Ransom Fellowship: Nonprofit Profile, Financials & Form 990 (EIN 85-0305473)

Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2020.

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

Where the money goes

94 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

94%

Program services 94% · $192K Management & general 6% · $13K

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

6 people listed on the 990; $116K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation

Denis D Haack

Director

$116,474Pt VII · Sec A

Paul Woodard

Director

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Margie L Haack

Director

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Bonnie Liefer

Vice President

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Donald Guthrie

President

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Henry Tazelaar

Secretarytreasurer

$0Pt VII · Sec A

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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

Ransom Fellowship is a nonprofit organization based in Savage, MN.

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Provided by the organization

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1 program · $192K · in their own filed words · FY2020

01

Speaking, preaching, lecturing and leading seminars, conferences and small groups. Serving 5000 internationally each year.Research, write, edit and publish resource and training newsletters: Critique: 16 Pages 9 Issues; Notes from Toad Hall, 8 Pages 4 issues distributed free.

$192Kprogram 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 · FY2020

Charity Bridge FundFY2020$13K

Natl Christian Charitable Fdn INCFY2020$8K

All Glory to the Trinity INCFY2020$1K

Whitener Family FoundationFY2020$400

The Peery Cauthen FoundationFY2020$250

Amazonsmile FoundationFY2020$84

Total grants receivedfrom 6 funders$23K

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By the numbers

The FY2020 990, line by line.

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1The main four

Money inPt VIII

$173K

Ln 12

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$169K

Fees for servicesLn 2g$3K

Investment incomeLn 3$73

Money outPt IX

$205K

Ln 25

Programscol B$192K

Managementcol C$13K

Owns and owesPt X

$0

net assets · Ln 32

Total assetsLn 16$0

LiabilitiesLn 26$0

PeoplePt VI, VII

6

listed · VII A

PaidVII A1

Voting boardVI 1a6

IndependentVI 1b4

2In more detail

Revenue in detailPt VIII

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$169K

Fees for servicesLn 2g$3K

Investment incomeLn 3$73

Total revenueLn 12$173K

Assets in detailPt X, end of year

Total assetsLn 16$0

LiabilitiesLn 26$0

Net assetsLn 32$0

OperationsPt I, VI

EmployeesI 51

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

Line	Start FY20	End FY20
Total assetsLn 16	$33K	$0
LiabilitiesLn 26	$0	$0
Net assetsLn 32	$33K	$0

4Every line

Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line

Line	Total	Programs	Management	Fundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5	$60K	$56K	$4K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8	$15K	$14K	$1K
Other employee benefitsLn 9	$58K	$58K	$129
Payroll taxesLn 10	$5K	$4K	$321
Management feesLn 11a	$9K	$9K	$647
Legal feesLn 11b	$6K	$3K	$3K
Office expensesLn 13	$3K		$3K
TravelLn 17	$669	$669
InsuranceLn 23	$203	$189	$14
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24	$31K	$31K	$242
All other expensesLn 24e	$18K	$17K	$675
Total functional expensesLn 25	$205K	$192K	$13K	$0

Filing history

Year	Money in	Money out	In minus out	Net assets	Download
FY2020 Latest Viewing	$173K	$205K	−$33K	$0	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

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Part I · Summary $172,603 revenue, 12 lines filed

I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $140,774$169,157

I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $1,656$3,373

I-10 Investment incomePrior year $101$73

I-11 Other revenue$0

I-12 Total revenuePrior year $142,531$172,603

I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0

I-14 Benefits paid to members$0

I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $92,239$137,913

I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0

I-17 Other expensesPrior year $56,112$67,360

I-18 Total expensesPrior year $148,351$205,273

I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$5,820−$32,670

Part VI · Governance 4 of 6 board members independent, 3 to look at

VI-1a Voting members of the governing body6

VI-1b Independent voting members4

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 $172,603 across 5 lines filed

VIII-1b Membership dues$169,157

VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$169,157

VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $3,373$3,373

VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $73$73

VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $3,446 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$172,603

Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $205,273 across 11 lines filed

IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $55,800 · Management $4,200$60,000

IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $13,950 · Management $1,050$15,000

IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $58,194 · Management $129$58,323

IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $4,269 · Management $321$4,590

IX-11a Management feesPrograms $8,589 · Management $647$9,236

IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $2,920 · Management $2,920$5,840

IX-13 Office expensesManagement $2,973$2,973

IX-17 TravelPrograms $669$669

IX-23 InsurancePrograms $189 · Management $14$203

IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $30,624 · Management $242$30,866

IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $16,898 · Management $675$17,573

IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $192,102 · Management $13,171 · Fundraising $0$205,273

Part X · Balance sheet $0 assets, 4 lines filed

X-16 Total assetsStart of year $32,670$0

X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $0$0

X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $32,670$0

X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $32,670$0

Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $0 net assets at year end

XI-1 Total revenue$172,603

XI-2 Total expenses$205,273

XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$32,670

XI-4 Net assets at start of year$32,670

XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0

XI-10 Net assets at end of year$0

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2020 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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Ransom Fellowship

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Is it real?

Where the money goes

Who runs it and what they're paid

Questions the 990 asks

Programs and updates

Questions for Ransom Fellowship

Funders

Grants

By the numbers

Filing history

Schedules filed Part IV