2024-11-12T05:11:31-00:00 2023-12-31 460394876 Van Peursem CPA 3205 S Meadow Avenue Sioux Falls SD 57106 990 2023-01-01 474826706 Simba Educational Ministries SIMB 6053515150 PO Box 193 Garretson SD 57030 Chase E Ward President 6053515150 2024-11-11 true true Marlin J Van Peursem CPA P01296350 6052713337 2024-11-12 X 2023 2024-10-15 13:58:12Z Chase E Ward PO Box 193 Garretson SD 57030 407744 false X www.simbaministries.com X 2015 SD Simba Educational Ministries mission is to further the Kingdom of God by equipping and empowering Kenyan children with the boldness of Jesus Christ, for the sake of the Gospel, through a Christ-centered education. 7 5 3 11 0 341582 407295 0 1 1 -10 341583 407286 221368 363843 0 26831 39786 0 2207 18929 18179 267128 421808 74455 -14522 265361 251541 460 1162 264901 250379 X Simba Educational Ministries mission is to further the Kingdom of God by equipping and empowering Kenyan children with the boldness of Jesus Christ, for the sake of the Gospel, through a Christ-centered education. false false 11599 9373 183178 Sponsorships In our Simba Sponsorship program we have 350 children that we sponsor to different elementary, middle and high schools around Kenya. Our sponsorship dollars cover food, shelter, family social worker, and uniform for a child to focus on school. We partner with 45 different schools that focus on a Christ-centered quality education. We have seen children come from the streets or orphaned homes and are now are attending university. Our sponsorship still continues to focus on personal sponsorships that provide letters and photos of the children getting sent back to families in the USA. 45672 45632 54877 Guest House We have finished our mission house in Kenya. This is a 8,000 square foot building that is a 10 room and 13 bathroom house that will accommodate our 4 mission teams that will be coming over through out the year. This mission house will also act as a conference hall, hotel, and restaurant for the community to generate local business for the community. 57745 57655 6894 Family Strengthening Our Family Strengthening is working with the families in our sponsorship program to make sure the child has a safe environment to come back home to. This program consists of 8 social workers that do frequent follow up visits to the homes. They work with families through marriage counseling, domestic abuse, and business empowerment packages. Our team has been able to do over 1,000 home visits and assessments to track the progress families are making. And we have had over 80 percent of our families improve in one area of need or another. 269978 251183 159019 384994 true true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true true false false true false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 0 0 true 3 true false false false false false false false false false false false false X 7 5 true false false false false false false true true false false true false false false false false false X X Annie Ward 6053516077 48304 254th Street Garretson SD 57030 Annie Ward Treasurer 016.00 X X 18000 0 0 Chase Ward President 020.00 X X 6000 0 2400 Zachary Bauer Vice President 002.00 X X 0 0 0 Lisa VanDe Berg Secretary 002.00 X X 0 0 0 Leah Addington Director 002.00 X 0 0 0 Candice Bierle Director 002.00 X 0 0 0 Jason Brown Director 002.00 X 0 0 0 24000 2400 false false false 3327 403968 407295 1 1 448 3327 448 10 -10 -10 407286 -9 0 50409 50409 313434 313434 0 24000 4500 18300 1200 0 10677 10677 0 2400 1800 120 480 2709 1185 1430 94 0 0 2979 2979 0 0 0 433 433 6867 -49 6916 0 0 0 777 777 0 -680 -680 0 0 0 3002 3002 Bank Service Fees 4801 3038 1763 0 421808 384994 34607 2207 264378 251246 983 295 265361 251541 460 1162 460 1162 X 124597 117915 140304 132464 264901 250379 265361 251541 -14522 X false false false X 507425 332053 324620 341582 407295 1912975 507425 332053 324620 341582 407295 1912975 80879 1832096 2 2 1 1 1 7 1912982 3303 0.95770 0.97100 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED true Sub-Saharan Africa Program Services Sponsorships 9373 Sub-Saharan Africa Program Services Building Projects 45632 Sub-Saharan Africa Program Services Family Strengthening Home Support 57655 Sub-Saharan Africa Program Services Kingdom Building 22819 Sub-Saharan Africa Program Services Kenya Operations 175584 Sub-Saharan Africa Program Services Other 2371 313434 313434 Sub-Saharan Africa Tuition, building projects, operations 313434 Wire Transfer 1 false false false false false false Part I Line 2 The organization maintains records to substantiate amounts, eligibility, and selection criteria used for making grants and providing other assistance. The organization monitors its grants to ensure that such grants are used for proper purposes and not otherwise diverted from the intended use. This is accomplished by reviewing required periodic reports and accountings which is in addition to field investigations by the organizations personnel. Part I Line 3f The organization report expenditures based on the cash basis of accounting. Part II Line 1e The organization report cash grants based on the cash basis of accounting. Celebration Dinner 3775 3327 448 448 3775 3327 448 448 448 true Scholarship 29 50409 Part I Line 2 The organization maintains records to substantiate amounts, eligibility, and selection criteria used for making scholarship grants. The organization monitors its grants to ensure that such grants are used for proper purposes and not otherwise diverted from the intended use. This is accomplished by reviewing required periodic reports and accountings. In addition, the scholarships are not given directly to the recipients but rather the organization pays the vendors directly on behalf of the recipients. Form 990, Part III, Line 4d Program Service Expenses 23,076, Grants and allocations 22,819, Revenue 13,536 Kingdom Building Our Kingdom Building program focuses on the spiritual side of the children and families. We have a local church of 60 members and have 23 house churches through out Kenya. We have had over 100 people give their lives to Jesus this last year. We have also been able to distribute bibles and teach in the different partner schools the love of Jesus. Form 990, Part III, Line 4d Program Service Expenses 246,902, Grants and allocations 228,364, Revenue 145,483 Other We also provide scholarships to American individuals interested in going over and serving in Kenya. In addition, we use unrestricted donations to help run our Kenya operations. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 2 Related party information among Officers Chase Ward and Annie Ward have a family relationship. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b The organizations Form 990 is prepared by an independent CPA. The 990 is reviewed by the officers and board members of the organization prior to the return being filed, with the CPA available for any questions. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 The organization made its governing documents and financial statements available to the public during the tax year by providing copies on request.