Missouri · Nonprofit
PEACE ON EARTH MINISTRIES
PEACE ON EARTH MINISTRIES (Missouri) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $181,500 to it, the largest being JERRY AND NANCY PERRY FAMILY FOUNDATION ($181,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $226k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $182k
- Net assets
- $153k
What Peace on Earth Ministries does
Mission
Peace on Earth Ministries (POEM), Joplin, MO, exists to build unity between Christian Churches and Churches of Christ in America so that together Christians and churches can join together in ministering to needy Christian projects in other parts of the world, i.e., Poland, Russia, Ukraine, India, Cuba, and other places that need assistance from POEM.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2025 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
Due to this being our first Form 990 filed, I've listed our program services here. POEM produces two publications - One Body, a quarterly magazine promoting unity between Christian Churches and Churches of Christ in America and a monthly ministry newsletter called the Knowlesletter. Victor Knowles also writes books on the Christian faith.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
Publications: POEM produces two publications - One Body, a quarterly magazine promoting unity between Christian Churches and Churches of Christ in America and a monthly ministry newsletter called the Knowlesletter. Victor Knowles also writes books on the Christian faith.
$122,718 spent$9,643 earned by the program76% of program spendingInternational Missionary support: POEM sends financial aid to Christians missionaries and churches in Poland, Ukraine, Russia and India. Funding is primarily by donations.
$37,767 spentof which $41,157 as grants24% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $160,485.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $35k → $11k.
From the IRS filings of PEACE ON EARTH MINISTRIES’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
PEACE ON EARTH MINISTRIES draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Missouri, across 1 state in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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.
Against its field
PEACE ON EARTH MINISTRIES runs a healthier operating margin than half 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 PEACE ON EARTH MINISTRIES
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 Missouri
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
80% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds PEACE ON EARTH MINISTRIES?
- PEACE ON EARTH MINISTRIES (Missouri) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $181,500 to it, the largest being JERRY AND NANCY PERRY FAMILY FOUNDATION ($181,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does PEACE ON EARTH MINISTRIES have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $181,500 in grants to PEACE ON EARTH MINISTRIES, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of PEACE ON EARTH MINISTRIES?
- JERRY AND NANCY PERRY FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $181,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like PEACE ON EARTH MINISTRIES find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Missouri. 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 2025–2025), 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