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← RANSOMED HEART MINISTRIES

Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by RANSOMED HEART MINISTRIES.

Totals

Total revenue
$8,394,842
Total expenses
$7,386,129
Contributions and grants received
$7,622,218
Grants paid
$352,898
Program service revenue
$720,672
Investment income
$63,025
Other revenue
-$11,073
Total assets, end of year
$4,709,873
Total liabilities, end of year
$108,571
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$4,601,302
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$5,388,518
Management and general expenses
$1,363,097
Fundraising expenses
$634,514
Program service expenses (Part III)
$5,388,518

Program services were 73.0% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $7,622,218

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $398,779

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Conference income

    total $720,672 · related or exempt $720,672

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $63,025 · excluded $63,025

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $79,193

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $110,058

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total -$30,865 · related or exempt -$30,865

  • 11a · Other revenue: Speaking Fee

    total $16,500 · related or exempt $16,500

  • 11b · Other revenue: Advertising Revenue

    total $3,292 · unrelated business $3,292

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $19,792

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $352,898 · program services $352,898

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $1,434,590 · program services $1,014,956 · management and general $349,120 · fundraising $70,514

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,734,422 · program services $1,227,082 · management and general $422,088 · fundraising $85,252

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $100,856 · program services $71,355 · management and general $24,544 · fundraising $4,957

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $465,483 · program services $329,323 · management and general $113,280 · fundraising $22,880

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $207,123 · program services $146,537 · management and general $50,405 · fundraising $10,181

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $4,043 · management and general $4,043

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $148,466 · management and general $148,466

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $191,279 · program services $163,243 · management and general $5,727 · fundraising $22,309

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $233,006 · program services $114,490 · management and general $9,460 · fundraising $109,056

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $771,590 · program services $617,272 · management and general $77,159 · fundraising $77,159

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $76,024 · program services $60,819 · management and general $11,404 · fundraising $3,801

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $647,944 · program services $647,944

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $58,995 · program services $47,196 · management and general $8,849 · fundraising $2,950

  • 24a · Other expenses: Miscellaneous

    total $485,247 · program services $359,083 · management and general $101,902 · fundraising $24,262

  • 24b · Other expenses: Donor development

    total $192,467 · fundraising $192,467

  • 24c · Other expenses: Mailing

    total $174,523 · program services $129,147 · management and general $36,650 · fundraising $8,726

  • 24d · Other expenses: Media production

    total $107,173 · program services $107,173

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,841,875 · end of year $1,878,802

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $601,213 · end of year $1,531,685

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $85,179 · end of year $132,435

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $124,199 · end of year $128,963

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

    $2,467,144

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

    $1,429,246

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,076,244 · end of year $1,037,898

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $1,368 · end of year $90

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $137,489 · end of year $38,555

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    end of year $70,016

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,592,589 · end of year $4,601,302

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

This organization exists to restore men and women to live from their heart - as God's intimate allies - by recovering the treasure of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, entrusting that message to the people who have been transformed by it, and to train them to do the same for others.

  • Wild at Heart promotes the message of recovering the treasure of the Gospel, setting men and women free to live from the heart as God's intimate allies which was accomplished in 2025 by having five events: a Fourth Quarter event in March for 31 men, a Wild at Heart event in April for 438 Men, a new Ladder of Love event in October for 401 women, a new Guide School event in October for 175 men, and an Advent Gathering in December for 55 women. The ministry delivers its message in many formats: through resources (books, study guides, audio, and video downloads) available on the website www.wildatheart.org, answering emails and mail correspondence, providing free daily readings (devotional readings) sent out electronically to 52,991 individuals, free weekly audio and video podcasts available with 22,000,000 all-time impressions, and 30,000 average impressions per episode, monthly newsletters to 25,660 constituents and weekly email updates to 105,242 constituents. Wild at Heart, The Series is a new four-episode video series produced by the ministry and was released on YouTube Wild at Heart in October of 2024. It features a prologue and four videos of men who have undergone transformation through the message of Wild at Heart. Each episode has averaged over 35k views. There have been over 2,000 completed Wild at Heart Local events and Captivating Local events held by Wild at Heart allies since the inception of the program. The ministry has a Facebook group page that has over 1,661,985 engagements another Facebook page for women with 5,738,879 engagements, and a Wild at Heart Instagram feed with 62,500 subscribers. Wild at Heart has a YouTube channel with 52,894 subscribers. The free One Minute Pause app for meditations was new in 2020 after the release of John's book Get Your Life Back and now has more than 956,310 accounts with over 19,415,115 completed pauses over the past 2 years. The Pause app has been updated with special programs which features content and meditation on John Eldredge's recent books Resilient, and Experience Jesus, Really with 35,416 completions of the Resilient program and 32,355 completions of the EJR program in the last 2 years.

    Expenses $5,388,518 · Grants $352,898 · Revenue $706,307

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Bradley Beck

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $261,768
    From this org
    $247,898
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,870
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $245,398
    Bonus
    $2,500
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $12,897
    Nontaxable benefits
    $973
    Filer's total
    $261,768
  • John Eldredge

    CEO/President

    Total calculated
    $308,529
    From this org
    $262,112
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $46,417
    Hours/week
    20

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $262,112
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $46,417
    Filer's total
    $308,529
  • Bart Hansen

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    30
  • Sam Ainslie

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Reese Bricken

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Chad Turner

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jim Wright

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Andrew Walsh

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jonathan Dale

    Chief Strategy Officer

    Total calculated
    $305,114
    From this org
    $255,243
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $49,871
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $242,743
    Bonus
    $12,500
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $17,448
    Nontaxable benefits
    $32,423
    Filer's total
    $305,114
  • Alex Burton

    Chief Operating Officer

    Total calculated
    $305,170
    From this org
    $255,295
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $49,875
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $242,795
    Bonus
    $12,500
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $17,452
    Nontaxable benefits
    $32,423
    Filer's total
    $305,170
  • Clayton Arnold

    Executive Producer of Cont

    Total calculated
    $277,512
    From this org
    $245,089
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $32,423
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $232,589
    Bonus
    $12,500
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $32,423
    Filer's total
    $277,512
  • Jonathan Jones

    Creative Director

    Total calculated
    $202,705
    From this org
    $159,648
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $43,057
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $147,148
    Bonus
    $12,500
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $10,634
    Nontaxable benefits
    $32,423
    Filer's total
    $202,705
  • Nicolas Bovee

    Lead Engineer

    Total calculated
    $188,519
    From this org
    $146,316
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $42,203
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $133,816
    Bonus
    $12,500
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,780
    Nontaxable benefits
    $32,423
    Filer's total
    $188,519
  • Stasi Eldredge

    Co-Founder

    Total calculated
    $141,080
    From this org
    $141,080
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    15
  • David Prensner

    Director of Events & Production

    Total calculated
    $192,533
    From this org
    $150,014
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $42,519
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $137,514
    Bonus
    $12,500
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $10,096
    Nontaxable benefits
    $32,423
    Filer's total
    $192,533
  • James Morrison

    Product Manager

    Total calculated
    $196,380
    From this org
    $153,757
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $42,623
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $141,257
    Bonus
    $12,500
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $10,200
    Nontaxable benefits
    $32,423
    Filer's total
    $196,380

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 · First-class or charter travel
  • 1a · Housing allowance or residence for personal use
  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 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
The Organization reimburses travel related to the Organzation's program services and provides a housing allowance for two ministers.

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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
8 April 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.1
Source object
202620999349301507

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