Vision 938 INC FY2023 filing

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Mableton, GA501(c)(3)Since 2012ReligionEIN 46-3775258Revenue $329K in FY2023

On file with the IRSvision938.org759 Feathermore Pl, 30126-1301 · Mableton, GATax-exempt since Oct 2016Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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Expanding the number and the effectiveness of missionaries

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
100¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$217K 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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FY2023 · 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 $7K a year · 2% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
100%
of spending
Looks good: 100% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$217K
to officers and key staff · 66% of spending
Concern: pay to officers and key staff is 66% of spending; over 30%.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
3 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 2.9 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
3
named funders · $74K
Looks good: 3 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$0
0% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 0% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
6
of 6 voting members
Looks good: 6 of 6 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
Looks goodFineWorth a lookConcernNo data yetTap a box for the reason.
Revenue
$329K
+15% vs prior year
Spent
$330K
To programs
100%
Net assets
$79K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$329K
FY2023▲ +15%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$368K
FY2021$353K
FY2022$285K
FY2023$329K
FY2024$310K
FY2025$327K
Expenses
$330K
FY2023▼ -2%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$300K
FY2021$331K
FY2022$338K
FY2023$330K
FY2024$306K
FY2025$324K
Net assets
$79K
FY2023▼ -1%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$111K
FY2021$132K
FY2022$80K
FY2023$79K
FY2024$83K
FY2025$86K

From the FY2023 Form 990 · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Oct 2016.

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Where the money goes

100 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 100% · $330K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

7 people listed on the 990; $217K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
$117,477Pt VII · Sec A
Key Employee
$99,816Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Byron Johnson’s $135K as CEO is at the 96th percentile of top reported officer pay among 2133 $100K–1M religion 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
Byron Johnson$135,000$117,537$117,477$111,869$111,869$121,613
Mwamba Johnson$67,254$96,662$99,816$99,816$99,853$104,638
Sarah Smith$600—————

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 15aNo

Programs and updates

Equips and trains more effective missionaries worldwide.

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3 programs · $38K · in their own filed words · FY2023
01

Berean Bible Baptist Church, sponsored programs and financially supported missionaries

$27Kprogram expense
02

Campus Outreach SERVE, sponsored programs and financially supported missionaries

$8Kprogram expense
03

Greater Europe Mission, sponsored programs and financially supported missionaries

$4Kprogram expense

Funders

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 · FY2024
Total grants receivedfrom 3 funders$74K
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Grants paid · 12 grants · $173K · 2020–2025
Campus Outreach Serve INCAL · FY2025$6,000
Campus Outreach Serve INCAL · FY2024$6,000
Berean Bible Baptist ChurchFY2024$5,594
Berean Bible Baptist ChurchFY2023$27,300
Campus Outreach Serve INCAL · FY2023$7,600
Berean Bibble Baptist ChurchFY2022$11,722
Whitefield Academy INCGA · FY2021$8,154
Campus Outreach Serve INCAL · FY2021$5,450
Whitefield Academy INCGA · FY2020$5,137

By the numbers

The FY2023 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$329K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$329K
Money outPt IX
$330K
Ln 25
Programscol B$330K
Owns and owesPt X
$79K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$79K
Total assetsLn 16$79K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
PeoplePt VI, VII
7
listed · VII A
PaidVII A2
Voting boardVI 1a6
IndependentVI 1b6
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$329K
Government grantsLn 1e$0
Noncash giftsLn 1g$0
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$0
Total revenueLn 12$329K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$79K
SavingsLn 2$0
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$79K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Other assetsLn 15$0
Total assetsLn 16$79K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
Net assetsLn 32$79K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 50
VolunteersI 61
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY23End FY23
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$80K$79K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0$0
Total assetsLn 16$80K$79K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0$0
Net assetsLn 32$80K$79K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$53K$53K
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$148K$148K$0$0
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0$0$0$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$69K$69K$0$0
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0$0$0$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$13K$13K$0$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$5K$5K$0$0
Management feesLn 11a$0$0$0$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0$0$0$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$0$0$0$0
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0$0$0$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0$0$0$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$1K$1K$0$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$0$0$0$0
Office expensesLn 13$2K$2K$0$0
Information technologyLn 14$1K$1K$0$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0$0$0$0
OccupancyLn 16$0$0$0$0
TravelLn 17$30K$30K$0$0
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0$0$0$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$150$150$0$0
InterestLn 20$0$0$0$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0$0$0$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$0$0$0$0
InsuranceLn 23$0$0$0$0
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$5K$5K$0$0
All other expensesLn 24e$2K$2K$0$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$330K$330K$0$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $327K$324K$3K$86K 990 PDF
FY2024 $310K$306K$4K$83K 990 PDF
FY2023 Viewing $329K$330K−$1K$79K 990 PDF
FY2022 $285K$338K−$52K$80K 990 PDF
FY2021 $353K$331K$22K$132K 990 PDF
FY2020 $368K$300K$68K$111K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
See the full FY2023 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $329,089 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $285,209$329,089
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $0$0
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $285,209$329,089
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $64,907$53,451
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $228,631$235,723
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $44,045$40,916
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $337,583$330,090
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$52,374−$1,001
Part VI · Governance 6 of 6 board members independent, 3 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body6
VI-1b Independent voting members6
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $329,089 across 9 lines filed
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$0
VIII-1b Membership dues$0
VIII-1c Fundraising events$0
VIII-1d Related organizations$0
VIII-1e Government grants$0
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$329,089
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$0
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$329,089
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$329,089
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $330,090 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $53,451$53,451
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $0$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $0$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for membersPrograms $0$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $148,293 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$148,293
IX-6 Pay of disqualified personsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $69,000 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$69,000
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $13,364 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$13,364
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $5,066 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$5,066
IX-11a Management feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11d Lobbying feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11e Professional fundraising feesFundraising $0$0
IX-11f Investment management feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $1,104 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$1,104
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $2,447 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$2,447
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $1,262 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$1,262
IX-15 RoyaltiesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-17 TravelPrograms $29,622 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$29,622
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officialsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $150 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$150
IX-20 InterestPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliatesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $4,735 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$4,735
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $1,596 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$1,596
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $330,090 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$330,090
Part X · Balance sheet $78,913 assets, 20 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $79,914$78,913
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $0$0
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $0$0
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $0$0
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $0$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $0$0
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $0$0
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $0$0
X-13 Program-related investmentsStart of year $0$0
X-14 Intangible assetsStart of year $0$0
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $0$0
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $79,914$78,913
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $0$0
X-18 Grants payableStart of year $0$0
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $0$0
X-20 Tax-exempt bond liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $0$0
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $79,914$78,913
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $79,914$78,913
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $78,913 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$329,089
XI-2 Total expenses$330,090
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$1,001
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$79,914
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$0
XI-6 Donated services and use of facilities$0
XI-7 Investment expenses$0
XI-8 Prior period adjustments$0
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$78,913

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