Nonprofit · EIN 56-0818833
JAARS INC
Tax-exempt · WAXHAW, NC 28173
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 30, 2025 | 990 | $10,369,317 | $11,427,141 | -$1,057,824 | $16,923,865 | $1,529,206 | $15,394,659 |
| September 30, 2024 | 990 | $11,930,681 | $8,539,451 | $3,391,230 | $17,611,457 | $1,366,575 | $16,244,882 |
| September 30, 2023 | 990 | $9,830,256 | $7,703,667 | $2,126,589 | $13,709,389 | $1,037,103 | $12,672,286 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $8,598,846
- Program service revenue
- $1,668,027
- Investment income
- $51,873
- Net gain from sales of assets
- $5,291
- Net income from sales of inventory
- $50,571
- Other revenue
- $50,571
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $938,848
- Other salaries and wages
- $4,306,199
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $4,967,265
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Legal fees
- $6,498
- Accounting fees
- $100,296
- Occupancy
- $509,483
- Travel
- $504,899
- Depreciation
- $1,540,482
- Program services (functional)
- $9,447,347
- Management and general (functional)
- $1,439,918
- Fundraising (functional)
- $539,876
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $17,611,457
- Total assets, end of year
- $16,923,865
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $1,529,206
- Net assets, end of year
- $15,394,659
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $12,798,909
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $13,123,975
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $2,270,684
- Gross receipts
- $10,650,885
- Employees
- 103
- Volunteers
- 530
- Year formed
- 1963
- State of legal domicile
- NC
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Russell | President Officer, Highest-paid employee | 40 | $122,112 |
| Steve Biggerstaff | Vice President of Engagement Key employee | 40 | $121,402 |
| Denise Shockley | V P of Finance, CFO Key employee | 40 | $98,774 |
| Andrew Hood | Chair Trustee or director | 8 | $0 |
| Bonnie Nystrom | Vice Chair Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
| Lee Bramlett | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| Dan Dugger | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| Grace Goreth | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| Daniel Johnson | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| Ryan Kruse | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| Nydia Garcia Schmidt | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| Eleanor Berry | Treasurer Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
| Keith Burkhart | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| Mark Snoddy | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| Tim Johnson | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
990 for the year ended September 30, 2024: 13 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Russell | President Officer, Highest-paid employee | 40 | $140,000 |
| Steve Biggerstaff | Vice President of Engagement Officer | 40 | $118,482 |
| Denise Shockley | V P of Finance, CFO Officer | 40 | $103,304 |
| Andrew Hood | Chair Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| Bonnie Nystrom | Vice Chair Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Lee Bramlett | Treasurer Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| Dan Dugger | Director Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| Grace Goreth | Director Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| Daniel Johnson | Director Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| Ryan Kruse | Director Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| Nydia Garcia Schmidt | Director Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| Eleanor Berry | Director Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| Keith Burkhart | Director Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended September 30, 2023: 14 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Biggerstaff | Vice President of Engagement Highest-paid employee | 40 | $117,013 |
| Denise Shockley | V P of Finance, CFO Officer | 40 | $102,774 |
| Steve Russell | President Officer | 40 | $43,077 |
| Andrew Hood | Chair Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| Bonnie Nystrom | Vice Chair Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Lee Bramlett | Treasurer Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| Dan Dugger | Director Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| Marita Eden | Director Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| Grace Goreth | Director Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| Daniel Johnson | Director Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| Ryan Kruse | Director Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| R Dan Ribb | Director Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| Nydia Garcia Schmidt | Director Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| Liz Thomson | Director Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- PO BOX 248, WAXHAW, NC 28173-0248
- In care of
- % ROY H SELF
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- Steve Russell, P O Box 248, Waxhaw, NC 28173
- Signed the 990
- Denise Shockley, VP of Finance/CFO
- Phone
- (704) 848-6000
- Website
- jaars.org
Mission
We reduce barriers, ease burdens and deliver God's Word. We do that by training, equipping, deploying and sustaining individuals, teams and stations, primarily in the area of transportation using special purpose aircraft, boats and off-road vehicles to aid in the work of proclaiming the gospel to the whole creation.
Program accomplishments
- BASE OPERATIONS--JAARS is heavily engaged in training pilots, mechanics, technicians and support personnel to aid Bible translation, literacy and scripture engagement in remote environments that primarily include jungle rainforests or difficult terrain. We support partners on four continents. The training assists our primary partner, SIL International, and others with transportation solutions where none readily exist with air, land and sea solutions. The approximately 500 personnel at our home base in North Carolina integrate and instruct training on aviation, maritime, land transport, communication, and intercultural relationships. The base also serves as a research & development and engineering station to create future solutions needed in the field. The base serves as the force and logistical provider, program manager, financial and personnel support base with capacity in counseling, healthcare services, housing for trainees, fundraising, and missionary support both domestic and abroad.Expenses $3,706,609 · revenue $1,482,818
- TRANSPORTATION SOLUTIONS-- We help facilitate our international partners' flight programs by recruiting and training staff, setting standards, acquiring and equipping aircraft, providing technical field support and R&D, and more. Currently, we partner with programs in Brazil, Cameroon, Gabon, Indonesia, Kenya, Papua New Guinea, and Peru. We help our international partners assess their travel challenges and determine the optimal vehicles for their situations and assist with acquiring, upfit and training.Expenses $3,111,543 · revenue $357,633
- TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS-- We have designed, developed, and now support FlightSpan, a custom application that helps to ensure efficiency, accountability, and safety before, during, and after conducting flight operations. In addition, technology is provided and supported with our international partners and at the JAARS base in North Carolina headquarters.Expenses $1,152,407 · revenue $59,242
- INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS-- We help our international partners assess needs, develop effective solutions, funding support, and effective implementation and training to help missionaries cross the last mile. In addition, we are exploring high-impact operating "hubs" to help missionaries cross the last mile and reach the unreached.Expenses $1,476,788
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in September, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | September 30, 2026 | February 15, 2027 | Not due yet |
| 2024 | September 30, 2025 | February 16, 2026 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | September 30, 2024 | February 17, 2025 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 56-0818833
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Supporting organization, Type I
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Supporting organization, 50% limit
- Exempt since
- 2019
- Accounting year ends
- September
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Community improvement and capacity building (S80)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $16,923,865
- Income (IRS master file)
- $10,650,885
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | September 2025 | $10,369,317 | $11,427,141 | $16,923,865 | XML |
| 990 | September 2024 | $11,930,681 | $8,539,451 | $17,611,457 | XML |
| 990 | September 2023 | $9,830,256 | $7,703,667 | $13,709,389 | XML |
| 990 | September 2022 | $6,580,103 | $7,479,302 | $11,482,028 | IRS |
| 990 | September 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | September 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | September 2019 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | September 2018 | – | – | – | IRS |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 56-0818833).
Questions about JAARS INC
- What is the EIN of JAARS INC?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of JAARS INC is 56-0818833.
- Is JAARS INC tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2019.
- Are donations to JAARS INC tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Supporting organization, 50% limit).
- Which annual return does JAARS INC file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of JAARS INC due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending September 30, 2026) is due February 15, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did JAARS INC last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended September 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of JAARS INC?
- The 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025 names Steve Russell.
- Who are the officers and directors of JAARS INC?
- The 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025 lists 15 people; 3 received compensation from the organization, the highest $122,112 (Steve Russell, President).
- How much revenue does JAARS INC have?
- On its 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $10,369,317, expenses of $11,427,141 and total assets of $16,923,865 at year end.
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