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← CHAMPION MINISTRIES INC

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by CHAMPION MINISTRIES INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$4,158,835
Total expenses
$4,803,661
Contributions and grants received
$4,158,820
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$15
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$537,603
Total liabilities, end of year
$154,133
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$383,470
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$4,126,781
Management and general expenses
$221,025
Fundraising expenses
$455,855
Program service expenses (Part III)
$4,126,781

Program services were 85.9% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $4,158,820

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $15 · excluded $15

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $159,389 · program services $98,821 · management and general $12,751 · fundraising $47,817

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $704,851 · program services $639,451 · management and general $47,011 · fundraising $18,389

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $127,366 · program services $51,518 · management and general $37,638 · fundraising $38,210

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $34,097 · program services $21,140 · management and general $2,728 · fundraising $10,229

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $202,004 · program services $52,852 · management and general $12,131 · fundraising $137,021

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $107,828 · program services $92,402 · management and general $9,625 · fundraising $5,801

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $19,515 · program services $6,567 · management and general $8,095 · fundraising $4,853

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $128,791 · program services $29,823 · management and general $61,463 · fundraising $37,505

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $16,314 · program services $8,157 · management and general $3,263 · fundraising $4,894

  • 17 · Travel

    total $74,173 · program services $29,247 · management and general $15,820 · fundraising $29,106

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $6,960 · program services $6,960

  • 24a · Other expenses: MEDIA EXPENSE

    total $1,991,083 · program services $1,991,083

  • 24b · Other expenses: IN-KIND DONATED SERVICES

    total $1,094,560 · program services $1,094,560

  • 24c · Other expenses: FUNDRAISING EVENTS

    total $115,730 · fundraising $115,730

  • 24d · Other expenses: POSTAGE AND PRINTING

    total $21,000 · program services $4,200 · management and general $10,500 · fundraising $6,300

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $11,344 · end of year $493,541

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $42,540

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $79,098 · end of year $42,183

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $3,798 · end of year $479

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

    $53,525

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

    $53,525

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $170

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $8,360 · end of year $1,400

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $211,574 · end of year $154,133

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year -$66,264 · end of year $383,470

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

CHRISTIAN OUTREACH MINISTRY TO MARGINALIZED AND AT-RISK YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS.

  • THE ORGANIZATIONS MISSION IS TO LEAD EVERY YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULT INTO A PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS BY LEVERAGING CURRENT MEDIA CHANNELS TO CONNECT WITH THEM WHEREVER THEY ARE. THIS IS BEING ACCOMPLISHED PRIMARILY THROUGH A SERIES OF AGE-RELEVANT CHRIST-CENTERED SPOTS FINDING ITS AUDIENCE ON DIFFERENT SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS (INSTAGRAM, FACEBOOK, SNAPCHAT, ETC...). CURIOUS VIEWERS AND OBSERVERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO GO ON-LINE TO CHAT FURTHER WITH A SPECIALLY TRAINED SPIRITUAL COACH. STARTED IN 2003, GROUNDWIRE LEVERAGES MEDIA AND TECHNOLOGY TO CONNECT WITH YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH THEIR ENTERTAINMENT. ALTHOUGH TRADITIONAL MEDIA (TV, RADIO, OUTDOOR) WAS THE PRIMARY SOURCE OF DELIVERY EARLIER, GROUNDWIRE EMBRACED DIGITAL AND SOCIAL MEDIA DELIVERY IN 2017 AS IT ALLOWS FOR MORE PREDICTABLE AND EFFICIENT OUTREACH AND RESPONSE. THE CONTENT GETS THEIR ATTENTION AND GETS THEM TO THE WEBSITE WHERE COACHES AWAIT TO ENGAGE IN CONVERSATION. AN EXTENSIVE RESPONSE TEAM OF OVER 500 SPECIALLY TRAINED SPIRITUAL COACHES SPENT 92,481 HOURS IN 2023 ANSWERING ALL INQUIRIES. IN ADDITION TO THEIR CURRENT MEDIA DRIVING PEOPLE TO WWW.GROUNDWIRE.NET, DURING 2015THE ORGANIZATION LAUNCHED THE JESUS CARES CAMPAIGN, A MEDIA OUTREACH TARGETING MILLENIALS WITH THE MESSAGE WHEN LIFE HURTS, JESUS CARES.

    Expenses $4,126,781

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Sean Dunn

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $135,854
    From this org
    $78,554
    From related orgs
    $57,300
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • John Hardimon

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Brent Gravlee

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Todd Schimmelpfennig

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Darmon Dotson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Brian Shepler

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Gabrielle Bosche

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Corey Bell

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • James Taylor

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tom Koos

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Paul Hineman

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Randy Walton

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
13 May 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202442819349300229

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