Agape Puppets Inc
The Agape Puppets Inc
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This has been the best year! We are able to travel again and have had the opportunity once again to reach and serve tens of thousands of children, teenagers and even adults! We have traveled in the eastern parts of the United States and to many countries doing programs on the streets, in churches, schools, and summer camps. We traveled across 4 continents telling everyone that God has a beautiful rescue plan for them! We trained and equipped new international teams and provided supplies to many existing teams. More, we have given away hundreds of Jesus Storybook Bibles in the inner cities and broken places across the United States traveling all the way to the Canadian border as we worked …
The goal of the organization is to reach the children of the world for jesus christ through the presentation of evangelistic puppets shows, and the training, equipping and resupplying of teams.
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#12,766 of 114,639 religion charities in the United States on integrity score
71/100 puts it in the top 12% of the cohort, tied with 1,238 others. Positions are competition ranks: ties share a position. Cohorts are the tightest local peer set with at least 30 comparable organizations; a metric is left out where the cohort is too small or nearly uniform.
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Frequently asked questions about Agape Puppets Inc
Agape Puppets Inc is a registered religion nonprofit based in Summerville, GA, United States. It is registered with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Its EIN is 208055994. According to GiveRadar's records, it holds active tax-deductible status on the IRS Publication 78 list, which means donations are tax-deductible and the organization is in good standing with the IRS. GiveRadar's Integrity Assessment for the organization is 71/100, which reflects how much public information is available, not whether the charity is legitimate. The organization reports $259K in annual revenue. 21 officers and directors are publicly disclosed. GiveRadar has identified 1 potential concern.
Agape Puppets Inc's Executive Direc, Linda Summer, received $54,450 in reported compensation in its most recent filing (2024). This figure comes straight from the organization's official filing and covers salary plus other reportable pay. Executive pay generally scales with the size and complexity of a nonprofit, so it is best read alongside the organization's revenue and what it does.
Based on official filings, Agape Puppets Inc has $259K in annual revenue. It allocates 69% of expenses to programs and services. This is below the average of 87% for religion charities in United States. Its revenue is below the peer average of $1M. Create a free GiveRadar account to view the complete financial breakdown with year-over-year trends.
This has been the best year! We are able to travel again and have had the opportunity once again to reach and serve tens of thousands of children, teenagers and even adults! We have traveled in the eastern parts of the United States and to many countries doing programs on the streets, in churches, schools, and summer camps. We traveled across 4 continents telling everyone that God has a beautiful rescue plan for them! We trained and equipped new international teams and provided supplies to many existing teams. More, we have given away hundreds of Jesus Storybook Bibles in the inner cities and broken places across the United States traveling... Agape Puppets Inc is classified as a religion organization registered in United States.
GiveRadar has identified 1 potential concern for Agape Puppets Inc. Red flags are automatically detected from official data and may include high executive compensation relative to budget, low program spending, or missing financial filings. Red flags do not necessarily mean wrongdoing but indicate areas that may warrant further review before donating.
Agape Puppets Inc is classified as a Religion organization, registered in United States. It operates as a Publicly-supported charity (509(a)(2)). By size, it is categorized as a small organization. It has $259K in annual revenue. The organization has 21 disclosed officers and directors.
Agape Puppets Inc's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 208055994. This is the organization's IRS tax identification number; you can use it to verify tax-exempt status and to look up its Form 990 filings with the IRS.
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Quick facts about Agape Puppets Inc
- What is Agape Puppets Inc?
- Agape Puppets Inc is a religion publicly-supported charity (509(a)(2)) based in Summerville, United States. This has been the best year! We are able to travel again and have had the opportunity once again to reach and serve tens of thousands of children, teenagers and even adults! We have traveled in the eastern parts of the United States and to many countries doing programs on the streets, in churches, schools, and summer camps. We traveled across 4 continents telling everyone that God has a beautiful rescue plan for them! We trained and equipped new international teams and provided supplies to many existing teams. More, we have given away hundreds of Jesus Storybook Bibles in the inner cities and broken places across the United States traveling all the way to the Canadian border as we worked our way across New York. This past year, we provided thousands of dollars to feed starving families in Nepal who live in remote villages. Tika Ram Baral and friends sometimes hiked for days to backpack needed supplies to desperately poor people. In one place, we provided good shoes for all of the children in a village. Every family received food, but they also received the message of hope that only Jesus can give. We also partnered with an English ministry and worked at a small pastors training center in Nepal. We also provided help to our partners in Northern Ireland and Northern Italy so that they could bless many more! We traveled across Peru, trained new teams and heard thousands of children asking Jesus to rescue them! In the last year , we planted a new team in Albania and have continued to work with them planning an outreach together to Kosovo. We also provided 16,000 plus in aid to our Ukrainian teams who have stayed in the middle off a war to help others. The work in Turkey is growing as we now share every spring with Syrian refugees as well as refugees from 6 other countries. We did many zoom puppet shows and have continued to add to our own you tube channel. We loaded this site with lots of stories, songs and testimonies which we released once a week through December 25 t
- Who leads Agape Puppets Inc?
- Linda Summer serves as Executive Direc.
- Where is Agape Puppets Inc located?
- Headquartered in Summerville, GA, United States.
- What is Agape Puppets Inc's annual budget?
- Annual revenue for fiscal year 2024 is $258,889. 69% of expenses go to program services.
- Is Agape Puppets Inc trustworthy?
- Agape Puppets Inc has a GiveRadar Integrity Assessment of 71 out of 100 (Strong transparency). The score reflects public-data transparency: registration, financial disclosure, governance, contact details, and how recently data was refreshed. It does not measure program impact.
- What is Agape Puppets Inc's registration number?
- IRS EIN: 208055994.
- What is Agape Puppets Inc's website?
- http://theagapepuppets.org