Multiplication Network Ministries

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Sauk Village, IL501(c)(3)Since 2007ReligionEIN 26-0276601

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To equip church leaders with tools and resources to strengthen and multiply healthy churches. MORE CHURCHES is a modular program for church planting in which leaders are challenged to plant new churches through a proven strategy. Practical skills biblical training mentoring and follow-up form this intensive action reflection model. STRONGER CHURCHES is a process to strengthen the local church. Diagnostic tools help assess church health leading to a healthy conversation and strategic planning.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
74¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 220 volunteers and 23 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2024 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
Download 990
IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
2 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $188K a year · 3% of revenue · last 5 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 2 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
74%
of spending
Fine: 74% of spending went to programs; 65% to 75%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$458K
to officers and key staff · 7% of spending
Top officer’s pay higher than 87% of similar orgs
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 7% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
6 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 5.9 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
20
named funders · $1.5M
Looks good: 20 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$215K
6% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 6% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
7
of 7 voting members
Looks good: 7 of 7 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$6.4M
+3% vs prior year
Spent
$6.8M
To programs
74%
Net assets
$3.2M
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$6.4M
FY2024▲ +3%
Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$4.8M
FY2021$4.9M
FY2022$5.4M
FY2023$6.2M
FY2024$6.4M
Expenses
$6.8M
FY2024▲ +5%
Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$3.5M
FY2021$4.1M
FY2022$5.8M
FY2023$6.5M
FY2024$6.8M
Net assets
$3.2M
FY2024▼ -12%
Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$3.5M
FY2021$4.3M
FY2022$3.8M
FY2023$3.6M
FY2024$3.2M

From the FY2024 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Jul 2025.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

74 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 74% · $5.0M Management & general 6% · $389K Fundraising 21% · $1.4M

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

10 people listed on the 990; $458K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
$187,740Pt VII · Sec A
VP Development and Communication
$158,295Pt VII · Sec A
VP Ministry
$112,005Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Chairman
$0Pt VII · Sec A

John Wagenveld’s $188K as President is at the 87th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1636 $1–10M 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

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Tim Maxwell—$194,886$166,440$158,949$162,814
John Wagenveld$187,740$185,475$167,315$159,675$162,998
Ken Neevel$158,295$153,406$136,244$130,016—
Steve Chittenden—$138,310$123,921$117,914$112,343
Rik Mumma—$119,682———
Ben Meyer$112,005————
Gary Teja———$109,710$110,379
Jon Voget——$108,419——

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.

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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

Equips church leaders with tools and training to plant and strengthen healthy churches.

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3 program services account for $3.5M of program spending, described in the organization's own filed words · FY2024.
01

Latin America -Training and resources are provided to a network of national leaders throughout the region who train congregations and individuals in church growth church health and church planting.

$1.4Mprogram expense
02

East & South West Asia

Church planting and Scripture placement. This region is an area of growing ministry opportunity for MNM. During 2022 the organization continued to develop more ministry relationships and to build on its base.

$1.0Mprogram expense
03

Africa

Training and resources are provided to a network of national leaders throughout East Africa and West Africa who then train other leaders in effective church growth church health and church planting. The same processes used in Latin America have been shown to accelerate growth in Africa.

$997Kprogram expense

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Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2024
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By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$6.4M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$6.2M
Investment incomeLn 3$127K
Money outPt IX
$6.8M
Ln 25
Programscol B$5.0M
Managementcol C$389K
Fundraisingcol D$1.4M
Owns and owesPt X
$3.2M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$3.3M
Total assetsLn 16$3.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$215K
PeoplePt VI, VII
10
listed · VII A
PaidVII A3
Voting boardVI 1a7
IndependentVI 1b7
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$6.2M
Government grantsLn 1e$0
Noncash giftsLn 1g$0
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$0
Investment incomeLn 3$127K
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$6.4M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$615K
SavingsLn 2$2.7M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$3.3M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$0
Other assetsLn 15$74K
Total assetsLn 16$3.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$215K
Net assetsLn 32$3.2M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 523
VolunteersI 6220
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$3.9M$3.3M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$0$0
Total assetsLn 16$3.9M$3.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$307K$215K
Net assetsLn 32$3.6M$3.2M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$3.0M$3.0M
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$461K$293K$28K$140K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0$0$0$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$1.5M$616K$193K$676K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$41K$19K$4K$18K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$376K$176K$57K$142K
Payroll taxesLn 10$146K$68K$17K$62K
Management feesLn 11a$0$0$0$0
Legal feesLn 11b$17K$0$17K$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$0$0$0$0
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0$0$0$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0$0$0$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$214K$134K$2K$77K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$185$0$0$185
Office expensesLn 13$48K$22K$4K$23K
Information technologyLn 14$93K$69K$11K$13K
RoyaltiesLn 15$0$0$0$0
OccupancyLn 16$12K$12K$0$0
TravelLn 17$645K$384K$26K$235K
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0$0$0$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$113K$110K$718$2K
InterestLn 20$0$0$0$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0$0$0$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$0$0$0$0
InsuranceLn 23$5K$0$5K$0
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$105K$70K$23K$12K
All other expensesLn 24e$0$0$0$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$6.8M$5.0M$389K$1.4M

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest Viewing $6.4M$6.8M−$423K$3.2M 990 PDF
FY2023 $6.2M$6.5M−$251K$3.6M 990 PDF
FY2022 $5.4M$5.8M−$440K$3.8M 990 PDF
FY2021 $4.9M$4.1M$776K$4.3M 990 PDF
FY2020 $4.8M$3.5M$1.3M$3.5M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
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Part VIII · Statement of revenue $6,375,996 across 16 lines filed
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$0
VIII-1b Membership dues$0
VIII-1c Fundraising events$0
VIII-1d Related organizations$0
VIII-1e Government grants$0
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$6,249,045
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$0
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$6,249,045
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$126,951
VIII-5 RoyaltiesRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsUnrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$6,375,996
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $6,799,193 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $0$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $0$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $3,037,387$3,037,387
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for membersPrograms $0$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $292,644 · Management $28,291 · Fundraising $139,704$460,639
IX-6 Pay of disqualified personsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $616,260 · Management $193,189 · Fundraising $676,459$1,485,909
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $19,206 · Management $4,485 · Fundraising $17,780$41,471
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $176,409 · Management $57,414 · Fundraising $142,168$375,991
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $68,045 · Management $16,544 · Fundraising $61,607$146,196
IX-11a Management feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $0 · Management $17,150 · Fundraising $0$17,150
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11d Lobbying feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11e Professional fundraising feesFundraising $0$0
IX-11f Investment management feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $134,147 · Management $2,496 · Fundraising $77,478$214,120
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $185$185
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $21,781 · Management $3,609 · Fundraising $22,702$48,092
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $69,114 · Management $11,116 · Fundraising $12,554$92,784
IX-15 RoyaltiesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $11,720 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$11,720
IX-17 TravelPrograms $383,863 · Management $26,468 · Fundraising $234,932$645,263
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officialsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $110,255 · Management $718 · Fundraising $2,083$113,056
IX-20 InterestPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliatesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $0 · Management $4,693 · Fundraising $0$4,693
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $69,701 · Management $23,226 · Fundraising $11,610$104,537
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $5,010,532 · Management $389,399 · Fundraising $1,399,262$6,799,193
Part X · Balance sheet $3,389,623 assets, 24 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $641,779$615,470
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $3,263,714$2,700,475
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $0$0
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $0$0
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $0$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $0$0
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $0$0
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $0$0
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $0$0
X-13 Program-related investmentsStart of year $0$0
X-14 Intangible assetsStart of year $0$0
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $0$73,678
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $3,905,493$3,389,623
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $307,247$214,574
X-18 Grants payableStart of year $0$0
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $0$0
X-20 Tax-exempt bond liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $0$0
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $307,247$214,574
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $3,087,361$3,242,626
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $510,885−$67,577
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $3,598,246$3,175,049
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $3,905,493$3,389,623
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $3,175,049 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$6,375,996
XI-2 Total expenses$6,799,193
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$423,197
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$3,598,246
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$0
XI-6 Donated services and use of facilities$0
XI-7 Investment expenses$0
XI-8 Prior period adjustments$0
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$3,175,049

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