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CHARITY REVIEW
Issued: April 2026 Expires: April 2028

Operation Serve International

Standards Not Met
Standards Not Met
11
(513) 939-2000
Post Office Box 18070
Fairfield, OH, 45018
https://operationserve.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

Operation Serve International does not meet the following 1 Standards for Charity Accountability:

Standard 11 (Financial Statements)
Make available to all, on request, complete annual financial statements prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. When total annual gross income exceeds $1 million, these statements should be audited in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards. For charities whose annual gross income is less than $1 million, a review by a certified public accountant is sufficient to meet this standard. For charities whose annual gross income is less than $250,000, an internally produced, complete financial statement is sufficient to meet this standard.

OSI does not meet this Standard because:

  • The organization's annual gross income was $894,928 in the year ended December 31, 2024, and the organization does not have 2024 financial statements that were reviewed by a certified public accountant (CPA).

The BBB Wise Giving Alliance requested but did not receive complete information from the organization and is unable to verify the organization's compliance with the following Standard(s) for Charity Accountability: 14

Operation Serve International meets the remaining 18 Standards for Charity Accountability.

Stated Purpose:
"to motivate and mobilize concerned Christians to reach the poor in places that are underserved and underdeveloped, to strengthen existing ministries in their own presentation of the Gospel."

Year, State Incorporated:
1983, OH

Operation Serve International (OSI) reports that it provides relief to underserved and impoverished communities through mercy missions, leadership training, and community and missionary outreach. The organization's mercy missions offer free basic services such as medical and dental care, hair care, and optical exams and eyeglasses to adults and children. OSI reports that it works in Egypt and Mexico, where the organization provides training and educational materials to pastors and community leaders during conferences and regional meetings. The organization also offers online college level classes to pastors around the world, in their own language, with a partner university. According to OSI, it provides material support to communities through outreach initiatives in the form of groceries, nutritional experts, clothes, Christmas gifts, and legal advisors. Additionally, the organization reports that it provides spiritual relief through its missionary development work by training and mobilizing long term missionaries, and through its five-week ministry work internship program and youth team mission trips.

For the year ended December 31, 2024, Operation Serve International's program expenses were:

Mercy missions $314,680
Leadership training $99,151
Community development $72,245
Missionary development $27,038
Total Program Expenses $513,114

Chief Executive
Sameh Sadik, PhD, Executive Director

Compensation*
$63,776

Chair of the Board
Dr. Scott Erickson

Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation
Physician

Board Size
5

Paid Staff Size
16

*2024 compensation includes annual salary and, if applicable, benefit plans, expense accounts, and other allowances.

Method(s) Used:
Direct mail appeals, Telephone appeals, Internet

Fundraising costs were 2% of related contributions. (Related contributions, which totaled $839,746, 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 Operation Serve International's IRS Form 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024.

Source of Funds
Contributions $839,746
Investment income $52,002
Program service fees $6,976
Net income from sales of inventory $1,777
Total Income $894,928

Programs: 91% Fundraising: 4% Administrative: 5%

Total Income $894,928
Total expenses: $563,366
  Program expenses $513,114
  Fundraising expenses $20,981
  Administrative expenses $29,271
  Other expenses $0
Income in Excess of Expenses $331,562
Beginning Net Assets $2,881,469
Other Changes In Net Assets $0
Ending Net Assets $3,215,668
Total Liabilities $0
Total Assets $3,215,668

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Report completed by:
BBB Wise Giving Alliance