The Ambassadors Forum: Financials & Form 990

Revenue by fiscal year
FY2022	$200K
FY2023	$7K
FY2024	$18K
FY2025	$206K

Expenses by fiscal year
FY2022	$129K
FY2023	$70K
FY2024	$21K
FY2025	$100K

Net assets by fiscal year
FY2022	$108K
FY2023	$45K
FY2024	$43K
FY2025	$148K

Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Mar 2022.

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

Where the money goes

10 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

90%

Program services 10% · $10K Management & general 90% · $89K

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

5 people listed on the 990; $58K paid to officers and key staff (Part VII, Section A).

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation

Shawn Hart

President
Hours a week: 40

$58,433Pt VII · Sec A

Rex Smith

Chairman
Hours a week: 1

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Roy Swart

Board Member
Hours a week: 1

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Gary Combs

Board Member
Hours a week: 1

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Herb Grey

Board Member
Hours a week: 1

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Shawn Hart’s $58K as President is at the 48th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1041 $100K–1M public & societal benefit 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.

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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

Updates and questions

Equips Portland youth and their mentors to know God's truth and think biblically for respectful dialogue.

Our summary of the filed mission and programs (Form 990 Part III, line 4), not the words of the organization.

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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 · from the funders’ 2024 returns

Dated by each funder’s own filing year, which may not match this organization’s fiscal year.

Donor Advised Charitable Giving INC$100K

Total grants received, 2022–2024from 1 funder$200K

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

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1The main four

Money inPt VIII

$206K

Ln 12

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$206K

Money outPt IX

$100K

Ln 25

Programscol B$10K

Managementcol C$89K

Owns and owesPt X

$148K

net assets · Ln 32

Cash and savingsLn 1–2$148K

Total assetsLn 16$148K

LiabilitiesLn 26$0

PeoplePt VI, VII

5

listed · VII A

PaidVII A1

Voting boardVI 1a5

IndependentVI 1b0

2In more detail

Revenue in detailPt VIII

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$206K

Gains on assetsLn 7$0

Total revenueLn 12$206K

Assets in detailPt X, end of year

CashLn 1$148K

Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$148K

Total assetsLn 16$148K

LiabilitiesLn 26$0

Net assetsLn 32$148K

OperationsPt I, VI

EmployeesI 51

VolunteersI 612

Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember

Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes

Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes

Records policyVI 14No

3Year over year

Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B

Line	Start FY25	End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2		$148K
InvestmentsLn 11–13		$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c		$0
Total assetsLn 16	$0	$148K
LiabilitiesLn 26	$0	$0
Net assetsLn 32	$0	$148K

4Every line

Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line

Line	Total	Programs	Management	Fundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1	$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2	$3K	$3K
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3	$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4	$0
Pay of officers and key staff (Part IX, line 5)Ln 5	$48K		$48K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6	$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7	$0
Pension plan contributionsLn 8	$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9	$10K		$10K
Payroll taxesLn 10	$4K		$4K
Management feesLn 11a	$0
Legal feesLn 11b	$2K		$2K
Accounting feesLn 11c	$9K		$9K
Lobbying feesLn 11d	$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e	$0
Investment management feesLn 11f	$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g	$10K		$10K
Advertising and promotionLn 12	$6K	$6K
Office expensesLn 13	$288		$288
Information technologyLn 14	$3K	$156	$2K
RoyaltiesLn 15	$0
OccupancyLn 16	$0
TravelLn 17	$378	$281	$97
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	$0
InsuranceLn 23	$4K		$4K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24	$1K	$952	$374
All other expensesLn 24e	$50		$50
Total functional expensesLn 25	$100K	$10K	$89K	$0

Part VII lists each person's pay for the calendar year, including pay from related organizations and from people who have left; Part IX, line 5 is this organization's own cost for its current officers and key staff over its fiscal year.

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Filing history

Year	Money in	Money out	In minus out	Net assets	Download
FY2025 Latest ViewingFiled with the IRS Jun 5, 2026	$206K	$100K	$106K	$148K	990 PDF
FY2024Filed with the IRS Nov 17, 2025	$18K	$21K	−$3K	$43K	990-EZ PDF
FY2023Filed with the IRS Nov 15, 2024	$7K	$70K	−$63K	$45K	990-EZ PDF
FY2022Filed with the IRS Nov 15, 2023	$200K	$129K	$71K	$108K	990 PDF

Schedules filed Part IV

A · Public support B · Donors O · Explanations

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Part I · Summary $205,729 revenue, 12 lines filed

I-8 Contributions and grants$205,729

I-9 Program service revenue$0

I-10 Investment income$0

I-11 Other revenue$0

I-12 Total revenue$205,729

I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$2,972

I-14 Benefits paid to members$0

I-15 Salaries and benefits$62,371

I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0

I-17 Other expenses$34,455

I-18 Total expenses$99,798

I-19 Revenue less expenses$105,931

Part III · Program service accomplishments 2 programs, $10,388 spent

III-4a Development of website and social media platforms that addresses questions raised by the youth and provide scriptual answers.$6,183

III-4b Conduct bi-monthly meetings with young adults in the community, to discuss apologetics. Send local youth to experience and engage in conversations related to the bibles timeless wisdom at worldview academy & summit ministries, both irc 501(c)3 organizations.$4,205

Part IV · Checklist of required schedules 3 of 48 answered Yes, no flags

IV-1 A 501(c)(3) charity (Schedule A)Yes

IV-2 Lists its large donors to the IRS (Schedule B)Yes

IV-3 Took part in a political campaignNo

IV-4 LobbiedNo

IV-5 Owes proxy tax on member duesNo

IV-6 Holds donor advised fundsNo

IV-7 Holds conservation easementsNo

IV-8 Holds art or historical collectionsNo

IV-9 Credit counseling or escrow accountsNo

IV-10 Holds endowment fundsNo

IV-11a Reports land, buildings and equipmentNo

IV-11b Reports investments in other securitiesNo

IV-11c Reports program-related investmentsNo

IV-11d Reports other assetsNo

IV-11e Reports other liabilitiesNo

IV-11f Uncertain tax positions footnoteNo

IV-12a Its own audited financial statementsNo

IV-12b In a group's audited financial statementsNo

IV-13 Runs a schoolNo

IV-14a Has an office, staff or agents outside the USNo

IV-14b Over $10,000 of activity outside the USNo

IV-15 Over $5,000 in grants to groups abroadNo

IV-16 Over $5,000 in aid to people abroadNo

IV-17 Over $15,000 to paid fundraisersNo

IV-18 Over $15,000 from fundraising eventsNo

IV-19 Over $15,000 from gamingNo

IV-20a Runs a hospitalNo

IV-21 Over $5,000 in grants to US groupsNo

IV-22 Over $5,000 in grants to US peopleNo

IV-23 Reports top pay in detail (Schedule J)No

IV-24a Over $100,000 in tax-exempt bondsNo

IV-25a Gave an insider an excess benefit this yearNo

IV-25b Found an excess benefit from a past yearNo

IV-26 Loan to or from an officer or insiderNo

IV-27 Grant to an insider or their familyNo

IV-28a Business deal with an officer or directorNo

IV-28b Business deal with an officer's familyNo

IV-28c Business deal with a firm an officer controlsNo

IV-29 Over $25,000 in noncash giftsNo

IV-30 Gifts of art or historical itemsNo

IV-31 Closed down or dissolvedNo

IV-32 Sold or gave away over 25% of its net assetsNo

IV-33 Owns a single-member companyNo

IV-34 Related to other organizations (Schedule R)No

IV-35a Controls another organizationNo

IV-36 Transfers to a related non-charityNo

IV-37 Activity through a partnershipNo

IV-38 Explains answers in Schedule OYes

Part V · Other IRS filings and tax compliance no flags

V-1a Forms 1099 filed3

V-1b Forms W-2G filed0

V-2a Employees on W-2 forms1

V-1c Followed backup withholding rulesYes

V-2b Filed its payroll tax returnsYes

V-3a Over $1,000 of unrelated business incomeNo

V-4a Holds an account in a foreign countryNo

V-5a Party to a prohibited tax shelterNo

V-5b Knew another party was in a tax shelterNo

V-6a Raised gifts that are not tax deductibleNo

V-7a Gifts where the donor got something backNo

V-7c Sold donated property it had to reportNo

V-7e Took money to pay a donor's insuranceNo

V-7f Paid premiums on a donor's insuranceNo

V-14a Sold indoor tanningNo

V-15 Owes tax on pay over $1 millionNo

V-16 Owes the college endowment taxNo

Part VI · Governance 0 of 5 board members independent, 2 to look at

VI-1a Voting members of the governing bodySchedule OTHE BOARD OF DIRECTORS MAY, BY THE RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY A MAJORITY OF THE DIRECTORS THEN IN OFFICE, DESIGNATE ONE OR MORE COMMITTEES, TO THE EXTENT PROVIDED IN THE RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD, SHALL HAVE ALL AUTHORITY OF THE BOARD, EXCEPT THAT NO COMMITTEE, REGARDLESS OF BOARD RESOLUTION, MAY:a. TAKE FINAL ACTION ON MATTERS WHICH ALSO REQUIRES BOARD MEMBERS' APPROVAL OR APPROVAL OF MAJORITY OF ALL MEMBERS.b. FILL VACANCIES ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF IN ANY COMMITTEE WHICH HAS THE AUTHORITY OF THE BOARD.c. AMEND OR REPEAL BYLAWS OR ADOPT NEW BYLAWS.d. AMEND OR REPEAL ANY RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD…5

VI-1b Independent voting members0

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

VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes

VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes

Part VII · Officers, directors and key employees 5 people listed, 1 paid by the organization

VII-1a Shawn HartPresident · 40 hours a week$58,433

VII-1a Gary CombsBoard Member · 1 hours a week$0

VII-1a Herb GreyBoard Member · 1 hours a week$0

VII-1a Rex SmithChairman · 1 hours a week$0

VII-1a Roy SwartBoard Member · 1 hours a week$0

Part VIII · Statement of revenue $205,729 across 8 lines filed

VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$205,729

VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$205,729

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 assets$0

VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$0

VIII-12 Total revenue$205,729

Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $99,798 across 31 lines filed

IX-1 Grants to domestic organizations$0

IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $2,972$2,972

IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipients$0

IX-4 Benefits paid to or for members$0

IX-5 Pay of officers and key staff (Part IX, line 5)Management $48,433Part VII lists each person's pay for the calendar year, including pay from related organizations and from people who have left; Part IX, line 5 is this organization's own cost for its current officers and key staff over its fiscal year.$48,433

IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0

IX-7 Other salaries and wages$0

IX-8 Pension plan contributions$0

IX-9 Other employee benefitsManagement $10,000$10,000

IX-10 Payroll taxesManagement $3,938$3,938

IX-11a Management fees$0

IX-11b Legal feesManagement $1,793$1,793

IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $8,580$8,580

IX-11d Lobbying fees$0

IX-11e Professional fundraising fees$0

IX-11f Investment management fees$0

IX-11g Other fees for servicesManagement $9,735$9,735

IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $6,027$6,027

IX-13 Office expensesManagement $288$288

IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $156 · Management $2,376$2,532

IX-15 Royalties$0

IX-16 Occupancy$0

IX-17 TravelPrograms $281 · Management $97$378

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 amortization$0

IX-23 InsuranceManagement $3,746$3,746

IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $952 · Management $374$1,326

IX-24e All other expensesManagement $50$50

IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $10,388 · Management $89,410 · Fundraising $0$99,798

Part X · Balance sheet $148,486 assets, 20 lines filed

X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearing$148,486

X-2 Savings and temporary cash investments$0

X-3 Pledges and grants receivable$0

X-4 Accounts receivable$0

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 use$0

X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred charges$0

X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, net$0

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$0

X-16 Total assetsStart of year $0$148,486

X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $0$0

X-27 Net assets without donor restrictions$148,486

X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $0$148,486

X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $0$148,486

Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $148,486 net assets at year end

XI-1 Total revenue$205,729

XI-2 Total expenses$99,798

XI-3 Revenue less expenses$105,931

XI-8 Prior period adjustments$42,555

XI-10 Net assets at end of year$148,486

Part XII · Financial statements and reporting Audited: No

XII-2b Financial statements audited by an independent accountantNo

Schedule O · Explanations 4 explanations

O-1 Part VI, line 1aTHE BOARD OF DIRECTORS MAY, BY THE RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY A MAJORITY OF THE DIRECTORS THEN IN OFFICE, DESIGNATE ONE OR MORE COMMITTEES, TO THE EXTENT PROVIDED IN THE RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD, SHALL HAVE ALL AUTHORITY OF THE BOARD, EXCEPT THAT NO COMMITTEE, REGARDLESS OF BOARD RESOLUTION, MAY:a. TAKE FINAL ACTION ON MATTERS WHICH ALSO REQUIRES BOARD MEMBERS' APPROVAL OR APPROVAL OF MAJORITY OF ALL MEMBERS.b. FILL VACANCIES ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF IN ANY COMMITTEE WHICH HAS THE AUTHORITY OF THE BOARD.c. AMEND OR REPEAL BYLAWS OR ADOPT NEW BYLAWS.d. AMEND OR REPEAL ANY RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS WHICH BY ITS EXPRESS TERMS IS NOT SO AMENDABLE OR REPEALABLE.e. APPOINT ANY OTHER COMMITTEES OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OR THE MEMBERS OF THESE COMMITTEES.f. EXPEND CORPORATE FUNDS TO SUPPORT A NOMINEE FOR DIRECTOR.g. APPROVE ANY TRANSACTION TO WHICH THE CORPORATION IS A PARTY AND ONE OR MORE DIRECTORS HAVE MATERIAL FINANCIAL INTEREST OR BETWEEN THE CORPORATION AND ONE OR MORE OF ITS DIRECTORS OR BETWEEN THE CORPORATION AND ANY PERSON IN WHICH ONE OR MORE OF ITS DIRECTORS HAVE A MATERIAL FINANCIAL INTEREST.

O-2 Part VI, line 11bReviewed by chairman of the board

O-3 Part VI, line 12cPeriodic review (ANNUAL)to ensure the corporation operates in a manner consistent with it's charitable purpose.

O-4 Part VI, line 19No documents available to the public.

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