Stewarding your support
The GCA strives to honor God with every dollar He provides to the ministry. The ministry's donations, finances, accounts, and expenditures are all overseen by the Lighthouse Charitable Foundation board, the Great Commission Alliance Administrative team (consisting of 5 team members), and a contracted bookkeeper. We are also working towards eventual accreditation with different oversight organizations but this will take a younger ministry like ours some time.
All donations that are given to the ministry are handled according to IRS guidance. Staff members can not access funds given to the ministry outside of legally permitted and organizationally established protocols. Staff pay is determined by the Lighthouse Charitable Foundation board and the Great Commission Alliance Administrative team and is handled by a contracted payroll administrator. Although different staff members make different amounts based on where they live and other factors, average salaries are typically around minimum salary amounts.
Staff members are also reimbursed for personal ministry expenses according to IRS guidelines. Staff member expenses include personal ministry travel expenses (in addition to team travel expenses which cover team-wide costs associated with international trips), resources, and other needs associated with their ministries. All staff member reimbursements require expense reports and receipts for all expenses, must be approved by the admin team, and are reimbursed by our contracted payroll administrator.
Our current admin fees are 6.5% and these go towards covering all the donation processing fees that are associated with digital transaction fees, supporter correspondence costs, donations related office supplies, and bookkeeper and payroll administrator costs. We've recently managed to cut these admin costs substantially and will be putting all that is saved directly back into the ministry. All GCA staff members raise funds to cover their personal ministry expenses and no GCA staff member is compensated in any way from team admin fees.
The graph below explains how GCA donations have been used most recently.
The GCA strives to honor God with every dollar He provides to the ministry. The ministry's donations, finances, accounts, and expenditures are all overseen by the Lighthouse Charitable Foundation board, the Great Commission Alliance Administrative team (consisting of 5 team members), and a contracted bookkeeper. We are also working towards eventual accreditation with different oversight organizations but this will take a younger ministry like ours some time.
All donations that are given to the ministry are handled according to IRS guidance. Staff members can not access funds given to the ministry outside of legally permitted and organizationally established protocols. Staff pay is determined by the Lighthouse Charitable Foundation board and the Great Commission Alliance Administrative team and is handled by a contracted payroll administrator. Although different staff members make different amounts based on where they live and other factors, average salaries are typically around minimum salary amounts.
Staff members are also reimbursed for personal ministry expenses according to IRS guidelines. Staff member expenses include personal ministry travel expenses (in addition to team travel expenses which cover team-wide costs associated with international trips), resources, and other needs associated with their ministries. All staff member reimbursements require expense reports and receipts for all expenses, must be approved by the admin team, and are reimbursed by our contracted payroll administrator.
Our current admin fees are 6.5% and these go towards covering all the donation processing fees that are associated with digital transaction fees, supporter correspondence costs, donations related office supplies, and bookkeeper and payroll administrator costs. We've recently managed to cut these admin costs substantially and will be putting all that is saved directly back into the ministry. All GCA staff members raise funds to cover their personal ministry expenses and no GCA staff member is compensated in any way from team admin fees.
The graph below explains how GCA donations have been used most recently.
These percentages reflect the way all donations to the GCA have been used. With that in mind, we want to assure you that we have always used ministry donations for the areas of ministry our donors have wished to support. For example, the 30% for international partners reflects donations that were given for international needs and the staff payroll & ministry expense percentages reflect the donations that were earmarked for different staff ministries. We are very thankful for all of the donors that support our staff, partners, and GCA projects around the globe.
One last note. A generous organization typically matches the amount given to the GCA each year in overseas ministry giving. This is separate from the support for international partners listed in the graph. That means that for every dollar given to the GCA, one dollar is sent to Christian ministries overseas. This doubles the impact of your giving.
One last note. A generous organization typically matches the amount given to the GCA each year in overseas ministry giving. This is separate from the support for international partners listed in the graph. That means that for every dollar given to the GCA, one dollar is sent to Christian ministries overseas. This doubles the impact of your giving.