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Summer Institute of Linguistics Inc dba SIL Global

Public charity · Grantmaker Dallas, TX EIN: 75-1840827 Website

SIL advocates, builds capacity, and works with local communities to apply language expertise that advances meaningful development, education, and engagement with Scripture. Continue on Schedule O

Key facts about Summer Institute of Linguistics Inc dba SIL Global

In short: Summer Institute of Linguistics Inc dba SIL Global gave $1.6M across 9 grants in 2025 (avg $177K), mostly in Florida. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.

EIN
75-1840827
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025
Annual giving (2025)
$1,596,585
Grants made (2025)
9
Average grant
$177,398
Median grant
$30,093
Total assets
$103,654,764
Primary geography
Florida (55% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)

Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.

Financial Overview

From 2025 IRS Form 990 · View filing

Total Assets

$103.7M

-12.2% YoY

Annual Giving

$1.6M

+17.6% YoY

Grant Count

9

+50.0% YoY

Avg Grant Size

$177K

-21.6% YoY

How Summer Institute of Linguistics Inc dba SIL Global gives

  • Giving held roughly steady from 2022 to 2025 (−13%). Method

From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.

About Summer Institute of Linguistics Inc dba SIL Global

Based on IRS filings

Summer Institute of Linguistics Inc dba SIL Global is a public charity focused on International, Foreign Affairs & National Security, based in Dallas, TX. IRS filing data is available from 2020 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $103.7M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 9 grants totaling $1.6M. Net investment income was $610K.

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Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

12states

Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 9 itemized grants.

Cities

ArlingtonOrlandoWaxhawWashingtonDearbornMarionDallasRollaBoulderLafayetteLoves ParkLyndenMaitlandMiamiMililaniSouth HadleyTucsonWinter Springs

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$1M$2M$3M5 grants2020 5 grants2021 7 grants2022 9 grants2023 6 grants2024 9 grants2025

From 2020 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $908K (2020) to $2.3M (2023). In 2025 it made 9 grants totaling $1.6M.

Grant Insights

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top 9 recipients in 2025

Wycliffe Bible Translators: $871KWycliffe Bible Translators$871KJAARS Inc: $516KJAARS Inc$516KGods Word for the Nations: $62KGods Word for the Nations$62KEquip International: $45KEquip International$45KSeed Company Inc: $30KSeed Company Inc$30KStony Brook Community Church: $24KStony Brook Community Church$24KSil Lead: $23KSil Lead$23KInternational Christian Resp: $15KInternational Christian Resp$15KSabeel Media: $10KSabeel Media$10K

The largest 2025 recipient was Wycliffe Bible Translators ($871K). Together the top 9 received $1.6M.

Grant Size Distribution

36 grants across all recorded years

23<$50K2$50–100K3$100–250K$250–500K4$500K–1M4$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 23 grants of 36 (64%).

Giving History

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Wycliffe Bible Translators Orlando, FLLanguage Develop. & Trans. Programs$871,449
JAARS Inc Waxhaw, NCLanguage Program Support$515,969
Gods Word for the Nations Rolla, MOTranslation workshop$61,949
Equip International Marion, NCLanguage Program Support$45,478
Seed Company Inc Arlington, TXLanguage Develop. & Trans. Programs$30,093
Stony Brook Community Church South Hadley, MATransl Programs Staffing$24,000
Sil Lead Washington, DCLanguage Program Support$22,885
International Christian Resp Lynden, WALanguage Develop. & Trans. Programs$14,762
Sabeel Media Dearborn, MILanguage Services$10,000

Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Revenue
Expenses
Net Investment Income
$0$20M$40M$60M$80M2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Metric202520242023
Total Assets$103,654,764$118,045,931$126,634,253
Revenue$53,997,913$57,681,886$48,965,391
Expenses$61,657,727$63,357,549$52,903,085
Net Investment Income$610,236$1,615,992$1,901,506

Data update history

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS August 2, 2022)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS August 12, 2024)
  3. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS August 13, 2025)
  4. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS July 30, 2021)
  5. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS May 26, 2023)
  6. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS August 17, 2026)
  7. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Summer Institute of Linguistics Inc dba SIL Global is led by Johnstone Ndunde - Incoming, Executive Director on the 2025 filing; 19 of 34 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Johnstone Ndunde - Incoming

    Executive Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    40 hrs/week

    $98K (2025)

  • Michel Kenmogne - Outgoing

    Executive Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    40 hrs/week

    $158K (2025)

  • Hans Combrink

    Chairman

    Director → Chairman, 2021

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Daniel Agee

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    40 hrs/week

    $44K (2020) → $41K (2025)

  • Angeline Foo - Incoming

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    40 hrs/week

    $10K (2025)

  • Jeff German - Incoming

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    40 hrs/week

    $35K (2025)

  • Karen Floor - Incoming

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    40 hrs/week

    $17K (2025)

  • Liz Thomson - Outgoing

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    40 hrs/week

    $26K (2025)

  • Mark Robinson - Outgoing

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    40 hrs/week

    $62K (2025)

  • Sunny Hong - Outgoing

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    40 hrs/week

    $44K (2025)

  • Susan Nyaga - Incoming

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    40 hrs/week

    $41K (2025)

  • Andy Warren-Rothlin

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jane Jelgerhuis

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jessica Sinclair

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Michael Welles - Outgoing

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Peter Munguti

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Wei-Leong Goh

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Aboubakari Sama - Outgoing

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Eiji Matsumoto - Incoming

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Etienne Piek - Incoming

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Feruza Krason - Incoming

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    40 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Mary Pearce - Outgoing

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    40 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Mauricio Castellon - Incoming

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Robert Carlos Laver - Outgoing

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Saju George John - Outgoing

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Eugene C Burnham - Assistant

    Secretary

    On filings since 2020

    36 hrs/week

    $6K (2020) → $7K (2025)

  • George Shultz

    Secretary

    On filings since 2020

    40 hrs/week

    $25K (2020) → $27K (2025)

  • James Green

    It Project Manager

    On filings since 2021

    40 hrs/week

    $106K (2021) → $135K (2025)

  • Jeffrey Livingston

    Systems Manager

    On filings since 2024

    40 hrs/week

    $125K (2024) → $133K (2025)

  • Joshua Nemecek

    Data Scientist

    On filings since 2024

    40 hrs/week

    $108K (2024) → $121K (2025)

  • Christine Liner

    Associate Executive Dir-Ops

    New on the 2025 filing

    40 hrs/week

    $116K (2025)

  • Donald Buhler - Outgoing

    Treasurer

    New on the 2025 filing

    40 hrs/week

    $41K (2025)

  • Jonathan Hudlow

    Senior Data Scientist

    New on the 2025 filing

    40 hrs/week

    $112K (2025)

  • Mike Painter - Incoming

    Treasurer

    New on the 2025 filing

    40 hrs/week

    $51K (2025)

Former officers (26)
  • Former: Aboubakari Sama (2020–2024) — Director
  • Former: Mark Robinson (2020–2024) — Director
  • Former: Mary Pearce (2020–2024) — Director
  • Former: Michel Kenmogne (2020–2024) — Executive Director
  • Former: Robert Carlos Laver (2020–2024) — Director
  • Former: Saju George John (2020–2024) — Director
  • Former: Sunny Hong (2020–2024) — Director
  • Former: Jonathan Hirst (2021–2024) — Chief Innov Officer
  • Former: Michael Welles (2022–2024) — Director
  • Former: Curt Henderson - Assistant (2024) — Treasurer
  • Former: Don Buhler - CFO (2024) — Treasurer
  • Former: Liz Thomson (2024) — Director
  • Former: Mary Pudaite (2024) — General Strategist
  • Former: Donald P Buhler - CFO (2020–2023) — Treasurer
  • Former: Eleanor Berry - Assist Treasurer (2020–2023) — COO
  • Former: Liz Thomson Vice Chair (2020–2023) — Director
  • Former: Curt Henderson incoming-Asst (2023) — Treasurer
  • Former: Donald Dillard (2023) — Software Test Manager
  • Former: John Krehely outgoing-Asst (2023) — Treasurer
  • Former: John Krehely - Assistant (2020–2022) — Treasurer
  • Former: Karel van der Mast - Outgoing (2021) — Chairman
  • Former: Michael Welles - Incoming (2021) — Director
  • Former: Andrew Kwimberi - Outgoing (2020) — Director
  • Former: Karel van der Mast (2020) — Chairman
  • Former: Paul Opoku-Mensah - Outgoing (2020) — Director
  • Former: Yuko Takata - Outgoing (2020) — Director

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2020–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Compensation Overview

From 2025 IRS filing

Michel Kenmogne - Outgoing — Executive Dir.: $158KMichel Kenmogne…Executive Dir.$158KJames Green — IT Project Mgr: $135KJames GreenIT Project Mgr$135KJeffrey Livingston — Systems Manager: $133KJeffrey LivingstonSystems Manager$133KJoshua Nemecek — Data Scientist: $121KJoshua NemecekData Scientist$121KChristine Liner — Assoc Exec Dir-Ops: $116KChristine LinerAssoc Exec Dir-Ops$116KJonathan Hudlow — Sr Data Scientist: $112KJonathan HudlowSr Data Scientist$112KJohnstone Ndunde - Incoming — Executive Dir.: $98KJohnstone Ndunde…Executive Dir.$98KMark Robinson - Outgoing — Director: $62KMark Robinson - OutgoingDirector$62KMike Painter - Incoming — Treasurer: $51KMike Painter - IncomingTreasurer$51KSunny Hong - Outgoing — Director: $44KSunny Hong - OutgoingDirector$44KSusan Nyaga - Incoming — Director: $41KSusan Nyaga - IncomingDirector$41KDonald Buhler - Outgoing — Treasurer: $41KDonald Buhler - OutgoingTreasurer$41KDaniel Agee — Director: $41KDaniel AgeeDirector$41KJeff German - Incoming — Director: $35KJeff German - IncomingDirector$35KGeorge Shultz — Secretary: $27KGeorge ShultzSecretary$27KLiz Thomson - Outgoing — Director: $26KLiz Thomson - OutgoingDirector$26KKaren Floor - Incoming — Director: $17KKaren Floor - IncomingDirector$17KAngeline Foo - Incoming — Director: $10KAngeline Foo - IncomingDirector$10KEugene Burnham - Assistant — Secretary: $7KEugene Burnham…Secretary$7K

The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $158K, to Michel Kenmogne - Outgoing (Executive Dir.). 19 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.

Frequently asked questions about Summer Institute of Linguistics Inc dba SIL Global

How much does Summer Institute of Linguistics Inc dba SIL Global give each year?

Summer Institute of Linguistics Inc dba SIL Global gave $1.6M across 9 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $1.4M across 6 grants.

What is Summer Institute of Linguistics Inc dba SIL Global's typical grant size?

Summer Institute of Linguistics Inc dba SIL Global's median grant in 2025 was $30,093, and its average grant was $177,398, across 9 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990.

Where does Summer Institute of Linguistics Inc dba SIL Global give grants?

Summer Institute of Linguistics Inc dba SIL Global gives mostly in Florida: 55% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990 went to recipients there. The next largest state was North Carolina (35%).

Does Summer Institute of Linguistics Inc dba SIL Global give general operating support?

Not in 2025: none of the 9 grants with a stated purpose on Summer Institute of Linguistics Inc dba SIL Global's 2025 IRS Form 990 were described as general or operating support. Recurring purposes include "Language Program Support" (3 grants) and "Language Develop. & Trans. Programs" (3 grants).

Who are Summer Institute of Linguistics Inc dba SIL Global's largest grantees?

Summer Institute of Linguistics Inc dba SIL Global's largest 2025 grantees include Wycliffe Bible Translators ($871,449), JAARS Inc ($515,969) and Gods Word for the Nations ($61,949), according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. Together they received 91% of its itemized 2025 grant dollars.

How large is Summer Institute of Linguistics Inc dba SIL Global?

Summer Institute of Linguistics Inc dba SIL Global reported $103.7M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $54.0M.

What is Summer Institute of Linguistics Inc dba SIL Global?

Summer Institute of Linguistics Inc dba SIL Global is a public charity focused on International, Foreign Affairs & National Security, based in Dallas, TX. It holds $103.7M in total assets as of 2025.

What is Summer Institute of Linguistics Inc dba SIL Global's EIN?

Summer Institute of Linguistics Inc dba SIL Global's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 75-1840827. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2020–2025.

Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.

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