GoServ Global

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Summary

GoServ Global shares God's love by responding to disaster, empowering sustainable community development and creating world change through hands-on involvement.


Contact information

Mailing address:
GoServ Global
310 East Broadway
PO Box 193
Eagle Grove, IA 50533

Website: goservglobal.org

Phone: (515) 448-3131

Email: [email protected]


Organization details

EIN: 452875491

CEO/President: Paul van Gorkom

Chairman: Gene Peterson

Board size: 14

Founder: Kerry Baxter and Ken DeYoung

Ruling year: 2011

Tax deductible: Yes

Fiscal year end: 12/31

Member of ECFA: Yes

Member of ECFA since: 2020


Purpose

Empowering those we serve and serve alongside to be world changers transformed through Jesus Christ.


Mission statement

GoServ Global shares God's love by responding to disaster, empowering sustainable community development and creating world change through hands-on involvement.

RESPONDING TO DISASTER GoServ Global brings expertise in equipment operation, safety and volunteer management to serve as the hands and feet of Christ in helping local churches and communities respond to disaster.

EMPOWERING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT GoServ Global transforms the lives of the impoverished by providing for basic human needs, developing local leadership and establishing sustainable communities.

CREATING WORLD CHANGE THROUGH HANDS-ON INVOLVEMENT Those who volunteer for GoServ Global missions seek to serve those in need and find their own lives transformed by the experience.


Statement of faith

The following statements are based on our understanding and interpretation of biblical truths.

1. We believe that there is only one holy God, Who created all things, is perfect and eternally exists in three persons: the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. Matthew 28:19; John 10:30; Ephesians 4:4-6.

2. We believe that the Bible is the only infallible and authoritative Word of God, fully inspired and written under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. 1 Thessalonians 2:13; 2 Timothy 3:15-17; 2 Peter 1-20:21

3. We believe in the deity of Jesus Christ, conceived by the Holy Spirit. We believe He lived a sinless life, in His atoning death by His shed blood, in His bodily resurrection and ascension into heaven where He sits at the right hand of the Father. Matthew 1:23; Acts 1:11 and 2:22-24; 1 Corinthians 15:3-4; Philippians 2:5-11; Hebrews 1:1-4.

4. We believe that all people are sinners by nature and by choice and are, therefore, under condemnation, but that through the shed blood of Jesus Christ, those who repent of their sins and trust Him as savior can be rescued, reconciled, and renewed by the Holy Spirit. Luke 24:46-47; John 14:6; Acts 4:12; Romans 3:23; 2 Corinthians 5:10-11; Ephesians 1:7 and 2:8-9; Titus 3:4-7.

5. We believe that the Holy Spirit indwells every believer in Christ, and that He is a helper, teacher, and guide, enabling us to live a godly life. Acts 1:8 and 4:31; Romans 8:9; Galatians 5:16-18.

6. We believe in the universal Church, a unified living spiritual body of which Christ is the head of all believers in Jesus Christ with equality among races, gender and class differences, that has the primary task of spreading the gospel to a lost world. 1 Corinthians 12:12, 27; Ephesians 1:22-23.

7. We believe the Great Commission involves both deeds of compassion and verbally sharing the gospel with people who do not know Jesus and inviting them into a personal relationship with Him. Matthew 28:18-20; Acts 1:8; Romans 10:9-15; 1 Peter 3:15.

8. We believe God created humans in His own image and instituted monogamous marriage exclusively between one genetic male and one genetic female as the foundation of the family and human society and that all people are worthy of dignity and respect. Genesis 2:24; Matthew 19:5-6; Matthew 22:37-39: Mark 10:6-9; Romans 1:26-27; 1 Corinthians 6:9-11.

9. We believe in the sanctity of life and that human life is sacred and created by God from conception to its natural end. Psalm 139:13; Isaiah 49:1; Jeremiah 1:5.

Transparency grade

A

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Financial efficiency ratings

Sector: Foreign Missions

CategoryRatingOverall rankSector rank
Overall efficiency rating533 of 107769 of 140
Fund acquisition rating468 of 107866 of 140
Resource allocation rating789 of 1078101 of 140
Asset utilization rating359 of 107745 of 140

Financial ratios

Funding ratiosSector median20212020201920182017
Return on fundraising efforts Return on fundraising efforts =
Fundraising expense /
Total contributions
5%4%0%0%0%2%
Fundraising cost ratio Fundraising cost ratio =
Fundraising expense /
Total revenue
4%4%0%0%0%2%
Contributions reliance Contributions reliance =
Total contributions /
Total revenue
98%100%101%101%100%100%
Fundraising expense ratio Fundraising expense ratio =
Fundraising expense /
Total expenses
5%6%0%0%0%2%
Other revenue reliance Other revenue reliance =
Total other revenue /
Total revenue
2%0%-1%-1%0%0%
 
Operating ratiosSector median20212020201920182017
Program expense ratio Program expense ratio =
Program services /
Total expenses
84%79%71%80%85%86%
Spending ratio Spending ratio =
Total expenses /
Total revenue
89%79%103%108%99%98%
Program output ratio Program output ratio =
Program services /
Total revenue
75%63%73%87%84%84%
Savings ratio Savings ratio =
Surplus (deficit) /
Total revenue
11%21%-3%-8%1%2%
Reserve accumulation rate Reserve accumulation rate =
Surplus (deficit) /
Net assets
15%58%-14%-31%4%38%
General and admin ratio General and admin ratio =
Management and general expense /
Total expenses
10%15%29%20%15%13%
 
Investing ratiosSector median20212020201920182017
Total asset turnover Total asset turnover =
Total expenses /
Total assets
1.151.532.032.152.013.45
Degree of long-term investment Degree of long-term investment =
Total assets /
Total current assets
1.181.682.182.131.921.13
Current asset turnover Current asset turnover =
Total expenses /
Total current assets
1.642.574.414.593.873.91
 
Liquidity ratiosSector median20212020201920182017
Current ratio Current ratio =
Total current assets /
Total current liabilities
23.963.561.671.862.3889.36
Current liabilities ratio Current liabilities ratio =
Total current liabilities /
Total current assets
0.040.280.600.540.420.01
Liquid reserve level Liquid reserve level =
(Total current assets -
Total current liabilities) /
(Total expenses / 12)
6.683.361.091.211.803.03
 
Solvency ratiosSector median20212020201920182017
Liabilities ratio Liabilities ratio =
Total liabilities /
Total assets
6%30%52%50%44%80%
Debt ratio Debt ratio =
Debt /
Total assets
0%13%24%24%22%0%
Reserve coverage ratio Reserve coverage ratio =
Net assets /
Total expenses
82%46%24%23%28%6%

Financials

Balance sheet
 
Assets20212020201920182017
Cash$1,080,943$505,798$562,695$738,498$724,205
Receivables, inventories, prepaids$0$0$0$0$0
Short-term investments$0$0$0$0$0
Other current assets$0$0$0$0$0
Total current assets$1,080,943$505,798$562,695$738,498$724,205
Long-term investments$0$0$0$0$0
Fixed assets$735,566$594,332$637,789$681,246$95,535
Other long-term assets$0$0$0$0$2,180
Total long-term assets$735,566$594,332$637,789$681,246$97,715
Total assets$1,816,509$1,100,130$1,200,484$1,419,744$821,920
 
Liabilities20212020201920182017
Payables and accrued expenses$3,385$3,722$3,284$10,321$8,104
Other current liabilities$300,000$300,000$300,000$300,000$0
Total current liabilities$303,385$303,722$303,284$310,321$8,104
Debt$235,339$264,654$291,512$316,962$0
Due to (from) affiliates$0$0$0$0$0
Other long-term liabilities$0$0$0$0$650,000
Total long-term liabilities$235,339$264,654$291,512$316,962$650,000
Total liabilities$538,724$568,376$594,796$627,283$658,104
 
Net assets20212020201920182017
Without donor restrictions$458,231$29,210$75,595$80,741$0
With donor restrictions$819,554$502,544$530,093$711,720$0
Net assets$1,277,785$531,754$605,688$792,461$163,816
 
Revenues and expenses
 
Revenue20212020201920182017
Total contributions$3,541,578$2,172,578$2,414,023$2,903,818$2,895,918
Program service revenue$0$0$0$0$0
Membership dues$0$0$0$0$0
Investment income$2,566$2,887$2,997$2,228$827
Other revenue($17,984)($19,071)($23,150)($14,832)$0
Total other revenue($15,418)($16,184)($20,153)($12,604)$827
Total revenue$3,526,160$2,156,394$2,393,870$2,891,214$2,896,745
 
Expenses20212020201920182017
Program services$2,206,735$1,583,945$2,071,933$2,419,895$2,427,071
Management and general$418,169$646,383$508,710$439,398$360,003
Fundraising$155,225$0$0$0$46,722
Total expenses$2,780,129$2,230,328$2,580,643$2,859,293$2,833,796
 
Change in net assets20212020201920182017
Surplus (deficit)$746,031($73,934)($186,773)$31,921$62,949
Other changes in net assets$0$0$0$0$0
Total change in net assets$746,031($73,934)($186,773)$31,921$62,949

Compensation

NameTitleCompensation
Paul van GorkumExecutive Direc$98,845
Dennis AndersonDirector$75,000
Terry BaxterFounder$43,400

Compensation data as of: 12/31/2019


Response from ministry

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History

Co-founded in 2011 by an Iowa farmer and a missionary in the wake of a devastating earthquake in Haiti, GoServ Global is a non-denominational faith-based organization that provides essential humanitarian aid to the most vulnerable in communities around the world.


Program accomplishments

500 + SAFE T HOMES IN HAITI, PERU & UGANDA

600 + AMBASSADORS WHO HAVE SERVED ON A GOSERV GLOBAL MISSION TRIP

500 + CHILDREN EDUCATED IN HAITI AND INDIA

200 + HOMES SERVED AFTER A DOMESTIC DISASTER

1000 + BAPTIZED IN INDIA AND HAITI

4500 + SERVED BY MEDICAL CLINICS


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