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← RADIANT LIFE MINISTRIES

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by RADIANT LIFE MINISTRIES.

Totals

Total revenue
$36,139,228
Total expenses
$112,011,200
Contributions and grants received
$4,893,890
Grants paid
$90,000,000
Program service revenue
$10,647,401
Investment income
$20,169,001
Other revenue
$428,936
Total assets, end of year
$103,177,781
Total liabilities, end of year
$6,024,699
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$97,153,082
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$107,003,967
Management and general expenses
$4,858,328
Fundraising expenses
$148,905
Program service expenses (Part III)
$107,003,967

Program services were 95.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $3,246,187

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,647,703

  • 2a · Program service revenue: BROADCASTING INCOME

    total $9,206,967 · related or exempt $9,206,967

  • 2b · Program service revenue: SUBCHANNEL BROADCASTING INCOME

    total $1,440,434 · unrelated business $1,440,434

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $1,976,740 · excluded $1,976,740

  • 6a · Gross rents

    personal property $338,258

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    personal property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    personal property $338,258

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $338,258 · excluded $338,258

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $18,190,001 · other assets $2,260

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $0 · other assets $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $18,190,001 · other assets $2,260

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $18,192,261 · related or exempt $2,260 · excluded $18,190,001

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE

    total $90,678 · related or exempt $90,678

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $90,678

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $90,000,000 · program services $90,000,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $164,179 · management and general $164,179

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,672,082 · program services $899,768 · management and general $772,314

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $698,213 · program services $377,035 · management and general $321,178

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $156,671 · program services $84,602 · management and general $72,069

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $2,320,399 · management and general $2,320,399

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $3 · program services $3

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $7,746 · program services $775 · management and general $6,971

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $127,137 · program services $12,714 · management and general $114,423

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $2,398,882 · program services $2,398,882

  • 17 · Travel

    total $131,959 · program services $88,413 · management and general $43,546

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $3,204,872 · program services $3,065,483 · management and general $139,389

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $343,220 · program services $274,576 · management and general $68,644

  • 24a · Other expenses: INCOME TAX EXPENSE

    total $628,697 · management and general $628,697

  • 24b · Other expenses: DONATIONS, RELATED ENTI

    total $7,057,009 · program services $7,057,009

  • 24c · Other expenses: UTILITIES

    total $1,242,119 · program services $1,117,907 · management and general $124,212

  • 24d · Other expenses: REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE

    total $926,507 · program services $926,507

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $931,505 · program services $700,293 · management and general $82,307 · fundraising $148,905

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year -$16,341 · end of year -$3,772

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $393,706 · end of year $2,073,015

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $1,784,137 · end of year $39,612

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $1,024,538 · end of year $1,066,799

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $322,139 · end of year $513,292

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $33,022,142

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $6,891,609

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $23,737,958 · end of year $26,130,533

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $94,423,998 · end of year $3,703,140

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $65,454,382 · end of year $63,643,403

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $1,196,402 · end of year $6,011,759

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $226,543 · end of year $313,262

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $5,711,437

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $188,094,376 · end of year $97,153,082

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

RELIGIOUS BROADCASTING

  • THE LIVES OF MILLIONS OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TOUCHED BY THE BROADCAST OF THE GOSPEL MESSAGE. PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SAVED, HEALED, AND MINISTERED TO IN COUNTLESS WAYS THROUGH THIS TELEVISION NETWORK.

    Expenses $107,003,967 · Grants $90,000,000 · Revenue $9,299,905

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Bunker Sessions

    PRESIDENT & CEO

    Total calculated
    $238,509
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $238,509
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $238,509 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $0 + $238,509 related

  • Frank Amedia

    BOARD CHAPLIN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 5 related

  • Charlie Baker

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 5 related

  • Matthew Crouch

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 5 related

  • Colby May

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 5 related

  • Steven Crum

    EMPLOYEE

    Total calculated
    $206,536
    From this org
    $164,179
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $42,357
    Hours/week
    40 + 1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $164,179
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $42,357
    Filer's total
    $206,536

  • Lance Cratty

    EMPLOYEE

    Total calculated
    $110,261
    From this org
    $110,261
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40 + 1 related

  • Tom Nolan

    EMPLOYEE

    Total calculated
    $189,004
    From this org
    $146,647
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $42,357
    Hours/week
    40 + 1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $146,647
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $42,357
    Filer's total
    $189,004

  • Dale Schiesser

    EMPLOYEE

    Total calculated
    $106,819
    From this org
    $106,819
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40 + 1 related

  • Nishantha Udugama

    EMPLOYEE

    Total calculated
    $102,319
    From this org
    $102,319
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40 + 1 related

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, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — 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

None.

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

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

  • CROSSSEED INC

    $60,000,000

    THE BOARD BELIEVES THE DONATION TO BE DESIRABLE TO AND IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE COMPANY.

  • CROSSSEED INC

    $0

    THE BOARD BELIEVES THE DONATION TO BE DESIRABLE TO AND IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE COMPANY.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
17 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202600499349300425

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