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501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
78¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$268K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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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
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
2 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $36K a year · under 1% of revenue · last 6 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 2 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
78%
of spending
Looks good: 78% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$268K
to officers and key staff · 4% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 4% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
2 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 2.3 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
7
named funders · $873K
Looks good: 7 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$427K
27% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 27% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
5
of 5 voting members
Looks good: 5 of 5 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$8.2M
+15% vs prior year
Spent
$7.1M
To programs
78%
Net assets
$1.1M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$8.2M
FY2025▲ +15%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$3.7M
FY2021$3.9M
FY2022$6.2M
FY2023$7.6M
FY2024$7.1M
FY2025$8.2M
Expenses
$7.1M
FY2025▼ -3%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$3.9M
FY2021$4.2M
FY2022$6.6M
FY2023$7.5M
FY2024$7.3M
FY2025$7.1M
Net assets
$1.1M
FY2025▲ +521%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$21K
FY2021$1.6M
FY2022$614K
FY2023−$110K
FY2024−$267K
FY2025$1.1M

From the FY2025 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Exemption reinstated (2014-05-15). Per the IRS revocation list. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Aug 2014.

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Where the money goes

78 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 78% · $5.6M Management & general 12% · $880K Fundraising 9% · $662K

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

8 people listed on the 990; $268K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Di
$148,950Pt VII · Sec A
$95,551Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$23,650Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Dr Scott L Keith’s $149K as Executive Di is at the 76th 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 · 3 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Dr Scott L Keith$148,950$165,050$165,800$166,200$125,300$164,350
Stephen W Byrnes$95,551$101,060$102,060$90,782$91,012$92,185
Bob Hiller$23,650$22,000$23,762$21,600——

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 15aYes

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Creates and shares theological resources supporting conservative Lutheran doctrine for assurance and service.

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3 programs · $2.0M · in their own filed words · FY2025
01

Here We Still Stand

We hold two conferences annually, one in northwest arkansas in the spring and one in san diego in the fall, with speaking presentations and events for the purpose of learning, fortifying and celebrating the gospel truths reclaimed in the reformation and centering attendees' faith in christ, based in the scriptural truths rediscovered in…

$843Kprogram expense
02

1517 publishing--the publishing arm of 1517--PUBLISHES books as approved by the editorial committee comprised of 7 individuals and develops the current back-catalog of acquired content. NRP also seeks licensing opportunities to further develop content for 1517.

$691Kprogram expense
03

1517 podcasts: is the audio program network operated by 1517. 1517 produces and distributes nineteen podcasts across the world's most popular podcast listening platforms. The shows belonging to 1517 podcasts are downloaded over six million times a year.

$462Kprogram expense

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Who pays for it.

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

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2024
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Grants paid · 25 grants · $1.2M · 2020–2025
Discovery InstituteWA · FY2025$500,000
Unitemized GrantFY2025$15,000
Bethany Lutheran School & PsCA · FY2025$10,000
Seeds Christian CounselingFY2025$10,000
Bethany Lutheran School & PsCA · FY2024$20,000
Seeds Christian CounselingFY2024$20,000
Higher Things INCGA · FY2024$20,000
Unitemized GrantFY2024$15,000
Bethany Lutheran School & PsCA · FY2023$20,056
Grace Lutheran ChurchCA · FY2023$20,000
Seeds Christian CounselingFY2023$20,000
Higher Things INCGA · FY2023$20,000
Unitemized GrantFY2023$15,000
Unitemized GrantFY2022$70,000
Let My People GoFY2022$35,000
Grace Lutheran ChurchCA · FY2022$20,000
Higher Things INCGA · FY2022$20,000
Unitemized GrantFY2021$65,000
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By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$8.2M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$7.9M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$202K
Investment incomeLn 3$87K
Money outPt IX
$7.1M
Ln 25
Programscol B$5.6M
Managementcol C$880K
Fundraisingcol D$662K
Owns and owesPt X
$1.1M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.4M
Total assetsLn 16$1.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$427K
PeoplePt VI, VII
8
listed · VII A
PaidVII A3
Voting boardVI 1a5
IndependentVI 1b5
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$7.9M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$202K
Investment incomeLn 3$87K
Other incomeLn 4–11$24K
Total revenueLn 12$8.2M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$199K
SavingsLn 2$1.2M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$1.4M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$35K
Total assetsLn 16$1.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$427K
Net assetsLn 32$1.1M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 535
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aNo
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$295K$1.4M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$23K$35K
Total assetsLn 16$434K$1.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$701K$427K
Net assetsLn 32−$267K$1.1M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$520K$520K
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$15K$15K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$287K$93K$194K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$2.9M$2.2M$265K$430K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$296K$218K$36K$41K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$571K$374K$99K$98K
Payroll taxesLn 10$226K$173K$20K$33K
Legal feesLn 11b$3K$3K
Accounting feesLn 11c$11K$11K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$613K$513K$92K$8K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$119K$119K
Office expensesLn 13$23K$16K$1K$5K
Information technologyLn 14$262K$196K$64K$3K
RoyaltiesLn 15$45K$45K
OccupancyLn 16$79K$79K
TravelLn 17$203K$115K$51K$37K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$740K$740K
InterestLn 20$9K$9K
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$100K$100K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$12K$12K
InsuranceLn 23$37K$17K$19K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$40K$18K$16K$6K
Total functional expensesLn 25$7.1M$5.6M$880K$662K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $8.2M$7.1M$1.1M$1.1M 990 PDF
FY2024 $7.1M$7.3M−$156K−$267K 990 PDF
FY2023 $7.6M$7.5M$138K−$110K 990 PDF
FY2022 $6.2M$6.6M−$380K$614K 990 PDF
FY2021 $3.9M$4.2M−$294K$1.6M 990 PDF
FY2020 $3.7M$3.9M−$201K$21K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support O · Explanations
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $8,200,558 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $6,944,169$7,887,772
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $95,120$202,153
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $1,582$86,917
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $90,433$23,716
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $7,131,304$8,200,558
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $75,000$535,000
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $4,342,703$4,263,889
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $2,869,389$2,295,719
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $7,287,092$7,094,608
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$155,788$1,105,950
Part VI · Governance 5 of 5 board members independent, 4 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body5
VI-1b Independent voting members5
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsYes
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyNo
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $8,200,558 across 7 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $10,780 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$7,887,772
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$7,887,772
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $202,153$202,153
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $86,917$86,917
VIII-5 RoyaltiesRelated to mission $6,918$6,918
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $6,018$6,018
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $219,851 · Excluded from tax $92,935$8,200,558
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $7,094,608 across 22 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $520,000$520,000
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $15,000$15,000
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $93,051 · Management $194,400$287,451
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $2,188,795 · Management $265,234 · Fundraising $429,530$2,883,559
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $218,223 · Management $35,975 · Fundraising $41,468$295,666
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $374,449 · Management $98,927 · Fundraising $98,000$571,376
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $172,933 · Management $20,045 · Fundraising $32,859$225,837
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $2,605$2,605
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $11,043$11,043
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $512,897 · Management $92,425 · Fundraising $7,736$613,058
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $119,259$119,259
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $16,138 · Management $1,476 · Fundraising $5,208$22,822
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $195,547 · Management $63,525 · Fundraising $3,169$262,241
IX-15 RoyaltiesPrograms $45,364$45,364
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $79,408$79,408
IX-17 TravelPrograms $114,834 · Management $50,652 · Fundraising $37,171$202,657
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $740,149$740,149
IX-20 InterestManagement $8,612$8,612
IX-21 Payments to affiliatesPrograms $100,000$100,000
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $11,774$11,774
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $17,143 · Management $19,367$36,510
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $17,937 · Management $15,898 · Fundraising $6,382$40,217
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $5,552,901 · Management $880,184 · Fundraising $661,523$7,094,608
Part X · Balance sheet $1,553,346 assets, 13 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $217,956$199,103
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $77,386$1,154,220
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $24,465−$6,109
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $89,945$171,376
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $22,754$34,756
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $433,774$1,553,346
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $61,138$35,396
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $117,100$72,268
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $500,000$300,000
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $22,811$19,332
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $701,049$426,996
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year −$267,275$1,126,350
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $433,774$1,553,346
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,126,350 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$8,200,558
XI-2 Total expenses$7,094,608
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$1,105,950
XI-4 Net assets at start of year−$267,275
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$287,675
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$1,126,350

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