Wind River Ministries INC

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To glorify god by serving others through the love of jesus christ in all we DO. Our purpose is to provide a facility and a program that strives to show our guests and staff the creator. We believe that the development of relationships is the key to achieving our mission.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
81¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 98 volunteers and 56 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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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
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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
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
5 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $715K a year · 23% of revenue · last 5 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 5 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 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
$221K
to officers and key staff · 8% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 8% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
7 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 6.9 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
8
named funders · $1.2M
Looks good: 8 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$2.3M
22% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 22% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
7
of 7 voting members
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Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$4.8M
+60% vs prior year
Spent
$2.9M
To programs
81%
Net assets
$8.3M
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$4.8M
FY2024▲ +60%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$2.1M
FY2021$3.1M
FY2022$2.8M
FY2023$3.0M
FY2024$4.8M
Expenses
$2.9M
FY2024▼ -3%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$2.0M
FY2021$2.0M
FY2022$2.4M
FY2023$3.0M
FY2024$2.9M
Net assets
$8.3M
FY2024▲ +13%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$5.9M
FY2021$7.0M
FY2022$7.4M
FY2023$7.4M
FY2024$8.3M

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 Oct 2000.

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% · $2.3M Management & general 15% · $419K Fundraising 4% · $128K

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; $221K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Dir.
$221,038Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Chairman
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Don McIntyre’s $221K as Executive Dir. is at the 92nd percentile of top reported officer pay among 1636 $1–10M 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 · 2 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Don McIntyre$221,038$190,654$186,854$165,000$176,347
Aaron Scarborough———$90,126$96,977

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

Serves others through love, providing a facility and program to show guests and staff the Creator.

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1 program · $2.3M · in their own filed words · FY2024
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Christian retreat experience. The program's season lasts from june to september. Each week a different christian speaker leads bible studies and firesides worship and christian fellowship. Our dedicated staff serve all who come with christ-like service to demonstrate the love of god.

$2.3Mprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2024
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By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$4.8M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$3.0M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$1.4M
Other incomeLn 4–11$158K
Money outPt IX
$2.9M
Ln 25
Programscol B$2.3M
Managementcol C$419K
Fundraisingcol D$128K
Owns and owesPt X
$8.3M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.6M
Total assetsLn 16$10.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$2.3M
PeoplePt VI, VII
8
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a7
IndependentVI 1b7
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$3.0M
Noncash giftsLn 1g$868K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$1.4M
Investment incomeLn 3$130K
Other incomeLn 4–11$158K
Gains on assetsLn 7$130K
Total revenueLn 12$4.8M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$1.6M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$1.6M
Accounts receivableLn 4$112
Inventories for sale or useLn 8$32K
Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesLn 9$65K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$8.7M
Other assetsLn 15$165K
Total assetsLn 16$10.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$2.3M
Net assetsLn 32$8.3M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 556
VolunteersI 698
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aNo
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3More from this return
Abroad and in kindSch F, M
Noncash gifts receivedSch M Pt I$868K
4Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$2.2M$1.6M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$7.0M$8.7M
Total assetsLn 16$9.3M$10.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.9M$2.3M
Net assetsLn 32$7.4M$8.3M
5Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$269K$218K$30K$21K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$670K$543K$74K$54K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$377K$306K$42K$30K
Payroll taxesLn 10$84K$68K$9K$7K
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$0
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$52K$52K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$6K$5K$1K
Office expensesLn 13$0
Information technologyLn 14$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$7K$6K$1K
TravelLn 17$15K$12K$1K$1K
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$0
InterestLn 20$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$291K$262K$29K
InsuranceLn 23$131K$104K$26K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$567K$545K$21K
All other expensesLn 24e$411K$264K$132K$15K
Total functional expensesLn 25$2.9M$2.3M$419K$128K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest ViewingFiled with the IRS Sep 23, 2025 $4.8M$2.9M$1.9M$8.3M 990 PDF
FY2023Filed with the IRS Sep 23, 2024 $3.0M$3.0M$24K$7.4M 990 PDF
FY2022Filed with the IRS Nov 14, 2023 $2.8M$2.4M$375K$7.4M 990 PDF
FY2021Filed with the IRS Nov 15, 2022 $3.1M$2.0M$1.1M$7.0M 990 PDF
FY2020Filed with the IRS Nov 10, 2021 $2.1M$2.0M$159K$5.9M 990 PDF

Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support M · Noncash J · Pay O · Explanations
See the full FY2024 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $4,765,518 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $1,551,747$3,031,888
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $1,315,590$1,446,275
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $16,413$129,712
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $96,637$157,643
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $2,980,387$4,765,518
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $1,346,908$1,400,845
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $1,609,652$1,479,702
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $2,956,560$2,880,547
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $23,827$1,884,971
Part VI · Governance 7 of 7 board members independent, 3 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body7
VI-1b Independent voting members7
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyNo
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $4,765,518 across 11 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $5,366 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$3,031,888
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$867,796
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$3,031,888
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $1,446,275$1,446,275
VIII-3 Investment income$0
VIII-5 Royalties$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or loss$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsRelated to mission $129,712$129,712
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$0
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $152,277$152,277
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $1,733,630$4,765,518
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $2,880,547 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizations$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individuals$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipients$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for members$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $217,574 · Management $29,547 · Fundraising $21,489$268,610
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $543,091 · Management $73,753 · Fundraising $53,638$670,482
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$0
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $305,760 · Management $41,523 · Fundraising $30,198$377,481
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $68,260 · Management $9,270 · Fundraising $6,742$84,272
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal fees$0
IX-11c Accounting fees$0
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesManagement $52,224$52,224
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $4,978 · Management $1,242$6,220
IX-13 Office expenses$0
IX-14 Information technology$0
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $5,600 · Management $1,400$7,000
IX-17 TravelPrograms $11,946 · Management $1,493 · Fundraising $1,493$14,932
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetings$0
IX-20 Interest$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $262,155 · Management $29,128$291,283
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $104,438 · Management $26,110$130,548
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $545,447 · Management $21,422$566,869
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $263,900 · Management $131,943 · Fundraising $14,783$410,626
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $2,333,149 · Management $419,055 · Fundraising $128,343$2,880,547
Part X · Balance sheet $10,609,661 assets, 24 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $2,154,885$1,646,805
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $14,665$0
X-3 Pledges and grants receivable$0
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $11,322$112
X-5 Loans to officers and key people$0
X-6 Loans to other insiders$0
X-7 Notes and loans receivable$0
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $37,782$31,844
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $60,801$64,549
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $7,044,934$8,701,275
X-11 Publicly traded securities$0
X-12 Other securities$0
X-13 Program-related investments$0
X-14 Intangible assets$0
X-15 Other assets$165,076
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $9,324,389$10,609,661
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $156,372$106,102
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $514,998$587,359
X-23 Secured mortgages and notes payableStart of year $1,268,305$1,603,844
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $1,939,675$2,297,305
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $7,225,809$8,088,334
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $158,905$224,022
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $7,384,714$8,312,356
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $9,324,389$10,609,661
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $8,312,356 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$4,765,518
XI-2 Total expenses$2,880,547
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$1,884,971
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$7,384,714
XI-9 Other changes in net assets−$957,329
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$8,312,356

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2024 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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