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← NORTHERN CHRISTIAN RADIO INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by NORTHERN CHRISTIAN RADIO INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,007,160
Total expenses
$1,825,516
Contributions and grants received
$1,762,829
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$191,416
Other revenue
$52,915
Total assets, end of year
$2,482,322
Total liabilities, end of year
$193,360
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,288,962
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,014,064
Management and general expenses
$495,077
Fundraising expenses
$316,375
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,014,064

Program services were 55.5% 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

    $1,762,829

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $42,844 · excluded $42,844

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    other assets $256,506

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

    other assets $107,934

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    other assets $148,572

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $148,572 · related or exempt $148,572

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE

    total $52,915 · excluded $52,915

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $52,915

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $141,293 · management and general $28,259 · fundraising $113,034

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $541,202 · program services $189,421 · management and general $248,953 · fundraising $102,828

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $120,746 · program services $62,788 · management and general $12,075 · fundraising $45,883

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $53,892 · program services $12,934 · management and general $21,018 · fundraising $19,940

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $22,798 · management and general $22,798

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $22,716 · management and general $22,716

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $125,409 · program services $68,975 · management and general $56,434

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $170,729 · program services $170,729

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $38,360 · program services $5,466 · management and general $13,714 · fundraising $19,180

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $300,828 · program services $270,745 · management and general $30,083

  • 17 · Travel

    total $20,033 · program services $18,030 · management and general $2,003

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $14,407 · management and general $14,407

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $104,985 · program services $94,593 · management and general $5,196 · fundraising $5,196

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $29,693 · program services $24,051 · management and general $4,157 · fundraising $1,485

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAMMING

    total $87,136 · program services $87,136 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: BANK CHARGES

    total $17,658 · program services $0 · management and general $8,829 · fundraising $8,829

  • 24c · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT RENTAL AND MA

    total $6,177 · program services $5,189 · management and general $988 · fundraising $0

  • 24d · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $4,007 · program services $4,007 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $3,447 · management and general $3,447

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $197 · end of year $182

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $833,837 · end of year $889,512

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $12,690 · end of year $743

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

    $2,479,778

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

    $1,244,853

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,226,421 · end of year $1,234,925

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $86,959 · end of year $356,960

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $52,786 · end of year $193,360

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,107,318 · end of year $2,288,962

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO BE A CHRIST CENTERED MEDIA MINISTRY THROUGH WHICH GOD IS CHANGING LIVES, STRENGTHENING FAMILIES AND IMPACTING COMMUNITIES FOR CHRIST IN NORTHERN MICHIGAN AND ONTARIO.

Activities or mission (Part I)

A CHRIST CENTERED MEDIA MINISTRY COMMITTED TO STRENGTHENING COMMUNITIES.

  • FORM 990, PART III, LINE 4A - PROGRAM SERVICE ACCOMPLISHMENTNORTHERN CHRISTIAN RADIO SERVES APPROXIMATELY 45 COUNTIES ALL OVER NORTHERN MICHIGAN AND ONTARIO AND IS ACTIVE IN ALL AREAS. WE SERVED TEN PREGNANCY RESOURCE CENTERS, HELPING TO PROVIDE CLOTHING, DIAPERS, AND OTHER ITEMS FOR NORTHERN MICHIGAN FAMILIES. WE HOSTED TWO CROSS INTERNATIONAL EVENTS, RAISING OVER $169,606 TO RESCUE OVER 2,649 CHILDREN FROM POVERTY WORLDWIDE. OUR ANNUAL CAMP WEEK SERVED TEN DIFFERENT CHRISTIAN CAMPS AND YOUTH FAMILIES. OUR ANNUAL MISSION IMPACTFUL EVENTS TOTAL OVER 10 AND HELPS TO PROMOTE OUR LOCAL CHURCHES AND BRING AWARENESS TO THEIR MINISTRY AND OUTREACH EFFORTS. IN 2024, SENT $25,000 TO SAMARITAN'S PURSE FOR HURRICANE HELENE RELIEF.

    Expenses $1,014,064

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • MIKE WAY

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • DOUG NITCHMAN

    VICE CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • GRACE SHARROW

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • KIM CARLSON

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • MARY KATKE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • RALPH DUBEY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • TOM LISTVAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BILL GARRANT

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DOUG VANDYKE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • PATRICK SCOTT

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $141,293
    From this org
    $127,495
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,798
    Hours/week
    40

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
2024
Filed
10 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202523189349301902

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