PIONEER BIBLE TRANSLATORS

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

X20

Classification

7000

Street

7255 W CAMP WISDOM RD

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 · 2025

• BIBLE TRANSLATION, LITERACY, AND RELATED MOBILIZATION AND DISCIPLESHIP ACTIVITIES - PIONEER BIBLE CONSISTS OF 701 TEAMMATES COOPERATING WITH 350 LOCAL COLLEAGUES WORLDWIDE MINISTERING TO 510 MILLION PEOPLE IN 116 DIFFERENT LANGUAGE GROUPS IN 41 COUNTRIES. DURING 2025, WE INCREASED THE NUMBER OF LANGUAGE GROUPS ENGAGED FROM 106 TO 116 WITH A HISTORICAL PORTFOLIO OF 146 LANGUAGE PROGRAMS (INCLUDING ACTIVE AND INACTIVE PROGRAMS). TEAMS TRANSLATED 39,265 VERSES OF SCRIPTURE WHICH ARE READY FOR FIRST PUBLICATION AND CONTINUED BUILDING A CAPACITY FOR SIGN LANGUAGE TRANSLATION WORLDWIDE. FINALLY, WE NOTE THAT IN THE 49-YEAR HISTORY OF PIONEER BIBLE, OUR TEAMS HAVE DRAFTED 1,094,009 VERSES OF THE BIBLE, THE EQUIVALENT NUMBER OF VERSES AS 137 NEW TESTAMENTS. OUR TEAMS NOW HAVE PUBLISHED A TOTAL OF 5 COMPLETE BIBLES AND 25 NEW TESTAMENTS.

  Expenses $18,188,227 · Grants $1,750,851 · Revenue $122,125

• MOBILIZATION - THE ORGANIZATION WELCOMED 58 NEW TEAMMATES. MOBILIZERS ATTENDED 30+ EVENTS, DURING WHICH THEY FACILITATED 50 SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS. THROUGH THESE EVENTS, AROUND 2,500+ PEOPLE BECAME FAMILIAR WITH THE MINISTRY OF PIONEER BIBLE TRANSLATORS. AROUND 100 OF THESE ARE SERIOUS INQUIRERS.TRAINING - TRAINING NEW AND CURRENT MISSIONARIES IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF PIONEER BIBLE'S MISSION. IN 2025, PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL COACHING WAS PROVIDED TO AT LEAST 133 INDIVIDUALS PREPARING FOR CROSS-CULTURAL WORK. A PROGRAM PRACTICUM AND PLANNING COURSE WAS OFFERED IN THE FALL, AND WEEKLY CHAPEL SERVICES WERE CONDUCTED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. VARIOUS WORKSHOPS AND SEMINARS WERE ALSO PROVIDED, INCLUDING TEAM ORIENTATION AND SPIRITUAL FORMATION. ONGOING TRAINING ACTIVITIES CONTINUED DAILY WITH NEW REPRESENTATIVES AND ASSOCIATES. IN 2025, 20 MISSIONARIES COMPLETED TRAINING AND BEGAN THEIR FIRST ASSIGNMENT.

  Expenses $589,688

• MISSIONARY CARE OUR ORGANIZATION VALUES A CULTURE OF CARE AMONG OUR EXPATRIATE AND NATIONAL COWORKERS. OUR CARE DEPARTMENT DESIRES TO BE A CATALYST OF ENCOURAGEMENT AND HOLISTIC NURTURING THAT LEADS TO PHYSICAL, SPIRITUAL, SOCIAL, MENTAL, PROFESSIONAL, AND EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING. IN 2025, WE WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE HUNDREDS OF HOURS OF CLINICAL THERAPY FOR OUR TEAMMATES. WE ALSO PROVIDED HUNDREDS OF HOURS OF PASTORAL CARE THROUGH HEALING PRAYER AND DEBRIEFING SERVICES FOR ADULTS AND CHILDREN. FOR TEAMMATES TRANSITIONING BETWEEN COUNTRIES, CULTURES, AND LANGUAGES, WE PROVIDED PERSONAL AND GROUP DEBRIEFING OPPORTUNITIES TO DEAL WITH CHANGES AND OTHER STRESSORS. IN ADDITION TO IN-PERSON AND ONLINE ACTIVITIES FOR CROSS-CULTURAL KIDS, WE PROVIDED SEVERAL AGE-APPROPRIATE SERVICES IN THE USA AND ABROAD. WE ALSO TRAINED PARENTS TO BETTER ASSIST THEIR CHILDREN. THE CARE TEAM MOBILIZED DAILY PRAYER, SENT THOUSANDS OF EMAILS AND SOCIAL MEDIA EXCHANGES, USED TELECONFERENCING, HOSTED FOUR WEBINARS INCLUDING ONE LED BY A NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED AUTHOR, AND LED OUR US-BASED AND OVERSEAS TEAMMATES IN MONTHLY PRAYER AND FASTING EVENTS. WE TRAINED NEARLY 50 PEOPLE IN CARE PRACTICES. THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES THE CARE DEPARTMENT WAS BLESSED TO FACILITATE IN 2025.

  Expenses $301,083

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

The first 25 listed. 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

• 2025

  Revenue

  $23,892,519

  Expenses

  $24,106,738

  Contributions

  $23,423,618

  Grants paid

  $1,750,851

• 2024

  Revenue

  $22,583,626

  Expenses

  $21,880,861

  Contributions

  $21,840,972

  Grants paid

  $2,069,178

• 2023

  Revenue

  $22,201,592

  Expenses

  $20,043,925

  Contributions

  $21,601,903

  Grants paid

  $990,531

• 2022

  Revenue

  $23,058,261

  Expenses

  $19,050,480

  Contributions

  $22,642,257

  Grants paid

  $1,429,342

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

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $19,174,102

  Expenses

  $16,315,226

  Assets (EOY)

  $22,558,672

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $17,249,815

  Expenses

  $14,168,724

  Assets (EOY)

  $19,543,693

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $17,128,935

  Expenses

  $14,211,495

  Assets (EOY)

  $16,463,506

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $14,301,529

  Expenses

  $13,381,371

  Assets (EOY)

  $13,571,356

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $13,065,262

  Expenses

  $12,249,039

  Assets (EOY)

  $12,830,703

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $12,824,441

  Expenses

  $11,085,260

  Assets (EOY)

  $12,025,892

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $11,286,837

  Expenses

  $10,089,942

  Assets (EOY)

  $10,132,869

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $10,544,153

  Expenses

  $9,020,302

  Assets (EOY)

  $8,938,067

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $9,249,649

  Expenses

  $8,530,303

  Assets (EOY)

  $7,401,276

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $7,720,381

  Assets (EOY)

  $6,529,802

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

• All the World Bible Translators

  $135,000

  2023 · To fund development of TBTA (The Bible Translator's Assistant)

• All the Word Bible Translators

  $99,000

  2022 · To fund development of TBTA (The Bible Translator's Assistant)

• All the Word Bible Translators

  $90,000

  2024 · To fund development of TBTA (The Bible Translator's Assistant)

• Deaf Harbor

  $30,000

  2024 · To increase capacity in the global Deaf Church so PBT can have stronger recruits to go to Deaf fields

• SIL International

  $25,000

  2024 · To provide Scripture materials in three Sherpa dialects and encourage the use of these materials

• ALLEGRO ORGANIZATIONAL SOLUTIONS

  $15,000

  2025 · MISSIONARY CARE PROGRAM

• Association of College Ministries

  $10,000

  2024 · To support pastoral care for campus ministers, recruit Kingdom workers for future campus ministries and open positions with PBT.

• ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGE MINISTRIES

  $10,000

  2025 · TO SUPPORT PASTORAL CARE FOR CAMPUS MINISTERS, RECRUIT KINGDOM WORKERS FOR FUTURE CAMPUS MINISTRIES AND OPEN POSITIONS WITH PBT

• Partners Across Cultures

  $7,072

  2024 · To advance the Sa language translation by publishing Matthew; checking Genesis and Galations; consultant checking Luke.

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

• NATIONAL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION

  $2,870,210

  2023 · EVANGELISM

• NATIONAL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION

  $1,149,942

  2022 · EVANGELISM

• NATIONAL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION

  $758,323

  2024 · BIBLE TRANSLATION

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $346,220

  2024 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $173,864

  2022 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $173,832

  2023 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC

  $135,795

  2023 · MINISTRY SUPPORT

• ILLUMINATIONS FOUNDATION INC

  $130,127

  2022 · BIBLE TRANSLATION

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $128,744

  2024 · RELIGION RELATED

• GREATER MANHATTAN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $82,254

  2024 · ARTS & HUMANITIES

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

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.

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