2025-10-03T09:35:12-07:00 2024-12-31 Kathrine E Brugger 1900 Jay Ell Dr Richardson TX 75081 990 2024-01-01 562544586 T4 Global Inc T4GL 2145493947 12801 N Central Expressway Dallas TX 75243 Ed Weaver President/CEO 2145493947 2025-10-03 true true Kathrine E Brugger P01965437 5402472726 X 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z Spoken Worldwide Ed Weaver 12801 N Central Expressway Suite 10 Dallas TX 75243 5688183 false X spoken.org X 2005 KY Spoken is passionate about communicating truth to oral cultures (60% of the worlds population). As a Christian organization, it uses oral learning methodology to produce oral bible translation recordings and recorded stories, songs, and dramas based on biblical passages in mother tongue languages of various people groups to evangelize, disciple, and train leaders. 8 7 25 250 0 0 4221173 5526517 118056 95151 63287 66462 380 53 4402896 5688183 1646034 2251849 0 1561159 1772169 0 632076 1128927 1231105 4336120 5255123 66776 433060 2082712 1970572 933712 388512 1149000 1582060 X Spokens Mission is Deliver Truth...Where Written Words Cant Go. Most missiologists will agree that 2/3 of the world is populated with oral learners. Among this population, a person learns best by listening and interacting with stories, songs, dramas, village proverbs, poetry, or dance. If you were to remove the highly literate population of North America and Western Europe, over 80 percent of the global population learns by listening and engaging together with the information. These people, the hardest to reach with the Gospel, need to hear for the first time or in a new way the Truth that will give them life - eternal and life abundant here on earth. false false 2301766 1179953 0 Oral Bible Translation: Oral Bible Translation is our most rapidly growing program. In 2024, 20 additional languages were begun with the goal to provide a full Bible translation in an oral form, without plans to put into a text form. The total number of languages in process now are 34. There are approximately 750 languages without any scripture available and it is estimated that as many as 2/3 of these would need an oral Bible, rather than a text Bible because of either no written language available or lack of active readers in the culture. It is our goal to greatly increase our capacity to help meet this overwhelming need. 804800 804800 0 Community Development: Community Development is our program in partnership with Beyond the Word Ministries, a registered non-profit in Ghana. BTWM has a small FM radio station in northeastern Ghana that broadcasts, among other things, stories based on Scripture and audio recordings of the Bible. They also have a clean water distribution company that bottles and bags clean water for sale in the region. All of their profits go to support the radio station and educational facilities for children. 524501 105520 95151 Orality Coaching: While having developed solid methodologies of communication strategies over the past 19 years, the problem of reaching non-reading cultures is so large that we believe coaching other organizations to recognize these issues, develop a strategic plan and execute on that plan is a way to move toward the goal of solving the issue without putting undue strain on the resources of Spoken. Now in the 9th year of this Coaching Program, we have codified our methodology and have begun equipping other organizations to use it. Currently, we have 24 new partners and are working in over 130 different languages. As partner ministries begin to see their success in using these methods to deepen their impact where they work, their efforts strengthen, and they begin launching programs of their own. 382944 154054 0 Pastor/Leader Training: Please see description on Schedule O, Page 1. 47390 7522 0 Oral Discipleship: Please see description on Schedule O, Page 1. 430334 161576 0 4061401 true true false false false false false false false false true false false true true false true false false false true true true false false false false true false true false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false true 14 0 true 25 true false false false false false false false false false false false false X 8 7 false false false false false false false true true false false true true true true true true true false false KY FL IL CT KS NC MI MN GA MS TN VA KY X Ed Weaver 2145493947 12801 N Central Expressway Suite 10 Dallas TX 75243 Ed Weaver President/CEO 40.00 X X 150827 0 23317 Ted Crump Director of Development 40.00 X 101639 0 31683 Dave Thomas Chief Operating Officer 40.00 X 114889 0 15351 Brian Whiteaker VP Field Operations 40.00 X 112000 0 9868 Neil Rogers Chairman 0.75 X 0 0 0 Mark Alegnani Vice Chairman/Treasurer 0.75 X X 0 0 0 Pete McLain Secretary 0.50 X X 0 0 0 Dan Mellema Director 0.50 X 0 0 0 Jim Trebilcock Director 0.50 X 0 0 0 Susan Wommack Director 0.50 X 0 0 0 Andy Wileman Director 0.50 X 0 0 0 479355 0 80219 4 false true false 0 5526517 5526517 Program Consulting Income 541900 95151 0 0 95151 66262 0 66262 200 0 200 200 0 0 200 Miscellaneous Income 900099 53 0 0 53 53 5688183 95151 0 66515 168323 168323 2083526 2083526 174144 81022 29522 63600 54959 12458 2492 40009 1306092 998322 91581 216189 145541 106700 16846 21995 91433 62386 8266 20781 161867 0 161867 0 182564 146989 35575 0 157425 0 11618 145807 111158 32808 58505 19845 173534 60760 75555 37219 90851 39600 27490 23761 326638 247889 36098 42651 18197 17797 400 0 5175 2821 2135 219 State Charitable Solicitation Registration fees 3696 0 3696 0 5255123 4061401 561646 632076 139670 289614 1496635 1217884 96303 138754 18514 24227 0 0 10133 31602 96323 83870 6309 12453 315148 256038 2082712 1970572 77767 67829 505559 32857 350386 287826 933712 388512 X -14584 3592 1163584 1578468 1149000 1582060 2082712 1970572 433060 X false true X true false X 0 2299500 2212057 3388182 4221173 5526517 17647429 0 0 2299500 2212057 3388182 4221173 5526517 17647429 1252555 16394874 771 1619 16181 63287 66262 148120 0 696 560 380 53 1689 17797238 410466 0.92120 0.90630 X 0 0 0 Pt II Ln 10 Other Income Part II, Line 10 Description: Credit card cash back 2020: 696. Description: Insurance rebates Description: Miscellaneous income 2023: 380. 2024: 53. Description: Amazon credit 2021: 560. 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Spoken monitors the use of these funds by several means including a minimum of two field trips per year to observe ministry activity for each program, and through our internal program monitoring and evaluation. Pt I Line 3 Col (F) Expenses are accounted for using the accrual method of accounting. true Twelve21 Global 7616 LBJ Freeway Suite 700 Dallas TX 75251 824241240 501(c)(3) 42178 Oral Bible Translation Africa Inland Mission 600 Westpark Drive PO Box 3611 Peachtree City GA 30269 111873101 501(c)(3) 20992 Oral Bible Translation Church of the Nazarene 17001 Prairie Star Parkway Lenexa KS 66220 431756625 501(c)(3) 18735 Orality Coaching SRV Inc 10800 Alpharetta Hwy Ste 208-496 Roswell GA 30076 352556226 501(c)(3) 68000 Oral Bible Translation Antioch Ministries International 505 North 20th Street Waco TX 76707 742671872 501(c)(3) 15599 Oral Bible Translation 5 Pt I Line 2 Spoken Worldwide makes grants to organizations within the United States based on written memorandums of understanding with the grantee organization to accomplish its program purposes around the world. Spoken monitors the use of these funds by several means including receiving regular reports, trips to the field, and through internal monitoring and evaluation. X X false false false false false false false false false Ed Weaver 145452 0 5000 0 375 0 0 0 23317 0 174144 0 0 0 Amanda Alegnani wife of Treasurer 54959 employee compensation false Pt VI, Line 11b Spoken Worldwide distributes its completed Form 990 to the Board of Directors for review and comment prior to filing with the IRS. Pt VI, Line 12c Members of the Spoken Board of Directors sign the conflict of interest policy annually at a board meeting. As a result, questions arise as to whether certain circumstances or events are conflicts of interest. These are discussed openly at board meetings and if there were circumstances that warranted, notice would be appropriately noted and documented and approved/disapproved at the same board meeting. Pt VI, Line 15a The Finance Committee of the Board of Directors of Spoken compares similar sized organizations via information provided by GuideStar and ECFA to determine the compensation of the President/CEO. The Finance Committee then makes recommendations to the Board of Directors, should any changes be warranted. Pt VI, Line 19 Spoken makes its governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements available to the public upon request. Other Part III, Line 4d Other program services decription, continued. Pastor/Leader Training: The initial effort here is focused on a small number of national leaders (experienced pastors) in a given people group that work through worldview issues to develop a 3-year program of stories, songs and dramas based on scripture, to disciple and mold leaders. These national leaders then find other prospective leaders to disciple through the same information and the program begins to self-replicate. This allows the program to be launched in an unreached or least-reached people group and through the practical evangelism component that is required, we establish solid, well-trained leaders to guide those that come to faith in the process. Over the course of this 3-year program, we provide a Biblical theology to these leaders so that they are thoroughly equipped to shepherd and disciple a church. Pastor/Leader development programs exist now in seven countries and 34 languages - over 567 leaders are engaged in at least the first year of discipleship. Because of its ease of replication, this creates a disciple-making movement in the countries where we work. Other Part III, Line 4e Other program services decription, continued. Oral Discipleship: Since our inception in 2005, Spoken Worldwide has been committed to the work of the Great Commission among oral peoples by focusing on making disciples who lead transformed lives and become agents of holistic transformation in the communities where they live. Our Oral Discipleship department works in direct partnership with our Oral Bible Translation teams and our local implementing partners to ensure every translated oral Scripture is effectively utilized in ongoing, reproductive leader development and disciple-making work among the local people. Form 990, Part III, Line 4d Pastor/Leader Training: Please see description on Schedule O, Page 1. 382944. 154054. 0. Form 990, Part III, Line 4d Oral Discipleship: Please see description on Schedule O, Page 1. 47390. 7522. 0.