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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by EVANGELICAL PRESS ASSOCIATION INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$235,359
Total expenses
$231,962
Contributions and grants received
$69,094
Grants paid
$6,120
Program service revenue
$150,302
Investment income
$5,839
Other revenue
$10,124
Total assets, end of year
$134,959
Total liabilities, end of year
$21,622
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$113,337
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$102,100
Management and general expenses
$129,862
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$102,100

Program services were 44.0% 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

    $52,827

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $0

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $9,459

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $0

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $6,808

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $9,459

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Annual Convention

    total $103,896 · related or exempt $103,896 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2b · Program service revenue: Awards Contest

    total $33,540 · related or exempt $33,540 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2c · Program service revenue: DigitalMediaCon

    total $12,866 · related or exempt $12,866 · 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 $5,839 · related or exempt $5,839 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

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

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

  • 5 · Royalties

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

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $0 · other assets $0

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

    $0

  • 11a · Other revenue: Advertising Sales

    total $1,700 · related or exempt $1,700 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11b · Other revenue: News Release Service

    total $8,410 · related or exempt $8,410 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11c · Other revenue: Press Cards

    total $14 · related or exempt $14 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11d · All other revenue

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

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $10,124

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $4,000 · program services $4,000

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $2,120 · program services $2,120

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $73,968 · management and general $73,968

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $6,000 · management and general $6,000

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $1,158 · management and general $1,158

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $10,000 · management and general $10,000

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $4,764 · management and general $4,764

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $950 · management and general $950

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,522 · management and general $1,522

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $269 · program services $269

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $22,891 · program services $3,757 · management and general $19,134

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $13,752 · program services $9,526 · management and general $4,226

  • 17 · Travel

    total $21,788 · program services $21,516 · management and general $272

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $60,912 · program services $60,912

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $2,098 · management and general $2,098

  • 24a · Other expenses: Other Taxes

    total $50 · program services $0 · management and general $50 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: Credit Card Fees

    total $5,070 · program services $0 · management and general $5,070 · fundraising $0

  • 24c · Other expenses: Professional Development

    total $50 · program services $0 · management and general $50 · fundraising $0

  • 24d · Other expenses: Professional Services

    total $600 · program services $0 · management and general $600 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $7,743 · end of year $2,651

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $111,102 · end of year $129,600

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $8,962 · end of year $2,708

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

    $0

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

    $0

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $148 · end of year $0

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $17,719 · end of year $21,622

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $13,392 · end of year $3,397

  • 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 $96,548 · end of year $109,940

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

Strengthen Christian periodicals through inspiration, instruction, training and networking through an awards contest and an annual convention and regional conferences

  • More than 100 member publications participated in one or both of two contests with nearly 1000 entries. Members are judged for excellence in writing, design, and other aspects of print and digital magazines.

    Expenses $20,584 · Revenue $33,540

  • DigitalMediaCon Virtual conference -- More than 250 attended three-day online conference for training in digital communications.

    Expenses $5,129 · Revenue $12,866

  • Annual Convention - This is our main event of the year for both revenue and expenses. The event includes motivational speakers and 30 training workshops teaching skills in writing, editing, design, technology, photography and more.

    Expenses $72,387 · Revenue $106,396

  • Journalism Scholarship Program awards grants to journalism students

    Expenses $4,000

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Lamar Keener

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $83,936
    From this org
    $73,936
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,000
    Hours/week
    36
  • Dwight Widaman

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Kristy Glaspie

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Warren L Maye

    Vice-President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Mark Dreistadt

    Advisor

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Andy Olsen

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Seana Scott

    Advisor

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

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
2024
Filed
4 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202513079349302896

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