2026-09-09T08:59:14-07:00 2025-12-31 990 2025-01-01 450579565 GREAT ADVENTURE MISSIONS INC GREA 6786658164 PO Box 2121 Suwanee GA 30024 Derrick Poston President 6786658164 2026-05-29 2025 GAM Derrick Poston 5527 Blue Cedar Dr Sugar Hill GA 30518 292198 0 X https://www.greatadventuremissions.org X 2010 GA Religious Organization, including Local and Foreign Missions, Charity 4 3 0 12 0 0 260916 287166 0 0 3511 5032 0 0 264427 292198 12000 65000 10311 0 95525 108711 0 0 0 95326 104425 213162 278136 51265 14062 143110 157172 0 0 143110 157172 Religious Organization, including Local and Foreign Missions and Charity activities. 0 0 278136 293290 Great Adventure Missions is a missions sending agency. One of our accomplishments is our foreign missionaries serving in Southeast Asia. This is the bulk of our expenses. They are involved in full-time mission work in their assigned country to share God's love in word and deed. In the US, we do the same through monthly and annual outreach events to our community. We do auto repairs for missionaries and their children. We do outreach to the local police. We also do annual outreach events. We feed many through our Thanksgiving Meals Outreach and Christmas Outreach, partnering with churches to help the needy. 0 0 0 278136 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 X 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 GA X Derrick Poston 6786658164 PO Box 2121 Suwanee GA 30024 Rev Derrick Poston President 40.00 0 X 7508 0 44292 Rev Dia Ik Hong Member 40 40.00 X 33280 0 14720 Ken Spots Member 2 0 X 0 0 0 Jeff Owen Member 2 0 X 0 0 0 Phil Giannaris Treasurer 2 0 X 0 0 0 40788 0 59012 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 287166 3071 287166 0 5032 0 0 5032 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 292198 0 0 5032 0 0 65000 65000 0 0 0 0 98800 98800 0 0 9600 9600 311 311 0 115 115 2523 2523 22 22 0 174 174 0 Missionary Activities 80841 80841 0 0 Missionary Care and Outreach 20750 20750 0 0 0 0 278136 278136 0 0 9142 5012 133968 152160 143110 157172 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 143110 157172 0 0 143110 157172 143110 157172 14062 0 0 0 0 0 X 0 0 0 X 69886 208921 203618 260916 240103 983444 0 0 0 0 0 0 69886 208921 203618 260916 240103 983444 983444 3 6 973 3503 5017 9502 0 0 0 0 0 0 992946 0.99043 0.99440 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 1 Scholarships for qualified students attending universities and seminaries. Funds are to provide books, educational supplies, food, clothing, and shelter for children of missionaries or ministers who are struggling financially. Students who received over $5000 are as follows: Johnathan Hong, Owen Kwak, Susanna Poston, Joochan Kim, and Avery Sprey. 11 65000 0 Qualitative Valuation Schedule I, Part I, Line 2 Through University Impact, we select children of ministers who are eligible for assistance with their college financial needs. They fill out an application online, and funds are awarded to individuals who meet the criteria. Funds are used for college expenses, and the child must be enrolled in a college, university, or seminary. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b The Board meets at least twice per year to vote on the budget and operational expenses. This form is emailed to each member to view before voting to file. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c Board members meet regularly to discuss expenses and activities. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15 President and Chief Operating Officer. All our missionaries raise their support. Rarely do they raise more than $50,000 a year for their salaries and expenses. We are not a big money-making ministry. The Board gladly compensates these servants as much as possible. Our missionaries take a modest salary and usually spend more on ministry expenses than they make. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 All documents are available apon request at Great Adventure Missions, PO Box 2121, Suwanee, GA 30024 REASONABLE-CAUSE STATEMENT FOR LATE FILING Form 990 - Tax Year Ending December 31, 2025. Great Adventure Missions respectfully requests relief from any late-filing penalty associated with its 2025 Form 990. The return was not filed by May 15, 2026, because the individual responsible for the organization's filing responsibilities experienced a combination of extraordinary personal and medical circumstances. During this period, the responsible individual's mother passed away, resulting in significant family responsibilities and disruption. The responsible individual also underwent surgery on May 1, 2026, and subsequently experienced additional health problems requiring another surgery. These circumstances substantially impaired the individual's ability to attend to the organization's administrative and filing obligations. The responsible individual made a good-faith effort to determine the filing deadline by visiting the Form 990 Online website in May 2026. The individual mistakenly understood the June 15 deadline displayed on the website to apply to the organization. On June 15, the individual discovered that the displayed deadline applied to organizations with a January 31 year-end and that Great Adventure Missions' return had been due May 15. As the responsible individual's health and circumstances permitted, the organization gathered and organized its financial and contribution records and began completing the delinquent return. The organization is filing the return voluntarily and as promptly as possible under the circumstances. The late filing was not due to willful neglect or an attempt to avoid the organization's reporting responsibilities. Great Adventure Missions has taken corrective action and will implement a compliance calendar with advance reminders and an independent review of future filing deadlines. The organization will also arrange to file an extension before the applicable deadline whenever circumstances may prevent timely completion of a future return. Based on these extraordinary circumstances, the organization respectfully requests that the IRS find reasonable cause and waive any penalty associated with the late filing of its 2025 Form 990. Under penalties of perjury, I declare that the facts stated above are true and correct to the best of my knowledge. Derrick Poston, President, Great Adventure Missions