Free Bible Ministry
Legal name: Free Bible Ministry Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 273664941
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2021–2025
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2010
- Location
- Laurel, MD, USA
- Phone
- 3013629447
- Rating
- 75
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Religion Related N.E.C.
- Affiliation
- Religious (unspecified)
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $35,066
- Expenses
- $17,859
- Assets
- $110,759
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
People named in this filing
- Jonathan (Gallagher)
- Floyd Murdoch (Treasurer)
- James Borchers (Secretary)
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
To speak well of God through preaching, teaching, and sharing the Bible. Part of FBM’s ministry to preach the Word and to provide materials to help others do just that. Additionally Dr Gallagher is available for preaching appointments. Use the Contact Us page to request a specific date. **Teaching FBM is very much a teaching ministry. We are here to share vital theological concepts in a unique way. We will be providing teaching tools and curriculum ideas here. With a doctorate in Divinity, Dr. Gallagher has taught a number of different subjects at the University level. Contact FBM for more details.
What it reported doing in 2025
Regular Bible study presentations through meetings which are recorded, and study guides produced. Major expenses involve the costs of organizing and catering meetings, and equipment purchase/service. Because of COVID more equipment was purchased to conduct meetings and seminars online. Development, Internet publication, and completion of the Free Bible Version in English. Now online on many Bible apps. Also development of different language versions: Spanish, Portuguese, Indonesian... Now available through United Bible Society Digital Bible Library and ebible.org
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 72% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - A large share of total spending goes to programs and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and assets have declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 69
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 82
- Growth: 80
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 50.9%; rating input score 51
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 49.1%; rating input score 90; 90th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 6.2; rating input score 87; 87th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 4.1% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 4.4% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -1.7% per year; rating input score 0; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 1 programs and campaigns described on the official site
- Where the money goes: 50.9% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $18K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 51/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.