Name

TeachBeyond

Legal name

TeachBeyond

Website

https://teachbeyond.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1954

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

TeachBeyond is a 1954-founded, faith-based nonprofit recruiting and deploying 3,646 Christian educators across 87 countries to operate 621 programs serving 47,577 learners through K-12 schools, refugee education, English language programs, and consultancy, funded primarily by charitable donations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

International Faith-Based Education Services

NAICS

Educational Support Services (611710), Elementary and Secondary Schools (6111), Language Schools (611630), Educational Support Services (6117)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Management Consulting Services (8742), Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Faith-Based (Religious) K–12 Schools (EDAJABAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Refugee, Crisis & Humanitarian Education Partnerships (EiE) (EDADALAG), Education & Teaching Volunteer Programs (EDAIAGAD), Newcomer & Refugee Student Support Programs (EDAJAGAH)

Keywords

• International education services
• Christian missionary education
• Educator placement services
• Faith-based K-12 schools
• English language camps

Headquarters

HQ city

Horsham

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices9 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Charitable Donations: Tax-deductible donations from individuals and churches supporting individual members, specific projects, the Global Impact Fund, or via child sponsorship and planned giving/stocks. Includes time-bound campaigns such as Day of Giving and 40 Days of Prayer.
2. Family of Schools Revenue Share: For schools that join the TeachBeyond Family of Schools, a percentage of project revenue is contributed toward TeachBeyond's global mission in exchange for educational services, governance support, leadership training, communications, fundraising assistance, safeguarding training, mobilization, and donation processing.
3. Memorandum-of-Agreement Partnership Fees: Project-specific service fees for partner schools and projects under a Memorandum of Agreement (separate from full Family-of-Schools membership). Fee structure is discussed later in the discernment process.
4. Consultancy & Coaching Services: Dozens of consultants and coaches provide continuing education to teachers, administrators, boards, and school owners of like-minded schools and organizations.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

TeachBeyond recruits, equips, and sends Christian educators, administrators, and support staff to serve at K-12 schools, language centers, English camps, and refugee-education projects across 87 countries, under a "Go / Equip / Partner" model. It runs a Family of Schools partnership program that provides curriculum, governance, leadership training, safeguarding, and fundraising services to like-minded schools in exchange for a revenue share, and operates a proprietary Opportunity Board where individuals apply for short-term and long-term missionary teaching roles.

Product overview

TeachBeyond's offering is a platform-plus-modules architecture built around a central Christian educational-missions core rather than a single SaaS product. The core platform is the TeachBeyond organization itself — recruiting, equipping, and sending Christian educators (the "Go / Equip / Partner" value chain) to serve at 621 programs and projects across 87 countries, supported by a central Opportunity Board where members browse and apply for roles. Sub-brands and modules extend the core into specialized populations and modalities: Beyond Borders (displaced/marginalized learners in Greece, using the proprietary Journeys trauma-informed EFL curriculum and Learn to Heal, Heal to Learn methodology); Open Schools Worldwide (numeracy/literacy for out-of-school children in 22 countries); the LinGo family of English programs (LinGo English Camps, LinGo in Schools, LinGo Intensives, English-as-Outreach); the Teach Exchange Program (J-1 teacher placement in the USA); and a Family of Schools partnership program under which wholly or co-owned K-12 schools such as Black Forest Academy, FATEB Kinshasa Academy, Léman International Academy, Founders Academy, Belize Christian Academy, Arbor Christian Academy, Rainforest Academy, Santa Cruz Christian Learning Center, Beyond Inglês, International Education Services, Acamp Serra, LiveBeyond, and Janz Team Gramado operate. Supporting modules include the Church Partnership Program, Transformed & Transformational podcast, Onpractice teaching resources, TeachBeyond Store, Profiles of Transformation, and the Sponsor a Child giving program — all feeding into TeachBeyond's overarching mission of transformational, Christ-centered education worldwide.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• TeachBeyond: Global Christ-centered educational mission organization recruiting and sending Christian educators worldwide.
• Beyond Borders
• Open Schools Worldwide
• Black Forest Academy
• LiveBeyond
• Léman International Academy
• Founders Academy
• Belize Christian Academy
• Arbor Christian Academy
• Rainforest Academy
• Santa Cruz Christian Learning Center
• Acamp Serra
• Beyond Inglês
• Janz Team Gramado
• International Education Services
• FATEB Kinshasa Academy

Products and services

• TeachBeyond Core Mission Programs (Go / Equip / Partner) Central mission of TeachBeyond: recruiting, equipping, and sending Christian educators, administrators, and support workers to serve at K-12 schools, language centers, English camps, and educational projects across 87 countries, supported by consultants and coaches who provide continuing education to like-minded schools.
• TeachBeyond Family of Schools Partnership Program Deep partnership program through which schools, language centers, and English camps join the TeachBeyond cooperative; provides educational services, governance, leadership training, communications, advancement, safeguarding training, mobilization, and donation processing in exchange for a percentage of project revenue.
• TeachBeyond Opportunity Board Online job/opportunity board listing short-term (2 weeks–6 months) and long-term missionary educator, administrator, and support-staff positions at TeachBeyond schools, camps, and projects worldwide; includes a filterable map and an inquiry form that initiates the application process.
• Beyond Borders (refugee / displaced-learner education program) TeachBeyond sub-ministry delivering Christ-centered transformational education to displaced and marginalized populations, partnering with Eurorelief (Lesvos) and Athens Birthday Project (Greek mainland) to run trauma-informed EFL programs using the proprietary Journeys curriculum and Learn to Heal, Heal to Learn methodology.
• Open Schools Worldwide TeachBeyond family program providing literacy and numeracy education to marginalized children without school access across 22 countries through grade 3; includes a pre-literacy curriculum also adapted for use by Beyond Borders with refugees.
• LinGo English Camps Short-term English language camp ministry pairing TeachBeyond staff with national hosts to teach conversational English in countries such as Moldova, Portugal, Hungary, Brazil (Brasília, El Rancho), and France (English Alive).
• LinGo in Schools English-as-Outreach program placing Christian educators within national schools (e.g., bilingual schools in Hungary) to teach conversational English year-round.
• LinGo English Intensives Short-term and year-round intensive English programs in places such as Southeast Asia that combine teaching with outreach.
• TeachBeyond Teach Exchange Program J-1 visa teacher exchange program placing internationally certified and experienced teachers in short-term teaching roles in the United States.
• Black Forest Academy TeachBeyond-owned K-12 school in Germany operating since 1956, serving approximately 340 local and boarding students whose families serve in more than 50 countries; one of the founding TeachBeyond member schools.
• FATEB Kinshasa Academy TeachBeyond's first African-owned, managed, and staffed K-12 school, located in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo.
• Belize Christian Academy K-12 Christian school in Belize founded by Charlie and Judy Williams, serving approximately 235 local and missionary students.
• Léman International Academy French/English bilingual school near Geneva, Switzerland, for ages 3 to 11, following a Swiss curriculum.
• Arbor Christian Academy Christian school in the Dominican Republic serving local students from pre-kindergarten through elementary.
• Rainforest Academy Private faith-based school in Southeast Asia serving approximately 200 students.
• Santa Cruz Christian Learning Center Christian English-medium school in Bolivia whose students graduate with both Bolivian and American diplomas.
• Sponsor a Child Program Sustained-giving program allowing donors to sponsor individual students and fund their long-term education within TeachBeyond partner schools and projects.
• TeachBeyond Church Partnership Program Structured engagement pathway through which local churches connect with TeachBeyond — including prayer teams, invited member speakers, financial support, missions mentoring, and an online Wufoo connection form (available to US/Canada).
• Beyond Inglês Quality English-language program in a suburb of Brasília, Brazil, serving students of all economic levels with transformational education.
• LiveBeyond Brazil-based program transforming youth through theoretical and practical training in internships and missionary trips.
• Acamp Serra Camping ministry in Brazil offering overnight and day camps for children, teens, and families.

Quantifiable outcome

• 3,646 members and workers serving around the world
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers16 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered flagship and core.

• EuroreliefflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerBeyond Borders partners with Eurorelief, a non-government organization serving in the refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesvos. Eurorelief hosts Beyond Borders educational activities for families and children; Beyond Borders supports these programs using its proprietary 'Journeys' trauma-informed EFL curriculum.
• Athens Birthday ProjectcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAthens Birthday Project supports Beyond Borders' online English program for adult refugees on the Greek mainland. The two organizations collaborate to deliver the Beyond Borders EFL 'Journeys' curriculum to displaced learners.
• Open Schools WorldwidecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOpen Schools Worldwide is both a TeachBeyond Family-of-Schools member and an active Beyond Borders partner. Its pre-literacy curriculum is being adapted by Beyond Borders for use in the refugee community, creating a learning environment focused on safety, belonging, and resilience.
• ThirtyOne:EightcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerThirtyOne:Eight (formerly CCPAS) is a safeguarding partner organization that TeachBeyond references on its public website and safeguarding materials, supporting TeachBeyond's commitment to protecting children and vulnerable adults in its care.
• Child Safety & Protection Network (CSPN)coreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerCSPN is a child-safety network that TeachBeyond is a member of; it provides community and standards around child protection for TeachBeyond's safeguarding program.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights7 records

Direct peers

• SIM International (Serving In Mission): A global evangelical mission agency with comparable functions: recruiting, equipping, and sending Christian workers (including educators) into cross-cultural service across multiple continents. Overlaps with TeachBeyond in sending-pipeline, member-care, and donor-funded operating model.
• SEND International: Interdenominational Christian mission organization that mobilizes missionaries for church planting, education, and community development worldwide — directly comparable to TeachBeyond's educator-sending and partner-school model.
• OMF International: Evangelical mission agency focused on East Asia that recruits, trains, and supports cross-cultural workers including teachers and school staff — overlapping with TeachBeyond's Asia operations (e.g., Rainforest Academy, Beyond Inglês, LinGo English Intensives).
• Pioneers: Christian mission sending organization that mobilizes workers (many of whom serve in education, literacy, and community development) into unreached people groups — overlapping with TeachBeyond's '10/40 window' presence and member-care model.
• WEC International: Faith-based mission agency that recruits and sends workers into education, language, and community development roles across multiple continents — closely comparable in sending infrastructure, member-care, and cross-cultural educator deployment.
• Youth With A Mission (YWAM): Large interdenominational Christian mission movement that mobilizes volunteers (including educators and English-language teachers) into short- and long-term service worldwide — directly comparable in volunteer/educator mobilization, English-camp ministry, and donor-funded global footprint.

Broad incumbents

• Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI): The largest global network of Christian K–12 schools, providing accreditation, professional development, and curriculum support — overlapping with TeachBeyond's Family-of-Schools service bundle (accreditation, leadership training, curriculum) for the broader Christian school market.
• Teach For All: Global network of independent partner organizations recruiting and developing leaders (including teachers) to expand educational opportunity — a broader secular analog to TeachBeyond's educator-recruitment and mission-deployment architecture.
• Council of International Schools (CIS): Global membership organization for international schools providing accreditation, professional development, and recruitment services — comparable to TeachBeyond's Family-of-Schools support model, though serving secular as well as faith-based institutions.

Emerging players

• Mercy Corps (education programs): Major humanitarian organization running education-in-emergencies programs for displaced and crisis-affected children — the institutional analog to TeachBeyond's Beyond Borders refugee education work, though operating at a larger humanitarian scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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• Xx.com/teachbeyond

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Subsidiaries22 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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