Bibles for Missions Thrift Centers

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
383084876
IRS 990 coverage
2013–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Grandville, MI, USA
Phone
6166623663
Rating
86
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Thrift Shops
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$8,754,599
Expenses
$8,194,746
Assets
$11,538,553
Liabilities
$2,220,752

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

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • JESSICA NOLAN-BRUINSMA (VP OF OPERAT): $91,139 total reported compensation
  • JOHN SCAFE (NATIONAL DIR): $66,561 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

To raise funds for strategically selected ministries that share the good news of jesus christ around the world.

What it reported doing in 2025

The organization has a number of individual stores operating in several states in the USA. The organization has hundreds of individuals that donate their time to operate and manage the thrift stores. Donated items are accepted at each store and placed on the sales floor. Donated goods are sold at greatly reduced prices to the general public. Net proceeds are contributed to the bible league international, Minnesota coalition for eastern europe, igo worldwide, world mission, living water, and bellevue baptist church-missions fund, and used to place new testaments and bibles through out the world. The bibles are placed in the countries chosen by each store. Through the efforts of hundreds of volunteers at bibles for missions thrift centers, millions of scriptures have been placed worldwide.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 97% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 70% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 86
  • Transparency & Controls: 94
  • Accountability: 79
  • Sustainability: 49
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 95.7%; rating input score 96
  • Program expense ratio: 97.7%; rating input score 98
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 6.4%; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.41; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.19; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 1.9%; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 6.6% per year; rating input score 100; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 6.4% per year; rating input score 100; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 7.2% per year; rating input score 100; 45th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 95.7% of revenue deployed · 97.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 6 of 6 board members independent · 4 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $8M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $91K · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 25 of 25 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2013 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 8 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 6 filed related-organization links
  • 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.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 8 not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 47/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 46/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 36/100.