Texas · Nonprofit
DEAN BIBLE MINISTRIES INC
DEAN BIBLE MINISTRIES INC (Texas) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $13,758 to it, the largest being LEONARD AND TERESA FRIEDMAN FOUNDATION ($11,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $477k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $14k
- Net assets
- $926k
What Dean Bible Ministries Inc does
Mission
Spread the gospel of jesus christ through sound teachings of the bible.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Dean bible ministries (dbm) offers hundreds of hour-long bible classes in online audio and video formats complete with supporting files such as slide presentations and class notes and transcripts. Dbm also provides single- class and multiple-class dvds through online ordering free of charge. Dbm's website is updated often with new content added weekly.
$183,637 spentof which $3,600 as grants58% of program spendingDean bible ministries (dbm) hosts tours of the biblical lands. Dbm volunteers and staff provide teaching during the tour to help students of the bible better understand the geographical setting of biblical narratives. Dbm assists with the arrangements for the trip, and attendees pay dbm for those costs. A tour of greece was completed during 2025.
$131,123 spent$120,362 earned by the program42% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $314,760.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $504k to $746k (+48%).
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.
70% of DEAN BIBLE MINISTRIES INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
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.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $193 → $2k.
1 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 9% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of DEAN BIBLE MINISTRIES 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.
How concentrated its funding is
DEAN BIBLE MINISTRIES INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 80% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 85% · 2022 73% · 2023 86% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. 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
88% of DEAN BIBLE MINISTRIES INC's grant income comes from Texas funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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.
Against its field
DEAN BIBLE MINISTRIES INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 7,334 religion nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,334 religion nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like DEAN BIBLE MINISTRIES 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 Texas
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
87% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
73%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for DEAN BIBLE MINISTRIES INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds DEAN BIBLE MINISTRIES INC?
- DEAN BIBLE MINISTRIES INC (Texas) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $13,758 to it, the largest being LEONARD AND TERESA FRIEDMAN FOUNDATION ($11,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does DEAN BIBLE MINISTRIES INC have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $13,758 in grants to DEAN BIBLE MINISTRIES INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of DEAN BIBLE MINISTRIES INC?
- LEONARD AND TERESA FRIEDMAN FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $11,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like DEAN BIBLE MINISTRIES INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Texas. 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 3 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