Servant Partners Inc
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
Ministry to the urban poor through community organizing, church planting, training of Christian leaders, and community development projects.
- Income
- $3.6 million
- Spending
- $3.5 million
- Spent on programs
- 87%
- Reserves
- 4.2 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 98%
- Employees
- 68
- Volunteers
- 563
- Highest pay
- $88,685, general direct.
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
Good: 77 out of 100. Higher than 51% of charities in its peer group (public benefit, $1m to $10m).
Reserves
20 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 4.2 months of spending.
Debt
20 of 20It owes 2% of what it owns.
Living within its means
12 of 15Income exceeded spending by 2% of income.
Income trend
10 of 15Income fell 2% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1587% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 4 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
Strong: 100 out of 100. Higher than 70% of charities in its peer group (public benefit, $1m to $10m).
Independent board
25 of 257 of 7 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
15 of 15Has a written conflict of interest policy.
Whistleblower policy
8 of 8Has a written whistleblower policy.
Record keeping policy
7 of 7Has a written policy on keeping and destroying records.
Board minutes
5 of 5Keeps minutes of board meetings.
Board sees the tax return
10 of 10Gave the board a copy of this return before filing it.
Pay set independently
5 of 5Sets its chief executive's pay through independent review and comparison.
Independent check of accounts
15 of 15Its accounts were audited by an independent accountant.
No reported misuse
10 of 10Reports 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 (1)
- $3.1 million spent. Program Service Accomplishments Narrative for FY25 990 public documentServant Partners conducted community development and relief projects in California, Iowa, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Virginia, as well as in a number of foreign countries.Spiritual Discipleship and Church Planting: Servant Partners seeks to establish churches that flow from the organic life of the local Christian community and to build relationships that develop life-long followers of Jesus. All of the sites have home churches and/or small discipleship groups where people can grow in faith, find encouragement, and intercede for each other. In 2025, there were 1485 Jesus Communities represented by Servant Partners sites, partnerships, and the members of the Covenant in Servant Partners' Global Partnership for Urban Transformation. Develop Leaders and Organize Communities: Servant Partners values community engagement. At several sites, it provided local leader and community organizing training, including conflict resolution, mentoring, and counseling. In 2025, there were 3330 people engaged in local leadership and 641 community engagement initiatives across Servant Partners sites and the network of national movements connected through Servant Partners' Global Partnership for Urban Transformation.Engaging Families and Communities in Lifelong Learning: Youth programs play a key role in healthy communities. Almost all of the Servant Partner sites have programs devoted to youth and their well being. Programs include tutoring, sports, arts, and summer enrichment programs. These programs range in size from 20 to 200 youth, depending on the community. Parenting programs often accompany the youth programs, and include parenting skills, budgeting, housing, employment, and identifying misinformation. The majority of the overseas locations offer language learning opportunities, with English being the primary language, but one site also offers Spanish.Promoting Health: Health efforts include teaching about hygiene and healthy living habits, providing mental health and wellness workshops, providing counseling and psychological support, and both providing and teaching about inner healing prayer. These efforts touched hundreds of people worldwide. Promoting Economic Growth: Servant Partners seeks to build economic sufficiency in the communities it serves. Other efforts include offering business skills courses, computer skills classes, business plan development assistance, business budgeting, finding small loan programs and working with community members as they apply for, receive. and repay their loans. One of the domestic sites offers welding and CAD classes that lead to industry certifications, including a training specifically for Women in Non-Traditional Careers. Promoting Beauty and Creativity: Efforts for promoting beauty and creativity include local community gardens, tree planting efforts, cultural events, general art and painting classes, and providing maker spaces where community members can come, use provided supplies, and create. Organization Development: In October 2025, Servant Partners welcomed a new Executive Team. As part of the Vision 2030 initiatives, the National Movements Department continued to build the Global Partnerships for Urban Transformation that has partners from 7 nations. Training included cultural agility training for the site ministry teams. The Administration Team completed a transition to a new, more modern donor database. The organization provided additional remote and in-person training opportunities, fund development support, intercession and spiritual mentorship, and administrative support to all staff.
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
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.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
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.
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.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since May 1986.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
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 October 21, 2026.
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