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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by WHEATON COLLEGE BILLY GRAHAM CENTER.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,603,418
Total expenses
$4,583,905
Contributions and grants received
$1,323,401
Grants paid
$1,676,220
Program service revenue
$652,051
Investment income
$1,622,501
Other revenue
$5,465
Total assets, end of year
$8,628,236
Total liabilities, end of year
$4,452,661
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$4,175,575
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$4,447,268
Management and general expenses
$136,637
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$4,447,268

Program services were 97.0% 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

    $1,323,401

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Conference Revenue

    total $135,946 · related or exempt $135,946

  • 2b · Program service revenue: Other Program Service Revenue

    total $516,105 · related or exempt $516,105

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

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

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $1,622,501 · excluded $1,622,501

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $5,465 · excluded $5,465

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $0 · other assets $0

  • 11d · All other revenue

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

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $1,560,000 · program services $1,560,000

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $116,220 · program services $116,220

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $122,423 · program services $108,393 · management and general $14,030

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $824,060 · program services $741,654 · management and general $82,406

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $45,627 · program services $40,398 · management and general $5,229

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $234,058 · program services $207,235 · management and general $26,823

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $69,786 · program services $61,789 · management and general $7,997

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $603,675 · program services $603,675 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $25,325 · program services $25,325

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $5,877 · program services $5,877

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $19,921 · program services $19,921

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $40,322 · program services $40,290 · management and general $32

  • 17 · Travel

    total $99,638 · program services $99,638

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $85,063 · program services $85,063

  • 24a · Other expenses: Subawards

    total $610,000 · program services $610,000

  • 24b · Other expenses: Program Expense

    total $16,397 · program services $16,397

  • 24c · Other expenses: Event Expenses

    total $10,337 · program services $10,337

  • 24d · Other expenses: Honorarium

    total $4,855 · program services $4,855

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $90,321 · program services $90,201 · management and general $120 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $5,461,509 · end of year $8,588,236

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    end of year $40,000

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

    $0

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

    $0

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $309,510 · end of year $94,002

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    end of year $4,358,659

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year -$2,024 · end of year $232,061

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $5,154,023 · end of year $3,943,514

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE MISSION OF WHEATON COLLEGE BILLY GRAHAM CENTER IS TO DEVELOP AND MOBILIZE JESUS-FOLLOWERS FOR THE INDIVIDUAL AND COMMUNAL WITNESS. OUR VISION IS TO SEE A WORLD TRANSFORMED BY THE GOSPEL.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE BILLY GRAHAM CENTER'S MISSION IS TO ADVANCE BIBLICAL EVANGELISM AND TO CONTRIBUTE TO WORLD EVANGELIZATION.

  • IN ADVANCE OF OUR MISSION, THE BILLY GRAHAM CENTER MAINTAINS ARCHIVES RELATED TO EVANGELISM AND MISSION AND A MUSEUM THAT CELEBRATES THE GOSPEL MESSAGE AND THE HISTORY OF EVANGELISM IN NORTH AMERICA. IN COOPERATION WITH WHEATON COLLEGE GRADUATE SCHOOL, WE ENCOURAGE A CONCERN FOR MISSIONS AND EVANGELISM BY OFFERING NONACADEMIC PROGRAMS FOR PASTORS, MINISTRY LEADERS, AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO HELP THEM REVITALIZE A PASSION FOR EVANGELISM IN THEIR MINISTRIES. SCHOLARSHIPS. THE BILLY GRAHAM CENTER PROVIDES "BILLY GRAHAM SCHOLARS" WITH SCHOLARSHIPS FROM ENDOWMENT PROCEEDS FOR WHEATON COLLEGE GRADUATE SCHOOL AND AN UNDERGRADUATE "COLSON SCHOLARSHIP" FOR FORMERLY INCARCERATED PEOPLE. INITIATIVES. WE IDENTIFY SPECIAL NEEDS IN THE CHURCH AND -THROUGH OUR CURRENT INITIATIVES - SUPPORT EFFORTS TO HELP CHRISTIAN COLLEGES PREPARE STUDENTS TO SHARE THEIR FAITH, EQUIP CHRISTIANS TO USE NEW TECHNOLOGIES IN EVANGELISM, CONVENE EVANGELISM MINISTRY LEADERS THROUGH OUR EVANGELISM LEADERS FELLOWSHIP, AND SERVE AS THE NORTH AMERICAN OFFICE FOR THE GLOBAL EVANGELISM MOVEMENT, LAUSANNE. INSTITUTES. OUR NINE INSTITUTES STIMULATED THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW EVANGELISM STRATEGIES, CONDUCTING RESEARCH, CONVENING LEADERS, AND HOSTING PUBLIC EVENTS TO ENCOURAGE THE COOPERATION AMONG CHRISTIANS WHO SHARE OUR CENTER'S GOALS. THESE INCLUDE THE CHURCH EVANGELISM INSTITUTE, AFRICAN AMERICAN CHURCH EVANGELISM INSTITUTE, CHURCH MULTIPLICATION INSTITUTE (FORMERLY THE SEND INSTITUTE), CORRECTIONAL MINISTRIES INSTITUTE (FORMERLY THE INSTITUTE FOR PRISON MINISTRIES), GLOBAL DIASPORA INSTITUTE, PREACHING INSTITUTE, RESEARCH INSTITUTE, AND RURAL CHURCH INSTITUTE (FORMERLY RURAL MATTERS INSTITUTE) AND MOSAIX MULTIETHNIC CHURCH INSTITUTE (FORMERLY MOSAIX INSTIUTE). AMPLIFY CONFERENCE. WE HOST AN ANNUAL CONFERENCE FOR CHURCH LEADERS CALLED AMPLIFY TO HELP DISSEMINATE LEADING IDEAS IN EVANGELISM STRATEGY. EACH INSTITUTE HOSTS EVENTS FOR WHICH DONORS HAVE CONTRIBUTED OR ADMISSION FEES ARE CHARGED, AND IT IS UNDERWRITTEN BY SPONSORS AND DONORS. OUR CORRECTIONAL MINISTRIES INSTITUTE INCLUDES THE CORRECTIONAL MINISTRIES AND CHAPLAINS' ASSOCIATION (CMCA), A PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP ORGANIZATION FOR WHICH ANNUAL DUES ARE CHARGED. EVANGELISM LEADERS FELLOWSHIP ALSO CHARGES ANNUAL FEES.

    Expenses $4,447,268 · Grants $1,676,220 · Revenue $652,051

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • David Gieser

    DIRECTOR, SECRETARY (THROUGH MAY 2025)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related

  • DR Philip Ryken

    President, Chair

    Total calculated
    $595,698
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $407,626
    Other
    $188,072
    Hours/week
    2 + 41 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $321,811 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $85,815 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $37,885 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $150,187 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $595,698 related

  • Gregory Waybright

    Vice Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related

  • Darrell L Bock

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related

  • David Bruce

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Irwin Ince

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jim Goetz

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 3 related

  • Mary Schaller

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related

  • Andrew COOK

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $147,048
    From this org
    $109,219
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $37,829
    Hours/week
    40

  • J Chadwick Rynbrandt

    Treasurer/ VP for FIN & OPER, Wheaton College

    Total calculated
    $322,303
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $264,476
    Other
    $57,827
    Hours/week
    2 + 41 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $249,925 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $14,551 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $15,403 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $42,424 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $322,303 related

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

  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 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, Part I, Line 3 Arrangement used to establish the top management official's compensation
THE ORGANIZATION RELIED ON WHEATON COLLEGE, A RELATED TAX-EXEMPT ORGANIZATION, TO ESTABLISH THE TOP MANAGEMENT OFFICIAL'S COMPENSATION. WHEATON COLLEGE UTILIZES AN INDEPENDENT COMPENSATION CONSULTANT, WHO RELIES PRIMARILY ON THE COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION'S (CUPA) ADMINISTRATIVE COMPENSATION SURVEY AS A KEY SOURCE OF COMPARATIVE DATA, AND REVIEW BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES' GOVERNANCE, NOMINATION AND COMPENSATION COMMITTEE FOR COMPENSATION OF OFFICERS, KEY EMPLOYEES AND HIGHEST COMPENSATED EMPLOYEES.
Schedule J, Part I, Line 4b Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
The President of Wheaton College receives a taxable, fully vested supplemental retirement benefit. The supplemental benefit was approved by the Compensation Committee of the Board and invested under the President's direction with guidance from the Compensation Committee in segregated assets designated for retirement. Under the arrangement, $83,320 was treated as taxable compensation during the year.

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

  • WHEATON COLLEGE

    $1,560,000

    TO SUPPORT WHEATON COLLEGE'S GRADUATE SCHOOL ACADEMIC PROGRAMS IN EVANGELISM.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

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.

Related corporations and trusts

Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.

  • WHEATON COLLEGE TRUST COMPANY NA

    C Corporation · TRUST ADMINISTRATION · IL · 0% owned · share of income $0 · share of assets $0

    Directly controlled by WHEATON COLLEGE

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
14 May 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.1
Source object
202601349349309295

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