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BIBLES FOR RUSSIA INC

BIBLES FOR RUSSIA INC (Alabama) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $273,000 to it, the largest being CS & P BELL FAMILY FOUNDATION ($273,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$137k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$273k
Net assets
$100k
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 17%
01What it does

What Bibles for Russia Inc does

Mission

Primary tasks is to plant and grow churches across the former soviet union, especially in the regions where no churches exist. We also provide humanitarian aid to orphans, street children and poor widows.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Program

  1. Program services provided to christian churches/pastors/missionaries, including orphans and other related humanitarian needs in the region.

    $45,759 spentof which $35,559 as grants
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $45,759.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.

100 = 20212021 Revenue 100 ($184k) Expenses 100 ($196k) Net assets 100 ($87k)2022 Revenue 86 ($158k) Expenses 83 ($163k) Net assets 94 ($82k)2023 Revenue 75 ($138k) Expenses 74 ($144k) Net assets 87 ($76k)2024 Revenue 67 ($123k) Expenses 61 ($119k) Net assets 92 ($80k)2025 Revenue 74 ($137k) Expenses 60 ($117k) Net assets 115 ($100k)
20212022202320242025
Revenue (74)Expenses (60)Net assets (115)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $83k to $100k (+21%).

$88k
$84k
$77k
$83k
$100k
20212022202320242025
Total assetsTotal liabilities

How it's funded, over time

Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.

2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2022 100%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.

−$12k
’21
−$5k
’22
−$6k
’23
$4k
’24
$20k
’25
9.7
months of
reserve

Leadership and staff

The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.

20212022202320242025
Listed11111
Joined·····
No longer listed·····
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $36k → $24k.

Funder
'17
'18
'19
'20
'21
'22
'23
'24*
'25*
total
funders
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

From the IRS filings of BIBLES FOR RUSSIA INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

Where its funders are

100% of BIBLES FOR RUSSIA INC's grant income comes from Alabama funders.

AL

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’17
’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
Alabama out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

04Its place in the field

Organizations like BIBLES FOR RUSSIA INC

Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.

In Alabama

Nationally

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

39% of spending goes to programs.

Program 39%Management 61%Fundraising 0%

Governance

11
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

99%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

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Questions and answers

Who funds BIBLES FOR RUSSIA INC?
BIBLES FOR RUSSIA INC (Alabama) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $273,000 to it, the largest being CS & P BELL FAMILY FOUNDATION ($273,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does BIBLES FOR RUSSIA INC have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $273,000 in grants to BIBLES FOR RUSSIA INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of BIBLES FOR RUSSIA INC?
CS & P BELL FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $273,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like BIBLES FOR RUSSIA INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Alabama. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2021–2025), and the filings of 1 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing