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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by SPARK DEVELOPMENT NETWORK INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$8,127,276
Total expenses
$5,173,847
Contributions and grants received
$5,817,718
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$762,459
Investment income
$27,977
Other revenue
$1,519,122
Total assets, end of year
$8,751,206
Total liabilities, end of year
$14,625
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$8,736,581
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$4,835,448
Management and general expenses
$256,069
Fundraising expenses
$82,330
Program service expenses (Part III)
$4,835,448

Program services were 93.5% 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

    $5,817,718

  • 2a · Program service revenue: CONFERENCE FEES

    total $548,631 · related or exempt $548,631

  • 2b · Program service revenue: CLASS/TRAINING FEES

    total $213,828 · related or exempt $213,828

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $27,977 · excluded $27,977

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $1,495,051 · related or exempt $1,495,051

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $67,898

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $43,827

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $24,071 · related or exempt $24,071

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $228,177 · program services $167,237 · management and general $35,105 · fundraising $25,835

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $17,456 · program services $12,794 · management and general $2,686 · fundraising $1,976

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $89,214 · management and general $55,872 · fundraising $33,342

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $35,767 · management and general $35,767

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $755 · management and general $755

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $3,737,332 · program services $3,737,320 · management and general $12

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $45,830 · program services $35,935 · management and general $5,700 · fundraising $4,195

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $112,171 · program services $10,720 · management and general $98,864 · fundraising $2,587

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $143,461 · program services $143,461

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $81,420 · program services $56,994 · management and general $12,213 · fundraising $12,213

  • 17 · Travel

    total $13,200 · program services $13,200

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $652,481 · program services $647,248 · management and general $5,233

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $357 · program services $357

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $16,226 · program services $10,182 · management and general $3,862 · fundraising $2,182

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $4,692,022 · end of year $7,640,689

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $150,259 · end of year $151,523

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $102 · end of year $0

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

    $13,655

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

    $13,120

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $892 · end of year $535

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $533,852 · end of year $918,407

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $43,322 · end of year $40,052

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $15,769 · end of year $0

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $6,083 · end of year $14,625

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $5,398,597 · end of year $8,736,581

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

MOST CHURCHES ARE WORKING WITH OUTDATED TECHNOLOGY, AND THAT LIMITS THEIR ABILITY TO SERVE THEIR COMMUNITIES WELL. SPARK DEVELOPMENT NETWORK IS A NONPROFIT BUILT TO CHANGE THAT. WE DEVELOP INNOVATIVE TOOLS SO CHURCHES CAN EXPAND THEIR REACH AND DEVOTE (SEE SCHEDULE O) THEIR RESOURCES TO WHAT MATTERS MOST: THEIR MISSION.

Activities or mission (Part I)

POOR TECHNOLOGY AND HIGH COSTS ARE HOLDING CHURCHES BACK FROM FULLY IMPACTING (SEE SCHEDULE O) THEIR COMMUNITIES. SPARK EXISTS TO CHANGE THAT.

  • UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF SPARK DEVELOPMENT NETWORK, ROCK RMS BRINGS CUTTING-EDGE TECHNOLOGY DESIGNED SPECIFICALLY FOR CHURCHES. BY REMOVING THE BARRIERS THAT TYPICALLY LIMIT ACCESS TO ENTERPRISE-LEVEL TOOLS, ROCK EMPOWERS ORGANIZATIONS TO BETTER SERVE THEIR MEMBERS, STRENGTHEN COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS, AND KEEP THEIR FOCUS WHERE IT BELONGS: ON MINISTRY. ROCK ENABLES PEOPLE TO DO WHAT THEY DO BETTER, MORE SEAMLESSLY, AND MORE CREATIVELY.

    Expenses $2,551,135 · Revenue $1,519,422

  • THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE FOR ROCK RMS PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR CHURCH TECHNOLOGY LEADERS AND MINISTRY STAFF TO GATHER AND LEARN ABOUT UPDATES TO THE PRODUCT, VISION FOR THE FUTURE, AND TO NETWORK WITH OTHER ATTENDEES. SPARK DEVELOPMENT NETWORK COORDINATED THE SPONSORSHIPS, SESSIONS, TRAINING, AND TECHNOLOGY OF THE EVENT. WE HAD 662 ATTENDEES IN PERSON REPRESENTING 175 RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS.

    Expenses $1,674,801 · Revenue $496,746

  • SPARK DEVELOPMENT NETWORK PRODUCES WRITTEN AND VIDEO DOCUMENTATION AND TRAINING MATERIALS TO PROVIDE DIRECTION TO ORGANIZATIONS THAT USE ROCK. SPARK ALSO PRODUCES TRAINING CLASSES AND SUPPORTING MATERIALS FOR ORGANIZATIONS TO ATTEND IN PERSON AND ONLINE. THESE MATERIALS PROVIDE PRODUCT KNOWLEDGE, PRODUCT VISION, AND APPLICATION TIPS SPECIFIC TO MINISTRY AT CHURCHES.

    Expenses $609,512 · Revenue $265,413

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

Listed in Part VII

  • JONATHAN EDMISTON

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $92,700
    From this org
    $92,700
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • NICHOLAS AIRDO

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $82,477
    From this org
    $82,477
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • EMILY FORMAN

    VP AND TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $53,000
    From this org
    $53,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • JEREMY HOFF

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • JON PITZAFERRO

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3

  • BRONSON WHITTING

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3

  • MICHAEL MULLIKIN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3

  • JUSTIN WESTRICH

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3

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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
31 August 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.2
Source object
202612439349301811

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