"3ABN Is Not ... Funded by ..." ASI

3ABN Website Denies Funding from "Any ... Organization"

In an interesting, apparent development in the ongoing allegations regarding 3ABN president Danny Shelton, it now appears at first glance that Danny may be seeking to distance 3ABN from Adventist-laymen's Services and Industries (ASI), according to the official 3ABN website:

"3ABN is not owned, operated or funded by any church, denomination or organization, so people from all cultures and backgrounds appreciate 3ABN programming."

("About 3ABN")

Given the many large grants 3ABN has received from ASI Missions, Inc. over the years, including an anticipated grant of $150,000 in 2007, one is left with several possible scenarios:

ASI Missions, Inc. is not an organization, and thus the funding 3ABN receives from ASI is not really coming from an organization.
While ASI Missions, Inc. is an organization, a $150,000 grant is not really funding, and thus 3ABN does not receive funding from ASI.
3ABN's current notice on its website is false, for it has and does receive funding from an organization known as ASI.
Though 3ABN is in dire need of money right now, it is currently planning on turning down the $150,000 grant ASI was going to give it in 2007.

The last scenario is highly unlikely, for as we said to start with, this interesting development is only apparent, and the appearance is only at first glance. The above quotation has appeared unchanged on 3ABN's website since roughly early 2001, so any distancing from ASI occurred back then rather than now. Thus, for more than six years, 3ABN's website has stated that 3ABN doesn't receive funding from any organization while at the same time 3ABN has been receiving a number of large grants from ASI.

ASI Project Offering for 2007

So how significant is the 3ABN's funding (that isn't funding?) from ASI Missions, Inc. (which isn't an organization?)? Here's a list of 40 projects that are slated to receive grants of fixed amounts in 2007, grants totaling $1,269,000:

$190,000 – Youth for Jesus
$150,000 – Three Angels' Broadcasting Network
$75,000 – Advent Home Youth Services Inc.
$60,000 – Missionary Assistance Program
$50,000 – Eden Garden Orphanage
$50,000 – Oklahoma Academy
$50,000 – Riverside Farm Institute
$42,500 – Gospel Outreach (China)
$40,000 – Adventist Southeast Asia Projects (youth evangelism training)
$32,500 – Gospel Outreach (Islam)
$30,000 – Health Ministries Program at Bogenhofen
$25,000 – Council on Religious and Civil Liberty (Haiti Mission Outreach)
$25,000 – Daystar Adventist Academy
$25,000 – General Youth Conference
$25,000 – In His Service Amianan Inc.
$25,000 – Laurelbrook Sanitarium and School Inc.
$25,000 – National Association for the Prevention of Starvation
$25,000 – Nigeria Destitutes Program
$25,000 – Ouachita Hills Academy
$25,000 – People of Peru Project
$25,000 – Weimar Institute
$20,000 – Chinese Ministries International
$20,000 – Gospel Outreach (Canada)
$20,000 – Family Development International
$20,000 – Moldova Health and Preventive Medicine Center
$20,000 – OCI Latin Americe
$20,000 – Your Story Hour
$19,000 – Heritage Academy
$10,000 – Adventist Southeast Asia Projects (Cambodian literacy schools)
$10,000 – E. A. Sutherland Educational Association
$10,000 – God's Helping Hands, Inc.
$10,000 – Frontline Builders
$10,000 – Lifestyle TV (Sweden)
$10,000 – Miracle Meadows School
$10,000 – Project PATCH
$10,000 – Radio 74 Internationale
$10,000 – Springs of Life Foundation
$8,000 – Fanantenana
$7,000 – Heart 'n Home Seminars
$5,000 – Peru Projects Inc.
Overflow – Train Them Now Initiative

Thus, out of the stated sums 40 various projects are to receive, 3ABN is to receive 11.8% ($150,000) of the total projected offering of $1,269,000. Of the other projects, 30% of the 40 with stated sums are to receive $10,000 or less, and 72.5% are to receive $25,000 or less.

With 3ABN slated to receive $150,000, 6 to 30 times more than 72.5% of the 40 projects with stated sums, It becomes more difficult to explain how "3ABN is not ... funded by any ... organization."

ASI Project Offering for 2006

3ABN did not quite get as big a share of ASI's 2006 project offering, receiving but $100,000. Below is the list of 39 projects, 37 of which were to receive a stated portion of the $1,307,800 goal:

$190,000 – Youth for Jesus
$100,000 – Three Angels Broadcasting Network
$100,000 – Wildwood Sanitarium
$60,000 – Missionary Assistance Plan
$60,000 – Springs of Life Foundation
$50,000 – Amazing Facts
$50,000 – Heartgood Foundation
$50,000 – Vita Salus
$46,000 – Twing Association for Health, Evangelism and Education Development
$45,000 – Family Development Int'l.
$42,000 – Frontline Builders
$41,000 – Gospel Outreach (Sunderban Islands)
$40,000 – Acts
$40,000 – Ellen White Internet Book Project
$30,000 – International Children's Care
$30,000 – Living Springs Overseas Missions
$30,000 – National Association for the Prevention of Starvation
$30,000 – New Life Health Center
$25,000 – Eden Garden Orphanage
$25,000 – Heritage Academy
$23,000 – Eden Valley Institute
$20,000 – Asian Aid Organization
$20,000 – Fundacion Providencia II
$20,000 – Global Vessels Inc.
$20,000 – Shelter from the Storm, Inc.
$15,000 – Fanantenana Training Center
$15,000 – Association Baraka Senegal
$10,800 – Gospel Outreach (Bhutan)
$10,000 – A Door of Hope Ministries
$10,000 – Advent Home Youth Services
$10,000 – Country Life Ministries
$10,000 – Country Life Store (Liga De Servicio Cristiano)
$10,000 – Gospel Outreach (Serbia)
$10,000 – Herghelia Sanitarium
$10,000 – Young Disciple Ministries
$5,000 – Middle Tennessee School of Anesthesia
$5,000 – The K.I.D. Center
Overflow – Ellen White Internet Book Project
Overflow – Picture Rolls / DVD Project

Thus, out of 37 projects with stated amounts, 3ABN was to receive 7.65% ($100,000) of the $1,307,800 total goal. Of the other projects, 24.3% of the 37 received $10,000 or less, and 51.4% received $25,000 or less.

ASI Project Offering for 2003

In 2003 there were 35 different projects receiving ASI grants totalling $2,500,000, divided as follows:

$1,000,000 – Sow One Billion
$170,000 – ASI Youth for Jesus
$150,000 – ASI Youth Evangelism Initiative
$100,000 – 3ABN
$100,000 – Asian Aid
$80,000 – Maranatha Volunteers International
$69,000 – Adventist Southeast Asia Project
$55,000 – Outpost Centers International (Latin America)
$50,000 – ASI Missionary Assistance Plan
$50,000 – Harbert Hills Academy
$50,000 – Laurelbrook Adventist Academy
$50,000 – Michigan Conference - ARISE
$50,000 – Miracle Meadows School
$50,000 – North American Division / Voice of Prophecy
$50,000 – Quebec Conference
$45,000 – DayStar Academy
$40,000 – Novi Obihody Health Evangelism Learning Center
$38,000 – Gospel Outreach
$35,000 – Bangladesh Christian School Sponsorship of America
$35,000 – Riverside Farm Institute
$30,000 – Family First Radio
$25,000 – Association Baroka Senegal
$25,000 – ABBA
$21,000 – Fanantenana Training Center
$20,000 – Advent Home Youth Services, Inc.
$20,000 – Country Life Prague
$15,000 – Associacao Portuguesa de Medicina Preventiva
$15,000 – Outpost Centers International (Frontline Builders)
$15,000 – The Quiet Hour
$12,000 – Upper Columbia Conference
$10,000 – Project PATCH
$10,000 – Wildwood Lifestyle Center
$5,000 – Adventist Deaf Ministries
$5,000 – FAST
$5,000 – Living Hope International

Thus, out of 35 projects, 3ABN received 4.00% ($100,000) of the $2,500,000 total goal. Of the other projects, 14.3% of the 35 received $10,000 or less, and 40.0% received $25,000 or less.

Summary of Grants from ASI

What follows is a table summarizing the following data: the total grants distributed by ASI Missions, Inc., 3ABN's portion of that grant expressed in dollars and as a percentage of the total distributed, the percentage of projects receiving $10,000 or less, and the percentage of projects receiving $25,000 or less.

Year Total Grants 3ABN's Grant 3ABN's % % <= $10 K % <= $25 K
2007 $1,269,000 $150,000 11.8% 30.0% 72.5%
2006 $1,307,800 $100,000 7.65% 24.3% 51.4%
2003 $2,500,000 $100,000 4.00% 14.3% 40.0%

How quickly will 3ABN be changing its website so that it no longer says, "3ABN is not ... funded by any ... organization"?