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← MATTHEW 25 MINISTRIES INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by MATTHEW 25 MINISTRIES INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$279,440,386
Total expenses
$309,413,202
Contributions and grants received
$276,125,512
Grants paid
$295,207,972
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$307,237,797
Management and general expenses
$1,040,335
Fundraising expenses
$1,135,070
Program service expenses (Part III)
$307,237,797

Program services were 99.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Listed in Part VII

  • Jim Russell

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michael Staudinger MD

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Harry Yeaggy

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Eric Niemeyer MD

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jeanette Hanna-Ruiz

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Deborah Hayes

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michelle Goret

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Donald E Jones THD

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Martha Orabella MD

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michael Brandy Jr

    Chairman

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Douglas W Thomson ESQ

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ron Messer

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Karen Otto

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Barbie Ventura

    CAO

    Total calculated
    $162,933
    From this org
    $134,320
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $28,613
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $97,000
    Bonus
    $19,594
    Other
    $17,726
    Deferred
    $4,850
    Nontaxable benefits
    $23,763
    Filer's total
    $162,933

  • Gerald Elfers

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $221,341
    From this org
    $206,004
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,337
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $169,000
    Bonus
    $34,138
    Other
    $2,866
    Deferred
    $6,760
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,577
    Filer's total
    $221,341

  • Patty Dilg

    COO

    Total calculated
    $150,708
    From this org
    $142,987
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,721
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $98,000
    Bonus
    $19,796
    Other
    $25,191
    Deferred
    $5,880
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,841
    Filer's total
    $150,708

  • Ben Williams

    CDRO

    Total calculated
    $133,311
    From this org
    $126,845
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,466
    Hours/week
    50

  • Tim Mettey

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $542,434
    From this org
    $491,241
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $51,193
    Hours/week
    60

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $365,000
    Bonus
    $73,730
    Other
    $52,511
    Deferred
    $21,900
    Nontaxable benefits
    $29,293
    Filer's total
    $542,434

  • Joodi Archer

    Exec Dir of Prog

    Total calculated
    $115,518
    From this org
    $108,904
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,614
    Hours/week
    50

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 1a · Tax indemnification and gross-up payments
  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

Part I, Line 1b
Payments which need to be grossed up each year include Auto reimbursement, vacation reimbursement, childcare reimbursement, student loan reimbursements, & reimbursement for insurance. These benefits have been effective for years at Matthew 25: Ministries and have been communicated to the chairman of the board and the treasurer.

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
4 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202513089349301811

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