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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by ANKERBERG THEOLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE.

Totals

Total revenue
$6,788,434
Total expenses
$11,290,157
Contributions and grants received
$6,705,456
Grants paid
$2,230,351
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$79,502
Other revenue
$3,476
Total assets, end of year
$4,920,887
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,557,470
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$3,363,417
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$9,082,269
Management and general expenses
$1,780,554
Fundraising expenses
$427,334
Program service expenses (Part III)
$9,082,269

Program services were 80.4% 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

    $6,705,456

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $87,580 · excluded $87,580

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $3,476 · excluded $3,476

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $0

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    other assets $0

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

    other assets $8,078

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    other assets -$8,078

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$8,078 · excluded -$8,078

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $0

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $0

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 9a · Gaming: gross income

    $0

  • 9b · Gaming: direct expenses

    $0

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $0

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $2,230,351 · program services $2,230,351

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $296,646 · program services $139,987 · management and general $107,919 · fundraising $48,740

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,620,114 · program services $885,379 · management and general $494,606 · fundraising $240,129

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $284,226 · program services $208,420 · management and general $66,509 · fundraising $9,297

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $134,762 · program services $97,029 · management and general $32,343 · fundraising $5,390

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $550,698 · management and general $550,698

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $84,167 · management and general $84,167

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $9,121 · management and general $9,121

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $0

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $8,679 · program services $48 · fundraising $8,631

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $290,002 · program services $181,869 · management and general $108,133

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $173,422 · program services $119,428 · management and general $53,994

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $142,083 · program services $70,547 · management and general $71,536

  • 17 · Travel

    total $489,842 · program services $391,873 · management and general $53,883 · fundraising $44,086

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $152,200 · program services $121,760 · management and general $16,742 · fundraising $13,698

  • 20 · Interest

    total $13,527 · program services $10,822 · management and general $1,488 · fundraising $1,217

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $288,731 · program services $216,548 · management and general $57,746 · fundraising $14,437

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $27,512 · program services $27,512

  • 24a · Other expenses: TV PRODUCTION

    total $3,752,899 · program services $3,752,899

  • 24b · Other expenses: PRINTING & PUBLICATIONS

    total $412,078 · program services $358,114 · management and general $12,255 · fundraising $41,709

  • 24c · Other expenses: CONTRACT SERVICES

    total $194,900 · program services $194,900

  • 24d · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $132,503 · program services $73,936 · management and general $58,567

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $1,694 · program services $847 · management and general $847

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $4,642,817 · end of year $535,121

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $235,864 · end of year $0

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $1,205 · end of year $70,923

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    beginning of year $24,733 · end of year $245,565

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $3,520 · end of year $14,851

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $3,113 · end of year $3,562

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $326,163 · end of year $224,628

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

    $4,327,032

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

    $1,918,771

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $2,681,295 · end of year $2,408,261

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $1,090,344

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $5,991 · end of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $264,586 · end of year $327,632

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $272,444 · end of year $932,973

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $50,431 · end of year $624,497

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    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 $7,815,912 · end of year $3,312,917

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $50,500 · end of year $50,500

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE MISSION OF THE ANKERBERG THEOLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE IS TO REACH VIEWERS AND LISTENERS FOR THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST THROUGH RADIO TV, AND INTERNET EVANGELISM VIA THE JOHN ANKERBERG SHOW.

Activities or mission (Part I)

RELIGIOUS/EDUCATIONAL TV PROGRAMING

  • THE JOHN ANKERBERG SHOW IS A WEEKLY HALF-HOUR NATIONWIDE TELEVISION PROGRAM WHOSE PURPOSE IS TO DEMONSTRATE THAT CHRISTIANITY IS TRUE SO THAT OUR VIEWERS WILL EMBRACE IT FOR THEMSELVES AND LEARN TO SHARE IT EFFECTIVELY WITH OTHERS. THE FORMATS OF CHOICE FOR THIS APOLOGETICS MINISTRY ARE INFORMAL DEBATES BETWEEN REPRESENTATIVES OF DIFFERING BELIEF SYSTEMS, AND DOCUMENTARY-STYLED PRESENTATIONS ON MAJOR ISSUES IN SOCIETY TO WHICH THE HISTORIC CHRISTIAN FAITH HAS SOMETHING OF CONSEQUENCE TO SAY. THE PROGRAMS ARE DESIGNED TO REACH AND APPEAL TO A THINKING AUDIENCE OF CHRISTIANS AND NON-CHRISTIANS ALIKE.

    Expenses $9,082,269 · Grants $2,230,351

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Dr John Ankerberg

    President

    Total calculated
    $105,478
    From this org
    $100,604
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,874
    Hours/week
    45

  • Darlene Ankerberg

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $99,159
    From this org
    $94,595
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,564
    Hours/week
    45

  • Michelle Ankerberg

    Director of Donor Relations

    Total calculated
    $92,009
    From this org
    $86,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,009
    Hours/week
    45

  • Reid Hughes

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Dan Bowden

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tim Giarra

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Don Bowman

    BOARD MEMBER

    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

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.

  • The John Ankerberg Show Canada

    N/A · Evangelism · CA

    Directly controlled by NA

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
15 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202432859349301048

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