Organizations Filed Purposes:
The ministry is designed to glorify God in fulfilling biblical stewardship by assisting Christians to accomplish their financial & estate planning goals & by supporting local New Testament churches & associated ministries with financial and governance related matters.
Assisting Christian believers to glorify God through biblical stewardship
Rendering donor advised fund and other fund management services to individuals, trusts/estates, and active or dissolved churches/ministries, providing churches and other ministries with corporate governance, and assisting churches with asset dissolution during the year. BSS disbursed approximately $3.1 million in financial assistance to other registered charitable organizations, including ones overseas, during the fiscal year.
Rendering estate planning services (e.g., assistance in the preparation of wills, revocable living trusts, powers of attorney, estate and trust tax returns) and planned giving (e.g., administration of charitable gift annuities and charitable remainder trusts) to clients as well as other ministries' clients during the fiscal year, benefiting many charities besides BSS. Providing donor education through seminars in areas of estate planning and planned giving.
Rendering wealth management/investment advisory services and financial planning to individuals and other registered charitable organizations. Providing education through seminars in areas of wealth management. These specific services were discontinued in March 2020 in accordance with directions from the Iowa SEC.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
Andrew C Tuecke | Assistant Secretary (part year) | 40 | $116,173 |
Robert Sullivan | President | 40 | $109,570 |
David M Allison | Executive Vice President | 40 | $103,389 |
Emily Morrell | Treasurer | 40 | $68,214 |
David E Barczewski | Treasurer (part year) | 2 | $0 |
Thomas C Harrington | Secretary and Risk Officer | 2 | $0 |
Samuel D Thorpe Jr | Vice Chairman | 0.2 | $0 |
William K Coyle Jr | Chairman | 2 | $0 |
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