Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Nov 2007.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
79 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
5 people listed on the 990; $70K paid to officers and key staff.
David Rives’s $40K as President/Di is at the 11th 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 · 2 named individuals · Part VII
| Name | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Rives | $40,000 | $39,123 | $38,500 | $18,500 | $17,654 |
| Murry Rives | $30,423 | $29,065 | $25,000 | $12,923 | $1,385 |
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 2Yes
- Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo
- Loans to or from officersSch L · Pt II1 listed
Programs and updates
Teaches God's glory through creation science education.
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Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
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By the numbers
The FY2024 990, line by line.
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| Line | Start FY24 | End FY24 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and savingsLn 1–2 | $1.6M | $1.5M |
| Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c | $8.9M | $8.7M |
| Total assetsLn 16 | $10.6M | $10.3M |
| LiabilitiesLn 26 | $36K | $74K |
| Net assetsLn 32 | $10.5M | $10.2M |
| Line | Total | Programs | Management | Fundraising |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5 | $70K | $60K | $11K | |
| Other salaries and wagesLn 7 | $331K | $282K | $50K | |
| Payroll taxesLn 10 | $31K | $26K | $5K | |
| Legal feesLn 11b | $2K | $2K | ||
| Accounting feesLn 11c | $22K | $22K | ||
| Other fees for servicesLn 11g | $66K | $26K | $41K | |
| Advertising and promotionLn 12 | $50K | $50K | ||
| Office expensesLn 13 | $163K | $87K | $77K | |
| Information technologyLn 14 | $22K | $15K | $7K | |
| RoyaltiesLn 15 | $24K | $24K | ||
| OccupancyLn 16 | $373K | $335K | $38K | |
| TravelLn 17 | $29K | $29K | ||
| Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19 | $5K | $5K | ||
| Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22 | $653K | $522K | $131K | |
| InsuranceLn 23 | $4K | $3K | $805 | |
| Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24 | $308K | $284K | $24K | |
| All other expensesLn 24e | $28K | $7K | $21K | |
| Total functional expensesLn 25 | $2.2M | $1.7M | $426K | $24K |
Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 Latest Viewing | $1.9M | $2.2M | −$309K | $10.2M | 990 PDF |
| FY2023 | $2.7M | $1.3M | $1.4M | $10.5M | 990 PDF |
| FY2022 | $8.9M | $883K | $8.0M | $9.2M | 990 PDF |
| FY2021 | $718K | $446K | $272K | $1.2M | 990 PDF |
| FY2020 | $436K | $388K | $47K | $948K | 990 PDF |
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Schedules filed Part IV
See the full FY2024 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $1,873,465 revenue, 12 lines filed
Part VI · Governance 2 of 5 board members independent, 2 to look at
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $1,873,465 across 8 lines filed
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $2,182,423 across 17 lines filed
Part X · Balance sheet $10,313,639 assets, 11 lines filed
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $10,240,109 net assets at year end
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2024 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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