Totals
- Total revenue
- $1,155,468
- Total expenses
- $1,123,716
- Contributions and grants received
- $1,062,509
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $95,699
- Investment income
- $6,329
- Other revenue
- -$9,069
- Total assets, end of year
- $577,973
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $40,844
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $537,129
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $824,364
- Management and general expenses
- $191,061
- Fundraising expenses
- $108,291
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $824,364
Program services were 73.4% 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.
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$1,062,509
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2a · Program service revenue: CONFERENCE FEES
total $95,699 · related or exempt $95,699
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3 · Investment income
total $7,122 · excluded $7,122
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7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses
other assets $793
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7c · Gain or loss
other assets -$793
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7d · Net gain or loss
total -$793 · related or exempt -$793
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10a · Gross sales of inventory
$78,639
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10b · Cost of goods sold
$87,708
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10c · Net income from sales of inventory
total -$9,069 · related or exempt -$9,069
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $162,192 · program services $121,644 · management and general $32,438 · fundraising $8,110
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $483,130 · program services $327,713 · management and general $103,848 · fundraising $51,569
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $51,359 · program services $42,523 · management and general $7,178 · fundraising $1,658
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $52,224 · program services $36,957 · management and general $10,617 · fundraising $4,650
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $7,936 · management and general $7,936
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11g · Fees: other
total $41,577 · program services $38,796 · management and general $134 · fundraising $2,647
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $22,589 · program services $22,589
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13 · Office expenses
total $57,447 · program services $43,940 · management and general $69 · fundraising $13,438
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14 · Information technology
total $37,225 · program services $27,615 · management and general $4,266 · fundraising $5,344
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15 · Royalties
total $1,568 · program services $1,568
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16 · Occupancy
total $20,964 · program services $2,964 · management and general $18,000
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17 · Travel
total $52,060 · program services $43,414 · fundraising $8,646
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $126,750 · program services $126,750
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $1,415 · program services $789 · management and general $444 · fundraising $182
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23 · Insurance
total $1,518 · program services $658 · management and general $666 · fundraising $194
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24a · Other expenses: PAYMENT PROCESSOR FEES
total $13,785 · program services $1,804 · management and general $471 · fundraising $11,510
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24b · Other expenses: CELL PHONE AND INTERNET
total $6,894 · program services $2,934 · management and general $3,867 · fundraising $93
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24c · Other expenses: STAFF DEVELOP & MEETINGS
total $1,546 · program services $1,546
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24d · Other expenses: FOOD
total $1,120 · program services $1,120
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24e · All other expenses
total -$19,583 · program services -$20,960 · management and general $1,127 · fundraising $250
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $421,797 · end of year $442,337
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $51,967 · end of year $53,637
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5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people
beginning of year $9
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8 · Inventories for sale or use
beginning of year $43,719 · end of year $65,214
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $4,048 · end of year $12,982
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$34,348
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$30,545
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $4,140 · end of year $3,803
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $25,768 · end of year $33,814
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19 · Deferred revenue
beginning of year $12,535 · end of year $7,030
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $487,377 · end of year $498,107
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
end of year $39,022
Mission and programs · 2025
Mission
MOCKINGBIRD MINISTRIES, INC. IS A MINISTRY THAT SEEKS TO CONNECT THE CHRISTIAN FAITH WITH THE REALITIES OF EVERYDAY LIFE IN FRESH AND DOWN-TO-EARTH WAYS. THIS MISSION IS ACCOMPLISHED PRIMARILY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, THROUGH PUBLICATIONS, CONFERENCES, AND ONLINE RESOURCES.
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THE ORGANIZATION SEEKS TO PROMOTE THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST AS WRITTEN IN THE HOLY BIBLE, REACHING OUT TO THOSE WHO ARE UNFAMILIAR WITH IT AND ENCOURAGING THOSE WHO ARE. THIS MISSION IS ACCOMPLISHED PRIMARILY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, THROUGH PUBLICATIONS, CONFERENCES, AND ONLINE RESOURCES. IN 2025, THE ORGANIZATION PUBLISHED TWO ISSUES OF ITS PRINT MAGAZINE, HOSTED TWO CONFERENCES, PRODUCED SEVEN PODCASTS, AND HAD OVER 1,000,000 PAGE VIEWS ON ITS PRIMARY WEBSITE.
Expenses $824,364 · Revenue $95,699
As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
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DAVID ZAHL
EXECUTIVE DI
- Total calculated
- $195,352
- From this org
- $162,192
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $33,160
- Hours/week
- 50
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $162,192
- Bonus
- not reported
- Other
- not reported
- Deferred
- not reported
- Nontaxable benefits
- $33,160
- Filer's total
- $195,352
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THE REV JONATHAN ADAMS
PRESIDENT, F
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
EMILY LARGE
SECRETARY TO
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
GINGER OAKES
SECRETARY EF
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
JAMES MUNROE
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
REID MURCHISON
DIRECTOR, FI
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
MICHAEL SANSBURY
DIRECTOR TO
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
GINGER MAYFIELD
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
SCOTT JOHNSON
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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KEVIN WREGE
DIRECTOR EFF
- Total calculated
- $0
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 · Travel for companions
- 1a · Discretionary spending account
- 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
- 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
Answered no
- 1b · Written policy on the line-1a 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 1B
- THE BOARD DISCUSSED AND APPROVED PAYMENT, UP TO A MAXIMUM DOLLAR LIMIT, TO BE PAID FOR DAVID ZAHL AND HIS FAMILY TO TRAVEL WHILE HE WAS ON AN APPROVED SABBATICAL TO CONDUCT RESEARCH. THIS IS DOCUMENTED IN THE 2025 YEAR BOARD MEETING MINUTES. D. ZAHL PROVIDED RECEIPTS FOR ALL TRAVEL EXPENSES PAID OR REIMBURSED BY MOCKINGBIRD MINISTRIES.
- SCHEDULE J, PART III
- 33,160 NONTAXABLE BENEFITS ARE HEALTH INSURANCE PREMIUMS
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.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2025
- Filed
- 3 June 2026
- IRS schema version
- 2025v4.0
- Source object
- 202621559349301112
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