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Good News Center Inc

EIN 27-0977686 · Suwanee, GA

Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.

LegitimacyPassesRegistration and standingFinancial healthStrong93 out of 100GovernanceFair64 out of 100Impact evidenceDescribes programsHow well its results are evidenced

What it says it does

TO ASSIST LESS FORTUNATE INDIVIDUALS IN INDIA

Income
$955,358
Spending
$922,384
Spent on programs
86%
Reserves
11.6 months of spending
Largest source of income
donations and private grants, 97%
Employees
2
Volunteers
1,690

Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Financial health

Strong: 93 out of 100. Higher than 76% of charities in its peer group (international, $250k to $1m).

  • Reserves

    28 of 35

    Spendable reserves would cover 11.6 months of spending.

  • Debt

    20 of 20

    It owes 1% of what it owns.

  • Living within its means

    15 of 15

    Income exceeded spending by 3% of income.

  • Income trend

    15 of 15

    Income rose 19% on the year before.

  • Spending floor

    15 of 15

    86% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 0 cents.

Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Governance

Fair: 64 out of 100. Higher than 39% of charities in its peer group (international, $250k to $1m).

  • Independent board

    25 of 25

    7 of 7 voting board members are independent.

  • Conflict of interest policy

    15 of 15

    Has a written conflict of interest policy.

  • Whistleblower policy

    0 of 8

    Reports no written whistleblower policy.

  • Record keeping policy

    0 of 7

    Reports no written policy on keeping and destroying records.

  • Board minutes

    5 of 5

    Keeps minutes of board meetings.

  • Board sees the tax return

    0 of 10

    Did not give the board a copy of this return before filing it.

  • Independent check of accounts

    6 of 15

    Its accounts were not audited or reviewed by an independent accountant.

  • No reported misuse

    10 of 10

    Reports no diversion of assets, excess benefits or loans to insiders.

Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Impact evidence

Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.

Programs described in its return (5)
  1. $97,414 spent. NABA ASHA CHILDREN'S HOME: "NABA ASHA" (NEW HOPE) REMAINS ONE OF GNC'S FLAGSHIP MINISTRIES, CARING FOR VULNERABLE CHILDREN IN WESTERN ODISHA. - NEARLY 200 CHILDREN RECEIVED SHELTER, EDUCATION, NUTRITION, AND SPIRITUAL CARE - RENOVATION OF GIRLS' BRIGADE HALL AND KITCHEN COMPLETED - ADDED FULL-TIME SOCIAL WORKER, COUNSELLOR, AND EDUCATIONAL SUPERVISOR - AFTER-SCHOOL TUTORING AND COUNSELING STRENGTHENED EMOTIONAL AND ACADEMIC GROWTH IMPACT:CHILDREN ARE NOT ONLY BEING CARED FOR BUT ARE EMERGING AS CONFIDENT, EDUCATED, AND SPIRITUALLY GROUNDED INDIVIDUALS-TRANSFORMING BOTH THEIR FUTURES AND THEIR COMMUNITIES. NABA ASHA CHILDREN'S HOME: "NABA ASHA" (NEW HOPE) REMAINS ONE OF GNC'S FLAGSHIP MINISTRIES, CARING FOR VULNERABLE CHILDREN IN WESTERN ODISHA. - NEARLY 200 CHILDREN RECEIVED SHELTER, EDUCATION, NUTRITION, AND SPIRITUAL CARE - RENOVATION OF GIRLS' BRIGADE HALL AND KITCHEN COMPLETED - ADDED FULL-TIME SOCIAL WORKER, COUNSELLOR, AND EDUCATIONAL SUPERVISOR - AFTER-SCHOOL TUTORING AND COUNSELING STRENGTHENED EMOTIONAL AND ACADEMIC GROWTH IMPACT:CHILDREN ARE NOT ONLY BEING CARED FOR BUT ARE EMERGING AS CONFIDENT, EDUCATED, AND SPIRITUALLY GROUNDED INDIVIDUALS-TRANSFORMING BOTH THEIR FUTURES AND THEIR COMMUNITIES.
  2. $161,919 spent. SCRIPTURE TRANSLATION & DISTRIBUTION: MAKING GOD'S WORD ACCESSIBLE SCRIPTURE ENGAGEMENT REMAINS CENTRAL TO GNC'S MISSION OF TRANSFORMATION. - 170,495 SCRIPTURES DISTRIBUTED IN 2025 - TOTAL DISTRIBUTION REACHED MORE THAN 2.4 MILLION SCRIPTURES - PRINTING OF NEW TESTAMENT WITH PSALMS & PROVERBS COMPLETED - SAMBALPURI OLD TESTAMENT TRANSLATION PROGRESSING SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACT:ACCESS TO SCRIPTURE IN HEART LANGUAGES IS ENABLING DEEPER UNDERSTANDING, DISCIPLESHIP, AND SPIRITUAL GROWTH ACROSS UNREACHED COMMUNITIES.
  3. $102,478 spent. MOBILE HEALTH CARE SERVICES: BRINGING HEALING TO THE UNREACHED FOR THE TENTH CONSECUTIVE YEAR, GNC'S MOBILE HEALTH CARE SERVICES HAVE SERVED AS A CRITICAL LIFELINE IN WESTERN ODISHA-ONE OF INDIA'S MOST MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED REGIONS. - 5,015 PATIENTS RECEIVED MEDICAL CARE IN 2025 ALONE - OVER 60,000 PATIENTS SERVED SINCE INCEPTION - PREVENTIVE HEALTH EDUCATION ON HYGIENE AND SANITATION IMPROVED COMMUNITY WELL-BEING - A MEDICAL CLINIC FACILITY WAS STRENGTHENED TO PROVIDE BETTER DIAGNOSTICS, MONITORING, AND TREATMENT ACCESS IMPACT:THIS INITIATIVE CONTINUES TO BRIDGE THE HEALTHCARE GAP IN REMOTE REGIONS WHILE BUILDING TRUST AND OPENING DOORS FOR DEEPER COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND GOSPEL WITNESS. MOBILE HEALTH CARE SERVICES: BRINGING HEALING TO THE UNREACHED FOR THE TENTH CONSECUTIVE YEAR, GNC'S MOBILE HEALTH CARE SERVICES HAVE SERVED AS A CRITICAL LIFELINE IN WESTERN ODISHA-ONE OF INDIA'S MOST MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED REGIONS. - 5,015 PATIENTS RECEIVED MEDICAL CARE IN 2025 ALONE - OVER 60,000 PATIENTS SERVED SINCE INCEPTION - PREVENTIVE HEALTH EDUCATION ON HYGIENE AND SANITATION IMPROVED COMMUNITY WELL-BEING - A MEDICAL CLINIC FACILITY WAS STRENGTHENED TO PROVIDE BETTER DIAGNOSTICS, MONITORING, AND TREATMENT ACCESS IMPACT:THIS INITIATIVE CONTINUES TO BRIDGE THE HEALTHCARE GAP IN REMOTE REGIONS WHILE BUILDING TRUST AND OPENING DOORS FOR DEEPER COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND GOSPEL WITNESS.
  4. $433,713 spent. JESUS FILM OUTREACH:PROCLAIMING THE GOSPEL AT SCALE THE JESUS FILM MINISTRY CONTINUES TO BE A POWERFUL EVANGELISTIC TOOL. - 41,478 PEOPLE VIEWED THE FILM THROUGH 1,599 INDIVIDUAL SCREENINGS THROUGH BACK PACK PROJECTORS AND TABLETS - BROADCASTS IN SAMBALPURI, ODIA, BHOJPURI, AND TELUGU LANGUAGES 71 TIMES IN TV - OVER 20,000 CALLS RECEIVED DURING EASTER AND CHRISTMAS BROADCASTS - NUMBER OF AUDIO SCRIPTURE PROVIDED -53 - AT PRESENT WE ARE RUNNING 189 SCRIPTURE LISTENING GROUPS WITH 2332 ATTENDEES IMPACT:MASS OUTREACH COMBINED WITH FOLLOW-UP SYSTEMS HAS RESULTED IN THOUSANDS ENCOUNTERING THE MESSAGE OF CHRIST AND SEEKING FURTHER ENGAGEMENT. DISCIPLESHIP & CHURCH GROWTH:MULTIPLYING LEADERS AND COMMUNITIES OF FAITH 2025 MARKED A YEAR OF EXPONENTIAL SPIRITUAL GROWTH ACROSS GNC'S MINISTRY AREAS. - 1,162 BAPTISMS - 1,902 INDIVIDUALS TRAINED THROUGH 33 DISCIPLESHIP PROGRAMS - 693 DISCIPLE MAKERS MOBILIZED - 1,272 HOUSE CHURCHES ESTABLISHED IN 2025 IN NORTH INDIA IMPACT:THROUGH DISCIPLE-MAKING MOVEMENTS (DMM), GNC IS WITNESSING SUSTAINABLE, MULTIPLYING CHURCHES LED BY LOCAL BELIEVERS. KIDS CLUB MINISTRY: SHAPING THE NEXT GENERATION THE KIDS CLUB MINISTRY SAW SIGNIFICANT EXPANSION IN 2025, REACHING THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN ACROSS INDIA. - 3,171 CHILDREN ENGAGED WEEKLY ACROSS MULTIPLE CENTERS. - MONTHLY ZOOM GATHERINGS WITH 3,000+ CHILDREN ACROSS NORTH INDIA - ACTIVITIES INCLUDED LIFE SKILLS, CREATIVE LEARNING, AND DISCIPLESHIP IMPACT:CHILDREN ARE EXPERIENCING HOLISTIC DEVELOPMENT, WHILE FAMILIES ARE OPENING THEIR HEARTS TO THE GOSPEL THROUGH VISIBLE TRANSFORMATION IN THEIR CHILDREN. WOMEN2WOMEN PROGRAM: EMPOWERING WOMEN, TRANSFORMING FAMILIES THE WOMEN2WOMEN INITIATIVE CONTINUES TO UPLIFT WOMEN IN URBAN SLUM COMMUNITIES. - 726 WOMEN TRAINED IN TAILORING, HAIRSTYLING, AND BEAUTICIAN SKILLS - ADULT LITERACY PROGRAMS ENHANCED CONFIDENCE AND INDEPENDENCE - MANY WOMEN NOW CONTRIBUTING FINANCIALLY TO THEIR HOUSEHOLDS IMPACT:ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT HAS LED TO DIGNITY, CONFIDENCE, AND OPENNESS TO SPIRITUAL CONVERSATIONS-IMPACTING ENTIRE FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES.
  5. JESUS FILM OUTREACH:PROCLAIMING THE GOSPEL AT SCALE THE JESUS FILM MINISTRY CONTINUES TO BE A POWERFUL EVANGELISTIC TOOL. - 41,478 PEOPLE VIEWED THE FILM THROUGH 1,599 INDIVIDUAL SCREENINGS THROUGH BACK PACK PROJECTORS AND TABLETS - BROADCASTS IN SAMBALPURI, ODIA, BHOJPURI, AND TELUGU LANGUAGES 71 TIMES IN TV - OVER 20,000 CALLS RECEIVED DURING EASTER AND CHRISTMAS BROADCASTS - NUMBER OF AUDIO SCRIPTURE PROVIDED -53 - AT PRESENT WE ARE RUNNING 189 SCRIPTURE LISTENING GROUPS WITH 2332 ATTENDEES IMPACT:MASS OUTREACH COMBINED WITH FOLLOW-UP SYSTEMS HAS RESULTED IN THOUSANDS ENCOUNTERING THE MESSAGE OF CHRIST AND SEEKING FURTHER ENGAGEMENT. DISCIPLESHIP & CHURCH GROWTH:MULTIPLYING LEADERS AND COMMUNITIES OF FAITH 2025 MARKED A YEAR OF EXPONENTIAL SPIRITUAL GROWTH ACROSS GNC'S MINISTRY AREAS. - 1,162 BAPTISMS - 1,902 INDIVIDUALS TRAINED THROUGH 33 DISCIPLESHIP PROGRAMS - 693 DISCIPLE MAKERS MOBILIZED - 1,272 HOUSE CHURCHES ESTABLISHED IN 2025 IN NORTH INDIA IMPACT:THROUGH DISCIPLE-MAKING MOVEMENTS (DMM), GNC IS WITNESSING SUSTAINABLE, MULTIPLYING CHURCHES LED BY LOCAL BELIEVERS. KIDS CLUB MINISTRY: SHAPING THE NEXT GENERATION THE KIDS CLUB MINISTRY SAW SIGNIFICANT EXPANSION IN 2025, REACHING THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN ACROSS INDIA. - 3,171 CHILDREN ENGAGED WEEKLY ACROSS MULTIPLE CENTERS. - MONTHLY ZOOM GATHERINGS WITH 3,000+ CHILDREN ACROSS NORTH INDIA - ACTIVITIES INCLUDED LIFE SKILLS, CREATIVE LEARNING, AND DISCIPLESHIP IMPACT:CHILDREN ARE EXPERIENCING HOLISTIC DEVELOPMENT, WHILE FAMILIES ARE OPENING THEIR HEARTS TO THE GOSPEL THROUGH VISIBLE TRANSFORMATION IN THEIR CHILDREN. WOMEN2WOMEN PROGRAM: EMPOWERING WOMEN, TRANSFORMING FAMILIES THE WOMEN2WOMEN INITIATIVE CONTINUES TO UPLIFT WOMEN IN URBAN SLUM COMMUNITIES. - 726 WOMEN TRAINED IN TAILORING, HAIRSTYLING, AND BEAUTICIAN SKILLS - ADULT LITERACY PROGRAMS ENHANCED CONFIDENCE AND INDEPENDENCE - MANY WOMEN NOW CONTRIBUTING FINANCIALLY TO THEIR HOUSEHOLDS IMPACT:ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT HAS LED TO DIGNITY, CONFIDENCE, AND OPENNESS TO SPIRITUAL CONVERSATIONS-IMPACTING ENTIRE FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES.

Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Legitimacy checks

  1. Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.

    Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.

    Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.

  2. Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Worth knowing.

    Status was revoked on May 15, 2012 for not filing returns for three years, and reinstated on May 15, 2012.

    Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated November 6, 2026.

  3. Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.

    On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.

    Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.

  4. Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.

    Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2025.

    Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.

  5. How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.

    Recognized by the IRS since October 2014.

    Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.

  6. Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.

    Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.

    Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated November 4, 2026.

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