Nonprofit
UNITED BIBLE SOCIETIES ASSOCIATION INC
UNITED BIBLE SOCIETIES ASSOCIATION INC receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $903,130 to it, the largest being FRONTLINES INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS INC ($694,999). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $46M
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $903k
- Net assets
- $88M
What United Bible Societies Association Inc does
Mission
The objective of the association is to promote the widest possible effective distribution and use of the bible or any parts of the bible throughout the world, including translation into any language or languages, printing and publication of the bible or any part of the bible. Association furthers its objects is by providing service members of the united bible societies.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
The united bible societies association helps the ubs fellowship make the bible available to everyone by providing shared services and tools, as well as learning and collaboration opportunities to bible societies. These include facilitating the sharing of financial resources through the grants programme. By doing this, they increase the efficiency and effectiveness of bible societies' ministries, their organisations and their work together as a fellowship.in 2024, the association's management and staff continued to deliver services that significantly increased the cohesion, capacity, and global impact of the ubs fellowship. Through a wide range of activities-spanning global events, digital infrastructure, communication, member support, and funding programmes-the association served as a central resource for bible societies across all regions.the association's services continued to support bible societies as they navigate the contemporary complex realities of an increasingly digital society, a world affected by climate change and a growing number of natural disasters, conflicts and wars. The association placed special emphasis on enhancing the collaboration and partnerships among the…
$49,089,662 spentof which $32,138,843 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $49,089,662.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 2020 to 2021, from $103M to $116M (+12%).
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.
91% of UNITED BIBLE SOCIETIES ASSOCIATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (84% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 5 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.
Chief executive
Professor Alexander Schweitzer
Executive director global bible ministry
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $33k → $401k.
2 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 19% 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 UNITED BIBLE SOCIETIES ASSOCIATION 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
UNITED BIBLE SOCIETIES ASSOCIATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 77% of grant income and the top three 96%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund UNITED BIBLE SOCIETIES ASSOCIATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 88% — 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.
Against its field
UNITED BIBLE SOCIETIES ASSOCIATION INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 249 religion nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 249 religion nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Organizations like UNITED BIBLE SOCIETIES ASSOCIATION 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.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
97% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
95%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- United Bible Societies · corp_trust
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for UNITED BIBLE SOCIETIES ASSOCIATION 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 UNITED BIBLE SOCIETIES ASSOCIATION INC?
- UNITED BIBLE SOCIETIES ASSOCIATION INC receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $903,130 to it, the largest being FRONTLINES INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS INC ($694,999). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does UNITED BIBLE SOCIETIES ASSOCIATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $903,130 in grants to UNITED BIBLE SOCIETIES ASSOCIATION INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of UNITED BIBLE SOCIETIES ASSOCIATION INC?
- FRONTLINES INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS INC is the largest funder on record, with $694,999 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like UNITED BIBLE SOCIETIES ASSOCIATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2020–2024), and the filings of 4 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