Frequently Asked Questions

Word For All is a charitable initiative focused on expanding access to Bible study resources across languages, so people around the world can engage Scripture more deeply in a language they understand.

Our work centers on the behind-the-scenes licensing, technical integration, and localization required to make trusted Bible translations usable within modern digital study tools.

No. Word For All is not a separately incorporated nonprofit.

It operates as a charitable operating project under the fiscal sponsorship of New Horizons Foundation, an established U.S. public charity.

Under its fiscal sponsorship structure, Word For All operates as a project, not as an independent foundation.

This naming approach reflects the project’s legal status and helps clarify how donations are received and administered.

It also avoids implying separate incorporation or independent tax-exempt status.

All donations supporting Word For All are made to New Horizons Foundation, the project’s fiscal sponsor.

Funds are tax-deductible charitable gifts and are administered under the foundation’s legal and fiduciary oversight.

Yes. Donors may recommend grants from donor-advised funds to New Horizons Foundation and designate them for Word For All.

Donations are tax-deductible charitable gifts and are irrevocable under charitable law.

Donors may designate support for Word For All within approved project scope, but all funds remain under the fiduciary control of the fiscal sponsor and are used in accordance with donor intent as accepted and applicable law.

Yes. New Horizons Foundation assesses standard administrative fees to cover accounting, compliance, reporting, and charitable oversight.

These fees are assessed by the fiscal sponsor and are separate from project budgets.

Word For All’s work begins where Bible access often ends.

While Bible translation efforts have made remarkable progress, many language communities still lack usable study environments that allow Scripture to be studied, taught, and engaged with depth and confidence.

Word For All does not translate the Bible, revise biblical texts, or distribute printed Scripture.

Instead, we focus on digital usability—making existing, trusted Bible translations usable for reading, comparison, and study within modern digital environments.

Word For All supports clearly defined, language-specific projects such as: licensing trusted Bible translations, integrating Scripture into modern study tools, localizing digital environments, and conducting language-specific quality assurance.

All projects are time-bounded, donor-designated, and scoped for responsible delivery.

Word For All prioritizes language initiatives with an emphasis on stewardship, reach, and discipleship multiplication.

While thousands of languages around the world still lack complete Scripture, many pastors, teachers, and ministry leaders already work in widely shared “gateway languages”—such as Spanish, French, and Portuguese—that function across entire regions as pastoral, educational, and publishing languages.

By focusing first on these widely used working languages, a single localization project can equip leaders who disciple, teach, and train many others. This allows donor support to multiply beyond individual users and strengthens Scripture engagement at scale.

This approach does not diminish the importance of minority or frontier languages, nor does it replace Bible translation or offline ministry efforts. Rather, it reflects a stewardship-driven focus on building digital study infrastructure where modern tools can responsibly serve large numbers of ministry leaders today.

Word For All supports clearly defined, donor-designated language projects. While current initiatives prioritize certain gateway languages, additional languages may be pursued when a project’s scope, permissions, and funding are fully defined and approved.

Word For All is designed to serve those who disciple others—pastors, teachers, missionaries, and ministry leaders.

By equipping leaders to study and teach Scripture effectively in their working language, the impact of a single language project multiplies across congregations, classrooms, and communities.

No. Word For All does not translate or author commentary, study notes, or lexicons as part of its core projects.

Where appropriate and separately funded, projects may support the responsible inclusion of licensed or public-domain study resources, with proper permissions and quality controls.

Word For All funds defined, charitable project work that may be carried out by one or more qualified vendors, consultants, or service providers, depending on the needs of a given project.

For many language-localization initiatives, the primary implementation partner is Cross Bible, Inc., a for-profit company that operates an established digital Bible study platform.

Cross Bible is not a nonprofit and is not the recipient of charitable donations. Word For All does not own or operate the platform.

Word For All delivers a complete, baseline study environment for each language through clearly defined projects.

Any additional initiatives—such as expanded study resources or subsidized access— are proposed only as separate, donor-designated projects with appropriate permissions and governance safeguards.

No. Word For All does not fund open-ended operations, platform ownership, or speculative development.

Donor support is applied only to defined, time-bounded projects with clear scope, outcomes, and reporting.