Unknown Nations FY2022 filing

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World mission is a christian nonprofit organization focusing on the distribution of audio bibles (the treasure) to oral learners throughout the world. We are most interested in reaching the preople groups that are still considered unreached. These groups have less than 2% of their population identified as christians and are highly illiterate. We are accomplishing this goal through a network of prayer support and funding from individuals, organizations, world mission thrift stores, and recycling projects.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
84¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$53K 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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FY2022 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
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
5 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $547K a year · 12% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 5 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
$53K
to officers and key staff · 1% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 1% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
10 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 9.5 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
2
named funders · $403K
Fine: 2 funders name it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$560K
10% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 10% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
10
of 10 voting members
Looks good: 10 of 10 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$5.3M
+70% vs prior year
Spent
$3.6M
To programs
84%
Net assets
$5.0M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$5.3M
FY2022▲ +70%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$2.1M
FY2021$3.1M
FY2022$5.3M
FY2023$6.1M
FY2024$4.7M
FY2025$6.3M
Expenses
$3.6M
FY2022▲ +40%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$1.8M
FY2021$2.6M
FY2022$3.6M
FY2023$5.8M
FY2024$5.0M
FY2025$5.5M
Net assets
$5.0M
FY2022▲ +52%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$2.7M
FY2021$3.3M
FY2022$5.0M
FY2023$5.3M
FY2024$5.0M
FY2025$5.8M

From the FY2022 Form 990 (year ending June 2022) · 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 Sep 1995.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

84 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 84% · $3.0M Management & general 7% · $264K Fundraising 9% · $326K

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

11 people listed on the 990; $53K 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 Director
$52,998Pt VII · Sec A
President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Hope Loomis’s $153K as Chief Development Officer is at the 59th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1168 $1–10M international nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 3 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Hope Loomis$153,272$145,000$160,000———
Greg Kelley$86,693$85,160$88,250$52,998$44,554$80,954
Steven Croft——$86,538———

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 2Yes
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Distributes audio Bibles to illiterate, unreached people groups globally.

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1 program · $3.0M · in their own filed words · FY2021
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Distribution and sale of over 60,000 audio bibles to unreached people groups. It is estimated each audio bible impacts 144 people, resulting in over 8,640,000 hearing the gospel for the first time. Creation of five new training (shiloh) centers in africa and asia to train indigenous pastors to minister to unreached people groups.

$3.0Mprogram 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 · received and paid
Grants received · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$403K
Grants paid · 9 grants · $240K · 2019–2023
Port City ChurchFY2019$31,300
Unitemized GrantFY2019$11,850
Unitemized GrantFY2019$5,000

By the numbers

The FY2022 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$5.3M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$4.1M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$706K
Investment incomeLn 3$550K
Money outPt IX
$3.6M
Ln 25
Programscol B$3.0M
Managementcol C$264K
Fundraisingcol D$326K
Owns and owesPt X
$5.0M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$2.8M
Total assetsLn 16$5.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$560K
PeoplePt VI, VII
11
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a10
IndependentVI 1b10
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$4.1M
Noncash giftsLn 1g$753K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$156K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$706K
Investment incomeLn 3$550K
Gains on assetsLn 7$549K
Total revenueLn 12$5.3M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$2.8M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$2.8M
Pledges and grants receivableLn 3$823K
Accounts receivableLn 4$21K
Inventories for sale or useLn 8$220K
Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesLn 9$158K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$1.3M
Other assetsLn 15$176K
Total assetsLn 16$5.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$560K
Net assetsLn 32$5.0M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 543
VolunteersI 610
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3More from this return
Abroad and in kindSch F, M
Grants to other countriesSch F Pt II–III$1.9M
Noncash gifts receivedSch M Pt I$753K
4Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY22End FY22
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.4M$2.8M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$2.0M$1.3M
Total assetsLn 16$4.2M$5.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$975K$560K
Net assetsLn 32$3.3M$5.0M
5Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$403K$403K
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$1.9M$1.9M
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$108K$87K$22K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$458K$219K$79K$160K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$6K$2K$2K$2K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$20K$2K$10K$7K
Payroll taxesLn 10$59K$24K$18K$18K
Accounting feesLn 11c$13K$13K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$26K$24K$2K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$39K$9K$8K$22K
Office expensesLn 13$17K$11K$3K$3K
Information technologyLn 14$56K$29K$9K$18K
TravelLn 17$50K$11K$11K$28K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$49K$9K$30K$9K
InsuranceLn 23$10K$10K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$345K$279K$41K$25K
All other expensesLn 24e$49K$35K$5K$9K
Total functional expensesLn 25$3.6M$3.0M$264K$326K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 LatestFiled with the IRS Jan 26, 2026 $6.3M$5.5M$769K$5.8M 990 PDF
FY2024Filed with the IRS Dec 20, 2024 $4.7M$5.0M−$288K$5.0M 990 PDF
FY2023Filed with the IRS Jan 16, 2024 $6.1M$5.8M$319K$5.3M 990 PDF
FY2022 ViewingFiled with the IRS Dec 21, 2022 $5.3M$3.6M$1.7M$5.0M 990 PDF
FY2021Filed with the IRS Dec 14, 2021 $3.1M$2.6M$538K$3.3M 990 PDF
FY2020Filed with the IRS Mar 1, 2021 $2.1M$1.8M$251K$2.7M 990 PDF

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
See the full FY2022 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $5,304,718 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $2,640,240$4,070,372
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $597,202$706,338
I-10 Investment incomePrior year −$93,427$549,808
I-11 Other revenuePrior year −$28,584−$21,800
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $3,115,431$5,304,718
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $1,309,630$2,302,730
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $494,256$651,810
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $773,747$655,080
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $2,577,633$3,609,620
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $537,798$1,695,098
Part VI · Governance 10 of 10 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body10
VI-1b Independent voting members10
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsYes
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 $5,304,718 across 11 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for −$19,063 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1c Fundraising events$156,043
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$3,914,329
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$753,288
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$4,070,372
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $706,338$706,338
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $416$416
VIII-5 RoyaltiesRelated to mission $6,000$6,000
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $549,392$549,392
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax −$19,565−$19,565
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $10,828$10,828
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $723,166 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $511,180$5,304,718
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $3,609,620 across 17 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $403,142$403,142
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $1,899,588$1,899,588
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $86,772 · Fundraising $21,694$108,466
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $218,837 · Management $79,288 · Fundraising $160,320$458,445
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $2,372 · Management $1,779 · Fundraising $1,779$5,930
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $1,750 · Management $10,413 · Fundraising $7,379$19,542
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $23,771 · Management $17,828 · Fundraising $17,828$59,427
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $12,920$12,920
IX-11g Other fees for servicesManagement $24,466 · Fundraising $1,734$26,200
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $8,606 · Management $8,349 · Fundraising $22,321$39,276
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $11,332 · Management $3,037 · Fundraising $3,036$17,405
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $28,943 · Management $9,115 · Fundraising $18,138$56,196
IX-17 TravelPrograms $11,022 · Management $11,022 · Fundraising $28,103$50,147
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $9,426 · Management $29,741 · Fundraising $9,427$48,594
IX-23 InsuranceManagement $10,000$10,000
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $279,493 · Management $40,567 · Fundraising $25,404$345,464
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $34,912 · Management $5,106 · Fundraising $8,860$48,878
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $3,019,966 · Management $263,631 · Fundraising $326,023$3,609,620
Part X · Balance sheet $5,510,943 assets, 16 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $1,417,990$2,848,097
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $117,266$822,760
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $130,485$20,725
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $195,976$219,576
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $10,163$157,722
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $2,006,686$1,265,807
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $352,514$176,256
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $4,231,080$5,510,943
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $77,871$235,133
X-23 Secured mortgages and notes payableStart of year $896,785$324,288
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $500$500
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $975,156$559,921
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $3,013,069$4,872,398
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $242,855$78,624
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $3,255,924$4,951,022
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $4,231,080$5,510,943
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $4,951,022 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$5,304,718
XI-2 Total expenses$3,609,620
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$1,695,098
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$3,255,924
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$4,951,022

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