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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by PULSE OUTREACH.

Totals

Total revenue
$11,264,811
Total expenses
$14,740,901
Contributions and grants received
$11,994,624
Grants paid
$167,751
Program service revenue
$17,400
Investment income
$122,212
Other revenue
-$869,425
Total assets, end of year
$12,136,254
Total liabilities, end of year
$651,325
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$11,484,929
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$11,765,670
Management and general expenses
$1,082,094
Fundraising expenses
$1,893,137
Program service expenses (Part III)
$11,765,670

Program services were 79.8% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $3,000,604

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $8,994,020

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $350,384

  • 2a · Program service revenue: HONORARIUM

    total $17,400 · related or exempt $17,400

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $128,245 · excluded $128,245

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $171,361

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $132,993

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $38,368

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $38,368 · excluded $38,368

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    other assets $16,000

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

    other assets $22,033

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    other assets -$6,033

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$6,033 · excluded -$6,033

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $154,603

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

    $3,000,604

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $1,139,202

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$984,599 · excluded -$984,599

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $14,901

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $9,212

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $5,689 · related or exempt $5,689

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $67,032 · excluded $67,032

  • 11b · Other revenue: BILLBOARD ADVERTISING

    total $4,085 · unrelated business $4,085

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $71,117

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $167,751 · program services $167,751

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $821,175 · program services $309,701 · management and general $190,506 · fundraising $320,968

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $3,091,752 · program services $2,344,945 · management and general $339,376 · fundraising $407,431

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $24,711 · program services $11,632 · management and general $5,287 · fundraising $7,792

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $393,772 · program services $266,829 · management and general $47,028 · fundraising $79,915

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $228,863 · program services $162,398 · management and general $23,754 · fundraising $42,711

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $1,502,536 · program services $1,502,536

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $25,972 · program services $16,738 · management and general $6,522 · fundraising $2,712

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $93,873 · fundraising $93,873

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,100,368 · program services $843,773 · management and general $23,672 · fundraising $232,923

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $1,223,317 · program services $1,155,366 · management and general $150 · fundraising $67,801

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $314,824 · program services $150,701 · management and general $40,116 · fundraising $124,007

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $17,472 · management and general $17,472

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $251,303 · program services $124,201 · management and general $112,284 · fundraising $14,818

  • 17 · Travel

    total $797,683 · program services $710,413 · management and general $2,405 · fundraising $84,865

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $48,441 · program services $39,224 · management and general $1,372 · fundraising $7,845

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $258,205 · program services $152,625 · management and general $90,583 · fundraising $14,997

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $103,577 · program services $1,096 · management and general $102,481

  • 24a · Other expenses: VENUE COSTS

    total $3,918,638 · program services $3,544,646 · management and general $650 · fundraising $373,342

  • 24b · Other expenses: SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $205,877 · program services $172,815 · management and general $19,670 · fundraising $13,392

  • 24c · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $109,257 · program services $88,030 · management and general $17,482 · fundraising $3,745

  • 24d · Other expenses: BANK CHARGES

    total $40,954 · program services $250 · management and general $40,704

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $580 · management and general $580

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $9,187,591 · end of year $1,733,084

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $10,970 · end of year $10,980

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $25,000

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $1,036,647 · end of year $556,758

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $22,310 · end of year $2,614

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $96,822 · end of year $795,118

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

    $9,730,149

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

    $717,449

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $6,498,018 · end of year $9,012,700

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,891,339 · end of year $559,630

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    end of year $91,695

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $11,581,212 · end of year $10,899,074

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,379,807 · end of year $585,855

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

LAUNCHED IN 2006 BY NICK HALL, PULSE IS A LEADING GLOBAL EVANGELISTIC MINISTRY ON MISSION TO REACH THE LOST AND UNLEASH YOUNG EVANGELISTS. LIVING AT THE INTERSECTION OF LIVE EVENTS AND DIGITAL EFFORTS, PULSE EXISTS TO BRING THE MESSAGE OF JESUS TO THE PULSE OF A GENERATION BY ALL MEANS POSSIBLE, THROUGH THE MINISTRY OF NICK HALL AND A TEAM OF EMERGING EVANGELISTS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

PULSE EXISTS TO REACH THE LOST AND UNLEASH YOUNG EVANGELISTS TO DO THE SAME.

  • PULSE REACHES THE LOST WITH THE GOSPEL THROUGH LIVE AND DIGITAL OUTREACH EVENTS AROUND THE NATION AND THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. ON CAMPUSES AND AT FESTIVALS, IN STADIUMS AND ARENAS, FROM LATIN AMERICA, TO EASTERN EUROPE, AND ACROSS AMERICA, BOTH IN PERSON AND DIGITALLY, THE GOSPEL IS GOING FORTH TO AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE. THE PULSE CAMPUS TOUR IN FEBRUARY 2023 REACHED 7,000+ COLLEGE STUDENTS WITH THE GOSPEL IN 8 DIFFERENT CITIES, WITH NEARLY 1,000 RESPONDING TO THE GOSPEL. BUILDING ON THE MOMENTUM FROM THIS TOUR AND THE ASBURY REVIVAL GOING ON AT THE SAME TIME, WE HOSTED A COMMISSIONING EVENT AT RUPP ARENA IN LEXINGTON, KY THAT REACHED THOUSANDS WITH THE GOSPEL IN PERSON AND VIA LIVESTREAM. OVER 50,000 HEARD THE GOSPEL THROUGH FTS-OU BOTH IN PERSON AND DIGITALLY, MAKING THIS THE LARGEST OUTREACH ON A SECULAR CAMPUS IN AMERICAN HISTORY. ADDITIONALLY, OVER 240,000 WATCHED A CLIP OF NICK'S GOSPEL MESSAGE ON SOCIAL MEDIA. THE GOOD FRIDAY GLOBAL BROADCAST REACHED 14,000,000 ACROSS RUSSIA (ACCORDING TO THE RUSSIAN BROADCASTING NETWORK), 220,000+ VIA US TV BROADCAST, AND 164,000+ ON YOUTUBE. OVER 67,000 WERE REACHED WITH THE GOSPEL BOTH IN PERSON AND DIGITALLY THROUGH AMPLIFY FEST IN BENTON, AR AND OVER 1,000 RESPONDED TO THE GOSPEL. BOTH FTS-OU AND AMPLIFY WERE REBROADCAST ACROSS EASTERN EUROPE, REACHING MILLIONS IN THIS REGION WITH THE GOSPEL. THE GOSPEL WENT OUT TO 2,500+ AT THE ARKANSAS STATE FAIR, WITH 200+ RESPONDING TO THE GOSPEL.

    Expenses $8,474,887 · Grants $83,876 · Revenue $14,182

  • PULSE TRAINS AND EQUIPS THE NEXT GENERATION OF EVANGELISTS AND LEADERS TO SHARE THE GOSPEL BY ALL MEANS POSSIBLE. THROUGH PULSE'S EVANGELISTIC TRAINING INITIATIVES, THE NEXT GENERATION IS BEING EQUIPPED AND UNLEASHED TO PROCLAIM THE GOSPEL IN EVERY SPHERE, BOTH IN PERSON AND ONLINE. A TOTAL OF 300 YOUNG EVANGELISTS HAVE BEEN TRAINED OR ARE CURRENTLY BEING TRAINED THROUGH THE PULSE 100 YOUNG EVANGELIST PROGRAM. IN JUNE 2023, FOUR OF THESE YOUNG EVANGELISTS TRAVELED TO ROMANIA TO SHARE THE GOSPEL. SINCE 2019,160+ INTERNS HAVE BEEN TRAINED AND DISCIPLED THROUGH THE PULSE INTERNSHIP PROGRAM. IN DECEMBER 2022, WE PURCHASED ANOTHER PROPERTY IN DOWNTOWN MINNEAPOLIS IN ORDER TO BUILD OUT A GLOBAL TRAINING CENTER. THIS SPACE WILL COMBINE WITH OUR NEXT DOOR HOUSING CENTER TO FORM THE PULSE HOUSING & TRAINING CENTER THAT WILL RAISE UP YOUNG EVANGELISTS AND LEADERS FOR DECADES TO COME.

    Expenses $3,290,783 · Grants $83,875 · Revenue $8,907

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Nick Hall

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $242,210
    From this org
    $217,484
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,726
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $217,484
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $13,710
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,016
    Filer's total
    $242,210
  • Kirk Humphreys

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ben Meland

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Troy Nelson

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Laurel Bunker

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dondi Edwards

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Stacie Trott-Bibb

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Susie Wilson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • John Oren

    VP OF FINANCE & OPS

    Total calculated
    $169,350
    From this org
    $140,688
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $28,662
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $60,688
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $80,000
    Deferred
    $27,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,662
    Filer's total
    $169,350
  • Karen Berg-Johnson

    VP OF DONOR MINISTRIES

    Total calculated
    $182,000
    From this org
    $145,740
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $36,260
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $145,740
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $27,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,260
    Filer's total
    $182,000
  • Ebony Small

    FORMER VP OF GLOBAL MIN

    Total calculated
    $165,236
    From this org
    $159,544
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,692
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $113,631
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $45,913
    Deferred
    $2,400
    Nontaxable benefits
    $3,292
    Filer's total
    $165,236

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 · Housing allowance or residence for personal use
  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 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)

PART I, LINE 1A
HOUSING ALLOWANCE FOR LICENSED MINISTERS ON STAFF. THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS RECEIVED THESE TAXABLE HOUSING ALLOWANCES: EBONY SMALL $45,913 JOHN OREN $80,000
PART I, LINE 4A
NAME: EBONY SMALL, DESCRIPTION: FORMER VP OF GLOBAL MINISTRIES, CURRENT YEAR AMOUNT: $80,255. PLAN DESCRIPTION: SEVERANCE

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

  • TRANS4MATION MINISTRIES

    $18,850

    TO FURTHER THIS MINISTRY'S WORK AT THE BORDER OF THE US AND MEXICO

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
19 December 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202333539349300133

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