Servant Partners Inc 
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Summary
Servant Partners is a movement centered on Jesus Christ, planted in urban poor communities, and empowered to pursue community transformation. We plant churches, organize communities, and partner with local leadership towards individual, communal, and systemic transformation.
Contact information
Mailing address:
Servant Partners Inc
PO Box 3144
Pomona, CA 91769
Website: servantpartners.org
Phone: 626-398-1010
Email: [email protected]
Organization details
EIN: 954020431
CEO/President: Derek & Lisa Engdahl
Chairman: Mr. Kevin Rhodes
Board size: 9
Founder: InterVarsity Christian Fellowship graduates
Ruling year: 1986
Tax deductible: Yes
Fiscal year end: 12/31
Member of ECFA: Yes
Member of ECFA since: 2000
Purpose
We Send: Servant Partners sends teams to inner-city and slum communities to share their lives with the urban poor, while living out the Gospel among their neighbors. Field teams partner with indigenous churches whenever possible, and where there are none, plant them. Teams work at the grass-roots and systemic levels to address the spiritual and physical needs of the communities we serve. Instead of creating a permanent Servant Partners presence, we evangelize, train, and empower people to transform their own communities in ways that will continue long after we are gone.
We Equip: Servant Partners' Learning and Collaboration Department equips our staff and local leaders for holistic ministry in their urban communities. We build the ministry and leadership capacity of individuals, churches, and community organizations. As we seek to facilitate the growth and development of nation-wide/region-wide urban poor movements, we empower national leaders to develop self-sustaining movements through prayer, mutual learning, and strategic consultation as they seek transformation in their own cities, nations, and regions.
We Train: Servant Partners Interns live, serve, and learn in urban poor communities worldwide. Interns gain a foundation of training and experience that prepares them for lives of service to and advocacy for the urban poor. A majority of internship graduates continue to directly serve the urban poor either with Servant Partners or other organizations. Our vision is that all of our internship alumni, regardless of career path, will influence the church at large to take action to live out God's heart for the urban poor.
Mission statement
We use church planting and community organizing to transform urban poor communities.
Statement of faith
Vision for Spirituality and Rule of Life: https://www.servantpartners.org/spiritualpractice
Donor confidence score
Transparency grade
A
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Financial efficiency ratings
Sector: Foreign Missions
| Category | Rating | Overall rank | Sector rank |
| Overall efficiency rating | | 445 of 1118 | 44 of 123 |
| Fund acquisition rating | | 418 of 1119 | 50 of 123 |
| Resource allocation rating | | 448 of 1119 | 41 of 123 |
| Asset utilization rating | | 624 of 1118 | 61 of 123 |
Financial ratios
| Funding ratios | Sector median | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 |
Return on fundraising efforts Return on fundraising efforts = Fundraising expense / Total contributions | 5% | 4% | 4% | 4% | 4% | 4% |
Fundraising cost ratio Fundraising cost ratio = Fundraising expense / Total revenue | 5% | 4% | 4% | 4% | 4% | 4% |
Contributions reliance Contributions reliance = Total contributions / Total revenue | 98% | 98% | 100% | 98% | 99% | 99% |
Fundraising expense ratio Fundraising expense ratio = Fundraising expense / Total expenses | 5% | 4% | 4% | 4% | 4% | 4% |
Other revenue reliance Other revenue reliance = Total other revenue / Total revenue | 2% | 2% | 0% | 2% | 1% | 1% |
| Operating ratios | Sector median | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 |
Program expense ratio Program expense ratio = Program services / Total expenses | 84% | 88% | 88% | 88% | 88% | 88% |
Spending ratio Spending ratio = Total expenses / Total revenue | 99% | 99% | 102% | 86% | 94% | 96% |
Program output ratio Program output ratio = Program services / Total revenue | 85% | 86% | 90% | 76% | 83% | 85% |
Savings ratio Savings ratio = Surplus (deficit) / Total revenue | 1% | 1% | -2% | 14% | 6% | 4% |
Reserve accumulation rate Reserve accumulation rate = Surplus (deficit) / Net assets | 2% | 2% | -2% | 18% | 9% | 6% |
General and admin ratio General and admin ratio = Management and general expense / Total expenses | 9% | 8% | 7% | 7% | 7% | 8% |
| Investing ratios | Sector median | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 |
Total asset turnover Total asset turnover = Total expenses / Total assets | 1.38 | 1.28 | 1.31 | 1.11 | 1.22 | 1.50 |
Degree of long-term investment Degree of long-term investment = Total assets / Total current assets | 1.30 | 1.03 | 1.18 | 1.03 | 1.01 | 1.01 |
Current asset turnover Current asset turnover = Total expenses / Total current assets | 2.28 | 1.31 | 1.55 | 1.15 | 1.23 | 1.51 |
| Liquidity ratios | Sector median | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 |
Current ratio Current ratio = Total current assets / Total current liabilities | 18.20 | 85.44 | 23.04 | 33.93 | 40.54 | 26.01 |
Current liabilities ratio Current liabilities ratio = Total current liabilities / Total current assets | 0.05 | 0.01 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.04 |
Liquid reserve level Liquid reserve level = (Total current assets - Total current liabilities) / (Total expenses / 12) | 5.05 | 9.03 | 7.39 | 10.16 | 9.52 | 7.65 |
| Solvency ratios | Sector median | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 |
Liabilities ratio Liabilities ratio = Total liabilities / Total assets | 7% | 1% | 4% | 4% | 11% | 4% |
Debt ratio Debt ratio = Debt / Total assets | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Reserve coverage ratio Reserve coverage ratio = Net assets / Total expenses | 62% | 77% | 73% | 87% | 73% | 64% |
Financials
| Balance sheet | |||||
| Assets | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 |
| Cash | $994,128 | $990,113 | $1,062,987 | $1,295,485 | $998,788 |
| Receivables, inventories, prepaids | $51,588 | $49,572 | $23,670 | $25,578 | $23,219 |
| Short-term investments | $1,534,084 | $1,085,634 | $1,608,484 | $1,054,955 | $933,509 |
| Other current assets | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total current assets | $2,579,800 | $2,125,319 | $2,695,141 | $2,376,018 | $1,955,516 |
| Long-term investments | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Fixed assets | $54,315 | $73,873 | $50,834 | $12,807 | $7,750 |
| Other long-term assets | $18,147 | $318,478 | $40,147 | $8,147 | $7,808 |
| Total long-term assets | $72,462 | $392,351 | $90,981 | $20,954 | $15,558 |
| Total assets | $2,652,262 | $2,517,670 | $2,786,122 | $2,396,972 | $1,971,074 |
| Liabilities | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 |
| Payables and accrued expenses | $30,194 | $92,254 | $79,431 | $58,616 | $75,173 |
| Other current liabilities | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total current liabilities | $30,194 | $92,254 | $79,431 | $58,616 | $75,173 |
| Debt | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Due to (from) affiliates | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Other long-term liabilities | $0 | $0 | $32,000 | $200,000 | $0 |
| Total long-term liabilities | $0 | $0 | $32,000 | $200,000 | $0 |
| Total liabilities | $30,194 | $92,254 | $111,431 | $258,616 | $75,173 |
| Net assets | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 |
| Without donor restrictions | $989,937 | $946,960 | $1,178,952 | $972,019 | $978,796 |
| With donor restrictions | $1,632,131 | $1,478,456 | $1,495,739 | $1,166,337 | $917,105 |
| Net assets | $2,622,068 | $2,425,416 | $2,674,691 | $2,138,356 | $1,895,901 |
| Revenues and expenses | |||||
| Revenue | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 |
| Total contributions | $3,380,739 | $3,241,799 | $3,501,673 | $3,089,625 | $3,027,618 |
| Program service revenue | $6,450 | $10,704 | $7,145 | $0 | $2,640 |
| Membership dues | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Investment income | $49,807 | ($9,855) | $74,636 | $21,055 | $27,973 |
| Other revenue | $1,064 | $1,091 | $886 | $1,995 | $5,503 |
| Total other revenue | $57,321 | $1,940 | $82,667 | $23,050 | $36,116 |
| Total revenue | $3,438,060 | $3,243,739 | $3,584,340 | $3,112,675 | $3,063,734 |
| Expenses | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 |
| Program services | $2,971,505 | $2,915,223 | $2,733,892 | $2,579,125 | $2,600,807 |
| Management and general | $269,187 | $244,976 | $226,445 | $217,647 | $222,180 |
| Fundraising | $147,933 | $140,875 | $129,339 | $122,855 | $127,966 |
| Total expenses | $3,388,625 | $3,301,074 | $3,089,676 | $2,919,627 | $2,950,953 |
| Change in net assets | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 |
| Surplus (deficit) | $49,435 | ($57,335) | $494,664 | $193,048 | $112,781 |
| Other changes in net assets | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total change in net assets | $49,435 | ($57,335) | $494,664 | $193,048 | $112,781 |
Compensation
| Name | Title | Compensation |
| Derek Engdahl | General Direct. | $50,562 |
| Lisa Engdahl | General Direct. | $46,270 |
Compensation data as of: 12/31/2023
Response from ministry
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History
Servant Partners grew out of a renewal movement that spread across American college campuses in the 1980's and 1990's. John Perkins and Viv Grigg, Christian leaders with hearts for justice, influenced this movement profoundly through their prophetic Biblical teaching and example. Inspired by God's Spirit, hundreds of graduating university students relocated into North American inner city neighborhoods to build deep relationships with people across cultural and economic divisions.
Servant Partners was founded in 1993 to facilitate a work among the urban poor that God's Spirit had already begun among graduates of InterVarsity Christian Fellowship's campus ministry. Over the years, Servant Partners teams serving in urban poor neighborhoods have strengthened existing churches, planted new churches, and/or helped create non-profits for increased ministry impact in their communities. Since 1995, hundreds of young adults have entered our internship programs and learned to love the urban poor by living, working, and ministering in urban poor neighborhoods.
In the late 1990's, God led us to expand our ministry from the US into the cities around the world. Today we work in over twenty cities around the world helping to plant churches, organize communities, and train leaders. We are working with national leaders to catalyze movements among the urban poor that transform their communities throughout their region.