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LIBERTY BEHIND BARS MINISTRY INC

BELFAST, NY · EIN 832359783 · Form 990EZ · FY2025 · NTEE I43 · Crime & Legal-Related · Small ($100K-$1M) · libertybehindbars.com
revenue
$111K
expenses
$121K
net assets
$139K
employees
mission · from form 990

TO REACH THOSE BEHIND BARS LOCALLY AND NATIONWIDE WITH THE GOOD NEWS OF THE GOSPEL

profile · synthesized from sources

Liberty Behind Bars Ministry Inc. is a Christian outreach organization based in Belfast, NY, focused on sharing the Gospel with incarcerated individuals locally and across the United States. The ministry provides spiritual counseling, distributes King James Bibles and study materials, and conducts correspondence and in-person visits to prisons. It also supports reentry efforts and aims to establish a transitional facility for formerly incarcerated individuals.

named programs · 4 · from sources

What they call their work

A Place of Refuge
Planned transitional facility to support formerly incarcerated individuals with employment training, housing assistance, addiction recovery, and Christian life skills
Bible and Study Materials Distribution
Provides King James Bibles, monthly devotionals, and doctrinal books to incarcerated individuals and their families via mail
Correspondence Ministry
Responds to letters and emails from incarcerated individuals with answers to Bible questions, prayer support, and counseling
Prison Gospel Outreach
Conducts in-person and virtual visits to jails and prisons to share the Gospel, provide spiritual counseling, and distribute religious materials
activities · 2 groups

What they do

  • Religious Support for Incarcerated Individuals 6 activities
    • Advanced education for ministry counseling
      Obtained a doctorate in counseling to enhance the quality and effectiveness of ministry work with incarcerated individuals.
    • Mail-based distribution of religious materials
      Operates a donation-supported program to mail King James Version Bibles, study materials, devotionals, and doctrinal books to incarcerated individuals and their families across the U.S.
    • Post-release spiritual reintegration support
      Provides in-home Bible studies and assists formerly incarcerated individuals in connecting with Bible-believing churches, supporting spiritual continuity after release.
    • Religious outreach and prison ministry
      Provides in-person and video-based Bible studies, counseling, prayer, and fellowship to incarcerated individuals in jails and prisons across the United States, including regular ministry visits and religious revivals. Resumed in-person visits as pandemic restrictions eased.
    • Remote spiritual support via digital communication
      Conducts video visits and email correspondence with incarcerated individuals across the U.S. to provide Bible study, counseling, prayer, and fellowship.
    • Support for local jail ministries
      Provides Bibles, materials, and support to churches operating small jail ministries to strengthen their outreach capacity.
  • Uncategorized 1 activity
    • Infrastructure improvements for residential facilities
      Completed construction and renovation projects for residential facilities serving women, including installation of a forced air furnace, bathroom, and windows, and the completion of a residential home.
financials · form 990EZ · fy2025
revenue
Total revenue$111K
Contributions & grants$111K100%
Program service revenue
Investment income
Other revenue
expenses
Total expenses$121K
Program expenses
Admin / overhead
Fundraising
Salaries & benefits$27K
Grants paid out
balance sheet
Total assets$150K
Cash
Investments
Liabilities
Net assets$139K
5 years on record · 2021–2025 · YoY revenue -28.4%
leadership · form 990 part vii · fy2025

Who runs it

paid leadership · 1
NameTitleHours/wkCompensation
Dale Morey President 40 $10K
relationships · 6

Who they work with

  • Baptist Church in Depew, NY Partner — Local church where the ministry participant and her husband were active members and attended Bible studies and conferences.
  • Black Creek Baptist Church Partner — Local church providing guidance and oversight for Liberty Behind Bars Ministry.
  • Black Creek Baptist Church Partner — Local church through which missionary work with incarcerated individuals is conducted.
  • Downeast IT Government — Technology services provider for website design and hosting.
  • Venmo Partner — Platform used to facilitate donations to Liberty Behind Bars Ministry
  • churches who currently have a small jail ministry Partner — Provides support, Bibles, and materials to churches operating small jail ministries.
strategies · 4

How they approach the work

Named approaches extracted from this org’s sources. Where others share an approach, follow it to see the full set of orgs running it.

  • Divine Timing and Spiritual Readiness Model
    methodology: divine_timing_model
    By delaying housing placement until spiritual readiness and divine timing align, the organization aims to produce more sustainable outcomes because it believes internal transformation must precede external reintegration.
  • Faith-Based Reentry with Discipleship and Life Skills
    methodology: faith_based_reentry
    By combining Christian discipleship with practical life skills training, the organization produces successful reintegration for formerly incarcerated individuals because it believes spiritual readiness and holistic development are jointly essential to lasting freedom and societal reentry.
  • Faith-Based Spiritual Transformation
    methodology: faith_based_spiritual_transformation
    By engaging incarcerated individuals through gospel-centered messaging, expository preaching, and altar calls, the organization produces spiritual conviction and personal transformation because it believes salvation and lasting change are initiated by divine intervention and sustained through a personal relationship with Jesus.
  • Mail-Based Spiritual Outreach
    methodology: faith_based_mail_ministry
    By distributing Bibles through a donor-funded mail program, the organization extends spiritual support to incarcerated individuals at scale because it believes access to scripture is a catalyst for divine-initiated transformation, even in the absence of in-person contact.