Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Dec 1961.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
81 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
24 people listed on the 990; $3.9M paid to officers and key staff.
Gordon P Robertson’s $582K as Chairman / CEO / President is at the 72nd percentile of top reported officer pay among 18 $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 | FY2023 | FY2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gordon P Robertson | $582,155 | $586,559 | $579,434 | $601,136 |
| Terry Meeuwsen | $356,359 | $398,638 | $341,115 | $286,395 |
| James R Barr JR | $299,367 | $278,315 | $299,983 | $246,593 |
| Marvin B Edwards | $286,036 | $265,903 | $233,766 | $249,783 |
| David K Griffith | $272,625 | $270,962 | $271,739 | $277,662 |
| Michael Stonecypher | $274,377 | $260,972 | $233,896 | $250,521 |
| Robert L Allman | $272,661 | $256,860 | $225,493 | $240,262 |
| Edie L Wasserberg | — | $120,305 | $137,755 | $264,836 |
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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Programs and updates
Preaches the Christian gospel globally through television, social media, and a 24-hour telephone prayer center offering biblical literature, spiritual counseling, and ministry outreach.
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International Outreach
In 2024 CBN produced programming and other content in 90 different languages, and broadcast programs to audiences in 174 countries and territories. Since inception, CBN has worked in 164 foreign languages and dialects. See schedule o for more details.
Domestic production and airing of christian television programming, internet and radio: the 700 club, a live television program that airs weekdays from CBN broadcast facilities, is the primary program used by CBN to preach the gospel of jesus christ.
The prayer center is a department of CBN that provides scripture based prayer, biblical literature, account service, and product orders to people through CBN'S telephone prayer line and digital channels. It also performs outbound calling for ministry and fundraising purposes.
Funders
Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
By the numbers
The FY2025 990, line by line.
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Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 Latest Viewing | $282.4M | $267.5M | $14.9M | $234.8M | 990 PDF |
| FY2024 | $300.1M | $283.4M | $16.7M | $218.3M | 990 PDF |
| FY2023 | $294.7M | $295.3M | −$617K | $200.4M | 990 PDF |
| FY2022 | $317.9M | $282.7M | $35.2M | $201.4M | 990 PDF |
| FY2021 | $313.1M | $269.6M | $43.5M | $167.4M | 990 PDF |
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Schedules filed Part IV
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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