Individuals, who have been blessed financially, can accomplish their charitable objectives in the areas of religious, scientific, health, education and benevolence through the Foundation.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
92¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$157K 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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FY2024 · 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
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
3 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $91K a year · 2% of revenue · last 5 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 3 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
92%
of spending
Looks good: 92% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$157K
to officers and key staff · 3% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 3% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
<1 mo
of spending, in cash
Plus $680K in investments, Pt X · Ln 11–13
Fine: 0.8 months of spending in cash, plus $680K in investments.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
6
named funders · $3.8M
Looks good: 6 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$107.2M
98% of total assets
Concern: liabilities are 98% of assets; over 80%.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
5
of 8 voting members
Looks good: 5 of 8 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$4.3M
-48% vs prior year
Spent
$4.5M
To programs
92%
Net assets
$2.0M
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$4.3M
FY2024▼ -48%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$3.7M
FY2021$3.7M
FY2022$4.9M
FY2023$8.3M
FY2024$4.3M
Expenses
$4.5M
FY2024▼ -46%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$3.1M
FY2021$3.5M
FY2022$5.0M
FY2023$8.3M
FY2024$4.5M
Net assets
$2.0M
FY2024▼ -6%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$1.5M
FY2021$1.7M
FY2022$2.0M
FY2023$2.1M
FY2024$2.0M

From the FY2024 Form 990 · 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: FY2024. IRS ruling in Aug 2003.

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Where the money goes

92 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 92% · $4.1M Management & general 8% · $341K

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; $157K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
President
$68,019Pt VII · Sec A
$64,610Pt VII · Sec A
$24,000Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Chris Stroup’s $68K as President is at the 10th percentile of top reported officer pay among 3869 $1–10M human services 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 · 5 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Chris Stroup$68,019$97,986———
Chris Storup——$92,586——
Jay Haddix$64,610————
V William Moritz—$60,000$60,000$60,000$60,000
Chris Rosenhahn$24,000$12,000$12,000$12,000$12,000

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 15aYes

Programs and updates

Helps financially blessed individuals achieve charitable goals in religion, science, health, education, and benevolence.

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1 program · $4.1M · in their own filed words · FY2024
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To help individuals accomplish their charitable objectives in religious, educational, scientific, benevolent and health related activities.

$4.1Mprogram 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 · 5 grants · $738K · 2024–2024
Hope for Brighter TomorrowsCA · FY2024$300,000
Bethel Bible Church of TylerTX · FY2024$300,000
Lifebridge Christian ChurchCO · FY2024$45,500
The Myron Stratton HomeCO · FY2024$12,000

By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$4.3M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$3.8M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$543K
Investment incomeLn 3$49K
Money outPt IX
$4.5M
Ln 25
Programscol B$4.1M
Managementcol C$341K
Owns and owesPt X
$2.0M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$315K
Total assetsLn 16$109.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$107.2M
PeoplePt VI, VII
8
listed · VII A
PaidVII A3
Voting boardVI 1a8
IndependentVI 1b5
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$3.8M
Noncash giftsLn 1g$84K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$543K
Investment incomeLn 3$49K
Gains on assetsLn 7−$23K
Total revenueLn 12$4.3M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$315K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$315K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$680K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$0
Other assetsLn 15$107.2M
Total assetsLn 16$109.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$107.2M
Net assetsLn 32$2.0M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 53
VolunteersI 60
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$333K$315K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$662K$680K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$0
Total assetsLn 16$24.8M$109.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$22.7M$107.2M
Net assetsLn 32$2.1M$2.0M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$738K$738K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$188K$56K$131K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$33K$10K$23K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$2K$600$1K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$17K$5K$12K
Payroll taxesLn 10$10K$3K$7K
Accounting feesLn 11c$64K$19K$45K
Investment management feesLn 11f$7K$7K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$103K$31K$72K$0
Office expensesLn 13$9K$3K$6K
Information technologyLn 14$19K$6K$13K
OccupancyLn 16$23K$7K$16K
TravelLn 17$3K$914$2K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$7K$2K$5K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$3.3M$3.3M
All other expensesLn 24e$0$0$0$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$4.5M$4.1M$341K$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest Viewing $4.3M$4.5M−$135K$2.0M 990 PDF
FY2023 $8.3M$8.3M$49K$2.1M 990 PDF
FY2022 $4.9M$5.0M−$166K$2.0M 990 PDF
FY2021 $3.7M$3.5M$152K$1.7M 990 PDF
FY2020 $3.7M$3.1M$557K$1.5M 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 F · Foreign M · Noncash O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $4,345,161 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $7,961,566$3,752,921
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $288,638$543,466
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $86,767$48,774
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $8,336,971$4,345,161
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $24,066$737,614
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $302,317$249,746
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $7,961,403$3,492,873
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $8,287,786$4,480,233
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $49,185−$135,072
Part VI · Governance 5 of 8 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body8
VI-1b Independent voting members5
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $4,345,161 across 8 lines filed
VIII-1d Related organizations$310,000
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$3,442,921
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$84,000
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$3,752,921
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $543,466$543,466
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $71,405$71,405
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax −$22,631−$22,631
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $543,466 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $48,774$4,345,161
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $4,480,233 across 16 lines filed
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $737,614$737,614
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $56,305 · Management $131,379$187,684
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $9,989 · Management $23,308$33,297
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $600 · Management $1,400$2,000
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $4,970 · Management $11,598$16,568
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $3,059 · Management $7,138$10,197
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $19,335 · Management $45,115$64,450
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $6,836$6,836
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $30,900 · Management $72,100 · Fundraising $0$103,000
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $2,653 · Management $6,191$8,844
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $5,657 · Management $13,199$18,856
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $6,836 · Management $15,949$22,785
IX-17 TravelPrograms $914 · Management $2,132$3,046
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $2,049 · Management $4,776$6,825
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $3,258,231$3,258,231
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $4,139,112 · Management $341,121 · Fundraising $0$4,480,233
Part X · Balance sheet $109,139,283 assets, 14 lines filed
Asset lines not itemized here account for $965,261; see the IRS return.
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $332,538$314,660
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $22,045$27,553
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, net$0
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $457,601$470,500
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $204,104$209,441
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $22,664,923$107,151,868
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $24,780,455$109,139,283
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $11,991$7,425
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $169,874$78,861,174
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $22,676,914$107,159,293
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $140,772$210,428
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $1,962,769$1,769,562
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $2,103,541$1,979,990
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $24,780,455$109,139,283
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,979,990 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$4,345,161
XI-2 Total expenses$4,480,233
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$135,072
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$2,103,541
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$11,521
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$1,979,990

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