Launch Global

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
203826376
IRS 990 coverage
2014–2022
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2022, Form 990-EZ 2013
Location
Dallas, TX, US
Phone
(214) 301-3092
Rating
74
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Religion Related N.E.C.
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$9,944,978
Expenses
$10,064,979
Assets
$5,809,156
Liabilities
$256,852

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2022. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ROBERT MCNABB (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • ROBERT MCNABB (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $182,075 total reported compensation
  • BARRY MOREHEAD (COO): $141,334 total reported compensation
  • LAURA APPLING (TREASURER/CFO): $115,285 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2022. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Launch Global exists to mobilize churches to develop laborers and leaders who multiply healthy churches among unreached people groups. We bring the Biblical model for The Great Commission into the 21st century by providing missionaries with culturally relevant training focused on character and competency. Relational Relationships between Launch Global and churches, between trainees and their teams, and between missionaries and their neighbors all serve our larger mission to make disciples. It took me eight years of training to become a licensed medical doctor – equipping me to help people with their physical health. We knew there had to be something out there developing us to work a person’s spiritual health. Launch Global became that for us, giving us the tools to disciple people, plant and multiply churches. It’s likely we would have returned to the states by now had we not been...

What it reported doing in 2022

Launch global provided administrative and training services for churches. We assisted them in developing culturally sensitive servant leaders. Expenses are related to various functions of carrying on this work during the current year. These expenses include training, preparing, and supporting the work of the leaders and laborers. Some of the various events and programs include:(a) on-site training for 22 us churches in 16 cities across the us and 6 international locations,(b) mentorship and coaching of 15 training communities, (c) a national conference promoting vision and character,(d) developed and trained over 1,000 people both domestically and internationally.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 94% 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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and most voting board members are independent. The filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad and the filing does not identify recipients for some grant dollars.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 83
  • Transparency & Controls: 48
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 35
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 85.5%; rating input score 86
  • Program expense ratio: 84.4%; rating input score 84
  • Fundraising efficiency: $26.57 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 92.9%; rating input score 93; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Scored; rating input score 0
  • Grant itemization coverage: Scored; rating input score 0
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 9 of 9 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: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -1.2%; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.58; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.04; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 4.4%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 20% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 24.4% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 27.8% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: Mission, programs, and operating context captured from the official website.
  • Where the money goes: 85.5% of revenue deployed · 84.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 5 of 5 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $8.5M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $182K · 8 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 30 of 31 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2014 to 2022
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 5 filed money-flow records
  • 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 scored 0/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 29/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 19/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.