Bibleproject: FY2020 Nonprofit Profile & Form 990 (EIN 46-4277592)

Tim Mackie’s $229K as Secretary/Director is at the 57th 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	FY2025	FY2024	FY2022	FY2021	FY2020
Tim Mackie	$229,165	$206,988	$197,900	$162,895	$156,397
Jonathan Collins	$227,935	$205,708	$196,751	$162,848	$155,347
Steve Atkinson	$225,046	$201,172	$198,017	$160,143	$154,848
Rudy Bellani	$214,693	$204,915	$169,578	$173,581	$54,797
Joel Worrall	$189,066	$180,368	$170,737	—	—
Jonathan Dobson	$177,865	$180,790	$172,535	—	—
Joel Paul	$168,621	$165,903	$154,437	$132,154	$115,713
Colin Wilson	—	$156,202	$148,223	$126,080	—

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

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Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo

Programs and updates

Explores the Bible's unified story through free videos, podcasts, study guides, articles, classes, and an app.

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2 programs · $8.3M · in their own filed words · FY2020

01

Bibleproject is a nonprofit animation studio that produces short-form, fully animated videos to make the biblical story accessible to everyone, everywhere. We create videos, podcasts, and study guides that explore the bible's unified story.

$5.1Mprogram expense

02

All videos are viewable on our youtube channel where we have accrued over 200 million views across 229 countries, and have over two million youtube subscribers. Viewership is primarily concentrated between ages 18 to 45.

$3.1Mprogram expense

Funders

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Grants

Schedule I · funders on record

Grants received · FY2025

The Parasol Tahoe Community FoundationFY2025$30K

Bailey Family Foundation INCFY2025$4K

Mag Mutual Foundation INCFY2025$1K

Total grants receivedfrom 3 funders$35K

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1The main four

Money inPt VIII

$15.6M

Ln 12

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$15.8M

Investment incomeLn 3$28K

Money outPt IX

$10.4M

Ln 25

Programscol B$8.3M

Managementcol C$2.2M

Owns and owesPt X

$12.7M

net assets · Ln 32

Cash and savingsLn 1–2$9.9M

Total assetsLn 16$13.2M

LiabilitiesLn 26$495K

PeoplePt VI, VII

10

listed · VII A

PaidVII A7

Voting boardVI 1a5

IndependentVI 1b5

2In more detail

Revenue in detailPt VIII

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$15.8M

Investment incomeLn 3$28K

Total revenueLn 12$15.6M

Assets in detailPt X, end of year

CashLn 1$3.1M

SavingsLn 2$6.7M

Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$9.9M

Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$968K

Total assetsLn 16$13.2M

LiabilitiesLn 26$495K

Net assetsLn 32$12.7M

OperationsPt I, VI

EmployeesI 5103

VolunteersI 65

Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember

Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes

Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes

Records policyVI 14No

3Year over year

Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B

Line	Start FY20	End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2	$5.0M	$9.9M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c	$662K	$968K
Total assetsLn 16	$7.6M	$13.2M
LiabilitiesLn 26	$364K	$495K
Net assetsLn 32	$7.3M	$12.7M

4Every line

Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line

Line	Total	Programs	Management	Fundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5	$1.0M	$846K	$175K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7	$2.7M	$2.2M	$457K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8	$46K	$38K	$7K
Other employee benefitsLn 9	$673K	$535K	$137K
Payroll taxesLn 10	$303K	$252K	$51K
Legal feesLn 11b	$77K		$77K
Accounting feesLn 11c	$47K		$47K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g	$2.4M	$2.4M	$49K
Advertising and promotionLn 12	$259K		$259K
Office expensesLn 13	$363K	$2K	$361K
Information technologyLn 14	$1.0M	$765K	$275K
OccupancyLn 16	$179K	$112K	$66K
TravelLn 17	$69K	$55K	$14K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19	$33K	$33K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22	$1.1M	$966K	$135K
InsuranceLn 23	$40K		$40K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24	$62K	$40K	$22K
Total functional expensesLn 25	$10.4M	$8.3M	$2.2M	$0

Filing history

Year	Money in	Money out	In minus out	Net assets	Download
FY2025 Latest	$30.9M	$28.5M	$2.4M	$31.4M	990 PDF
FY2024	$30.6M	$26.2M	$4.5M	$29.0M	990 PDF
FY2023	Not on file
FY2022	$14.6M	$16.2M	−$1.6M	$19.9M	990 PDF
FY2021	$22.5M	$16.6M	$5.9M	$18.5M	990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing	$15.6M	$10.4M	$5.2M	$12.7M	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 J · Pay O · Explanations

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Part I · Summary $15,619,723 revenue, 12 lines filed

I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $9,003,973$15,800,269

I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$0

I-10 Investment incomePrior year $41,144$28,302

I-11 Other revenuePrior year −$80,560−$208,848

I-12 Total revenuePrior year $8,964,557$15,619,723

I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $133,000$0

I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0

I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $3,600,622$4,731,151

I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0

I-17 Other expensesPrior year $3,802,408$5,705,563

I-18 Total expensesPrior year $7,536,030$10,436,714

I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $1,428,527$5,183,009

Part VI · Governance 5 of 5 board members independent, 2 to look at

VI-1a Voting members of the governing body5

VI-1b Independent voting members5

VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo

VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo

VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo

VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes

VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes

Part VIII · Statement of revenue $15,619,723 across 4 lines filed

Lines not itemized here account for −$208,848 of total revenue; see the IRS return.

VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$15,800,269

VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$15,800,269

VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $28,302$28,302

VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax −$180,546$15,619,723

Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $10,436,714 across 17 lines filed

IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $846,156 · Management $175,084$1,021,240

IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $2,231,226 · Management $456,838$2,688,064

IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $38,390 · Management $7,431$45,821

IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $535,439 · Management $137,204$672,643

IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $252,266 · Management $51,117$303,383

IX-11b Legal feesManagement $77,173$77,173

IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $47,100$47,100

IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $2,387,170 · Management $49,153$2,436,323

IX-12 Advertising and promotionManagement $258,530$258,530

IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $2,239 · Management $361,224$363,463

IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $764,678 · Management $274,514$1,039,192

IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $112,400 · Management $66,318$178,718

IX-17 TravelPrograms $54,930 · Management $13,826$68,756

IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $32,876$32,876

IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $965,670 · Management $135,428$1,101,098

IX-23 InsuranceManagement $40,215$40,215

IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $40,293 · Management $21,826$62,119

IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $8,263,733 · Management $2,172,981 · Fundraising $0$10,436,714

Part X · Balance sheet $13,189,989 assets, 14 lines filed

X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $1,535,386$3,143,013

X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $3,418,086$6,709,858

X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $77,387$9,680

X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $180,824$299,910

X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $247,421$196,546

X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $661,609$968,003

X-14 Intangible assetsStart of year $1,507,733$1,862,979

X-16 Total assetsStart of year $7,628,446$13,189,989

X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $363,950$495,455

X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $363,950$495,455

X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $7,264,496$12,446,382

X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $0$248,152

X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $7,264,496$12,694,534

X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $7,628,446$13,189,989

Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $12,694,534 net assets at year end

XI-1 Total revenue$15,619,723

XI-2 Total expenses$10,436,714

XI-3 Revenue less expenses$5,183,009

XI-4 Net assets at start of year$7,264,496

XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments−$1,123

XI-9 Other changes in net assets$248,152

XI-10 Net assets at end of year$12,694,534

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