2016-02-26T14:48:30-06:00 2015-06-30 GRANT THORNTON LLP 2001 MARKET STREET SUITE 700 PHILADELPHIA PA 19103 990 2014-07-01 131623885 AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY % SAEED AHMED AMER 2153090300 101 N Independence Mall East FL8 Philadelphia PA 191062155 Julia Oliver SVP, CFO 2153090300 2016-02-23 true Frank Giardini P00532355 2155614200 2014 2016-08-17 19:52:53Z X ROY LAWRENCE PETERSON 101 N INDEPENDENCE MALL east Philadelphia PA 191062155 1003228651 false X www.americanbible.org X 1816 NY TO MAKE THE BIBLE AVAILABLE TO EVERY PERSON IN A LANGUAGE AND FORMAT EACH CAN UNDERSTAND AND AFFORD, so all people may EXPERIENCE ITS LIFE-CHANGING MESSAGE. 18 17 309 200 835281 39913323 59321159 0 0 42245515 30477788 6450212 279628364 88609050 369427311 6557925 5659491 0 0 30546681 35864081 713119 779697 10750798 42052987 46020394 79870712 88323663 8738338 281103648 528448319 801150780 92569504 114594355 435878815 686556425 X SINCE 1816, AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY HAS BEEN FULFILLING ITS MISSION OF MAKING THE BIBLE AVAILABLE TO EVERY PERSON IN A LANGUAGE AND FORMAT EACH CAN UNDERSTAND AND AFFORD SO ALL PEOPLE MAY EXPERIENCE ITS LIFE-CHANGING MESSAGE. FROM SENDING BIBLES OUT TO THE FRONTIER WITH PONY EXPRESS RIDERS, SENDING POCKET-SIZED BIBLES TO SOLDIERS ON BATTLEFIELDS, GOING BEHIND BARS WITH PRISON CHAPLAINS, TO SPEAKING THROUGH ONE OF THE MOST-VISITED PAGES ON FACEBOOK, THE DISTRIBUTION OF HOPE BY AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY HAS TAKEN ON A MYRIAD OF FORMS. WHETHER BY BOAT, PLANE, TRAIN, SMART PHONE OR AUDIO, AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY HAS USED WHATEVER AVENUE IS AVAILABLE TO GET GOD'S WORD AROUND THE WORLD WHERE NEEDED MOST. TODAY'S AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY CONTINUES TO INVITE MILLIONS ACROSS THE GLOBE TO EXPERIENCE THE LIFE-CHANGING MESSAGE OF THE BIBLE, FOCUSING ON WAYS TO: - ENGAGE - TODAY'S GENERATIONS SET ADRIFT; - RESTORE - LIVES FACING THE WORLD'S TOUGHEST TRAUMAS; AND - PROVIDE - GOD'S WORD FOR THOSE STILL WAIT false false 66520979 5659491 In the last year, American Bible Society has continued to pursue its mission of making the Bible available to every person in a language and format each can understand and afford so all people may experience its life-changing message. Backed by the prayers and support of financial partners, American Bible Society has worked to accomplish this goal in the United States and around the globe through Bible translation, Bible distribution, Bible advocacy, equipping leaders to promote Bible engagement and Bible-based trauma healing. In the U.S., American Bible Society worked with church and ministry leaders in cities to mobilize local Bible engagement movements. In Phoenix, this included launching a ministry network and collaborating with the John 17 Movement, an interconfessional Christian network in Phoenix. In New York City, American Bible Society hosted a listening campaign with pastors on the topic of Scripture engagement and worked to support the Luis Palau Association in planning and supporting 115 outreach events in New York City in the summer of 2015. At the October 2014 event "Movement Day," a gathering of 1,500 Christian leaders from 250 cities, 33 states and 8 countries, American Bible Society president and staff presented the vision of a Bible-engaged city and launched the city-focused Scripture suite "Now is the Time: Luke." In addition, Bible engagement seminars for Latino communities in New York City and Houston reached more than 450 leaders. The Youth and Millennials team launched a new partnership with Young Life to make the Bible accessible to at-risk students in the Young Life program. Through a partnership with the Willow Creek Association, American Bible Society was able to cast vision for the future of Bible engagement to more than 400 leaders at a Willow Creek event in Florida and contribute targeted Scripture engagement resources to thousands of leaders who subscribe to Willow Creek's monthly email update. Roman Catholic Ministries team hosted a Catholic Bible Summit in partnership with the Archdiocese of New York in New York City with 200 key leaders from the Roman Catholic Church and continued its Lectio Divina program to promote Scripture engagement throughout local parishes and diocese. Armed Services Ministries provided more than 440,000 Scripture resources to the military, military veterans and their families in order to cultivate Scripture engagement. In addition, the God Understands project, which provides God's Word to veterans struggling with trauma reached more than 50,000 people, and the new Military Bible Challenge web app made it possible for military families to interact with the Bible from a distance. Around the world, American Bible Society has worked to serve the global Church through investing in accelerated Bible translation and frontline Scripture engagement. Accelerated Bible translation seeks to provide Scripture in people's heart languages by introducing the Common Framework of Scripture translation (accelerated impact, ownership, and stewardship) and ensuring that 100 percent of languages have some portion of Scripture by 2025. American Bible Society supported a total of 279 Bible translation projects in 61 countries, impacting more than 6.5 million people. American Bible Society's Nida Institute for Biblical Scholarship supports this work by guiding research and implementation of translation best practices around the globe. Every Tribe Every Nation, an alliance of Bible translation organizations, was a critical partner in seeing accelerated Bible translation. Collaboration through Every Tribe Every Nation decreased duplication of work and increased the quality and efficiency of Bible translation. Every Tribe Every Nation helped to provide and advocate for translator training, technological advancements in the Bible translation process, and the acceleration of individual Bible translations. One example of accelerated Bible translation is the Nsenga translation. The Nsenga (inter-confessional) Bible Translation project began in 2010 as a grassroots movement of the Nsenga-speaking people in Zambia. The translation process could have lasted 8 years, but thanks to funding provided by American Bible Society and Every Tribe Every Nation, which provided a generator for electrical power, computers and bicycles for transportation, THE TRANSLATORS WERE ABLE TO COMPLETE A TRANSLATION OF the New Testament in just under 4 years. The dedication ceremony for the Nsenga New Testament is tentatively scheduled for June 2016. The intention is to continue translating the full Bible. Frontline Scripture Engagement advances first-time Scripture engagement in the world's most hostile and remote regions by focusing on three critical areas: new believers (emphasis on Middle East, Central Asia, China and India), Millennials/Youth (in Africa and Latin America, where 45 percent of the population is under 25), and people under oppression (people who are persecuted, displaced, traumatized, orphans, widows, or in extreme poverty). Two key initiatives for Frontline Scripture Engagement are End-to-End and the Domestic Violence Cluster in Latin America: "Read to Live." The End-to-End is a simple three-phase program including: showing "The Jesus Film" by Cru (Campus Crusade for Christ International), organizing believers into Faith Comes By Hearing listening groups, and providing Bibles for daily Scripture engagement. American Bible Society championed the Scripture engagement element of End-to-End in 13 countries, including India and 12 countries in Africa, and reached 318,112 people. Five Bible Societies in Latin America have worked together since 2011 to address illiteracy and domestic violence through the Read to Live initiative. Using resources in Spanish and indigenous languages, the program has served as a catalyst to decrease violence against women and children and strengthen families. The initiative reached more than 96,000 people. American Bible Society's trauma healing work equipped local leaders with biblical and mental health resources to enable traumatized people to experience the life-changing message of the Bible. In the last year, 40,000 participants participated in the program's equipping sessions, healing sessions, mini sessions and communities of practice; 1,738 new facilitators received training, and trauma healing sessions were held in 29 countries, including seven new countries. The trauma healing team also worked with Bible Societies around the world to lay the groundwork for delivering the trauma healing program through 30-minute radio programs with accompanying Scripture songs. The children's trauma healing program was piloted in Spanish, and this curriculum was launched through a training session at Wheaton College and a children's trauma healing session in Nicaragua. In response to the ebola crisis, the trauma healing team developed an audio trauma healing program that was specifically adapted for ebola-stricken Guinea and Liberia. American Bible Society worked with Life Focus TV to produce "Hope Rising," an Emmy-nominated documentary about American Bible Society's Bible-based trauma work. The documentary was aired on ABC with a viewership of 35 million people. Throughout its domestic and international work, American Bible Society prioritizes working with dedicated ministry partners in order to deliver efficient, high-quality results. We play a vital role in helping our partners deepen and expand their impact through Scripture Engagement. A critical international partnership is the United Bible Society (UBS) Fellowship. Formed in 1946 following the end of WWII, UBS includes more than 140 national Bible Societies operating in more than 200 countries around the world. This global network ensures that global support is applied to the local needs for God's Word. Domestically a range of partners-from local churches to national organizations such as Movement Day and the Willow Creek Association-help to channel Scripture-impact to the communities that need it most. This partnership model minimizes duplication of efforts and maximizes the impact of each project for the Christian community. All of these activities are taking place at an historic moment in American Bible Society's history. In May of 2016, American Bible Society will celebrate 200 years of sharing God's Word in the U.S. and around the world. As the organization celebrates God's faithfulness in the past, it is also looking toward an audacious new goal: seeing 100 million people in the U.S. engaged with God's Word and 100 percent of languages with access to Scripture in the next 10 years. 66520979 true true false false false true false true false true true true false false true true true false false true true true false true true false false true false true false false false false false true false false true false false false false true true false false false true X 3847 0 true 309 true true true true AU BR EG HK HU false false false true true false false false false false false false X 18 17 false false false false false false false true true false false true true true true true true true true false AZ AR CO DC FL HI IL KY LA ME MD MN MS NH NM NY OK OR PA SC TN VA WA WV WI X X SAEED AHMED 2153090900 101 NO INDEPENDENCE MALL EAST FL8 Philadelphia PA 191062155 Nick Athens Chairman 11.0 0.0 X X 0 0 0 Elizabeth Peale Allen Vice 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The collection preserves historically significant scriptures, provides for scholarly research, and contributes to the public good through educational exhibitions. Schedule D, Part V ENDOWMENT FUNDS American Bible Society's endowment funds (quasi & true permanently restricted endowment) exist to support the organization's mission. The unrestricted funds (quasi-endowment) help subsidize the operating budget via an annual spending formula, which allows more current donor contributions to directly fund programs. A spending formula is also applied to the restricted funds (true endowment) WHICH ARE appropriated for both general and specific purposes as designated by original donor intent. AMERICAN Bible Society HAS maintainED the historical principal value on true endowments. On September 17, 2010, New York State passed the New York State Uniform Prudent Management of Institutional Funds Act. All not-for-profit organizations formed in NEw York, including the Society, must comply with this law, commencing with the Society's 2011 fiscal year. From time to time, the fair value of assets associated with an individual donor-restricted endowment fund may fall below the funds historic dollar value. Schedule D, Part XI RECONCILIATION OF REVENUE Line 2D Cost of Goods Sold $4,681,085 Change in value of Split Interest Agreements (6,723,482) Pension Related Activity 2,640,740 ------------ Total Part XI, Line 2(D) $ 598,343 ============ Schedule D, Part XII RECONCILIATION OF EXPENSES Line 2D Cost of Goods Sold $4,681,085 Schedule D, Part X, Line 2 Fin 48 (ASC 740) In July 2006, guidance was issued in the area of "Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes." The standard clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in tax positions taken or expected to be taken in a tax return, including issues relating to financial statement recognition and measurement. This standard provides that the tax effects from an uncertain tax position can be recognized in the financial statements only if the position is "more-likely-than-not" to be sustained if the position were to be challenged by a taxing authority. The standard also provides guidance on measurement, classification, interest and penalties, and disclosure. It was effective for the Bible Society on July 1, 2009, and had no material impact on the accompanying financial statements. The tax years ending 2013, 2014 and 2015 are still open to audit for both federal and state purposes. The Bible Society has processes presently in place to ensure the maintenance of its tax-exempt status; to identify and report unrelated income; to determine its filing and tax obligations in jurisdictions for which it has nexus; and to identify and evaluate other matters that may be considered tax positions. true East Asia and the Pacific Grantmaking bible distrib & engage 1156690 Europe (Including Iceland and Greenland) Grantmaking bible distrib & engage 120000 Middle East and North Africa Grantmaking bible distrib & engage 1280000 North America Grantmaking bible distrib & engage 97211 South Asia Grantmaking bible distrib & engage 6532 Central America and the Caribbean Program Services bible distrib & engage 809211 East Asia and the Pacific Program Services bible distrib & engage 1662691 Europe (Including Iceland and Greenland) Program Services bible distrib & engage 2845958 Middle East and North Africa Program Services bible distrib & engage 1891422 North America Program Services bible distrib & engage 590298 Russia and the Newly Independent States Program Services bible distrib & engage 223062 South America Program Services bible distrib & engage 1191238 South Asia Program Services bible distrib & engage 523926 Sub-Saharan Africa Program Services bible distrib & engage 4550732 Europe (Including Iceland and Greenland) Investments 2071187 East Asia and the Pacific Investments 4416809 South Asia Investments 1111400 East Asia and the Pacific Investments 2245755 Sub-Saharan Africa Investments 1830677 Middle East and North Africa Investments 246784 South America Investments 85041 North America Investments 240150 24548367 4648407 29196774 Central America and the Caribbean Bible Engagement 29500 East Asia and the Pacific Bible Engagement 25000 North America Bible Engagement 9500 Russia and the Newly Independent States Bible Engagement 9500 South Asia Bible Engagement 5500 Sub-Saharan Africa Bible Engagement 7500 Middle East and North Africa Bible Engagement 810000 Middle East and North Africa Bible Engagement 50000 Middle East and North Africa Bible Engagement 420000 Europe (Including Iceland and Greenland) Bible Engagement 120000 East Asia and the Pacific Bible Engagement 1156690 North America Bible Engagement 17244 12 true false true true true false Schedule F, Part I, Line 2 AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY ("ABS") IS A MEMBER OF THE UNITED BIBLE SOCIETIES ("UBS"), A WORLD-WIDE FELLOWSHIP OF NATIONAL BIBLE SOCIETIES. ABS PROGRAM SERVICES, IN CONJUNCTION WITH UBS, INCLUDE BIBLE DISTRIBUTION, TRANSLATION, ENGAGEMENT AND ADVOCACY. THE UBS SOLICITS AND RESEARCHES VARIOUS BIBLE DISTRIBUTION PROJECTS PROPOSED BY THE NATIONAL BIBLE SOCIETIES AND MAKES SUCH PROJECTS AVAILABLE TO THE FELLOWSHIP (INCLUDING ABS) FOR FUNDING. ABS SIGNS A RESEARCH AND FUNDING AGREEMENT WITH BENEFiCIARIES OF ABS GRANTS. THIS ALLOWS US TO MONITOR AND EVALUATE FUNDS SENT TO EACH COUNTRY. GLOBAL SCRIPTURE IMPACT ("GSI"), OUR INTERNAL RESEARCH GROUP, OR OUR FUNDING PARTNER RESEARCHES PROJECTs BEFORE FUNDING FOR PROJECT IMPACT (LIFE CHANGE), GOAL ALIGNMENT, FINANCIAL RISK, ENVIROnMENTAL RISK, MANAGERIAL RISKS (IMPLEMENTER ON THE GROUND) AND OTHER possibly INHERENT RISKS. ABS RECEIVES AND REVIEWS PROGRESS REPORTS TO MONITOR THE USE OF FUNDS AS A PROJECT PROGRESSES. AT THE END OF THE PROJECT, GSI OR THE PARTNER CONDUCTS AN ASSESSMENT OF RESULTS TO COMPARE WITH PLAN AND BUDGET. INFORMATION ON RESULTS IS RELAYED TO MANAGEMENT AND THE DONOR CONSTITUENCY. UNUSED FUNDS ARE RETRIEVED FROM THE IMPLEMENTER AND THE DONOR'S PERMISSION IS OBTAINED TO REDIRECT FUNDS TO SIMILAR PROJECTS IN OTHER COUNTRIES. ABS CONDUCTS FIELD VISITS TO VALIDATE and document INFORMATION. SOME OF THESE VISITS ARE DONE WITH PARTICIPATION OF the MAJOR DONORS OF these MINISTRY PROJECTS. OUR OVERALL INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM EXPENDITURE IS CLOSELY MONITORED INTERNALLY BY DIFFERENT SPECIALLY APPOINTED GROUPS (TASK FORCES, AD HOC GROUPS OR COMMITTEES) AND DULY REPORTED TO OUR BOARD ON A QUARTERLY BASIS. 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amounts, both before the grant is issued, and after the grant and project have been completed. Detailed reports (Impact Statements) are prepared using a standard methodology of financial and life impact measurement for management decision in grant approval and post project evaluation of effectiveness and grant compliance. Schedule I, Part II The Society provided major financial support and in-kind services to MOBIA during fiscal 2015. The support amounted to $1,125,000 of the amount $525,000 consisted of cash contributions and the remainder consisted of in-kind services. X X true true X X X X X false false false false false false false false false Roy L Peterson President & CEO 337916 0 0 0 3153 0 23000 0 24968 0 389037 0 0 0 Robert Briggs SVP 211499 0 0 0 2792 0 17600 0 38494 0 270385 0 0 0 Donald Cavanaugh Corp Sec/CAE (through 9/30/15) 160546 0 0 0 803 0 21332 0 39412 0 222093 0 0 0 Mark Dillon SVP (through 6/30/15) 342605 0 0 0 2590 0 26769 0 25947 0 397911 0 0 0 Stephen D King SVP, COO (through 12/23/15) 219224 0 0 0 3144 0 18154 0 36069 0 276591 0 0 0 Geoffrey Morin SVP 213643 0 0 0 666 0 16800 0 35676 0 266785 0 0 0 Julia A Oliver SVP, CFO 208374 0 0 0 1159 0 17600 0 40664 0 267797 0 0 0 Mark Forshaw Director 161675 0 0 0 519 0 13506 0 36122 0 211822 0 0 0 Nikolaos Garbidakis Director 179376 0 0 0 1691 0 15537 0 44419 0 241023 0 0 0 Janet Grell Director 166836 0 0 0 1522 0 13793 0 16916 0 199067 0 0 0 Marco Herrera Director 157337 0 0 0 3318 0 12980 0 25518 0 199153 0 0 0 Lee Manis Director 166356 0 0 0 2342 0 14071 0 39040 0 221809 0 0 0 Nicholas Pagano Director 163008 0 0 0 831 0 21914 0 41065 0 226818 0 0 0 Mario Paredes Director 179574 0 0 0 2487 0 14566 0 14091 0 210718 0 0 0 James Puchy Chief of Staff 178977 0 0 0 1548 0 14008 0 26783 0 221316 0 0 0 Peter Rathbun General Counsel 185130 0 0 0 3026 0 15298 0 26405 0 229859 0 0 0 Stephen Sharp Director 159790 0 0 0 3579 0 13375 0 27622 0 204366 0 0 0 Schedule J, Part I Form 990, Schedule J, LINE 1A American Bible Society's ("Bible Society") travel Policy provides for spousal travel in limited circumstances where there is a pre-approved, defined/measureable Bible Society business purpose. The Bible Society does provide a clergy housing allowance to several officers and directors reported on Part VII and Schedule J of the Form 990. The clergy allowance is provided to ordained staff members and is reported in Schedule J, Part II, column (b)(i). David Trobisch trustee 15757 biblical source text research false SCHEDULE L, PART IV, LINE 1 Consistent with our mission, American Bible Society entered into a transaction with Dr. David Trobisch, a member of the Board of Trustees, for a feasibility study to support a Visual Database of New Testament Greek Manuscripts. Dr. Trobisch is one of only a handful of scholars qualified to conduct this research. The feasibility study scope and costs were vetted by the Board Committee on Translation and Scholarship. Compensation was determined to be reasonable, as it was below market for the level of work and scholarship. Full disclosure was made to the Board, the governing body, prior to the transaction being approved. The Board approved the transaction while Dr. Trobisch was recused. X 12 281405 Market Value 1 false true true Schedule M, Part I, Line 32 All contributed securities are transferred into a brokerage account for timely and expeditious sale by American bible society's investment brokers. Form 990, Part VI, Section B Policies Line 11: The Form 990 was prepared and reviewed by an independent accounting firm, grant thornton llp, in conjunction with the organization's financial department. A copy of the draft Form 990 was circulated to the full Board of Trustees for discussion and comment. Each Board Member was provided ample opportunity to comment on the information contained in the 990 prior to its filing with the Internal Revenue Service. Line 12: Employees are regularly counseled by the legal staff in conflict of interest awareness and are required to file conflict of interest disclosure statements annually. Conflicts identified are investigated by the internal audit staff for resolution with management and the Board Audit Committee. Line 15: Compensation for the president & CEO is determined by a compensation committee appointed by the board of trustees. The compensation committee relies on a number of different sources to determine compensation, including, but not limited to, compensation benchmark surveys and studies, compensation paid to similar officers at similar institutions (i.e. by reviewing the form 990 of other organizations), including those in major urban centers. Recommendations were based on a comprehensive study leveraging external, independent research by Guide star and other 3rd party consulting organizations. The officers of the board recommend the CEO compensation to the full board of trustees for its approval. The board of trustees' approval is documented in minutes. Compensation for other officers and key employees of the organization is determined using various sources by human resources such as compensation surveys and studies, including information on form 990 of other organizations as well as independent compensation studies. Human resources then obtains approval for the recommended compensation from the officers' or key employees' next higher level manager. Final compensation amount is then communicated to the officer or key employee by human resources. Section C: Disclosure Line 19: American Bible Society ("the Bible Society") makes its Form 990 and audited financial statements available on its website, www.americanbible.org. The Bible Society's governing documents and conflict of interest statement are available upon request and at management's discretion. Form 990, Part VI, Line 1a & 1b AND PART VII The Bible Society is reporting 18 voting members of the Board of trustees. Since one voting member of the board was compensated, the Bible Society is reporting 17 independent voting members of the Board of trustees at the end of the tax year. Form 990, Part VIII, Line 11a Sale of Building Proceeds from Sale of building $300,000,000 Less: Cost Basis and Selling Expenses 25,329,511 ------------ Gain from Sale 274,670,489 While remaining incorporated in the state of New York, the Society relocated to Philadelphia in August 2015 after the sale of its New York City headquarters building in January 2015. Form 990, Part XI, Line 9 Other changes in Net Assets Change in value of Split-interest agreements $(6,723,482) pension related activity 2,640,740 ------------ total (4,082,742) ============ ASTOR PLACE 1865 BROADWAY NEW YORK NY 10023 134933900 Inactive NY NA C CORP 0 0 1.00000 true