Discipleship Journeys with Jesus

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Vista, CA501(c)(3)ReligionEIN 81-3003618Revenue $286K in FY2024

On file with the IRSdjjministry.org3372 Sagewood Hills Rd, 92084-7408 · Vista, CATax-exempt since Apr 2017Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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The specific purpose of this corporation is to help people follow jesus' path of Discipleship and church planting by sharing actionable, biblical wisdom through the internet and in person. Public charity status 170(b)(1)(a)(vi) religious

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
26¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 6 volunteers and 6 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
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
4 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $5K a year · 2% of revenue · last 5 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
26%
of spending
Concern: 26% of spending went to programs; under 50%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$100K
to officers and key staff · 40% of spending
Top officer’s pay higher than 89% of similar orgs
Concern: pay to officers and key staff is 40% of spending; over 30%.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
4 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 4.3 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
2
named funders · $60K
Fine: 2 funders name it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$3K
3% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 3% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
0
of 4 voting members
Concern: none of 4 voting members are independent.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$286K
+24% vs prior year
Spent
$247K
To programs
26%
Net assets
$85K
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$286K
FY2024▲ +24%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$226K
FY2021$208K
FY2022$195K
FY2023$229K
FY2024$286K
Expenses
$247K
FY2024▲ +21%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$192K
FY2021$191K
FY2022$286K
FY2023$204K
FY2024$247K
Net assets
$85K
FY2024▲ +81%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$96K
FY2021$113K
FY2022$21K
FY2023$47K
FY2024$85K

From the FY2024 Form 990 · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Apr 2017.

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

Where the money goes

26 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 26% · $65K Management & general 67% · $167K Fundraising 6% · $16K

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

4 people listed on the 990; $100K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
$100,074Pt VII · Sec A
Board Secret
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Mark Alan Williams’s $100K as CEO is at the 89th 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 · 1 named individual · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2021
Mark Alan Williams$100,074$77,538$83,629

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 15aNo

Programs and updates

Shares biblical wisdom online and in person to guide discipleship and church planting.

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3 programs · $4K · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Staff recruitment, translations, consulting, video production and design graphics

$4Kprogram expense
02

Compensation for concept and material creation, organizational oversight, promotion, management

Pt IX · col B
03

Costs of domestic and international travel for outreach, training, video production.

Pt IX · col B

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
Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$60K

By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$286K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$286K
Investment incomeLn 3$9
Money outPt IX
$247K
Ln 25
Programscol B$65K
Managementcol C$167K
Fundraisingcol D$16K
Owns and owesPt X
$85K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$88K
Total assetsLn 16$88K
LiabilitiesLn 26$3K
PeoplePt VI, VII
4
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a4
IndependentVI 1b0
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$286K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$5K
Investment incomeLn 3$9
Total revenueLn 12$286K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$43K
SavingsLn 2$45K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$88K
Total assetsLn 16$88K
LiabilitiesLn 26$3K
Net assetsLn 32$85K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 56
VolunteersI 66
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aNo
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$47K$88K
Total assetsLn 16$47K$88K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0$3K
Net assetsLn 32$47K$85K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$104K$27K$70K$7K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$2K$2K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$99K$14K$81K$5K
Payroll taxesLn 10$9K$2K$7K
Management feesLn 11a$41$32$9
Legal feesLn 11b$227$202$25
Accounting feesLn 11c$6K$5K$1K
Investment management feesLn 11f$8$8
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$926$851$75
Advertising and promotionLn 12$2K$2K
Office expensesLn 13$5K$224$4K$866
Information technologyLn 14$9K$9K
TravelLn 17$3K$1K$1K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$992$50$942
InsuranceLn 23$1K$153$874
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$6K$4K$1K$150
Total functional expensesLn 25$247K$65K$167K$16K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest Viewing $286K$247K$38K$85K 990 PDF
FY2023 $229K$204K$26K$47K 990 PDF
FY2022 $195K$286K−$91K$21K 990 PDF
FY2021 $208K$191K$17K$113K 990 PDF
FY2020 $226K$192K$34K$96K 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 FY2024 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $285,697 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $229,473$285,688
I-9 Program service revenue$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $10$9
I-11 Other revenue$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $229,483$285,697
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $150,096$213,916
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $53,619$33,583
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $203,715$247,499
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $25,768$38,198
Part VI · Governance 0 of 4 board members independent, 4 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body4
VI-1b Independent voting members0
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyNo
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $285,697 across 5 lines filed
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$285,688
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$4,906
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$285,688
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $9$9
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $9$285,697
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $247,499 across 16 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $27,066 · Management $70,404 · Fundraising $6,639$104,109
IX-6 Pay of disqualified personsManagement $1,591$1,591
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $13,929 · Management $80,565 · Fundraising $4,717$99,211
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $1,948 · Management $7,057$9,005
IX-11a Management feesPrograms $32 · Fundraising $9$41
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $202 · Fundraising $25$227
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $5,153 · Fundraising $1,199$6,352
IX-11f Investment management feesPrograms $8$8
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $851 · Management $75$926
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $2,163$2,163
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $224 · Management $3,610 · Fundraising $866$4,700
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $8,518$8,518
IX-17 TravelManagement $1,470 · Fundraising $1,310$2,780
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsManagement $50 · Fundraising $942$992
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $153 · Management $874$1,027
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $4,379 · Management $1,320 · Fundraising $150$5,849
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $64,626 · Management $167,016 · Fundraising $15,857$247,499
Part X · Balance sheet $88,073 assets, 8 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $46,691$42,630
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $509$45,443
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $47,200$88,073
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expenses$2,675
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $0$2,675
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $47,200$85,398
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $47,200$85,398
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $47,200$88,073
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $85,398 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$285,697
XI-2 Total expenses$247,499
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$38,198
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$47,200
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$85,398

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

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