Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Jan 2020.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
89 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
8 people listed on the 990; $42K paid to officers and key staff (Part VII, Section A).
Nick Ward’s $55K as Co-Director is at the 57th percentile of top reported officer pay among 2133 $100K–1M 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
| Name | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nick Ward | $55,278 | — | — | — | — |
| Alan Amavisca | $14,475 | $35,157 | $48,088 | $33,871 | $42,491 |
| Ken Schemmer II | $35,344 | — | — | — | — |
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 North County Project 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
Discipleship and leadership training for Christians and non-Christians.
Questions for North County Project
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The Lab (for Emerging Leaders)
In 2020 we had five people in the lab through may, who were able to graduate. The covid pandemic shutdown the program due to the prohibition on home gatherings. We used the hiatus to completely reinvent our discipleship pipeline and integrate the lab into the process.
Form 990 Part III, line 4, FY2020. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 47-3957838) · Dispute this lineBible Dialogue Workshop
Prior to covid our strategy for bible dialogue training required us to gather people for a five-hour marathon training session. A request from a group in oregon led to our first zoom training we were stunned by the result. We consequently moved from an on-site, five-hour session to three, one-hour sessions.
Form 990 Part III, line 4, FY2020. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 47-3957838) · Dispute this lineInternship programat the end of 2019 we decided to designate up to $10,000 from our surplus for a pilot internship program for young evangelists. We selected one intern for the csuf campus and one for the hispanic community in placentia.
Form 990 Part III, line 4, FY2020. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 47-3957838) · Dispute this lineFunders
Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
By the numbers
The FY2020 990, line by line.
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| Line | Start FY20 | End FY20 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and savingsLn 1–2 | $150K | $163K |
| Total assetsLn 16 | $150K | $163K |
| LiabilitiesLn 26 | $0 | $0 |
| Net assetsLn 32 | $150K | $163K |
| Line | Total | Programs | Management | Fundraising |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pay of officers and key staff (Part IX, line 5)Ln 5 | $42K | $42K | ||
| Other salaries and wagesLn 7 | $151K | $151K | ||
| Payroll taxesLn 10 | $7K | $7K | ||
| Legal feesLn 11b | $392 | $392 | ||
| Accounting feesLn 11c | $2K | $2K | ||
| Advertising and promotionLn 12 | $454 | $454 | ||
| Information technologyLn 14 | $271 | $271 | ||
| TravelLn 17 | $812 | $812 | ||
| Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19 | $825 | $413 | $412 | |
| Payments to affiliatesLn 21 | $2K | $2K | ||
| InsuranceLn 23 | $2K | $2K | ||
| Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24 | $8K | $3K | $5K | |
| All other expensesLn 24e | $6K | $764 | $4K | $615 |
| Total functional expensesLn 25 | $224K | $198K | $25K | $615 |
Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 LatestFiled with the IRS Dec 4, 2025 | $392K | $353K | $39K | $260K | 990 PDF |
| FY2024Filed with the IRS Dec 3, 2024 | $372K | $371K | $1K | $222K | 990 PDF |
| FY2023 | Not on file | ||||
| FY2022Filed with the IRS Jun 29, 2023 | $187K | $167K | $20K | $210K | 990 PDF |
| FY2021Filed with the IRS Sep 6, 2022 | $316K | $290K | $27K | $190K | 990 PDF |
| FY2020 ViewingFiled with the IRS Jul 30, 2021 | $237K | $224K | $13K | $163K | 990 PDF |
Schedules filed Part IV
See the full FY2020 990
Part I · Summary $236,786 revenue, 12 lines filed
Part VI · Governance 7 of 8 board members independent, no flags
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $236,786 across 5 lines filed
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $223,670 across 13 lines filed
Part X · Balance sheet $163,284 assets, 8 lines filed
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $163,284 net assets at year end
Form 990 e-file FY2020 from the IRS (about our sources) · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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