Word Is Out

Tax-deductible

Wilmore, KY501(c)(3)ReligionEIN 88-4355531

The Word Is Out is a mission based nonprofit organization that seeks to bring Biblical literacy to the world by leaders through global seminars and conferences, equipping Church leaders globally to be competent interpreters and teachers of the Bible. Our mission is to acquaint followers of Christ with the source documents of their faith.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
$7K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Pay: Part VII

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FY2024 · Form 990-EZIndependent: 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-EZ
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Pay to officers and key staff
$7K
to officers and key staff
Top officer’s pay lower than 95% of similar orgs
No data yet: the filing does not give pay as a share of spending.
Pt VII · Sec A
Named funders
1
named funder · $25K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$749
total owed
No data yet: the filing does not give total assets.
Pt X · Ln 26
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Revenue
$155K
-52% vs prior year
Net assets
$170K
By yearFY2023–FY2024
Revenue
$155K
FY2024▼ -52%
Revenue by fiscal year
FY2023$322K
FY2024$155K
Net assets
$170K
FY2024▼ -17%
Net assets by fiscal year
FY2023$205K
FY2024$170K

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 Feb 2024.

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

Who runs it and what they're paid

13 people listed on the 990-EZ; $7K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
$6,836Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Tori Konopinski’s $7K as Secretary is at the 5th 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 · 5 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023
Bradley Johnson—$45,000
Rev Lael Zulu—$38,667
Maureen Rousseau—$8,750
Tori Konopinski$6,836$2,169
Yee Nge Lin—$4,000

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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Programs and updates

Equips church leaders globally to competently interpret and teach the Bible through seminars and conferences.

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1 program service account for $217K of program spending, described in the organization's own filed words · FY2023.
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To Paraphrase Paul in 1 Corinthians 16

9, ?a wide door for effective work has opened to us? in Zambia. To date, we have focused on developing a residential training facility in Lusaka (the capital city). However, our team there has been conducting training in the Copperbelt province, about a 6-hour drive north of Lusaka.

$217Kprogram expense

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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 · FY2024
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$25K

By the numbers

The FY2024 990-EZ, line by line.

1The main four
Money in
$155K
Other income$155K
Owns and owes
$170K
net assets
Liabilities$749
People
13
listed
Paid1
2In more detail
Revenue in detail
Other income$155K
Total revenue$155K
Assets in detailEnd of year
Liabilities$749
Net assets$170K
Operations
Employees6
Fiscal year endsDecember

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest Viewing $155K$170K 990 PDF
FY2023 $322K$217K$105K$205K 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

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

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