Asm helps connect people to god's word in their own heart language.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
80¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 49 volunteers and 8 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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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
4 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $172K a year · 12% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
80%
of spending
Looks good: 80% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$102K
to officers and key staff · 7% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 7% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
9 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 8.9 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $500
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$26K
1% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 1% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
7
of 7 voting members
Looks good: 7 of 7 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$1.4M
-18% vs prior year
Spent
$1.6M
To programs
80%
Net assets
$2.0M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$1.4M
FY2025▼ -18%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$891K
FY2021$1.4M
FY2022$2.1M
FY2023$1.6M
FY2024$1.7M
FY2025$1.4M
Expenses
$1.6M
FY2025▼ -18%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$891K
FY2021$1.1M
FY2022$1.2M
FY2023$1.3M
FY2024$1.9M
FY2025$1.6M
Net assets
$2.0M
FY2025▼ -7%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$902K
FY2021$1.1M
FY2022$2.0M
FY2023$2.3M
FY2024$2.1M
FY2025$2.0M

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending September 2025) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in May 1964.

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Where the money goes

80 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 80% · $1.3M Management & general 10% · $153K Fundraising 10% · $158K

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

8 people listed on the 990; $102K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII
Executive Director
$102,177Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President/Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
President/Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 1 named individual · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Naomi Frizzell$102,177$95,195$88,981$87,126$84,872$82,400

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

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

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

Programs and updates

Translates and distributes God's Word into people's heart languages.

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3 programs · $955K · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Resource Distributions

Bringing god's word to thousands of people around the world who will hear the gospel for the first time on their new audio bibles. We work with national pastors and other leaders to place audio bible devices into the hands of those who need them most.

$547Kprogram expense
02

Partnership and Collaborations

Collaborative partnerships allow asm to leverage and expand the outreach of like-minded ministries and individuals. Serving with national leaders, churches, denominations, bible translation agencies, technology firms, mission agencies, and more also helps to demonstrate the unity that jesus prayed for (john 17) and allows us to be good…

$270Kprogram expense
03

Language and Recordings

Asm is on the front lines of recording the bible and bible engagement resources that are contextually appropriate and culturally relevant. We focus on unreached and least-reached people groups who have little to no access to god's word.

$138Kprogram expense

Funders

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 1 funder$500

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$1.4M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.3M
Investment incomeLn 3$52K
Money outPt IX
$1.6M
Ln 25
Programscol B$1.3M
Managementcol C$153K
Fundraisingcol D$158K
Owns and owesPt X
$2.0M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.2M
Total assetsLn 16$2.0M
LiabilitiesLn 26$26K
PeoplePt VI, VII
8
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a7
IndependentVI 1b7
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.3M
Noncash giftsLn 1g$204K
Investment incomeLn 3$52K
Gains on assetsLn 7−$84
Total revenueLn 12$1.4M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$396K
SavingsLn 2$770K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$1.2M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$829K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$6K
Total assetsLn 16$2.0M
LiabilitiesLn 26$26K
Net assetsLn 32$2.0M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 58
VolunteersI 649
Fiscal year endsHeaderSeptember
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 FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.3M$1.2M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$776K$829K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$9K$6K
Total assetsLn 16$2.1M$2.0M
LiabilitiesLn 26$11K$26K
Net assetsLn 32$2.1M$2.0M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$23K$23K
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$34K$34K
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$468K$468K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$105K$84K$10K$10K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$546K$390K$77K$79K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$122K$88K$19K$16K
Payroll taxesLn 10$49K$36K$7K$7K
Accounting feesLn 11c$15K$15K
Investment management feesLn 11f$9K$9K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$22K$3K$1K$19K
Office expensesLn 13$70K$52K$7K$12K
Information technologyLn 14$6K$121$27$6K
RoyaltiesLn 15$2K$2K
OccupancyLn 16$10K$10K$27$23
TravelLn 17$9K$7K$1K$1K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$4K$2K$1K$137
InterestLn 20$778$778
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$3K$2K$401$329
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$65K$54K$4K$7K
All other expensesLn 24e$4K$2K$283$1K
Total functional expensesLn 25$1.6M$1.3M$153K$158K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $1.4M$1.6M−$207K$2.0M 990 PDF
FY2024 $1.7M$1.9M−$256K$2.1M 990 PDF
FY2023 $1.6M$1.3M$278K$2.3M 990 PDF
FY2022 $2.1M$1.2M$971K$2.0M 990 PDF
FY2021 $1.4M$1.1M$245K$1.1M 990 PDF
FY2020 $891K$891K$508$902K 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 O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $1,359,273 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $1,584,862$1,307,624
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $74,802$51,649
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $1,659,664$1,359,273
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $858,557$525,097
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $772,030$821,384
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $284,717$220,035
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $1,915,304$1,566,516
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$255,640−$207,243
Part VI · Governance 7 of 7 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body7
VI-1b Independent voting members7
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 $1,359,273 across 6 lines filed
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$1,307,624
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$203,700
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$1,307,624
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $51,733$51,733
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax −$84−$84
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $51,649$1,359,273
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,566,516 across 20 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $23,144$23,144
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $34,412$34,412
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $467,541$467,541
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $83,692 · Management $10,462 · Fundraising $10,462$104,616
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $389,918 · Management $77,032 · Fundraising $78,685$545,635
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $87,619 · Management $18,547 · Fundraising $15,698$121,864
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $35,892 · Management $6,620 · Fundraising $6,757$49,269
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $15,300$15,300
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $9,303$9,303
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $2,566 · Management $1,195 · Fundraising $18,592$22,353
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $51,957 · Management $6,535 · Fundraising $11,774$70,266
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $121 · Management $27 · Fundraising $5,589$5,737
IX-15 RoyaltiesPrograms $1,752$1,752
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $10,420 · Management $27 · Fundraising $23$10,470
IX-17 TravelPrograms $6,507 · Management $1,405 · Fundraising $1,156$9,068
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $2,259 · Management $1,467 · Fundraising $137$3,863
IX-20 InterestManagement $778$778
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $1,852 · Management $401 · Fundraising $329$2,582
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $53,865 · Management $3,751 · Fundraising $7,312$64,928
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $2,235 · Management $283 · Fundraising $1,117$3,635
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $1,255,752 · Management $153,133 · Fundraising $157,631$1,566,516
Part X · Balance sheet $2,007,214 assets, 13 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $567,732$395,606
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $759,435$769,752
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $26,082$7,091
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $8,666$6,000
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $776,432$828,765
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $2,138,347$2,007,214
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $10,302$26,113
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $369$302
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $10,671$26,415
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $1,712,391$1,463,045
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $415,285$517,754
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $2,127,676$1,980,799
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $2,138,347$2,007,214
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,980,799 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$1,359,273
XI-2 Total expenses$1,566,516
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$207,243
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$2,127,676
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$60,366
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$1,980,799

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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