Mission
GoServ Global shares God's love by responding to disaster, empowering sustainable community development and creating world change through hands-on involvement.
Ruling year
2011
Executive Director
Mark Henderson
Main address
1370 NW 18th St Unit 101
Ankeny, IA 50023 USA
EIN
45-2875491
NTEE code
Other Public Safety, Disaster Preparedness, and Relief N.E.C. (M99)
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Communication
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
GoServ Global serves the most vulnerable around the world - orphans, families in poverty, those devastated by natural disaster.
We assist international victims of natural disasters with housing and clean water, and assist US victims of natural disasters with property clean up and rebuilding. In third world countries, we address homelessness, education, and medical needs of children.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
India
GoServ Global works with national pastors who work in some of the most persecuted states and neglected tribal villages in rural India. We also support a boarding school with 100 children that are being educated.
Haiti
GoServ Global has built nearly 400 Sukup Safe T Homes®, medical clinic, dental clinic, school, several churches, 10 wells, and supports 5 orphanages, prison ministry, boys street ministry, and agricultural projects.
Guatemala
GoServ Global has planted a church and a Christian School, ministering to the neglected field workers and their families through education and biblical truth.
Peru
GoServ Global has built Hidden Creeks Bible Camp out of the Sukup Safe T Home®.
Domestic Disaster Relief
The Domestic Disaster Relief branch of GoServ Global delivers hope to families devastated by natural disasters by being the hands and feet of Christ, bringing heavy equipment and volunteers to help with cleanup and recovery.
Uganda
The New Hope Children's Home is made out of the Sukup Safe T Homes® and houses refugee orphan children who have fled war-torn South Sudan. So far nearly 40 children now have a safe place to live, enough food to eat, an opportunity to attend school, house mothers who care for them, and a chance to learn about the love of Jesus.
Where we work
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Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Evaluation documents
Download evaluation reportsNumber of Sukup Safe T Homes® built
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Economically disadvantaged people, Internally displaced people, Victims of disaster
Related Program
Haiti
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Context Notes
A Sukup Safe T Home is a highly-modified grain bin used for housing. GoServ Global built 40 Safe T Homes in Haiti that house orphans & displaced families, and 30 in Uganda for refugee children.
Number of pregnant women receiving early and adequate prenatal care
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Economically disadvantaged people, Unemployed people, Victims of disaster, Widows and widowers
Related Program
Haiti
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
1301 mothers received prenatal care at the GoServ Global birthing center in Haiti
Number of students educated
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Children and youth, Economically disadvantaged people, Self-employed people, Unemployed people
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Context Notes
GoServ Global educates students in Haiti, India, Guatemala, and Uganda.
Our Sustainable Development Goals
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Goals & Strategy
Reports and documents
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Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
GoServ Global shares God's love by responding to disaster, empowering sustainable community development and creating world change through hands-on involvement.
Responding to Disaster –GoServ Global brings expertise in equipment operation, safety and volunteer management to serve as the hands and feet of Christ in helping local churches and communities respond to disaster.
Empowering Community Development – GoServ Global transforms the lives of the impoverished by providing for basic human needs, developing local leadership and establishing sustainable communities.
Creating World Change through Hands-on Involvement – Those who volunteer for GoServ Global missions seek to serve those in need and find their own lives transformed by the experience.
Building sustainable communities and orphanages. Educating poverty stricken children in Haiti, Guatemala and India. Building a medical clinic in India.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
Our strategies include continue fundraising efforts to support existing and new projects.
Existing projects in Haiti include school, medical and dental clinics, birthing center, orphanages, and housing for families. India has a boarding school for children from remote tribal villages.
Other projects include a medical facility in India, a church and school in Guatemala, and an orphanage in Uganda to serve children fleeing from South Sudan and a new orphanage in Liberia.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
The church and school in Guatemala has been built and currently has 100 students. Funding has already been secured to build the medical facility in India, and the orphanage in Uganda has 40 students and 30 Sukup Safe T Homes®.
In Haiti, there are several orphanages, a medical, dental and birthing centers, a school for 750 students. We continue to provide new homes for families using our Safe T Home.
Work is continuing on the orphanage in Liberia which will eventually include a new school and birthing center.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
*Built nearly 500 Sukup Safe T Homes® in Haiti, 10 in Peru, 10 in Kenya, 30 in Uganda and 10 in Liberia.
*Educating more than 1400 children from poverty-stricken areas each year.
*Sponsor more than 250 orphan children
*Serve hundreds of patients each year in the medical clinic and dental clinic.
*In the US, cleaned up after 12 natural disasters
*Built 5 churches in Haiti, 1 in Guatemala, 3 in India and 1 bible camp in Peru.
*More than 1000 volunteers have served on a short-term mission trip with GoServ Global.
What's next?
*Our vision is to build Hope Centers around the world that include a church, school, Sukup Safe T Homes® for orphanages, medical clinic, agriculture for self-sustainment, etc.
How we listen
Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.
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How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?
To identify and remedy poor client service experiences, To identify bright spots and enhance positive service experiences, To make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve, To understand people's needs and how we can help them achieve their goals
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Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?
We collect feedback from the people we serve at least annually, We aim to collect feedback from as many people we serve as possible, We take steps to ensure people feel comfortable being honest with us, We engage the people who provide feedback in looking for ways we can improve in response, We act on the feedback we receive
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What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
It is difficult to get the people we serve to respond to requests for feedback, It is difficult to find the ongoing funding to support feedback collection
Financials
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GoServ Global
Board of directorsas of 07/09/2024
Mr. Gene Petersen
Shaw Flooring
Term: 2023 - 2023
Bill Northey
WH Northey, LLC
Brenda Sundblad
City of Albert City
Gene Petersen
Shaw Flooring
Daryle Hamlin
Retired
Dennis Anderson
GoServ Global, Inc
Rick Brown
State of Iowa
Doug Fogwell
Retired
Tim Wittmaack
Farmer
Terry Baxter
Pastor
Conwell Larson
Farmer
Ken DeYoung
Farmer
Lorie Wittmaack
Paul van Gorkom
GoServ Global, Inc
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Board orientation and education
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CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Yes -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Yes
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Equity strategies
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- We review compensation data across the organization (and by staff levels) to identify disparities by race.
- We have a promotion process that anticipates and mitigates implicit and explicit biases about people of color serving in leadership positions.
- We seek individuals from various race backgrounds for board and executive director/CEO positions within our organization.
- We have community representation at the board level, either on the board itself or through a community advisory board.
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