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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by AMAZING FACTS INTERNATIONAL.

Totals

Total revenue
$32,821,520
Total expenses
$31,680,447
Contributions and grants received
$27,713,878
Grants paid
$1,156,733
Program service revenue
$1,480,484
Investment income
$1,747,919
Other revenue
$1,879,239
Total assets, end of year
$105,370,970
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,528,641
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$103,842,329
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$25,186,939
Management and general expenses
$2,288,482
Fundraising expenses
$4,205,026
Program service expenses (Part III)
$25,186,939

Program services were 79.5% 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

    $27,713,878

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $578,912

  • 2a · Program service revenue: OPERATING INCOME

    total $1,348,484 · related or exempt $1,348,484

  • 2b · Program service revenue: EVANGELISTIC MEETING REVENUE

    total $132,000 · related or exempt $132,000

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $412,624 · excluded $412,624

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $43,228,262

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

    securities $41,892,967

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $1,335,295

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $1,335,295 · excluded $1,335,295

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $4,115,294

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $2,236,055

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $1,879,239 · related or exempt $1,879,239

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $1,156,733 · program services $1,156,733

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $786,767 · program services $527,134 · management and general $94,411 · fundraising $165,222

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $8,974,532 · program services $6,060,788 · management and general $1,035,294 · fundraising $1,878,450

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $542,516 · program services $368,911 · management and general $65,102 · fundraising $108,503

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $99,783 · program services $67,852 · management and general $11,974 · fundraising $19,957

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $26,000 · program services $20,020 · management and general $4,160 · fundraising $1,820

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $782,303 · program services $703,979 · management and general $74,636 · fundraising $3,688

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $3,629,489 · program services $2,782,432 · management and general $597,061 · fundraising $249,996

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $296,209 · program services $216,956 · management and general $31,599 · fundraising $47,654

  • 17 · Travel

    total $422,155 · program services $249,978 · management and general $104,713 · fundraising $67,464

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $2,164,756 · program services $2,118,180 · fundraising $46,576

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $2,550,536 · program services $2,322,462 · management and general $155,705 · fundraising $72,369

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $211,493 · program services $139,670 · management and general $23,388 · fundraising $48,435

  • 24a · Other expenses: MEDIA

    total $7,030,765 · program services $7,030,765

  • 24b · Other expenses: FUNDRAISING

    total $1,446,057 · management and general $10,170 · fundraising $1,435,887

  • 24c · Other expenses: REPAIRS & MAINTENANCE

    total $474,636 · program services $358,797 · management and general $69,297 · fundraising $46,542

  • 24d · Other expenses: DONATED MATERIALS

    total $470,086 · program services $446,651 · management and general $10,972 · fundraising $12,463

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $615,631 · program services $615,631

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $8,178,333 · end of year $5,953,709

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $4,115,675 · end of year $6,493,386

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $209,245 · end of year $321,904

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $3,786,254 · end of year $5,512,323

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $2,000,103 · end of year $1,989,530

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $716,357 · end of year $1,169,507

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

    $56,968,757

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

    $8,814,289

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $48,588,093 · end of year $48,154,468

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $32,299,812 · end of year $33,265,455

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $10,346 · end of year $10,346

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $2,431,859 · end of year $2,500,342

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,415,872 · end of year $1,503,641

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $25,000 · end of year $25,000

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $93,087,084 · end of year $93,547,752

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $7,808,121 · end of year $10,294,577

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

TO PROCLAIM TO THE WORLD THE EVERLASTING GOSPEL OF REVELATION 14:6-12 AND TO ENCOURAGE REVIVAL IN THE REMNANT CHURCH BY LEADING PEOPLE TO EMBRACE SALVATION BY FAITH IN JESUS, TO ESTABLISH THEM IN THE CHURCH, AND TO DISCIPLE ALL BELIEVERS IN THE JOY OF LEADING OTHERS TO CHRIST BY WORD AND EXAMPLE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO PROCLAIM TO THE WORLD THE EVERLASTING GOSPEL OF REVELATION 14:6-12 AND TO ENCOURAGE REVIVAL IN THE REMNANT CHURCH.

  • THE W.O.R.D CENTER: ENCOURAGED THOUSANDS TO PRACTICE AND SHARE GUIDELINES FOR HEALTHY LIVING DURING THE AMAZING FACTS HEALTH SUMMIT. CHALLENGED GOD'S PEOPLE TO STAND FOR TRUTH IN A CULTURE OF COMPROMISE DURING THE HOLDING THE LINE REVIVAL. HELPED LISTENERS LEARN ABOUT THE STAGGERING ENDURANCE, HISTORICAL ACCURACY, AND POWER OF GOD'S WORD TO CHANGE LIVES DURING THE BIG BIBLE SUMMIT. BROADCAST THE PINNACLE OF PROPHECY, A 14-PART EVANGELISTIC SERIES HIGHLIGHTING HEAVEN'S MOST URGENT MESSAGES FOUND IN REVELATION 14. INSPIRED THOUSANDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE TO LAY HOLD OF THEIR TRUE IDENTITY AS CHILDREN OF GOD DURING EYEDENTITY: CHANGED BY BEHOLDING, OUR 2023 AMAZING FACTS YOUTH CONFERENCE. PRODUCED BIBLE ANSWERS LIVE, A LIVE, CALL-IN RADIO PROGRAM, HEARD ON 500 STATIONS WORLDWIDE, DURING WHICH LISTENERS RECEIVED SOLID ANSWERS TO THEIR BIBLE QUESTIONS.

    Expenses $1,204,640 · Revenue $1,348,484

  • WORLDWIDE EVANGELISM PRESENTED 38 PROPHECY SEMINARS IN THE PHILIPPINES AND BAPTIZED 662 PRECIOUS SOULS INTO GOD'S REMNANT CHURCH. BAPTIZED 2,321 NEW BELIEVERS BY TRAINING STUDENTS IN AFRICA TO GIVE MORE THAT 42,728 BIBLE STUDIES BROADCAST TRUTH TO OVER 90 MILLION HOUSEHOLDS IN INDIA AND CONNECTED WITH THOUSANDS ON SOCIAL MEDIA. HELPED OVER 800,000 SEEKERS IN CHINA KNOW GOD THROUGH AMAZING FACTS' MANDARIN-LANGUAGE WEBSITE. PREACHED TO THOUSANDS OF YOUTH AND ADULTS IN AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND, CREATING HUNDREDS OF REQUESTS FOR BIBLE STUDIES AND DOZENS OF BAPTISMS. HOSTED 25 EVANGELISTIC MEETINGS IN CHURCHES AND HALLS ACROSS NORTH AMERICA, HARVESTING MANY NEW SOULS FOR CHRIST.

    Expenses $9,380,698

  • PUBLISHING HELPED MORE THAN 71,982 PEOPLE PREPARE FOR ETERNITY BY RECEIVING THE BRAND-NEW SHARING MAGAZINE "COSMIC CONFLICT: THE ORIGIN OF EVIL". DISTRIBUTED OVER 1,876,687 PIECES OF LIFE-CHANGING RESOURCES AROUND THE WORLD. SENT 27,162,220 COPIES OF THE AMAZING FACTS STUDY GUIDE 1, "IS THERE ANYTHING LEFT YOU CAN TRUST?" SINCE THE FOUNDING OF AMAZING FACTS. CREATED MANY NEW SOUL-WINNING RESOURCES, INCLUDING THE MOST AMAZING BIBLE PROMISES: A DAILY DEVOTIONAL, THE CURE FOR MEDIA MANIA, AND MULTIPLE TRACTS--JUST TO NAME A FEW

    Expenses $3,157,595

  • MEDIA BROADCAST TRUTH TO MILLIONS OF HEARTS WATCHING IN THEIR HOME, HELPING: 9.7 MILLION ON LIFETIME NETWORK 7.1 MILLION ON FOX BUSINESS NETWORK 9.3 MILLION ON ION TELEVISION 5.3 MILLION ON TRINITY BROADCASTING NETWORK 23.5 MILLION ON HISTORY CHANNEL INSPIRED NEW AUDIENCES WITH GOD'S MESSAGE ON THESE NEW STATIONS: KUTP IN PHOENIX WRBW IN ORLANDO FOX BUSINESS NETWORK TBN UK ON FREEVIEW SENT 403,452 BIBLE STUDY RESOURCES TO CALLERS WANTING TO KNOW MORE AFTER WATCHING AN AMAZING FACTS BROADCAST. BIBLE SCHOOL SENT 269,000 BIBLE STUDY LESSONS THROUGH THE MAIL. HELPED 40,000 NEW BIBLE STUDY STUDENTS WALK IN THE PRECIOUS TRUTH. MADE IT POSSIBLE FOR 3,900 TO GRADUATE FROM OUR BIBLE SCHOOL PROGRAM KNOWING THE LIGHT OF TRUTH. INTERNET MINISTRY FED MORE THAT 7.7 MILLION PEOPLE WITH GOD'S TRUTH THROUGH ALL AMAZING FACTS WEBSITES. HELPED 310,616 PEOPLE FIND REST IN CHRIST BY STUDYING ABOUT THE LORD'S DAY ON SABBATHTRUTH.COM CONNECTED 1.39 MILLION FOLLOWERS ON FACEBOOK TO AMAZING FACTS BIBLE TRUTH. PROVIDED LIFE-TRANSFORMING PROGRAMS TO OVER 577,000 YOUTUBE SUBSCRIBERS. REACHED OVER 30,000 SEEKERS THROUGH VISITS TO AMAZINGFACTSLATINO.ORG. AMAZING FACTS CENTER OF EVANGELISM EQUIPPED A TEAM OF 35 AFCOE STUDENTS TO KNOCK ON DOORS, SHARE THEIR FAITH, GIVE BIBLE STUDIES, AND ASSIST WITH THE PINNACLE OF PROPHECY EVANGELISTIC MEETINGS. GAVE EVANGELISM TOOLS TO 507 ONLINE AFCOE STUDENTS TO ANSWER DIFFICULT BIBLE QUESTIONS AND GUIDE SEEKERS TO MAKE A DECISION FOR CHRIST. TRAINED HUNDREDS OF AFCOE STUDENTS AROUND THE GLOBE TO BE ZEALOUS LABORERS FOR GOD'S HARVEST, TEACHING AND INSPIRING OTHER TO SHARE THEIR FAITH. CORRESPONDENCE/PRISON MINISTRY HELPED 23,336 PEOPLE WHO WROTE TO OUR BIBLE SCHOOL TO FIND LIFE-CHANGING ANSWERS TO THEIR QUESTIONS-AND MANY SHARED THESE NEWLY LEARNED TRUTHS WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY. GAVE ENCOURAGEMENT TO 8,979 LONELY HEARTS WHO WROTE TO US SIMPLY SEEKING FOR A LISTENING EAR. PROVIDED 70,000 HURTING SOULS WITH SOMEONE TO PRAY WITH AND MATERIALS TO TEACH THEM BIBLE TRUTH IN A WAY THEY CAN UNDERSTAND. GUIDED 60,000 PRISONERS TO WATCH AMAZING FACTS VIDEOS, READ BIBLE LESSONS, AND FIND ETERNAL LIFE EVEN IN THE DARKEST OF PLACES.

    Expenses $11,444,006 · Grants $1,156,733 · Revenue $132,000

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

Listed in Part VII

  • JEAN ROSS

    V. PRES. EVA

    Total calculated
    $208,755
    From this org
    $88,047
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $120,708
    Hours/week
    38

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $88,047
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $35,354
    Nontaxable benefits
    $85,354
    Filer's total
    $208,755

  • MR DOUGLAS E BATCHELOR

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $188,454
    From this org
    $69,952
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $118,502
    Hours/week
    38

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $69,952
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $32,251
    Nontaxable benefits
    $86,251
    Filer's total
    $188,454

  • ALDEN HO

    PARTNER RELA

    Total calculated
    $153,495
    From this org
    $106,066
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $47,429
    Hours/week
    38

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $106,066
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    $47,429
    Filer's total
    $153,495

  • RODNEY THOMPSON

    VP CORPORATE

    Total calculated
    $152,960
    From this org
    $112,753
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $40,207
    Hours/week
    38

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $112,753
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    $40,207
    Filer's total
    $152,960

  • ANDREW TAYLOR

    V. PRES. DEV

    Total calculated
    $150,385
    From this org
    $114,542
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $35,843
    Hours/week
    38

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $114,542
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    $35,843
    Filer's total
    $150,385

  • ANTHONY SCARPINO

    PARTNER RELA

    Total calculated
    $149,021
    From this org
    $113,584
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $35,437
    Hours/week
    38

  • MICHAEL RICH

    V.PRES FINAN

    Total calculated
    $146,818
    From this org
    $114,603
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $32,215
    Hours/week
    38

  • PABLO AYALA

    DIRECTOR OF

    Total calculated
    $145,115
    From this org
    $108,764
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $36,351
    Hours/week
    38

  • TERI FODE

    DIRECTOR OFM

    Total calculated
    $141,717
    From this org
    $104,247
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $37,470
    Hours/week
    38

  • ERIC R KIPPEL

    DIRECTOR OF

    Total calculated
    $140,648
    From this org
    $108,954
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $31,694
    Hours/week
    38

  • RON AMUNDSON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • RITA BERMUDEZ

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JAY GALLIMORE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ERIC LEMBCKE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KEVIN LONGO

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • TERRY MORELAND

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARILYN NORRELL

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DUANE PETERSON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LARRY ROMRELL

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LAREN TAN

    DIRECTOR

    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

  • 1a · Housing allowance or residence for personal use
  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses

Answered no

  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 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)

SCHEDULE J, PAGE 1, PART I, LINE 1A
JEAN ROSS AND DOUGLAS E BATCHELOR EACH RECEIVED 54,000 HOUSING ALLOWANCE THAT WAS NOT INCLUDED IN TAXABLE COMPENSATION.

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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Disregarded entities

Part I: entities that legally are the filer and file no return of their own.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
17 July 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.0
Source object
202431999349300323

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