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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by MOUNT ZION LITERATURE MINISTRIES.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,066,366
Total expenses
$1,872,548
Contributions and grants received
$2,197,525
Grants paid
$749,201
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$80,783
Other revenue
-$211,942
Total assets, end of year
$9,290,635
Total liabilities, end of year
$146,321
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$9,144,314
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,824,200
Management and general expenses
$33,643
Fundraising expenses
$14,705
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,824,200

Program services were 97.4% 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

    $2,197,525

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $80,538

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $80,783 · excluded $80,783

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $2,012,070

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $2,248,610

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total -$236,540 · related or exempt -$236,540

  • 11a · Other revenue: SHIP AND OTHER INCOME

    total $24,598 · related or exempt $24,598

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $24,598

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $9,709 · program services $9,709

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $739,492 · program services $739,492

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $43,375 · program services $23,212 · management and general $20,163

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $20,763 · program services $20,763

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $14,461 · program services $225 · management and general $11,463 · fundraising $2,773

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $43,880 · program services $39,026 · fundraising $4,854

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $3,911 · program services $3,911

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $16,282 · program services $16,235 · fundraising $47

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $9,821 · program services $9,821

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $1,590 · program services $1,590

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $26,961 · program services $23,263 · management and general $2,017 · fundraising $1,681

  • 17 · Travel

    total $15,100 · program services $15,100

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $450 · program services $450

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $20,018 · program services $20,018

  • 24a · Other expenses: BAD DEBTS

    total -$13,727 · program services -$13,727

  • 24b · Other expenses: POSTAGE SHIPPING CUSTOMS

    total $912,735 · program services $907,385 · fundraising $5,350

  • 24c · Other expenses: DAMAGED OR STOLEN BOOKS

    total $929 · program services $929

  • 24d · Other expenses: FEES

    total $4,297 · program services $4,297

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $2,501 · program services $2,501

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,399,821 · end of year $1,255,709

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,782,336 · end of year $1,862,892

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $1,737,195 · end of year $1,849,116

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $90,000

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $3,492,266 · end of year $3,868,040

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $42,857 · end of year $42,238

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

    $579,857

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

    $167,217

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $432,658 · end of year $412,640

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $26,637 · end of year $122,452

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    end of year $23,869

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $8,839,968 · end of year $9,070,807

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $110,528 · end of year $73,507

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE MISSION OF MZL IS TO PROMOTE THE PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, AND SALE OF CHRISTIAN LITERATURE IN SPANISH AND ENGLISH SPEAKING COUNTRIES IN LATIN AMERICA, AFRICA, AND OTHER AREAS.

  • SALE OF CHRISTIAN LITERATURE - MZL SELLS CHRISTIAN LITERATURE INCLUDING BIBLES, DEVOTIONAL BOOKS, SCHOOL CIRRICULUM MATERIALS, AND OTHER INSPIRATIONAL BOOKS THROUGH A NETWORK OF FOREIGN DISTRIBUTORS IN THIRD WORLD COUNTRIES. MOST LITERATURE IS SOLD AT OR BELOW COST AND IS SUBSIDIZED THROUGH CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC. THIS ENABLES ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED PEOPLE IN THESE COUNTRIES TO AFFORD TO PURCHASE THIS LITERATURE. COUNTRIES INCLUDE HONDURAS, NICARAGUA, MEXICO, COSTA RICA, PERU, BELIZE, CHILE, COLUMBIA, BRAZIL, PARAGUAY, EL SALVADOR, GUATEMALA, PUERTO RICO, BOLIVIA, URUGUAY, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, PHILIPPINES, LIBERIA, AND KENYA. BOOKS ARE ALSO SOLD WITHIN THE US.

    Expenses $1,074,999 · Revenue $2,012,070

  • DURING 2024 MZL SPONSORED FREE BOOK DISTRIBUTIONS IN: BOLIVIA, BELEIZE, ECUADOR, CUBA, COLOMBIA, HONDURAS, MEXICO, COSTA RICA, PANAMA, VENEZUELA, PARAGUAY, PERU, WITH OVER 250,000 RECIPIENTS.

    Expenses $749,201 · Grants $749,201

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Joseph Yoder

    BUSINESS MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $21,498
    From this org
    $21,498
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Dennis Martin

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Chris Hulbert

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jason Daniel

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Thomas Schlabach

    VICE CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Danny Diller

    ASSISTANT SECRETARY

    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.

Grants on this return

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
22 May 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.1
Source object
202541429349301314

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