2025-11-13T11:09:45+00:00 2024-12-31 332621854 CRI Capin Crouse Advisors LLC 345 Massachusetts Ave Suite 300 Indianapolis IN 46204 990 2024-01-01 981430259 Alpha International ALPH 2070520200 Brompton Road London UK SW71JA Miles Toulmin Chief Executive Officer 2070520200 2025-11-13 true true Sara Tibbott P01486965 5055022746 2025-11-13 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z Miles Toulmin Brompton Road London UK SW71JA 27064906 false X www.alpha.org X 2001 UK To equip the church in its mission to help people discover & develop a relationship with Jesus. 12 11 0 28 0 23914649 25143486 1088881 1190619 59129 54760 259094 201825 25321753 26590690 10707486 9825318 0 0 6156003 7315187 0 0 1489450 8332399 6402222 25195888 23542727 125865 3047963 18699356 21698180 2823189 2362450 15876167 19335730 X The mission of the organization is to equip and serve the church in its mission to help people discover and develop a relationship with Jesus. The global team works with different regions to grow Alpha in their context, train leaders, support hub churches and translate resources. false false 8825577 5823571 113899 Digital, Media, Product, and Publications: In collaboration with Alpha International USA IP, LLC. ('AIUSA'), we launched a new Alpha product: The Alpha Youth Series ('AYS 3.0') in November 2024. - We invested in product globalization and contextualization, which enabled a coordinated global release of AYS 3.0 with eight subtitled languages, and more translations due to be released in 2025 and beyond. - Pre-production for the next Alpha Film Series ('AFS 2.0') re-commenced. - 2024 was the first full year of the newly branded 'Bible with Nicky and Pippa Gumbel' ('BNAP'); there has been continued engagement with the content on the BNAP app and the web page. - A global guest stories campaign was launched, profiling transformational stories from around the world. Many NAOs have used this global campaign, with local adaptations. - Significant digital advances have been made both with a successful pilot of the new Alpha App and further investment into the 'Theory of Change' project, which will allow the organization to become more data driven. In 2024, the global marketing team launched a brand-new guest campaign to tell the stories of lives changed by Jesus, through Alpha, to the world. The campaign tells 'real stories of real people who were curious about faith, bringing to life eleven stories from all around the world. 4546445 2945424 International Development: - Over the past year, Alpha International has completed two months of prayer globally, where the global organization (i.e., Alpha International and the network of NAOs) has joined together in corporate prayer under the banner of 'fan the flame'. - In 2024, 2,166,715 participants attended an Alpha Course. 81,629 courses were run from 43,117 churches, organizations, and individuals, across 146 countries. - In 2024, we concluded the pilot stage of our long-term initiative to measure the effectiveness of the Alpha course, receiving responses from over 1,500 guests across nearly 20 countries. The results were very encouraging. From our target population - people who have not yet discovered or developed a relationship with Jesus - 86% of guests report growth in their engagement in faith during the Alpha course, and over half of these guests describe themselves as positively engaged with the beliefs, practices, and experiences of the Christian faith by the end of the course. 2673393 1005485 Strategic Leadership and Enablement: Within the context of our overall vision, we launched Alpha's 2033 vision to our staff team, donors, and churches. Alpha International's vision is for everyone, everywhere to have the opportunity to explore faith through Alpha by 2033. As we look forward to the 2000th anniversary of the resurrection, we hope to make exploring faith in Jesus as accessible as possible, so that millions more might encounter the love of God. The CEF team continue to support and share learnings with regions and national offices, so they are equipped and innovating in their contexts to serve the church well in the context of our 2033 global vision. In 2024, the Global Governance team facilitated the Country Governance Requirements review of National Alpha Offices in which NAO leadership and boards conducted self-assessments of the effectiveness of NAO governance, with support from regional leadership. 2019225 1190619 Conferences: Alpha International hosted the Leadership Conference 2024 ('LC24') at the Royal Albert Hall, with many joining from around the world and many participating online through LC On Demand. During the week of LC24, we hosted an event called 'The Open Generation' for strategic church leaders and youth leaders from across the world. 1388566 1551 UK Development: The team works across the UK to equip and support churches to be able to run Alpha in their local church, parish, youth groups, and prisons. There is also the publishing of the materials used to run Alpha and supporting local churches in the marketing and advertising of Alpha courses. In June, we were invited to have a prominent presence at the DR Catholic Parish Summit. The Summit was designed to catalyze a decade of transformation in the Catholic Church in the UK, bringing together leaders, parishes, movements, and communities to inspire and equip them in parish renewal. Alpha contributed in various ways, including hosting a pre-event entitled Engaging the Emerging Generation: Equipping Young People for Parish Renewal. Alpha testimonies and stories of parishes transformed by Alpha and DR were shared from the main stage throughout the conference, showing the impact of the work of Alpha UK over the last decade and the partnership with DR in the UK. 555432 49287 Alpha Context Development: 2024 was another amazing year for Alpha Youth as it continued to grow all around the world. In 2024, there were over 29,000 Alpha Youth courses, with over 744,000 guests, a 10% growth from 2023. On top of this encouraging growth, we were thrilled to launch the new Alpha Youth Series on 14th November in 8 languages. Together with regional and national teams, we were successfully able to host 37 different launch events all over the world, in places such as Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Stockholm, London, and Amsterdam. This was a monumental achievement that has taken years of work by our global team in collaboration with regional and national teams and has already been received so positively by local churches all over the world. In 2024, over 6,300 churches, schools and organizations and over 325,000 participants explored faith, life and meaning through Alpha in the Catholic Context. This represented a growth of 21% in Churches, organizations and schools and a growth of 15% in guests. Catholic churches represented 19% of engaged churches globally. Catholic context courses run in a Youth or Young Adult context represented 47% of the total number, which is above the global average of 37%, highlighting the opportunity and impact of Alpha Youth in the Catholic Context in engaging the emerging generations. 145223 Other Ministries: The Marriage Course (TMC) and The Pre-Marriage Course (TPMC) have impacted millions of couples positively worldwide. 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474216 Schedule D, Part XII, Line 2(d) Other expenses in audited financial statements not in form 990 Cost of goods sold - 474216 Gain on foreign exchange - 27865 true Europe (Including Iceland and Greenland) 1 123 Program Services Operational expenses 10351607 East Asia and the Pacific 0 0 Grantmaking 2133686 Sub-Saharan Africa 0 0 Grantmaking 1851745 North America (Canada & Mexico only) 0 0 Grantmaking 1291295 Europe (Including Iceland and Greenland) 0 0 Grantmaking 574522 South America 0 0 Grantmaking 559380 South Asia 0 0 Grantmaking 123654 Middle East and North Africa 0 0 Grantmaking 95877 Central America and the Caribbean 0 0 Grantmaking 41159 1 123 0 0 1 123 17022925 0 17022925 Central America and the Caribbean Grants for general costs and projects 29826 Electronic transfer Central America and the Caribbean Grants for general costs and projects 11333 Electronic transfer East Asia and the Pacific Grants for general costs and projects 1151189 Electronic transfer East Asia and the Pacific Grants for general costs and projects 310481 Electronic transfer East Asia and the Pacific Grants for general costs and projects 214684 Electronic transfer East Asia and the Pacific Grants for general costs and projects 149056 Electronic transfer East Asia and the Pacific Grants for general costs and projects 130013 Electronic transfer East Asia and the Pacific Grants for general costs and projects 87131 Electronic transfer East Asia and the Pacific Grants for general costs and projects 38336 Electronic transfer East Asia and the Pacific Grants for general costs and projects 36523 Electronic transfer East Asia and the Pacific Grants for general costs and projects 16273 Electronic transfer Europe (Including Iceland and Greenland) Grants for general costs and projects 169425 Electronic transfer Europe (Including Iceland and Greenland) Grants for general costs and projects 160087 Electronic transfer Europe (Including Iceland and Greenland) Grants for general costs and projects 82084 Electronic transfer Europe (Including Iceland and Greenland) Grants for general costs and projects 42997 Electronic transfer Europe (Including Iceland and Greenland) Grants for general costs and projects 30782 Electronic transfer Europe (Including Iceland and Greenland) Grants for general costs and projects 27425 Electronic transfer Europe (Including Iceland and Greenland) Grants for general costs and projects 24447 Electronic transfer Europe (Including Iceland and Greenland) Grants for general costs and projects 14172 Electronic transfer Europe (Including Iceland and Greenland) Grants for general costs and projects 7690 Electronic transfer Europe (Including Iceland and Greenland) Grants for general costs and projects 5878 Electronic transfer Middle East and North Africa Grants for general costs and projects 89690 Electronic transfer North America (Canada & Mexico only) Grants for general costs and projects 1285446 Electronic transfer North America (Canada & Mexico only) Grants for general costs and projects 5849 Electronic transfer South America Grants for general costs and projects 269292 Electronic transfer South America Grants for general costs and projects 178303 Electronic transfer South America Grants for general costs and projects 78814 Electronic transfer South America Grants for general costs and projects 17581 Electronic transfer South America Grants for general costs and projects 8128 Electronic transfer South America Grants for general costs and projects 7262 Electronic transfer South Asia Grants for general costs and projects 123654 Electronic transfer Sub-Saharan Africa Grants for general costs and projects 1411773 Electronic transfer Sub-Saharan Africa Grants for general costs and projects 398907 Electronic transfer Sub-Saharan Africa Grants for general costs and projects 38899 Electronic transfer 0 34 false false false false false false Schedule F, Part I, Line 2 Procedures for monitoring use of grant funds Alpha International (AI) works with many National Alpha Offices (NAOs) and Alpha Offices (AOs) abroad. AI send grants to some of these offices. These locally-staffed National Alpha Offices (NAOs) work closely with the AI global team to promote the Alpha ministry in their country and context, and to train church leaders to run Alpha courses and translate resources. The NAOs and AOs are independently constituted and governed, and they are not directed or controlled by AI but there are Federated Partnership Framework Agreements in place with AI. AI set the budgets each year and the NAOs request the funds from AI by filling in Due Diligence forms (DDF1 & DDF2). The DDF1 is used when a NAO requests funds and it includes how much, banking details and project outlines. Once the project is complete, or at least annually from the date of receipt, the NAO needs to submit the DDF2. Schedule F, Part I, Line 3 Method used to account for expenditures on org's financial statements CENTRAL AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN-Accrual; EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFIC-Accrual; EUROPE (INCLUDING ICELAND AND GREENLAND)-Accrual; MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA-Accrual; NORTH AMERICA (CANADA & MEXICO ONLY)-Accrual; SOUTH AMERICA-Accrual; SOUTH ASIA-Accrual; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA-Accrual Schedule F, Part II, Line 1 Method used to account for expenditures on org's financial statements CENTRAL AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN-Accrual; EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFIC-Accrual; EUROPE (INCLUDING ICELAND AND GREENLAND)-Accrual; MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA-Accrual; NORTH AMERICA (CANADA & MEXICO ONLY)-Accrual; SOUTH AMERICA-Accrual; SOUTH ASIA-Accrual; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA-Accrual true Alpha International USA PO Box 7491 Carol Stream IL 601977491 882729455 501(c)(3) 3000832 Project Expenses Alpha USA 1231 Farmington Lake Oswego IL 60543 133962840 501(c)(3) 153168 Project Expenses 2 0 Schedule I, Part I, Line 2 Procedures for monitoring use of grant funds Alpha International (AI) works with many National Alpha Offices (NAOs) and Alpha Offices (AOs) abroad. AI send grants to some of these offices. These locally-staffed National Alpha Offices (NAOs) work closely with the AI global team to promote the Alpha ministry in their country and context, and to train church leaders to run Alpha courses and translate resources. The NAOs and AOs are independently constituted and governed, and they are not directed or controlled by AI but there are Federated Partnership Framework Agreements in place with AI. AI set the budgets each year and the NAOs request the funds from AI by filling in Due Diligence forms (DDF1 & DDF2). The DDF1 is used when a NAO requests funds and it includes how much, banking details and project outlines. Once the project is complete, or at least annually from the date of receipt, the NAO needs to submit the DDF2. X X X false false false false false false false false false Miss Tricia Neill President 165725 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21266 0 186991 0 0 0 Mr Nick Perryman Chief Executive Officer (part year) 136582 0 0 0 0 0 10894 0 17779 0 165255 0 0 0 Mr Roger Mawle Chief Digital Officer 176331 0 0 0 0 0 12768 0 22730 0 211829 0 0 0 Trinidas Limited Greater than 35% controlled entity of both Dato Yeoh, Director, and Datuk Kathleen Chew, Director Mortage loan for Alpha International office property X 5555411 4940 false true true Trinidas Limited Greater than 35% controlled entity of both Dato Yeoh, Director, and Datuk Kathleen Chew, Director Loan for the support of working capital requirements X 1206160 1277880 false true true 1282820 Form 990, Part III, Line 4a-4c Description of program services (Expenses $ 2,019,225 including grants of $)(Revenue $ 1,190,619) Conferences: Alpha International hosted the Leadership Conference 2024 ('LC24') at the Royal Albert Hall, with many joining from around the world and many participating online through LC On Demand. During the week of LC24, we hosted an event called 'The Open Generation' for strategic church leaders and youth leaders from across the world. Form 990, Part III, Line 4a-4c Description of program services (Expenses $ 1,388,566 including grants of $ 1,551) UK Development: The team works across the UK to equip and support churches to be able to run Alpha in their local church, parish, youth groups, and prisons. There is also the publishing of the materials used to run Alpha and supporting local churches in the marketing and advertising of Alpha courses. In June, we were invited to have a prominent presence at the DR Catholic Parish Summit. The Summit was designed to catalyze a decade of transformation in the Catholic Church in the UK, bringing together leaders, parishes, movements, and communities to inspire and equip them in parish renewal. Alpha contributed in various ways, including hosting a pre-event entitled Engaging the Emerging Generation: Equipping Young People for Parish Renewal. Alpha testimonies and stories of parishes transformed by Alpha and DR were shared from the main stage throughout the conference, showing the impact of the work of Alpha UK over the last decade and the partnership with DR in the UK. Form 990, Part III, Line 4a-4c Description of program services (Expenses $ 555,432 including grants of $ 49,287) Alpha Context Development: 2024 was another amazing year for Alpha Youth as it continued to grow all around the world. In 2024, there were over 29,000 Alpha Youth courses, with over 744,000 guests, a 10% growth from 2023. On top of this encouraging growth, we were thrilled to launch the new Alpha Youth Series on 14th November in 8 languages. Together with regional and national teams, we were successfully able to host 37 different launch events all over the world, in places such as Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Stockholm, London, and Amsterdam. This was a monumental achievement that has taken years of work by our global team in collaboration with regional and national teams and has already been received so positively by local churches all over the world. In 2024, over 6,300 churches, schools and organizations and over 325,000 participants explored faith, life and meaning through Alpha in the Catholic Context. This represented a growth of 21% in Churches, organizations and schools and a growth of 15% in guests. Catholic churches represented 19% of engaged churches globally. Catholic context courses run in a Youth or Young Adult context represented 47% of the total number, which is above the global average of 37%, highlighting the opportunity and impact of Alpha Youth in the Catholic Context in engaging the emerging generations. Form 990, Part III, Line 4a-4c Description of program services (Expenses $ 145,223 including grants of $) Other Ministries: The Marriage Course (TMC) and The Pre-Marriage Course (TPMC) have impacted millions of couples positively worldwide. In 2024, our focus was on improving digital accessibility, supporting church leader marriages, exploring evangelistic opportunities for TPMC, and enhancing marketing and content. Form 990, Part V, Line 2a Alpha International does not file any W-2s as the filing organization does not have any US employees. In 2024, the organization had 123 employees, which represent the number of UK employees who work for the filing organization for which a W-2 is not required to be filed. Form 990, Part VI, Line 14 The organization is in the process of implementing a written document retention and destruction policy. This question will be answered yes on the 12/31/2025 tax return. Form 990, Part VI, Line 1a Delegate broad authority to a committee Global Executive Committee: The Board of Trustees delegates the day-to-day operation of the charity to the Chief Executive Officer. In pursuit of the CEO's operationalisation of the Board's strategy he has identified the Global Executive Committee to whom he has delegated some authority to its members to act within their respective roles. The Global Executive Committee is comprised of senior Alpha staff members globally who oversee regional and central function teams. There is no formal scheme of delegation in place between the Board and CEO, but the Board holds the CEO accountable for his delivery of the charity's strategy at each Board meeting and within the CEO's annual appraisal. Finance Risk Committee: This Board sub-committee's membership comprises four Board members (including the Vice-Chair of the Board) and, by nature of the committee, its Treasurer and senior employees of Alpha International that hold relevant responsibility such as the Chief Executive Officer, the Directors of Finance and of Risk & Governance, and members of the fundraising team. The Sub-Committee has the delegated authority of the Board in respect of the functions and powers set out in these terms of reference The role of the sub-committee is to assist the Board in fulfilling its oversight responsibilities by reviewing and monitoring Alpha International's finances and risk, which include risks at the global, regional and national Alpha office (NAO) levels, as applicable. Form 990, Part VI, Line 2 Family/business relationships amongst interested persons Mark Hutchinson, Director(part year), and Angelina Hutchinson, Director - Family relationship, Dato Hong Yeoh, Director, and Datuk Kathleen Chew, Director - Family relationship, Dato Hong Yeoh, Director, and Datuk Kathleen Chew, Director - Business relationship Form 990, Part VI, Line 6 Classes of members or stockholders There are 6 members. All new trustees are appointed by the members and members can also remove a trustee, in addition to approving changes to the governing document and having the power to change the name of the company. Our members also meet annually at the Annual General Meeting and appoint the auditors, acknowledge the Accounts and appoint directors retiring by rotation. Form 990, Part VI, Line 7a Members or stockholders electing members of governing body See the Part VI, Line 6 narrative. Form 990, Part VI, Line 7b Decisions requiring approval by members or stockholders See the Part VI, Line 6 narrative. Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b Review of form 990 by governing body The Form 990 is prepared by an independent CPA firm and reviewed in detail by the organization's management team and CEO. The reviewed Form 990 is provided to the board of directors after filing with the IRS. Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c Conflict of interest policy The organization requires all officers and board members to annually complete and sign a conflict of interest declaration. The company secretary is responsible for reviewing the signed declaration and ensuring that interested persons are in compliance with the conflict of interest policy. Should any potential conflicts of interest be disclosed, the board member or officer would be asked to refrain from participation in any deliberation or decision with regard to matters affected by the relationship. Form 990, Part VI, Line 15a Process to establish compensation of top management official The Alpha International board has appointed a Remuneration Committee, which is a sub-committee of the board, to review and approve compensation for all AI employees, including officers and key employees. Our pay review process includes the review of salary survey benchmarking data from Cendex; every role is benchmarked based on role function, role level, industry(non-profit), location, and any other applicable factor(s). We document the basis for pay decisions at the time it is made, and it is communicated/shared with the full AI Board. Form 990, Part VI, Line 15b Process to establish compensation of other employees See narrative for Form 990, Part VI, Line 15a Form 990, Part VI, Line 19 Required documents available to the public The governing documents, conflict of interest policy and financial statements are available upon request. Form 990, Part XI, Line 9 Other changes in net assets or fund balances Loss on foreign exchange - -27865; Total - -27865;