Crossing Cultures International Inc

What it reported doing in 2024

Crossing Cultures International trains indigenous pastors and church leaders through 550 class hours that covers basic seminary training. These training programs are translated and printed into the native languages of those being trained. Over 135 national coordinators oversee these training programs. During 2024, we trained 1441 potential teachers in 20 countries in using the BTCP curriculum. This resulted in 244 new classes with 3,079 new students. As of Dec 2024, we oversee 813 classes in 45 countries with 9,846 national church leaders in training through the BTCP program. 57 classes with 812 students finished the BTCP training in 2024. With our Gods Financial Principles seminar, we trained 3,105 participants in understanding what the Bible teaches about money and stewardship, working with the abilities God has given us, getting out of debt, following a simple budget, learning to give generously, and honesty and integrity with money. With our Advanced Expository Preaching Seminar, we trained 33 participants. Four seminars on Resolving Conflict in a Godly Way were held with 92 participants. Seventy-seven other seminars with 2,195 participants were held on Family and Marriage and Biblical Love and Dating, and the Story of Hope. As of December 2024, we now have over 10,060 graduates through the BTCP 10 course curriculum covering 520 class hours, 12,280 trainees of the Gods Financial Principles Seminar, and 1,378 trainees of the Advanced Expository Preaching Seminar. Since 2019, 146 new churches have been started with over 7,300 people in average weekly attendance. Currently, we are working with 29 language translation projects for the CCI Training materials. 175 different people groups are being reached with CCI training. $20,000 was collected outside the USA as payment for books, seminar registration fees, and local donations.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 80.3%; rating input score 80
• Program expense ratio: 87.1%; rating input score 87
• Fundraising efficiency: $15.77 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 52; 52nd 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: Limited
  • Requires narrative reports: Limited
  • Conducts field audits: Limited
  • May suspend future funding: Limited
  • Requires financial reports: Limited
  • Conducts site visits: Limited
  • Requires grant agreements: Limited
  • May require repayment: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 85.7%; rating input score 86; 20th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Fail
  • 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: Fail

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 7.9%; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.63; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.04; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 7.3%; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 14.8% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 13.3% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 20% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings