The Fund for Christian Service

Overview

Mission

The Fund for Christian Service is a non-profit, US tax-exempt organization supporting missionary work and other Christian activities among a fellowship of Christian assemblies gathered to the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. The basic ministry of The Fund for Christian Service Top The Fund for Christian Service began operating in 1957 for the support and promotion of gospel work. Printing gospel tracts was one early focus point. During the next decades, the functions of FCS expanded to include numerous aspects of fund distribution. Today, these aspects mainly involve channeling funds for missionaries and missionary activities in foreign countries, as well as for the support of the Lord's work and workers in the USA and Canada. FCS is also responsible for the monthly publication _Missionary Bulletin_, which is distributed free of charge to any who request it. The Fund for Christian...

Operating model

Revenue model

Donor-supported. 78% 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 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: 96
• Transparency & Controls: 51
• Accountability: 94
• Sustainability: 56
• Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Details

• What they do: 1 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
• Where the money goes: 92.8% of revenue deployed · 99.7% of spending went to programs
• Governance: 9 of 9 board members independent · 6 of 7 filing controls reported
• Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $2.5M in reported program spending
• Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
• Consistency: 17 of 18 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
• Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and foreign activity
• Filing history: 15 filing years from 2011 to 2025
• Contacts: How to reach this organization
• Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
• Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
• 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.
• Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
• Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 53/100.
• Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 45/100.
• Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.