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CHARITY REVIEW
Issued: May 2024 Expires: May 2026

JAARS

Accredited Charity
Accredited Charity

Meets Standards
(800) 890-0628
Post Office Box 248
Waxhaw, NC, 28173
https://jaars.org
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Standards For Charity Accountability

Governance

  1. Board Oversight
  2. Board Size
  3. Board Meetings
  4. Board Compensation
  5. Conflict of Interest

Measuring Effectiveness

  1. Effectiveness Policy
  2. Effectiveness Report

Finances

  1. Program Expenses
  2. Fundraising Expenses
  3. Accumulating Funds
  4. Audit Report
  5. Detailed Expense Breakdown
  6. Accurate Expense Reporting
  7. Budget Plan

Fundraising & Info

  1. Truthful Materials
  2. Annual Report
  3. Website Disclosures
  4. Donor Privacy
  5. Cause Marketing Disclosures
  6. Complaints

Stated Purpose:
"to reduce barriers, ease burdens and deliver God’s Word by training, equipping, deploying and sustaining individuals, teams and stations to aid in the work of proclaiming the gospel to the whole creation."

Year, State Incorporated:
1963, NC

JAARS states it exists to make Bible translation and language development possible by enabling locally-appropriate and sustainable solutions in transportation, technology, media, and training. JAARS partners with more than 80 organizations around the world, to understand and assess their challenges and then to plan, develop, and implement solutions. The organization's role in these solutions ranges from turnkey ownership of operational programs to situations where JAARS provides consultation, research, funding, training, equipment, program management and/or networking resources to meet partners' needs.

For the year ended September 30, 2023, JAARS's program expenses were:

Transportation solutions $5,075,611
Base operations $5,050,576
Technology solutions $2,362,147
International operations $702,347
Total Program Expenses $13,190,681

Chief Executive
Steve Russell, President and Chief Executive Officer

Compensation*
$147,500

Chair of the Board
Andrew J. Hood

Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation
Retired, Former Financial Services/Regional Supervisory Director, MassMutual

Board Size
10

Paid Staff Size
71

*2023 compensation, as reported by the charity, includes annual salary and, if applicable, benefit plans, expense accounts, and other allowances.

Method(s) Used:
Direct mail appeals, Grant proposals, Internet, Direct mail appeals, Radio

Fundraising costs were 7% of related contributions. (Related contributions, which totaled $16,293,388, are donations received as a result of fundraising activities.)

This organization is tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. It is eligible to receive contributions deductible as charitable donations for federal income tax purposes.

The following information is based on JAARS's audited financial statements for the year ended September 30, 2023.

Source of Funds
In-kind contributions $10,412,548
Contributions $5,880,840
Program revenue $1,432,279
Sales revenue, net $145,920
Investment income $42,995
Gain on sale of fixed assets $19,774
Total Income $17,934,356

Programs: 83% Fundraising: 7% Administrative: 9%

Total Income $17,934,356
Total expenses: $15,807,767
  Program expenses $13,190,681
  Fundraising expenses $1,180,676
  Administrative expenses $1,436,410
  Other expenses $0
Income in Excess of Expenses $2,126,589
Beginning Net Assets $10,480,756
Other Changes In Net Assets $64,941
Ending Net Assets $12,672,286
Total Liabilities $1,037,103
Total Assets $13,709,389

Note 1: In the financial section above, "other changes in net assets" refers to a change in value of split-interest agreements.

Note 2: According to JAARS' audited financial statements for the year ended September 30, 2023, the organization received in-kind contributions totaling $10,412,548 in the form of program services ($7,117,261), land and buildings ($2,265,245), fundraising ($739,843), management ($246,996), and other goods ($43,203).

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Report completed by:
BBB Wise Giving Alliance