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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by WAYFORWARD ADVENTURES INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,165,185
Total expenses
$1,076,216
Contributions and grants received
$452,742
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$695,456
Investment income
$16,987
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$2,901,394
Total liabilities, end of year
$56,722
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,844,672
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$904,643
Management and general expenses
$123,016
Fundraising expenses
$48,557
Program service expenses (Part III)
$904,643

Program services were 84.1% 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

    $452,742

  • 2a · Program service revenue: WAYFORWARD ADVENTURE PROGRAM

    total $617,177 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2b · Program service revenue: PRODUCT SALES

    total $65,859 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2c · Program service revenue: RENTAL INCOME

    total $12,420 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $16,987 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $155,165 · program services $131,889 · management and general $7,762 · fundraising $15,514

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $365,138 · program services $329,042 · management and general $15,255 · fundraising $20,841

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $79,596 · program services $72,507 · management and general $2,071 · fundraising $5,018

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $5,923 · program services $0 · management and general $5,923 · fundraising $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $19,826 · program services $0 · management and general $19,826 · fundraising $0

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $24,542 · program services $24,542 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $29,766 · program services $0 · management and general $29,766 · fundraising $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $81,087 · program services $81,087 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $151,393 · program services $144,209 · management and general $0 · fundraising $7,184

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $74,612 · program services $74,612 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $42,413 · program services $0 · management and general $42,413 · fundraising $0

  • 24a · Other expenses: LICENSES AND FEES

    total $8,584 · program services $8,584 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: GEAR

    total $33,764 · program services $33,764 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24c · Other expenses: CURRICULUM

    total $4,407 · program services $4,407 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $546,833 · end of year $604,499

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $303,917 · end of year $317,910

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $9,815 · end of year $15,580

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $11,104 · end of year $15,942

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

    $2,181,451

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

    $233,988

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,939,982 · end of year $1,947,463

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $55,948 · end of year $56,722

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,755,703 · end of year $2,815,796

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    end of year $28,876

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

WAYFORWARD ADVENTURES CATALYZES TRANSFORMATIVE CHRIST-CENTERED EXPERIENCES

Activities or mission (Part I)

WAYFORWARD EXISTS TO CATALYZE TRANSFORMATIVE CHRIST-CENTERED EXPERIENCES.

  • THE WAYFORWARD PROGRAM SPONSORS BACKPACKING TRIPS (FOUR-SIX DAYS IN THE MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHERN COLORADO)DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS. THE EXPERIENCE IS A SPIRITUAL RETREAT IN WHICH WAYFORWARD GUIDES PRESENT AND FACILITATE READINGS OF SCRIPTURE AND DISCUSSIONS THAT ALLOW PARTICIPANTS TO REFLECT ON THEIR LIVES AT HOME AND HOW GOD HAS MADE THEM TO BE. THE OUTCOME IS TOTALLY A MORE CLEAR PERSPECTIVE ON INDIVIDUAL CALLING AND PURPOSE IN LIFE AS A PARENT, SPOUSE, EMPLOYEE, ETC.

    Expenses $425,869 · Revenue $617,177

  • WAYFORWARD ADVENTURES EMPLOYS YOUNG ADULTS TO PROVIDE A RELIGIOUS EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE AND TO FURTHER THEIR GROWTH IN MINISTRY AND WORK. WAYFORWARD MENTORS THE YOUNG ADULTS TO HELP EACH EMPLOYEE GAIN A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THEY ARE WIRED AND HOW GOD HAS MADE THEM TO BE.

    Expenses $474,367

  • CURRICULUM - DEVELOPMENT OF CONTENT TO FACILITATE GROUP DISCUSSIONS, INDIVIDUAL SHARING AND ALONE TIME TO REFLECT, SETTING THE STAGE FOR TRANSFORMATION.

    Expenses $4,407

  • N/A

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Todd Pinkston

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $169,617
    From this org
    $155,165
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,452
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $155,165 + $144,520 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $10,347 related
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $14,452
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $169,617 + $154,867 related
  • Erin Pinkston

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $47,087
    From this org
    $44,990
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $2,097
    Hours/week
    20
  • Terry Pham

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Seth Adams

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Cory Christofferson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Leslie Dawson-Sage

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Reed Livesay

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Josh Patterson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Alex Knoop

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Tommy Tucker

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
15 May 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202602189349301010

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