Score International 
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Summary
SCORE International is a full-service mission organization that is impacting lives all around the world. SCORE's current Executive Director, John Zeller, has been serving in his role since 2011. John has helped SCORE to grow its efforts in long-term, sustainable ministries such as church planting, discipleship, anti-human trafficking, medical outreaches, orphan care, clean water initiatives, and much more. The number of families serving as career missionaries with SCORE has grown tremendously over the least 10 years, with new families being added regularly. Meanwhile, SCORE continues to have a major impact by partnering with churches, schools, athletic teams, and others through short-term mission trips. On average, SCORE takes 6,000 people on short-term mission trips each year. These short-term trips partner with our long-term missionaries and ministries to create relationships that point toward Jesus. As we look to the future, it is our prayer that SCORE will continue to impact lives through missions. Our desire is to reach the nations with the Gospel of Jesus Christ and to see disciples being multiplied for His glory.
Contact information
Mailing address:
Score International
PO Box 9994
Chattanooga, TN 37412
Website: scoreintl.org
Phone: 423-894-7111
Email: [email protected]
Organization details
EIN: 581605736
CEO/President: David Gaither
Chairman: Coby Orr
Board size: 20
Founder: Ron Bishop
Ruling year: 1985
Tax deductible: Yes
Fiscal year end: 12/31
Member of ECFA: Yes
Member of ECFA since: 2022
Purpose
To give every man, woman and child where the ministry serves multiple opportunities to hear, see and respond to the Gospel of Jesus Christ through Gospel saturation and true discipleship (disciples making disciples).
Mission statement
To glorify God through missions in obedience to the Great Commission.
Statement of faith
We Believe...
The verbal, plenary inspiration and inerrancy of the Scriptures
God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit
The deity, virgin birth and bodily resurrection of Jesus Christ
Man is born in sin and needs spiritual regeneration
Salvation by grace through faith in the shed blood of Jesus Christ, plus nothing, minus nothing
The everlasting, conscious blessedness of the saved in Heaven and the everlasting, conscious punishment of the lost in Hell
Saved people have a mandate from God to share the Gospel with the lost and seek to win them to Christ
The personal, visible, and premillennial return of Jesus Christ
The authority of the local church as the institution ordained by God to evangelize the world and disciple Christians
Ecclesiastical separation as well as personal separation from the world so as to maintain a pure testimony
Salvation is eternally secured by the finished work of Christ and the cross and by His intercessory work at the right hand of God
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Transparency grade
C
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Financial efficiency ratings
Sector: Foreign Missions
| Category | Rating | Overall rank | Sector rank |
| Overall efficiency rating | | 834 of 1435 | 76 of 126 |
| Fund acquisition rating | | 245 of 1435 | 26 of 126 |
| Resource allocation rating | | 731 of 1435 | 63 of 126 |
| Asset utilization rating | | 1393 of 1436 | 124 of 126 |
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Financial ratios
| Funding ratios | Sector median | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 |
Return on fundraising efforts Return on fundraising efforts = Fundraising expense / Total contributions | 5% | 1% | 3% | 2% | 2% | 7% |
Fundraising cost ratio Fundraising cost ratio = Fundraising expense / Total revenue | 5% | 1% | 3% | 2% | 2% | 7% |
Contributions reliance Contributions reliance = Total contributions / Total revenue | 98% | 96% | 98% | 94% | 98% | 97% |
Fundraising expense ratio Fundraising expense ratio = Fundraising expense / Total expenses | 5% | 2% | 3% | 2% | 2% | 6% |
Other revenue reliance Other revenue reliance = Total other revenue / Total revenue | 2% | 4% | 2% | 6% | 2% | 3% |
| Operating ratios | Sector median | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 |
Program expense ratio Program expense ratio = Program services / Total expenses | 85% | 85% | 85% | 88% | 84% | 77% |
Spending ratio Spending ratio = Total expenses / Total revenue | 99% | 47% | 95% | 89% | 95% | 108% |
Program output ratio Program output ratio = Program services / Total revenue | 83% | 40% | 81% | 78% | 79% | 84% |
Savings ratio Savings ratio = Surplus (deficit) / Total revenue | 1% | 53% | 5% | 11% | 5% | -8% |
Reserve accumulation rate Reserve accumulation rate = Surplus (deficit) / Net assets | 3% | 47% | 5% | 10% | 4% | -6% |
General and admin ratio General and admin ratio = Management and general expense / Total expenses | 9% | 12% | 12% | 10% | 14% | 16% |
| Investing ratios | Sector median | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 |
Total asset turnover Total asset turnover = Total expenses / Total assets | 1.59 | 0.40 | 0.78 | 0.71 | 0.66 | 0.76 |
Degree of long-term investment Degree of long-term investment = Total assets / Total current assets | 1.14 | 4.32 | 2.33 | 2.08 | 2.30 | 2.56 |
Current asset turnover Current asset turnover = Total expenses / Total current assets | 2.42 | 1.73 | 1.83 | 1.49 | 1.53 | 1.95 |
| Liquidity ratios | Sector median | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 |
Current ratio Current ratio = Total current assets / Total current liabilities | 22.36 | 3.80 | 4.33 | 5.31 | 9.58 | 8.13 |
Current liabilities ratio Current liabilities ratio = Total current liabilities / Total current assets | 0.03 | 0.26 | 0.23 | 0.19 | 0.10 | 0.12 |
Liquid reserve level Liquid reserve level = (Total current assets - Total current liabilities) / (Total expenses / 12) | 4.85 | 5.12 | 5.05 | 6.55 | 7.02 | 5.39 |
| Solvency ratios | Sector median | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 |
Liabilities ratio Liabilities ratio = Total liabilities / Total assets | 4% | 6% | 10% | 10% | 8% | 9% |
Debt ratio Debt ratio = Debt / Total assets | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 4% | 4% |
Reserve coverage ratio Reserve coverage ratio = Net assets / Total expenses | 57% | 235% | 115% | 127% | 138% | 120% |
Financials
| Balance sheet | |||||
| Assets | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 |
| Cash | $3,565,312 | $3,733,112 | $3,811,894 | $3,194,130 | $2,754,253 |
| Receivables, inventories, prepaids | $252,916 | $153,045 | $268,190 | $48,474 | $39,074 |
| Short-term investments | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Other current assets | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total current assets | $3,818,228 | $3,886,157 | $4,080,084 | $3,242,604 | $2,793,327 |
| Long-term investments | $8,475,126 | $776,134 | $594,702 | $548,658 | $488,798 |
| Fixed assets | $3,313,613 | $3,334,672 | $2,741,494 | $3,183,414 | $3,431,177 |
| Other long-term assets | $900,394 | $1,057,788 | $1,081,731 | $496,209 | $436,505 |
| Total long-term assets | $12,689,133 | $5,168,594 | $4,417,927 | $4,228,281 | $4,356,480 |
| Total assets | $16,507,361 | $9,054,751 | $8,498,011 | $7,470,885 | $7,149,807 |
| Liabilities | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 |
| Payables and accrued expenses | $62,564 | $56,922 | $28,528 | $28,593 | $69,211 |
| Other current liabilities | $942,479 | $840,460 | $739,421 | $309,858 | $274,417 |
| Total current liabilities | $1,005,043 | $897,382 | $767,949 | $338,451 | $343,628 |
| Debt | $0 | $0 | $0 | $274,658 | $271,767 |
| Due to (from) affiliates | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Other long-term liabilities | $0 | $12,322 | $40,024 | $0 | $0 |
| Total long-term liabilities | $0 | $12,322 | $40,024 | $274,658 | $271,767 |
| Total liabilities | $1,005,043 | $909,704 | $807,973 | $613,109 | $615,395 |
| Net assets | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 |
| Without donor restrictions | $13,447,635 | $5,850,763 | $5,694,202 | $5,005,127 | $5,093,242 |
| With donor restrictions | $2,054,683 | $2,294,284 | $1,995,836 | $1,852,649 | $1,441,170 |
| Net assets | $15,502,318 | $8,145,047 | $7,690,038 | $6,857,776 | $6,534,412 |
| Revenues and expenses | |||||
| Revenue | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 |
| Total contributions | $13,343,092 | $7,359,443 | $6,421,412 | $5,145,501 | $4,886,059 |
| Program service revenue | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Membership dues | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Investment income | $493,402 | $93,757 | $403,054 | $1,724 | $51,810 |
| Other revenue | $60,927 | $27,307 | $16,315 | $94,736 | $99,294 |
| Total other revenue | $554,329 | $121,064 | $419,369 | $96,460 | $151,104 |
| Total revenue | $13,897,421 | $7,480,507 | $6,840,781 | $5,241,961 | $5,037,163 |
| Expenses | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 |
| Program services | $5,622,040 | $6,056,693 | $5,355,009 | $4,165,518 | $4,225,455 |
| Management and general | $819,023 | $856,055 | $589,698 | $678,246 | $880,396 |
| Fundraising | $155,273 | $187,390 | $122,781 | $120,538 | $351,088 |
| Total expenses | $6,596,336 | $7,100,138 | $6,067,488 | $4,964,302 | $5,456,939 |
| Change in net assets | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 |
| Surplus (deficit) | $7,301,085 | $380,369 | $773,293 | $277,659 | ($419,776) |
| Other changes in net assets | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total change in net assets | $7,301,085 | $380,369 | $773,293 | $277,659 | ($419,776) |
Compensation
| Name | Title | Compensation |
| John Zeller | Board Member | $160,328 |
Compensation data as of: 12/31/2024
Response from ministry
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The information below was provided to MinistryWatch by the ministry itself. It was last updated 11/18/2025. To update the information below, please email: [email protected]
History
SCORE International was founded in 1984 by Ron Bishop. Ron was the former head basketball coach at Tennessee Temple University in Chattanooga, where he led the Crusaders to 4 national championships during his 10 year coaching career. The Lord called him to step away from coaching to start a ministry that would have a world-wide impact. While SCORE began as a sports ministry that solely focused on short-term mission trips, it soon expanded to a global missions organization. Mr. Bishop served as the Executive Director of SCORE from 1984 until 2011. His heart, passion, and vision led SCORE through many phases of growth and change. During his tenure, SCORE not only took tens of thousands of people on short-term mission trips, but they also began adding career missionaries in domestic and international locations. Ron Bishop set the ministry up for great success and his legacy continues to impact lives. Ron passed from this life to his eternal home with his Lord and Savior in June of 2014.