Public Charity

BELIEVERS STEWARDSHIP SERVICES INC

BELIEVERS STEWARDSHIP SERVICES INC, of DUBUQUE, IA, is a Public Charity tracked in Imperigo's IRS 990 database. The 2025 filing shows $4.5M in revenue, $5.1M in expenses, $24.2M in total assets. IRS filings disclose 452 grants awarded by this foundation, totaling roughly $26.4M.

EIN: 311782614 DUBUQUE, IA Public Foundations NTEE: T30 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$4.5M
Total Expenses$5.1M
Total Assets$24.2M
Grants Given452
Grant Total$26.4M
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

THE MINISTRY IS DESIGNED TO GLORIFY GOD IN FULFILLING BIBLICAL STEWARDSHIP BY ASSISTING CHRISTIANS TO ACCOMPLISH THEIR FINANCIAL & ESTATE PLANNING GOALS & BY SUPPORTING LOCAL NEW TESTAMENT CHURCHES & ASSOCIATED MINISTRIES WITH FINANCIAL AND GOVERNANCE RELATED MATTERS.

Where $100 goes at Believers Stewardship Services Inc

How Believers Stewardship Services Inc divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 9 years.

$91 Programs the work itself
$9 Management running the organization
$0 Fundraising none reported

No fundraising costs are reported. That often means fundraising runs through a separate affiliated organization that files its own return.

Inside the $91 for programs

$90
Rendering donor advised fund and other fund management services to individiuals, trusts/estates, and active or dissolved churches/ministries, providing churches and other ministries with corporate governance, and assisting churches…
99% of program spending
$1
Rendering estate planning services (e.G., Assistance in the preparation of wills, revocable living trusts, powers of attorney, estate and trust tax returns) and planned giving (e.G., Administration of…
1% of program spending
<$1
Rendering or paying other vendors to render tax preparation services to individuals (including missionaries, and ministers of the gospel), trusts and estates, and a few charitable organizations
0% of program spending
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Sample Grants Given

CHRISTIAN MISSIONS IN MANY LANDS INC
SPRING LAKE, NJ · 2024
GENERAL SUPPORT
$984,991
INDIANAPOLIS, IN · 2024
GENERAL SUPPORT
$683,555
PINNACLE, NC · 2024
GENERAL SUPPORT
$210,147
DUBUQUE, IA · 2024
GENERAL SUPPORT
$167,623
LAND O'LAKES BIBLE CHAPEL
LUTZ, FL · 2024
GENERAL SUPPORT
$125,000

Showing up to 5 of 452 total records — full history available with membership.

Officers & Directors

DIRECTOR John Peasland
RISK OFFICER Mark Keller
SECRETARY Paul Bonner
PRESIDENT & CEO Robert Sullivan
VICE CHAIRMAN Samuel Thorpe Jr
TREASURER Walter Skip Elliott

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$26,386,870 452 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $4.5M $5.1M $24.2M
2024 $4.8M $4.6M $23.4M
2023 $11.7M $4.5M $22.6M
2022 $5.4M $5.6M $15.4M
2021 $3.8M $3.4M $18.5M

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $3.8M to $4.5M (+21%), with total assets most recently reported at $24.2M.

Interactive year-over-year charts and full filing details available with membership.

Grant Geography

Grants from this foundation were reported to recipients in AL, AZ, CA, CO, DC, DE, and 4 other states.

ALAZCACODCDEFLGAIAID

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