Crown College

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Powell, TN501(c)(3)Since 1991EIN 62-1504678Revenue $11.0M in FY2025

On file with the IRSthecrowncollege.com2307 W Beaver Creek Dr, 37849-4800 · Powell, TNTax-exempt since Nov 1992School — 170(b)(1)(A)(ii)

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The mission of the Crown College of the bible is to train men and women to follow the lord jesus christ and to equip them to fulfil his purpose by providing education in which christ is preeminent, and where the highest academics are united with ministry application for the sole purpose of glorifying the lord jesus christ. The mission continues as graduates of the Crown College of the bible train others.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
81¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$235K 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
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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
6 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $568K a year · 6% of revenue · last 6 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 6 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
81%
of spending
Looks good: 81% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$235K
to officers and key staff · 2% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 2% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
<1 mo
of spending, in cash
Concern: 0.4 months of spending in cash; under 2 weeks.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $9K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$9.8M
53% of total assets
Fine: liabilities are 53% of assets; 50% to 65%.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
6
of 6 voting members
Looks good: 6 of 6 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$11.0M
-3% vs prior year
Spent
$10.1M
To programs
81%
Net assets
$8.8M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$11.0M
FY2025▼ -3%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$8.5M
FY2021$8.7M
FY2022$10.0M
FY2023$10.3M
FY2024$11.3M
FY2025$11.0M
Expenses
$10.1M
FY2025▼ -5%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$8.1M
FY2021$8.3M
FY2022$9.8M
FY2023$9.5M
FY2024$10.6M
FY2025$10.1M
Net assets
$8.8M
FY2025▲ +56%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$3.3M
FY2021$4.0M
FY2022$4.0M
FY2023$4.8M
FY2024$5.6M
FY2025$8.8M

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending June 2025) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Nov 1992.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

81 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 81% · $8.1M Management & general 19% · $1.9M Fundraising 0% · $35K

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; $235K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII
VP of Administration
$84,599Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Executive Officer
$79,953Pt VII · Sec A
Academic Dean
$47,193Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Financial Officer
$23,569Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Chairman
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 8 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Charles R Prescott———$96,694$102,977$101,590
M Shannon Sexton—$100,038$100,593$96,694$87,244$90,535
Timothy L Tomlinson$84,599$81,127$80,760$75,811$77,011$82,135
James Zenker$79,953$70,609$70,341$67,127$61,627—
Charles Prescott——$65,573———
Janice Gilliam—————$64,999
Loyd K Ewing$47,193$48,529$46,078$45,828$45,525$45,525
Ray Gonsalves$23,569—————

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 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Trains people for Christian ministry and leadership through Bible-focused education.

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1 program · $8.1M · in their own filed words · FY2024
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Operation of college for undergraduate and graduate levels in various levels of religion and educational interests.

$8.1Mprogram expense

Funders

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 · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$9K
Grants paid · 5 grants · $4.7M · 2019–2024
Unitemized GrantFY2024$923,618
Unitemized GrantFY2023$1,090,857
Unitemized GrantFY2022$949,844
Unitemized GrantFY2021$917,729
Unitemized GrantFY2019$810,403

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$11.0M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$9.2M
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.6M
Other incomeLn 4–11$89K
Money outPt IX
$10.1M
Ln 25
Programscol B$8.1M
Managementcol C$1.9M
Fundraisingcol D$35K
Owns and owesPt X
$8.8M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$304K
Total assetsLn 16$18.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$9.8M
PeoplePt VI, VII
10
listed · VII A
PaidVII A4
Voting boardVI 1a6
IndependentVI 1b6
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.6M
Government grantsLn 1e$37K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$9.2M
Investment incomeLn 3$88K
Other incomeLn 4–11$89K
Gains on assetsLn 7−$420
Total revenueLn 12$11.0M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$43K
SavingsLn 2$262K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$304K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$171K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$17.1M
Other assetsLn 15$726K
Total assetsLn 16$18.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$9.8M
Net assetsLn 32$8.8M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 5209
VolunteersI 60
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
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$815K$304K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$161K$171K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$15.5M$17.1M
Total assetsLn 16$18.0M$18.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$12.3M$9.8M
Net assetsLn 32$5.6M$8.8M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$924K$924K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$390K$293K$94K$4K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$2.6M$2.0M$647K$4K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$268K$201K$67K$425
Payroll taxesLn 10$186K$140K$46K$466
Advertising and promotionLn 12$93K$93K
Office expensesLn 13$42K$32K$10K$211
Information technologyLn 14$46K$25K$21K
OccupancyLn 16$641K$513K$128K
TravelLn 17$28K$18K$10K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$201K$201K
InterestLn 20$409K$327K$82K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$713K$437K$275K
InsuranceLn 23$107K$64K$43K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$1.9M$1.9M$15K
All other expensesLn 24e$1.5M$979K$498K$11K
Total functional expensesLn 25$10.1M$8.1M$1.9M$35K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $11.0M$10.1M$901K$8.8M 990 PDF
FY2024 $11.3M$10.6M$718K$5.6M 990 PDF
FY2023 $10.3M$9.5M$819K$4.8M 990 PDF
FY2022 $10.0M$9.8M$255K$4.0M 990 PDF
FY2021 $8.7M$8.3M$315K$4.0M 990 PDF
FY2020 $8.5M$8.1M$401K$3.3M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $10,969,742 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $3,269,039$1,576,264
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $7,928,684$9,216,139
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $19,931$88,367
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $98,782$88,972
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $11,316,436$10,969,742
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $1,090,857$923,618
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $3,569,720$3,448,208
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $5,937,797$5,696,952
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $10,598,374$10,068,778
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $718,062$900,964
Part VI · Governance 6 of 6 board members independent, 2 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body6
VI-1b Independent voting members6
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $10,969,742 across 7 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $88,972 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1e Government grants$36,627
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$1,539,637
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$1,576,264
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $9,216,139$9,216,139
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $88,787$88,787
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax −$420−$420
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $9,305,111 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $88,367$10,969,742
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $10,068,778 across 16 lines filed
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $923,618$923,618
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $292,576 · Management $93,624 · Fundraising $3,901$390,101
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $1,952,598 · Management $647,038 · Fundraising $3,829$2,603,465
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $201,261 · Management $66,662 · Fundraising $425$268,348
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $139,720 · Management $46,108 · Fundraising $466$186,294
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $92,708$92,708
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $31,579 · Management $10,316 · Fundraising $211$42,106
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $25,380 · Management $20,765$46,145
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $512,746 · Management $128,187$640,933
IX-17 TravelPrograms $18,311 · Management $9,860$28,171
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $200,833$200,833
IX-20 InterestPrograms $327,287 · Management $81,822$409,109
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $437,020 · Management $275,487$712,507
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $64,069 · Management $42,712$106,781
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $1,913,964 · Fundraising $15,298$1,929,262
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $979,224 · Management $497,892 · Fundraising $11,281$1,488,397
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $8,112,894 · Management $1,920,473 · Fundraising $35,411$10,068,778
Part X · Balance sheet $18,582,635 assets, 17 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $135,089$42,845
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $679,621$261,627
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $144,420$152,162
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $103,526$93,955
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $15,482,200$17,134,944
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $160,775$170,638
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $1,076,062$726,464
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $17,951,693$18,582,635
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $124,996$64,843
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $286,110$276,173
X-20 Tax-exempt bond liabilitiesStart of year $7,615,002$6,774,025
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $176,838$131,924
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $12,324,955$9,799,900
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $5,361,441$8,782,735
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $265,297$0
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $5,626,738$8,782,735
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $17,951,693$18,582,635
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $8,782,735 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$10,969,742
XI-2 Total expenses$10,068,778
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$900,964
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$5,626,738
XI-8 Prior period adjustments$2,093,639
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$161,394
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$8,782,735

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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