Church will assist in providing safe and appropriate housing for these people. We will also assist in providing basic living needs such as food, clothing, and medical care for the duration of their humanitarian parole period. The Church will also provide for continuing education and/or assistance in finding employment once they have received work authorization through the government.

    Expenses $730,804

  • EGLISE DE LA COMPRHENISON DE LA BIBLE" THOMASSIN 32 NO 30 THOMASSIN, Haiti, WIOur church supports our mission in Haiti. We are recognized as a Non Governmental Organization (NGO) by the Departments of Plan, Interior and National Defense,Foreign Affairs and Religious Aairs, acting on behalf of the Government 0f the Republic of Haiti for development assistance since March 15, 1984. Our organization tax identification number (NIF number)is 000-014-783-3. WE PROVIDE CLOTHING, HOUSING, MEDICAL ASSISTANCE, AND SCHOOLING TO FAMILIES AND YOUNG ADULTS. WE ALSO DISTRIBUTE FOOD TO LOCAL ORPHANAGES AND THE POOR IN MORE REMOTE RURALAREAS.

    Expenses $457,133

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

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • James Digiacoma

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $45,950
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $40,000
    Other
    $5,950
    Hours/week
    5 + 40 related
  • Sara Weiss

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $38,713
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $38,300
    Other
    $413
    Hours/week
    5 + 40 related
  • Gina Zilioli

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $38,080
    From this org
    $10,000
    From related orgs
    $28,080
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    10 + 40 related
  • Barbara MacRae

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $35,280
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $35,280
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    20 + 35 related
  • Andrew Pereira

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $32,788
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $32,400
    Other
    $388
    Hours/week
    5 + 40 related
  • Timothy McAndrews

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $32,000
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $32,000
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 40 related
  • Charles Means

    President

    Total calculated
    $21,225
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $19,160
    Other
    $2,065
    Hours/week
    10 + 30 related
  • Tarah McAndrews

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $19,537
    From this org
    $15,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,537
    Hours/week
    20 + 5 related
  • Gerald Fair

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Patricia Fair

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 10 related

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $2,241,747
    Expenses
    $2,529,159
    Contributions
    $1,075,026
    Grants paid
    $1,184,092
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,919,618
    Expenses
    $2,344,337
    Contributions
    $699,722
    Grants paid
    $897,153

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2023 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported
  • 2022 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported
  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,853,303
    Expenses
    $2,069,549
    Assets (EOY)
    $15,318,858
  • 2021 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,769,760
    Expenses
    $2,295,951
    Assets (EOY)
    $14,969,053
  • 2020 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,984,364
    Expenses
    $2,257,379
    Assets (EOY)
    $16,869,001
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,066,474
    Expenses
    $3,485,326
    Assets (EOY)
    $17,673,234
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,639,344
    Expenses
    $2,284,380
    Assets (EOY)
    $19,365,381
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,790,973
    Expenses
    $3,571,438
    Assets (EOY)
    $15,138,008

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

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Grants received

Taxable family

From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.

Related corporations and trusts on its 2023 return

  • OLDE GOOD THINGS INC

    C CORP · SALES · PA · 100% owned · share of income $57,687 · share of assets $6,535,341 · controlled entity

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.