To teach and preach the Bible. To train young adults to understand and apply the truths of the Bible. To provide financial and practical support to our missionaries and church plants in the USA Mexico and Romania.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
68¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$92K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2022 · Form 990-TIndependent: 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
FY2025
latest Form 990-T
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
5 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $122K a year · 15% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 5 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
68%
of spending
Fine: 68% of spending went to programs; 65% to 75%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$92K
to officers and key staff · 13% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 13% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
4 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 3.9 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $24
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$272K
24% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 24% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
6
of 7 voting members
Looks good: 6 of 7 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$727K
-37% vs prior year
Spent
$717K
To programs
68%
Net assets
$846K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$727K
FY2022▼ -37%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$686K
FY2021$1.2M
FY2022$727K
FY2023$930K
FY2024$681K
FY2025$711K
Expenses
$717K
FY2022▼ -4%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$718K
FY2021$747K
FY2022$717K
FY2023$653K
FY2024$679K
FY2025$641K
Net assets
$846K
FY2022▲ +1%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$427K
FY2021$836K
FY2022$846K
FY2023$1.1M
FY2024$1.1M
FY2025$1.1M

From the FY2022 Form 990 · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Mar 1997.

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

Where the money goes

68 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 68% · $490K Management & general 27% · $193K Fundraising 5% · $33K

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

7 people listed on the 990-T; $92K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
$92,483Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Trustee
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Jeffrey Sutton’s $84K as President is at the 81st 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

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Jeffrey Sutton$83,526$72,341$71,878$92,483$77,574$98,128

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 2Yes
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo

Programs and updates

Trains young adults in Bible truths and supports missionaries and church plants.

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3 programs · $528K · in their own filed words · FY2022
01

Ministry and Missions Support

Financial and practical support for our missionaries both state-side and overseas including a church in Romania a church in Mexico and state-side missionaries serving in our programs ACTS and PNEUMA described below. This year there have been 8 families and 1 single adult being served through this missionary support.

$409Kprogram expense
02

Antioch Christian Training School Acts

ACTS has two distinct but complimentary sessions named ACTS: Essentials and respectively ACTS: Ascent. Each session is a four month long full-time and residential program serving up to 18 students per session. ACTS: Essentials focuses on the foundations of theology and how to live the Christian life.

$118Kprogram expense
03

Sojourn Formerly Known as Pneuma

A program offered to the public it is a weekly gathering for college-age students for Bible teaching and Christian fellowship.

$2Kprogram 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 · FY2023
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$24

By the numbers

The FY2022 990-T, line by line.

1The main four
Money in
$727K
Gifts and grants$639K
Fees for services$85K
Other income$3K
Money out
$717K
Programs$490K
Management$193K
Fundraising$33K
Owns and owes
$846K
net assets
Cash and savings$234K
Total assets$1.1M
Liabilities$272K
People
7
listed
Paid1
Voting board7
Independent6
2In more detail
Revenue in detail
Gifts and grants$639K
Fees for services$85K
Investment income$3
Other income$3K
Total revenue$727K
Assets in detailEnd of year
Cash and savings together$234K
Total assets$1.1M
Liabilities$272K
Net assets$846K
Operations
Employees12
Volunteers30
Fiscal year endsDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyNo
Whistleblower policyNo
Records policyNo

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $711K$641K$70K$1.1M 990 PDF
FY2024 $681K$679K$2K$1.1M 990 PDF
FY2023 $930K$653K$277K$1.1M 990 PDF
FY2022 Viewing $727K$717K$10K$846K 990 PDF
FY2021 $1.2M$747K$409K$836K 990 PDF
FY2020 $686K$718K−$33K$427K 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) FY2022 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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