Encourage Global

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
831666677
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Winston Salem, NC, USA
Phone
9012976173
Rating
60
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
International Relief

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$136,822
Expenses
$109,912
Assets
$66,925
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • H Al Gilbert (President)

People named in this filing

  • Mary Lynn Birkedal (Chairman)
  • Mark Hogan (Vice-Chairman)
  • Steve Robertson (Treasurer)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

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

Overview

Mission

Religious and charitable causes

What it reported doing in 2025

The Organization provides direct prayer support, pastoral care, pastoral networking, personal spiritual coaching and mentorship, and encouragement to Christian missionaries working across the world. The Organization also facilitates rest and personal care experiences for missionaries and pastors who are in-between Christian missions.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 24
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 55
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 21.6%; rating input score 22
  • Program expense ratio: 26.9%; rating input score 27

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 19.7%; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.61; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 54.6%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 33.3% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 21.8% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 16.2% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 21.6% of revenue deployed · 26.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $30K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 22/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 27/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 43/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 4/100.