Serve

Legal name: Sending Experienced Retired Volunteers Everywhere Serve

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
232747207
IRS 990-N coverage
2025–2025
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2020, Form 990-N 2025
Location
Waxhaw, NC, US
Phone
301-831-7223
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Religion Related N.E.C.
Affiliation
Religious (unspecified)

Official website

What the e-Postcard reports

Notice states gross receipts normally $50,000 or less
Yes
Termination reported
No
Principal officer
Leah Ann VanderPloeg
Tax period began
2025-01-01 00:00:00
Tax period ended
2025-12-31 00:00:00

Source: IRS Form 990-N, tax year 2025. These are filed notice facts, not independently verified current operations. The notice does not report exact revenue, expenses, assets, leadership compensation, or governance controls.

Overview

From its website

SERVE is a fellowship of mission-minded volunteers committed to making a lasting impact in largely unreached settings, demonstrating the love of Christ in transformational ways. Founded in 1993 at the U.S. Center for World Missions of Fuller Seminary, SERVE facilitates short-term volunteer mission service and is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church USA. The organization coordinates construction, medical mission, and educational projects in countries including Ethiopia, Haiti, Kenya, Mexico, Mozambique, and Peru, with a current focus on supporting the Western Gambella Bethel Synod's Jordan Bible School in Ethiopia.

IRS classification

Religion Related N.E.C. (NTEE X99).

Recorded affiliation

Religious (unspecified).

Filing

Its tax year 2025 Form 990-N states gross receipts are normally $50,000 or less. The notice does not report termination.

Other filing

A Form 990-EZ for tax year 2020 is also available.

Coverage

Other list screening or federal responsibility records are incomplete in the available data.

Sources: Official website capture · IRS Business Master File · Affiliation evidence · IRS Form 990-N · IRS filing history · Grant-readiness source coverage

The verdict

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

    Details

    • What they do: 3 programs and campaigns described on the official site
    • Postcard: tax year 2025 · gross receipts were within the e-Postcard filing limit
    • 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.