Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2023. IRS ruling in Dec 2003.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
87 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.
Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.
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Who runs it and what they're paid
18 people listed on the 990; $732K paid to officers and key staff.
John Humphrey’s $130K as VP of Media is at the 19th percentile of top reported officer pay among 224 $10–100M religion nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.
Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 8 named individuals · Part VII
| Name | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Humphrey | $130,369 | $127,500 | $127,500 | $126,667 |
| Claudia Adame | $108,473 | $123,624 | $123,226 | $123,106 |
| Kimberly Hartmann | — | $111,826 | $111,823 | — |
| Brad Prizer | $111,288 | $108,874 | $108,874 | — |
| Will Smith | $111,250 | $102,325 | — | — |
| Joshua Spinks | $106,363 | — | — | — |
| John Wooldridge | $81,184 | — | — | — |
| Scott Cheatham | $70,150 | $60,000 | $60,000 | $60,000 |
Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.
See E3 Partners Ministry executive salaries →Questions the 990 asks
The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.
- Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
- Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes
Programs and updates
Spreads the Gospel worldwide through evangelism and church planting.
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Funders
Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
By the numbers
The FY2023 990, line by line.
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| Line | Start FY23 | End FY23 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and savingsLn 1–2 | $4.6M | $3.3M |
| InvestmentsLn 11–13 | $63K | $60K |
| Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c | $87K | $25K |
| Total assetsLn 16 | $6.0M | $6.3M |
| LiabilitiesLn 26 | $464K | $836K |
| Net assetsLn 32 | $5.5M | $5.5M |
| Line | Total | Programs | Management | Fundraising |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1 | $158K | $158K | ||
| Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3 | $1.5M | $1.5M | ||
| Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5 | $277K | $236K | $19K | $22K |
| Pay of disqualified personsLn 6 | $69K | $36K | $29K | $4K |
| Other salaries and wagesLn 7 | $7.0M | $5.9M | $466K | $560K |
| Pension plan contributionsLn 8 | $15K | $13K | $987 | $1K |
| Other employee benefitsLn 9 | $1.9M | $1.6M | $125K | $150K |
| Payroll taxesLn 10 | $366K | $312K | $24K | $29K |
| Legal feesLn 11b | $22K | $14K | $3K | $6K |
| Accounting feesLn 11c | $207K | $116K | $52K | $39K |
| Professional fundraising feesLn 11e | $200K | $200K | ||
| Other fees for servicesLn 11g | $1.0M | $916K | $96K | $0 |
| Advertising and promotionLn 12 | $344K | $315K | $29K | |
| Office expensesLn 13 | $182K | $123K | $59K | |
| Information technologyLn 14 | $278K | $231K | $47K | |
| OccupancyLn 16 | $133K | $26K | $53K | $53K |
| TravelLn 17 | $2.9M | $2.7M | $84K | $64K |
| InterestLn 20 | $2K | $1K | $94 | $694 |
| Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22 | $89K | $60K | $9K | $21K |
| InsuranceLn 23 | $164K | $129K | $20K | $15K |
| Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24 | $2.1M | $2.0M | $65K | $74K |
| All other expensesLn 24e | $7K | $0 | $7K | $0 |
| Total functional expensesLn 25 | $18.8M | $16.4M | $1.2M | $1.2M |
Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 Latest ViewingFiled with the IRS Feb 14, 2024 | $18.8M | $18.8M | −$78K | $5.5M | 990 PDF |
| FY2022Filed with the IRS Oct 27, 2022 | $14.7M | $14.8M | −$135K | $5.5M | 990 PDF |
| FY2021Filed with the IRS Jan 24, 2022 | $11.0M | $11.3M | −$252K | $5.7M | 990 PDF |
| FY2020Filed with the IRS Feb 1, 2021 | $12.3M | $13.6M | −$1.3M | $5.9M | 990 PDF |
Schedules filed Part IV
See the full FY2023 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $18,768,956 revenue, 12 lines filed
Part VI · Governance 10 of 10 board members independent, no flags
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $18,768,956 across 10 lines filed
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $18,846,949 across 22 lines filed
Part X · Balance sheet $6,299,806 assets, 20 lines filed
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $5,463,585 net assets at year end
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2023 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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