Bible Mission Global

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
813443577
IRS 990 coverage
2017–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-N 2016
Location
Albuquerque, NM, USA
Phone
5057971950
Rating
79
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Christianity
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$2,928,144
Expenses
$2,943,309
Assets
$279,968
Liabilities
$40,167

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JOHN SANDAGER (EXEC DIRECTOR/PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • JOHN SANDAGER (EXEC DIRECTOR/PRESIDENT): $85,000 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Bible mission's purpose and vision is to win people for christ through cooperation and partnership of local churches. Bmg strategically serves with, and through the local churches. Our purpose is to help the local churches (through strategic discipleship) to train and prepare young people for the ministry as next generation leaders. The strategy of bmg to accomplish the mission is by working with foundations, churches and individual donors in sharing the vision of evangelism, discipleship, and caring.

What it reported doing in 2025

Bmg (us) supports the work of bible mission whose headquarter is in germany. Bible mission ( in germany) is a separate entity, but it is the headquarters of the driving force in serving the countries of the former soviet union. Bible mission was established in 1984 in kazakhstan but was forced to move to germany when the iron curtain prohibited religious organizations to exist in the ussr. God is leading bmg to new mission fields to the unreached nations and ethnic groups including tajikistan (pamir nations), chechnya, dagestan, abkhazia, crimea (tatars).over 1000 new believers were brought to christ through the evangelization efforts of local churches whose leaders and congregation members have been trained by bmg. Also thousands of believers were trained to grow in their faith and be able to share their faith through the independent bible correspondence school. New orphanges (called hope centers) were established to provide food, housing and clothing for orphans and/or street children. Widows were served with food, heating supplies, clothing, and shelter throughout the ministry areas. New churches (called prayer houses) were built for congregations who had grown to a size that they needed a building.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 97% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. The filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 86
  • Transparency & Controls: 75
  • Accountability: 77
  • Sustainability: 25
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 88.4%; rating input score 88
  • Program expense ratio: 87.9%; rating input score 88
  • Fundraising efficiency: $26.93 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: 0 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Claims monitoring procedures: Fail
    • Requires narrative reports: Fail
    • Conducts field audits: Fail
    • May suspend future funding: Fail
    • Requires financial reports: Fail
    • Conducts site visits: Fail
    • Requires grant agreements: Fail
    • May require repayment: Fail
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 60%; rating input score 60; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -0.5%; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.1; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.14; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 2.9%; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 18.3% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 17.4% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 25% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 88.4% of revenue deployed · 87.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 3 of 5 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $2.6M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $85K · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 30 of 30 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and foreign activity
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2017 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight: 8 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 24/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 3/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 42/100.