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Bible Education & Missionary Service

EIN 56-2460700Religion Mississippi Small

Historical collection: May 2019 · Rating details mostly from 2017. Source & context

The mission

What this organization describes

Supplying Bibles to Missionaries

BEAMS provides Bibles to missionaries around the world at no cost to the missionary. Bibles are printed in various foreign languages to be given to citizens of the foreign land by missionaries spreading the gospel of Jesus Christ. We raise funds through offerings from local, independent, Bible-believing Baptist churches to purchase and supply whole, hardback Bibles for missionaries to give to those who are saved on the foreign mission fields. Since 1997, under Dr. Freret's leadership, the BEAMS ministry has grown from supplying 50 Bibles a month to up to 10,000... from serving 12 missionaries to over 3,000 missionaries and national workers... and from three countries to more than 130 countries around the world!

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

60.41Overall score
out of 100

81.97Financial score
out of 100

47.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$1,311,474

Total expenses · USD$1,350,367

Program expenses

$1,004,673.05 recorded amount

74.4%

Fundraising expenses

$151,241.10 recorded amount

11.2%

Administrative expenses

$193,102.48 recorded amount

14.3%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.11 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Rene J. Freret
Recorded compensation: $73,114.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 5.41%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Bible Education & Missionary Service
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	47.0
`category` Category	Religion
`description` Mission & description	BEAMS provides Bibles to missionaries around the world at no cost to the missionary. Bibles are printed in various foreign languages to be given to citizens of the foreign land by missionaries spreading the gospel of Jesus Christ. We raise funds through offerings from local, independent, Bible-believing Baptist churches to purchase and supply whole, hardback Bibles for missionaries to give to those who are saved on the foreign mission fields. Since 1997, under Dr. Freret's leadership, the BEAMS ministry has grown from supplying 50 Bibles a month to up to 10,000... from serving 12 missionaries to over 3,000 missionaries and national workers... and from three countries to more than 130 countries around the world!
`ein` EIN	56-2460700
`tot_exp` Total expenses	1350367.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.14300000000000002
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.11
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.11199999999999999
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.7440000000000001
`fscore` Financial score	81.97
`leader` Recorded leader	Rene J. Freret
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	73114.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0541
`motto` Tagline	Supplying Bibles to Missionaries
`name` Charity name	Bible Education & Missionary Service
`tot_rev` Total revenue	1311474.0
`score` Overall score	60.41
`state` State code	MS
`subcategory` Subcategory	Religious Media and Broadcasting
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	1004673.0480000002
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	151241.104
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	193102.48100000003

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 56-2460700
Source category: Religion
Source subcategory: Religious Media and Broadcasting
Recorded location: Mississippi (MS)
Expense-based size: Small
Under $3.5M in total expenses · source label: small

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Source: Charity Navigator Scores Expenses Dataset, version 1, attributed to katyjqian on Kaggle. Collection: May 2019; rating details mostly from 2017. Read attribution, scope, and reuse notes.