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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by TYNDALE HOUSE MINISTRIES.

Totals

Total revenue
$66,185,392
Total expenses
$56,836,399
Contributions and grants received
$855,964
Grants paid
$7,269,016
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$4,639,507
Other revenue
$60,689,921
Total assets, end of year
$151,391,893
Total liabilities, end of year
$16,811,598
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$134,580,295
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$52,818,347
Management and general expenses
$4,018,052
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$52,818,347

Program services were 92.9% 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.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $0

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $0

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $0

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $0

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $0

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $855,964

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $0

  • 2a · Program service revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2b · Program service revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2c · Program service revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2d · Program service revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2e · Program service revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $2,027,547 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business -$35,430 · excluded $2,062,977

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $2,764,511 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $2,764,511

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $634,891 · personal property $0

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $634,891 · personal property $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $634,891 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $634,891

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $18,560,652 · other assets $0

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

    securities $15,948,692 · other assets $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $2,611,960 · other assets $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $2,611,960 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $2,611,960

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $0

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $0

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 9a · Gaming: gross income

    $0

  • 9b · Gaming: direct expenses

    $0

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $101,948,995

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $45,748,840

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $56,200,155 · related or exempt $56,200,155 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11a · Other revenue: CONSIGNMENT SALES

    total $921,475 · related or exempt $921,475

  • 11b · Other revenue: INSURANCE CASH SURRENDER VALUE

    total $115,553 · excluded $115,553

  • 11c · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS INCOME

    total $49,147 · related or exempt $49,147

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $4,189 · related or exempt $4,189 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $1,090,364

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $7,096,402 · program services $7,096,402

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $392 · program services $392

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $172,222 · program services $172,222

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0 · program services $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $3,844,386 · program services $3,150,776 · management and general $693,610 · fundraising $0

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $38,416 · program services $38,416 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $21,039,231 · program services $19,302,793 · management and general $1,736,438 · fundraising $0

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $2,390,253 · program services $2,165,117 · management and general $225,136 · fundraising $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $2,988,408 · program services $2,695,427 · management and general $292,981 · fundraising $0

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $1,720,410 · program services $1,558,366 · management and general $162,044 · fundraising $0

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $166,533 · program services $0 · management and general $166,533 · fundraising $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $146,194 · program services $0 · management and general $146,194 · fundraising $0

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $304,618 · program services $0 · management and general $304,618 · fundraising $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $3,633,408 · program services $3,597,408 · management and general $36,000 · fundraising $0

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $4,996,010 · program services $4,996,010 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $3,337,694 · program services $3,337,694 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $572,511 · program services $554,774 · management and general $17,737 · fundraising $0

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $251,649 · program services $234,036 · management and general $17,613 · fundraising $0

  • 17 · Travel

    total $740,494 · program services $740,494 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $89,480 · program services $89,480 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $10,932 · program services $10,932 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $879 · program services $879 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $1,279,418 · program services $1,073,470 · management and general $205,948 · fundraising $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $327,068 · program services $313,868 · management and general $13,200 · fundraising $0

  • 24a · Other expenses: BAD DEBT & COLLECTION

    total $1,332,762 · program services $1,332,762

  • 24b · Other expenses: MARKET RESEARCH

    total $188,067 · program services $188,067

  • 24c · Other expenses: AUTHOR RELATIONS

    total $53,622 · program services $53,622

  • 24d · Other expenses: DUES

    total $33,003 · program services $33,003

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $81,937 · program services $81,937 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $9,066,426 · end of year $10,888,222

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,738,191 · end of year $235,369

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $25,945,949 · end of year $25,194,835

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $452,793 · end of year $736,902

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $32,936,286 · end of year $34,255,095

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $1,199,110 · end of year $1,381,422

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

    $44,467,663

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

    $30,255,726

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $13,353,147 · end of year $14,211,937

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $43,317,632 · end of year $48,131,512

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $1,461,551 · end of year $1,507,308

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $4,493,392 · end of year $4,091,585

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $9,267,491 · end of year $10,757,706

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $18,495,703 · end of year $16,535,665

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $396,666 · end of year $275,933

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $92,495,153 · end of year $99,987,258

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $31,844,446 · end of year $34,593,037

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

MINISTER TO THE SPIRITUAL NEEDS OF PEOPLE, PRIMARILY THROUGH THE PUBLICATION OF LITERATURE CONSISTENT WITH BIBLICAL PRINCIPLES AND THROUGH GRANTS TO OTHER CHARITABLE ENTITIES.

  • PUBLISHING MINISTRY - PRINT AND DISTRIBUTE CHRISTIAN BOOKS, BIBLES AND MEDIA PRODUCTS THAT ARE THEOLOGICALLY CONSISTENT WITH TYNDALE HOUSE MINISTRIES' (THM) CHRISTIAN BELIEFS AND HAVE MINISTRY VALUE TO CHURCHES AND INDIVIDUALS IN THE US AND CANADA. DURING THE YEAR, THM PUBLISHED A WIDE RANGE OF SUCH WORKS, INCLUDING BIBLES TARGETED TO VARIOUS DEMOGRAPHIC GROUPS, THEOLOGICAL BOOKS, CHRISTIAN NONFICTION BOOKS SUCH AS BIBLE STUDY GUIDES, AND BOOKS ON CHRISTIAN LIVING (INCLUDING HEALTH, FINANCES, FAMILY ISSUES, COUNSELING, EDUCATION, CURRENT EVENTS, HISTORY, AND ART). THM ALSO PUBLISHED CHRISTIAN FICTION WORKS, BOTH FOR ADULTS AND FOR CHILDREN. THM EXPECTS THAT ITS PUBLISHED CHRISTIAN LITERATURE WILL BE PURCHASED OR READ BY INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE SEEKING TO GROW IN THEIR CHRISTIAN FAITH OR ARE INTERESTED IN HEARING MORE ABOUT CHRISTIANITY. THM ALSO EXPECTS THAT ITS WORKS WILL BE USED OR DISTRIBUTED BY CHURCHES AND OTHER CHRISTIAN MINISTRY ORGANIZATIONS FOR THEIR SPIRITUAL GUIDANCE AND THE SPIRITUAL GROWTH OF THE INDIVIDUALS WITH WHOM THEY ARE MINISTERING.

    Expenses $45,583,081 · Grants $557,154 · Revenue $57,169,549

  • GENEROUS GIVING - ISSUE GRANTS TO MINISTRIES AROUND THE WORLD THAT ARE INVOLVED WITH BIBLE TRANSLATION, LITERATURE DISTRIBUTION, LEADERSHIP TRAINING, AND HUMANITARIAN AID IN FURTHERANCE OF TYNDALE HOUSE MINISTRIES' (THM) CHRISTIAN MISSION. THROUGH GRANT-MAKING ACTIVITIES, THM BUILT ON THE LONG AND SUCCESSFUL HISTORY OF GRANT-MAKING THAT HAD BEEN OPERATED BY TYNDALE HOUSE FOUNDATION. THM'S GRANT-MAKING FOCUSES ON THREE MAIN AREAS OF ENDEAVOR: (1) CHRISTIAN LITERATURE WORK BOTH IN THE USA AND IN OTHER COUNTRIES, (2) EVANGELICAL CHRISTIAN ENDEAVORS OF VARIOUS TYPES BOTH IN THE USA AND IN OTHER COUNTRIES, AND (3) CHARITABLE WORK IN THE GREATER CHICAGO AND DUPAGE COUNTY AREA. DURING THE YEAR, GRANTS WERE MADE TO OTHER CHRISTIAN NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS WHOSE PURPOSES AND ACTIVITIES ALIGN WITH THE EXEMPT PURPOSES OF THM.

    Expenses $7,235,266 · Grants $6,711,862 · Revenue $5,417

As filed on the 2025 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Jeremy Taylor

    CHIEF MINISTRY OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $433,576
    From this org
    $366,723
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $66,853
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $216,723
    Bonus
    $150,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $35,297
    Nontaxable benefits
    $31,556
    Filer's total
    $433,576

  • Scott Mathews

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $519,613
    From this org
    $446,787
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $72,826
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $270,787
    Bonus
    $176,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $42,406
    Nontaxable benefits
    $30,420
    Filer's total
    $519,613

  • Bruce Howard

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $17,650
    From this org
    $17,650
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Eugene Cho

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $11,800
    From this org
    $11,800
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Kenneth O'Brien

    DIRECTOR THROUGH 02/18/26, CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD BEGIN 02/18/26

    Total calculated
    $11,800
    From this org
    $11,800
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Lynn Cohick

    DIRECTOR BEGIN 11/25

    Total calculated
    $16,038
    From this org
    $16,038
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Mark Taylor

    CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD THROUGH 02/18/26

    Total calculated
    $97,602
    From this org
    $97,602
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    12

  • Rebecca Wilson

    VICE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD

    Total calculated
    $13,742
    From this org
    $13,742
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Robert Worcester

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $16,800
    From this org
    $16,800
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Sandra Drury

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $12,650
    From this org
    $12,650
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Steven Scholes

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $12,650
    From this org
    $12,650
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Jeannie Iseman

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $388,189
    From this org
    $354,615
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $33,574
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $209,615
    Bonus
    $145,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $33,574
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $388,189

  • Ronald Beers

    CHIEF PUBLISHING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $455,223
    From this org
    $388,431
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $66,792
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $233,431
    Bonus
    $155,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $37,151
    Nontaxable benefits
    $29,641
    Filer's total
    $455,223

  • Sharon Heggeland

    CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $432,440
    From this org
    $366,723
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $65,717
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $216,723
    Bonus
    $150,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $35,297
    Nontaxable benefits
    $30,420
    Filer's total
    $432,440

  • Todd Watkins

    CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $426,998
    From this org
    $361,723
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $65,275
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $216,723
    Bonus
    $145,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $34,855
    Nontaxable benefits
    $30,420
    Filer's total
    $426,998

  • Debra Johnson

    VP, DIGITAL MARKETING AND SALES

    Total calculated
    $300,249
    From this org
    $273,917
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $26,332
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $183,917
    Bonus
    $90,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $26,332
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $300,249

  • Doug Walton

    VP, HR & ADMIN. SERVICES

    Total calculated
    $346,200
    From this org
    $287,505
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $58,695
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $187,505
    Bonus
    $100,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $28,275
    Nontaxable benefits
    $30,420
    Filer's total
    $346,200

  • Julie Vander Ark

    VP, SALES

    Total calculated
    $280,857
    From this org
    $256,115
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,742
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $156,115
    Bonus
    $100,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $24,742
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $280,857

  • Maria Eriksen-Shalanko

    VP, MARKETING AND PUBLIC RELATIONS

    Total calculated
    $329,693
    From this org
    $274,038
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $55,655
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $171,038
    Bonus
    $103,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $26,994
    Nontaxable benefits
    $28,661
    Filer's total
    $329,693

  • Sarah Atkinson

    VP, TYNDALE BOOK GROUP

    Total calculated
    $305,245
    From this org
    $268,008
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $37,237
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $165,508
    Bonus
    $102,500
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $26,067
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,170
    Filer's total
    $305,245

  • Jeffrey Rustemeyer

    FORMER VP, GROUP PUBLISHER THROUGH 08/09/24

    Total calculated
    $210,834
    From this org
    $186,286
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,548
    Hours/week
    0

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $186,286
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $24,548
    Filer's total
    $210,834

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

  • 1a · Travel for companions
  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment

Answered no

  • 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)

SCHEDULE J, PART I, LINE 1A TRAVEL FOR COMPANIONS
TRAVEL EXPENSES WERE PAID FOR THE WIFE OF AN EXECUTIVE TO TRAVEL WITH HIM ON A BUSINESS TRIP. THESE EXPENSES WERE NOT TREATED AS TAXABLE COMPENSATION TO THE INDIVIDUAL.
SCHEDULE J, PART I, LINE 4A SEVERANCE OR CHANGE-OF-CONTROL PAYMENT
JEFFREY RUSTEMEYER RECEIVED CHANGE-OF-CONTROL PAYMENT OF $125,022 DURING THE YEAR.

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

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Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
10 August 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.2
Source object
202612229349302006

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