Support of overseas missionary programs.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
84¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$666K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
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IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
3 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $539K a year · 2% of revenue · last 6 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 3 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
84%
of spending
Looks good: 84% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$666K
to officers and key staff · 3% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 3% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
1 mo
of spending, in cash
Plus $9.9M in investments, Pt X · Ln 11–13
Fine: 1.4 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
2
named funders · $40K
Fine: 2 funders name it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$560K
4% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 4% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
16
of 16 voting members
Looks good: 16 of 16 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$26.1M
+16% vs prior year
Spent
$25.4M
To programs
84%
Net assets
$13.2M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$26.1M
FY2022▲ +16%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$20.0M
FY2021$22.5M
FY2022$26.1M
FY2023$26.8M
FY2024$30.4M
FY2025$29.8M
Expenses
$25.4M
FY2022▲ +23%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$20.1M
FY2021$20.7M
FY2022$25.4M
FY2023$27.3M
FY2024$28.6M
FY2025$30.4M
Net assets
$13.2M
FY2022▼ -5%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$10.5M
FY2021$13.8M
FY2022$13.2M
FY2023$12.1M
FY2024$14.7M
FY2025$14.8M

From the FY2022 Form 990 (year ending May 2022) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Jan 1981.

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Where the money goes

84 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 84% · $21.3M Management & general 13% · $3.3M Fundraising 3% · $843K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

21 people listed on the 990; $666K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2021); the FY2022 filing did not itemize Part VII
Executive Di
$227,088Pt VII · Sec A
SR Dir of Op
$113,735Pt VII · Sec A
Team Leader
$112,977Pt VII · Sec A
Area Directo
$106,284Pt VII · Sec A
SR Director
$105,910Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 8 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Robert Osborne$229,268$229,388$217,888$227,088$199,988$191,468
Matt Allison$150,345$132,270$120,131$113,735$106,409$86,459
Richard Harper$145,305$138,799$121,819———
Joel Hylton$142,438$130,406————
Lindsay Deblaay$129,207$128,887————
Alfred Chapman—————$124,868
Josiah Bancroft——$117,986$105,910——
John Schutter$114,111$107,322————

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

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  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

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Supports overseas missionary programs.

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1 program · $21.3M · in their own filed words · FY2021
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Serge global is a mission sending agency founded in 1983. Today, we have 330 missionaries in 25 countries. We believe the motive and power for our mission is the gospel of grace at work in the life of a believer and the vision is to see movements of churches empowered by grace for the world's good and god's glory.

$21.3Mprogram expense

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Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$40K

By the numbers

The FY2022 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$26.1M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$24.7M
Investment incomeLn 3$1.1M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$320K
Money outPt IX
$25.4M
Ln 25
Programscol B$21.3M
Managementcol C$3.3M
Fundraisingcol D$843K
Owns and owesPt X
$13.2M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$2.9M
Total assetsLn 16$13.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$560K
PeoplePt VI, VII
21
listed · VII A
PaidVII A5
Voting boardVI 1a16
IndependentVI 1b16
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$24.7M
Noncash giftsLn 1g$289K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$320K
Investment incomeLn 3$1.1M
Other incomeLn 4–11$4K
Gains on assetsLn 7$717K
Total revenueLn 12$26.1M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$356K
SavingsLn 2$2.5M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$2.9M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$9.9M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$168K
Other assetsLn 15$653K
Total assetsLn 16$13.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$560K
Net assetsLn 32$13.2M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 5235
VolunteersI 65
Fiscal year endsHeaderMay
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY22End FY22
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$4.8M$2.9M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$8.6M$9.9M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$196K$168K
Total assetsLn 16$14.5M$13.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$664K$560K
Net assetsLn 32$13.8M$13.2M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$1.6M$1.6M
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$394K$319K$75K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$10.3M$8.6M$1.3M$430K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$791K$669K$91K$31K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$2.0M$1.6M$277K$92K
Payroll taxesLn 10$658K$532K$95K$31K
Legal feesLn 11b$643$566$26$51
Accounting feesLn 11c$20K$18K$810$2K
Investment management feesLn 11f$36K$36K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$3.2M$2.9M$175K$74K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$28K$3K$25K$542
Office expensesLn 13$341K$204K$102K$35K
Information technologyLn 14$195K$97K$93K$4K
OccupancyLn 16$361K$60K$301K$592
TravelLn 17$1.9M$1.7M$148K$40K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$843K$788K$55K$590
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$57K$25K$30K$1K
InsuranceLn 23$201K$54K$146K$254
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$1.6M$1.5M$28K$12K
All other expensesLn 24e$870K$781K$76K$13K
Total functional expensesLn 25$25.4M$21.3M$3.3M$843K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $29.8M$30.4M−$628K$14.8M 990 PDF
FY2024 $30.4M$28.6M$1.8M$14.7M 990 PDF
FY2023 $26.8M$27.3M−$486K$12.1M 990 PDF
FY2022 Viewing $26.1M$25.4M$772K$13.2M 990 PDF
FY2021 $22.5M$20.7M$1.8M$13.8M 990 PDF
FY2020 $20.0M$20.1M−$38K$10.5M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash J · Pay O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $26,122,541 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $22,075,210$24,731,677
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $237,552$320,261
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $171,935$1,066,203
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $5,350$4,400
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $22,490,047$26,122,541
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $1,677,248$1,604,197
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $12,554,233$14,125,202
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $6,421,577$9,620,783
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $20,653,058$25,350,182
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $1,836,989$772,359
Part VI · Governance 16 of 16 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body16
VI-1b Independent voting members16
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $26,122,541 across 8 lines filed
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$24,731,677
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$288,720
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$24,731,677
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $320,261$320,261
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $349,132$349,132
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossExcluded from tax $4,400$4,400
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $717,071$717,071
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $320,261 · Excluded from tax $1,070,603$26,122,541
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $25,350,182 across 20 lines filed
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $1,604,197$1,604,197
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffManagement $318,638 · Fundraising $75,064$393,702
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $8,595,868 · Management $1,254,903 · Fundraising $430,168$10,280,939
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $668,648 · Management $91,293 · Fundraising $31,235$791,176
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $1,632,252 · Management $276,754 · Fundraising $92,422$2,001,428
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $532,374 · Management $94,858 · Fundraising $30,725$657,957
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $566 · Management $26 · Fundraising $51$643
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $17,829 · Management $810 · Fundraising $1,621$20,260
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $35,628$35,628
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $2,921,435 · Management $175,179 · Fundraising $74,186$3,170,800
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $2,508 · Management $24,758 · Fundraising $542$27,808
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $204,451 · Management $102,226 · Fundraising $34,636$341,313
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $97,138 · Management $93,436 · Fundraising $4,479$195,053
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $59,631 · Management $301,055 · Fundraising $592$361,278
IX-17 TravelPrograms $1,740,233 · Management $147,778 · Fundraising $39,707$1,927,718
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $787,841 · Management $54,815 · Fundraising $590$843,246
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $25,452 · Management $29,733 · Fundraising $1,438$56,623
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $54,010 · Management $146,309 · Fundraising $254$200,573
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $1,529,439 · Management $28,074 · Fundraising $12,342$1,569,855
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $781,146 · Management $75,615 · Fundraising $13,224$869,985
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $21,255,018 · Management $3,251,888 · Fundraising $843,276$25,350,182
Part X · Balance sheet $13,758,425 assets, 16 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $184,463$356,295
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $4,644,134$2,525,140
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $10,000$43,000
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $332,813$118,393
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $195,809$168,352
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $8,558,113$9,894,003
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $561,544$653,242
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $14,486,876$13,758,425
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $451,432$357,974
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $62,808$70,094
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $150,000$132,000
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $664,240$560,068
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $13,628,891$12,903,810
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $193,745$294,547
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $13,822,636$13,198,357
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $14,486,876$13,758,425
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $13,198,357 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$26,122,541
XI-2 Total expenses$25,350,182
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$772,359
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$13,822,636
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments−$1,396,638
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$13,198,357

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