Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Sep 2021.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
93 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
10 people listed on the 990; $73K paid to officers and key staff.
Nicholas Parsons’s $45K as President/Managing Directo is at the 13th 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 · 7 named individuals · Part VII
| Name | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nicholas Parsons | $45,000 | $42,500 | $40,000 | — | — |
| Bart Garett | $35,000 | $42,500 | $30,000 | — | — |
| Nick Parsons | — | — | — | $36,263 | — |
| Bart Garret | — | — | — | $25,019 | $4,870 |
| Brian Ng | — | — | — | $20,000 | $4,850 |
| Nick Parson | — | — | — | — | $8,946 |
| Cindy Collister | — | $3,500 | $2,900 | — | — |
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 Stratum 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
Strengthens Bay Area Christian infrastructure by developing innovative gospel-grounded leadership solutions.
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Catalytic Funding
The church plant startup grant seeks to strengthen and support new churches as part of catalyzing and fostering a healthy gospel ecosystem in the bay area. This initiative provides financial support to a portfolio of church plants that reflect the diversity of geography, ethnicity, and church-planting models in the bay area.
Catalytic Funding
The church plant startup grant seeks to strengthen and support new churches as part of catalyzing and fostering a healthy gospel ecosystem in the bay area. This initiative provides financial support to a portfolio of church plants that reflect the diversity of geography, ethnicity, and church-planting models in the bay area.
Incubator
The city to city incubator is our one-year training program for pastors who are in the early years of establishing a new church. We provide in-depth, contextualized training, as well as relational support, to help participants establish healthy and effective new churches.
Coaching
Stratum coaching is for bay area pastors and church planters. We facilitate small cohorts of leaders that meet together monthly for spiritual formation, practical ministry help, and personal care.
Funders
Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
By the numbers
The FY2022 990, line by line.
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Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 LatestFiled with the IRS Sep 29, 2025 | $1.6M | $1.8M | −$260K | $694K | 990 PDF |
| FY2024Filed with the IRS Oct 31, 2024 | $1.8M | $1.8M | −$74K | $956K | 990 PDF |
| FY2023 | Not on file | ||||
| FY2022 ViewingFiled with the IRS Sep 5, 2023 | $2.7M | $1.9M | $860K | $1.9M | 990 PDF |
| FY2021Filed with the IRS Nov 15, 2022 | $1.1M | $224K | $854K | $1.0M | 990 PDF |
| FY2020Filed with the IRS Nov 16, 2021 | $61K | $188K | 990 PDF | ||
Schedules filed Part IV
See the full FY2022 990 (1 part)
Part VI · Governance 3 of 5 board members independent, 2 to look at
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2022 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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