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← CITY ON A HILL PRODUCTIONS INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by CITY ON A HILL PRODUCTIONS INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,836,971
Total expenses
$3,274,548
Contributions and grants received
$3,707,333
Grants paid
$535,000
Program service revenue
$105,084
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$24,554
Total assets, end of year
$1,430,455
Total liabilities, end of year
$47,292
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,383,163
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,466,304
Management and general expenses
$1,808,244
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,466,304

Program services were 44.8% 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

    $3,707,333

  • 2a · Program service revenue: STREAMING SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $105,084 · related or exempt $105,084

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $19,862 · related or exempt $19,862

  • 11a · Other revenue: CASH BACK REWARDS

    total $4,692 · related or exempt $4,692

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $4,692

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $535,000 · program services $535,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $327,017 · management and general $327,017

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $231,769 · management and general $231,769

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $461,574 · program services $385,599 · management and general $75,975

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $16,654 · program services $6,685 · management and general $9,969

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $100,799 · program services $40,461 · management and general $60,338

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $73,833 · program services $29,637 · management and general $44,196

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $25,560 · management and general $25,560

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $1,800 · management and general $1,800

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $162,999 · program services $3,928 · management and general $159,071

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $749,587 · program services $35,142 · management and general $714,445

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $58,703 · program services $2,214 · management and general $56,489

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $126,159 · program services $105,855 · management and general $20,304

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $76,163 · management and general $76,163

  • 17 · Travel

    total $147,750 · program services $145,292 · management and general $2,458

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $83,240 · program services $83,240

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $2,690 · management and general $2,690

  • 24a · Other expenses: PRODUCTION EXPENSE

    total $64,634 · program services $64,634

  • 24b · Other expenses: PRODUCTION EQUIPMENT

    total $14,617 · program services $14,617

  • 24c · Other expenses: LICENSING FEES

    total $14,000 · program services $14,000

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $40,874 · end of year $135,781

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $2,678

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $50 · end of year $50

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

    $571,837

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

    $542,852

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $10,692 · end of year $28,985

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $438,180 · end of year $937,955

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $398,828 · end of year $325,006

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    end of year $30,022

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $13,372 · end of year $13,372

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $29,835 · end of year $3,898

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $845,417 · end of year $1,383,163

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

CITY ON A HILL PRODUCTIONS AIMS TO EMPOWER THE GLOBAL CHURCH BY PROVIDING TRANSFORMATIVE, BIBLICALLY GROUNDED RESOURCES THROUGH A TRUSTED DIGITAL PLATFORM THAT DEEPENS FAITH AND FOSTERS COMMUNITY IN JESUS.

  • PRODUCED, EDITED, AND RELEASED MORE THAN 20 NEW SERIES FOR STREAMING.

    Expenses $1,371,874 · Grants $535,000 · Revenue $105,084

  • LAUNCHED A STREAMING PLATFORM CALLED QAVA.TV TO HOST AND STREAM CITY ON A HILL PRODUCTIONS.

    Expenses $94,430

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Joseph Hydrick

    COO

    Total calculated
    $147,041
    From this org
    $135,807
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,234
    Hours/week
    40
  • Curtis Zackery

    DIR OF CONTE

    Total calculated
    $130,623
    From this org
    $120,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,623
    Hours/week
    40
  • Jameson Runnels

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $129,169
    From this org
    $111,543
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,626
    Hours/week
    40
  • Andrew Hudson

    CO-CEO

    Total calculated
    $125,846
    From this org
    $111,405
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,441
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $111,405
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,441
    Filer's total
    $125,846
  • Rachel Shaver

    CO-CEO

    Total calculated
    $125,549
    From this org
    $120,364
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,185
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $120,364
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $5,185
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $125,549
  • Eric Staples

    DIR OF PRODU

    Total calculated
    $118,308
    From this org
    $110,330
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,978
    Hours/week
    40
  • Shannon Scott

    DIR OF MINIS

    Total calculated
    $113,025
    From this org
    $102,823
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,202
    Hours/week
    40
  • Brian Woodland

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $79,667
    From this org
    $79,667
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Glenn Bednarczyk

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mark Green

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Timothy Meiners

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dave Stewart

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Anthony J Young

    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. 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

  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 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, PAGE 1, PART I, LINE 4
ANDREW HUDSON 37,500 0 0 RACHEL SHAVER 37,500 0 0

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

  • KINGDOM STORY COMPANY LLC

    $535,000

    CHURCH SUPPORT

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
2024v5.0
Source object
202503249349301205

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