Network Bible Translators Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
760496580
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2015–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2023, Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Montgomery, TX, USA
Phone
8329730104
Rating
86
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Protestant
Affiliation
Christianity

Reported finances

Revenue
$177,097
Expenses
$177,097
Assets
$14,292
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Wallace D Shelton (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Wallace D Shelton (Vice President)
  • James Doherty (Secretary/Treasurer)
  • George Skinner (Director)

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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Propagation of the Bible and its teachings into dialects and languages worldwide.

What it reported doing in 2024

SHAWI NATION: Continual education and health counseling with active hygiene explanation and protocol recommendations. We continue our relationship and mentoring since the year 2023. Completion of a physical educational building equipped with current technology of solar panels to provide electricity on the banks of the Mananapura River in SHAWI territory, Region of Yurimaguas, Peru specifically. Expansion of church building and classrooms completed for increased tribal attendance. Biblical education is continuing and a Seminary has been established there offering Academic Degrees for those completing the program. Translation into the particular dialect is improving nicely as many of the younger tribal people are eager to learn the Spanish language and are thus becoming bilingual. Solar Powered MP3 players hurdle the linguistic barriers of the many preliterate people and have proven useful tools in educating the tribe.

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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 83
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 35
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 83.3%; rating input score 83
  • Program expense ratio: 83.3%; rating input score 83

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: 0%; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.08; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 3% per year; rating input score 100; 40th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -20.1% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 1.2% per year; rating input score 100; 31st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 83.3% of revenue deployed · 83.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 6 filed program accomplishments · $147K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2015 to 2024
  • 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.

  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 33/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 10/100.