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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by WORD OF LIFE.

Totals

Total revenue
$469,977
Total expenses
$541,862
Contributions and grants received
$403,456
Grants paid
$141,827
Program service revenue
$61,635
Investment income
$4,874
Other revenue
$12
Total assets, end of year
$368,573
Total liabilities, end of year
$66,288
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$302,285
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$407,042
Management and general expenses
$98,011
Fundraising expenses
$36,809
Program service expenses (Part III)
$407,042

Program services were 75.1% 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

    $403,456

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $2,058

  • 2a · Program service revenue: SERVICES RENDERED

    total $37,622 · related or exempt $37,622

  • 2b · Program service revenue: PROGRAM FEES

    total $24,013 · related or exempt $24,013

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $8,844 · excluded $8,844

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

    securities $3,970

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$3,970

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$3,970 · related or exempt -$3,970

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE

    total $12 · excluded $12

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $12

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $126,947 · program services $126,947

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $14,880 · program services $14,880

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $202,981 · program services $124,078 · management and general $57,472 · fundraising $21,431

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $2,914 · program services $1,757 · management and general $580 · fundraising $577

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $15,528 · program services $9,492 · management and general $4,397 · fundraising $1,639

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $5,800 · management and general $5,800

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $1,938 · management and general $1,938

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $3,210 · program services $1,345 · management and general $1,223 · fundraising $642

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $5,631 · program services $2,907 · management and general $1,822 · fundraising $902

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $49,440 · program services $24,720 · management and general $14,832 · fundraising $9,888

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $27,797 · program services $25,950 · management and general $1,847

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $2,419 · program services $1,027 · management and general $981 · fundraising $411

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM EXPENSES

    total $57,963 · program services $57,963

  • 24b · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $11,153 · program services $8,667 · management and general $2,423 · fundraising $63

  • 24c · Other expenses: SUPPLIES

    total $11,056 · program services $6,211 · management and general $4,201 · fundraising $644

  • 24d · Other expenses: BANKING

    total $1,166 · program services $95 · management and general $459 · fundraising $612

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $1,039 · program services $1,003 · management and general $36

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $46,683 · end of year $37,460

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $45,677

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $10,789 · end of year $290

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $304,623 · end of year $215,778

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $6,815 · end of year $69,368

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $7,339 · end of year $2,145

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $225

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    end of year $64,143

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $361,346 · end of year $302,285

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE MISSION OF THE ORGANIZATION IS: A) TO PROMOTE A LOCAL EXPRESSION OF ECUMENICAL CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY LIFE, AND TO PROMOTE THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE PRACTICAL LIVING OF THE CHRISTIAN LIFE, BOTH INDIVIDUALLY AND IN TERMS OF COMMUNITY. B) TO PROMOTE RELIGIOUS EDUCATION WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION AND WITHIN SIMILAR ORGANIZATIONS IN OTHER AREAS AND TO SPREAD THE TEACHINGS OF THE BIBLE THROUGH THE USE OF PUBLICATIONS, ELECTRONIC TAPES, LIBRARY FACILITIES, MEETINGS, CONFERENCES, MUSICAL MEDIA, AND OTHER SIMILAR ACTIVITIES. C) TO PROMOTE SPIRITUAL RENEWAL AMONG CHRISTIANS AT LARGE. D) TO SPONSOR WORSHIP SERVICES WITHIN THIS ORGANIZATION IN THE ANN ARBOR AREA AND AMONG OTHER ORGANIZATIONS IN OTHER AREAS. E) TO ENGAGE IN WORKS OF CHRISTIAN CHARITY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

WORD OF LIFE IS AN ECUMENICAL, CHARISMATIC, CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY OF DISCIPLES ON A MISSION, DEDICATED TO WITNESSING TO, AND PROCLAIMING, THE WORD OF GOD AROUND THE WORLD.

  • PASTORAL MINISTRY WORD OF LIFE OFFERS CHRISTIAN TEACHING AND LEADERSHIP THROUGH PRAYER MEETINGS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. PRAYER BREAKFASTS AND OTHER EVENTS ARE ALSO HELD. IN ADDITION, FREE COUNSELING AND OTHER CHRISTIAN SERVICES ARE PROVIDED TO MEMBERS AND OTHER CHRISTIANS ON LIVING THE CHRISTIAN LIFE.

    Expenses $272,149 · Grants $95,290 · Revenue $24,086

  • UNIVERSITY EVANGELISM WORD OF LIFE SPONSORS UNIVERSITY CHRISTIAN OUTREACH (UCO), A CAMPUS MINISTRY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN. THE STAFF TEACH ON VARIOUS ASPECTS OF THE CHRISTIAN LIFE AND LEAD EVANGELISTIC EFFORTS OF THE UNIVERSITY CAMPUS.

    Expenses $19,985 · Grants $16,936 · Revenue $2,056

  • OTHER CHRISTIAN GROUPS AND THE POOR WORD OF LIFE CONTRIBUTES TO THE SUPPORT OF OTHER CHRISTIAN GROUPS AND THE POOR.

    Expenses $114,908 · Grants $29,601 · Revenue $35,493

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Jhola Salazar

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $56,521
    From this org
    $56,521
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Paul Beckman

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4.5

  • Jim Bergler

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Robert Thornton

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
4 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.0
Source object
202423289349300407

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