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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by CHILD EVANGELISM FELLOWSHIP INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,433,163
Total expenses
$1,570,501
Contributions and grants received
$1,323,032
Grants paid
$1,872
Program service revenue
$90,021
Investment income
$35,636
Other revenue
-$15,526
Total assets, end of year
$1,460,440
Total liabilities, end of year
$176,808
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,283,632
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$885,640
Management and general expenses
$631,213
Fundraising expenses
$53,648
Program service expenses (Part III)
$885,640

Program services were 56.4% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $105,195

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,217,837

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $6,234

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM SERVICE REVENUE

    total $90,021 · related or exempt $90,021

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $32,413 · excluded $32,413

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $3,223

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

    securities $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $3,223

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $3,223 · excluded $3,223

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $6,960

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $105,195

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $22,486

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$15,526 · excluded -$15,526

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $1,872 · program services $1,872

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $64,763 · program services $30,168 · management and general $32,685 · fundraising $1,910

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $895,596 · program services $429,886 · management and general $438,842 · fundraising $26,868

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $6,269 · program services $940 · management and general $5,266 · fundraising $63

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $41,428 · program services $24,857 · management and general $14,914 · fundraising $1,657

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $62,907 · program services $50,326 · management and general $9,436 · fundraising $3,145

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $69,735 · management and general $69,735

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $10,541 · program services $8,433 · management and general $1,581 · fundraising $527

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $101,852 · program services $81,481 · management and general $15,278 · fundraising $5,093

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $24,301 · program services $19,441 · management and general $3,645 · fundraising $1,215

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $51,288 · program services $41,031 · management and general $7,693 · fundraising $2,564

  • 17 · Travel

    total $61,536 · program services $49,229 · management and general $9,230 · fundraising $3,077

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $93,192 · program services $74,553 · management and general $13,979 · fundraising $4,660

  • 20 · Interest

    total $82 · management and general $82

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $11,569 · program services $11,569

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $26,962 · program services $21,570 · management and general $4,044 · fundraising $1,348

  • 24a · Other expenses: SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $23,632 · program services $18,905 · management and general $3,545 · fundraising $1,182

  • 24b · Other expenses: PROGRAM SUPPORT

    total $15,951 · program services $15,951

  • 24c · Other expenses: BACKGROUND SCREENINGS

    total $6,785 · program services $5,428 · management and general $1,018 · fundraising $339

  • 24d · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $240 · management and general $240

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $510,220 · end of year $525,685

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $756,002 · end of year $783,318

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $150 · end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $374 · end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $16,770

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

    $153,041

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

    $58,648

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $58,720 · end of year $94,393

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $81,421 · end of year $33,584

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $4,800 · end of year $6,690

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $8,284 · end of year $11,598

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $157,582 · end of year $163,283

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $6,975 · end of year $1,927

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,175,591 · end of year $1,220,002

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $63,255 · end of year $63,630

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

CHILD EVANGELISM FELLOWSHIP IS A BIBLE-CENTERED, INTERDENOMINATIONAL, WORLDWIDE ORGANIZATION, COMPOSED OF BORN-AGAIN BELIEVERS WHOSE PURPOSE AND MISSION ARE TO EVANGELIZE BOYS AND GIRLS WITH THE GOSPEL OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST, DISCIPLE THEM IN THE WORD OF GOD, AND ESTABLISH THEM IN A BIBLE-BELIEVING CHURCH FOR CHRISTIAN LIVING.

  • IN 2025 THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN REACHED THROUGH OUR MINISTRIES OF GOOD NEWS CLUB, 5-DAY CLUB, AND OTHER MINISTRY OPPORTUNITIES (FAIR MINISTRY, PARTY CLUBS, CAMP GOOD NEWS, ETC.) WAS 11,565. OF THESE, 976 MADE THEIR PROFESSION OF FAITH, AND 91 NEWLY ATTENDED CHURCH. WE HAVE SEEN AN INCREASE IN OUR GOOD NEWS CLUBS, HOLDING CLUBS IN 104 ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AROUND THE STATE. THERE WERE 92 5-DAY CLUBS DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS, 3 WEEKS OF CAMP GOOD NEWS, 1 JUNIOR YOUTH CHALLENGE CLUB, 25 PARTY CLUBS, 51 OPEN-AIR ACTIVITIES, 1 RALLY, AND 7 FAIR MINISTRIES. THE FAIR MINISTRIES ALONE REACHED 6,437 CHILDREN.TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES INCREASED FOR TEENS, VOLUNTEERS, AND STAFF TO INCLUDE 625 INDIVIDUALS. THIS INCLUDED TRAINING IN PREPARATION FOR MINISTRY, SUCH AS GOOD NEWS CLUB OR PARTY CLUB MINISTRY. IT ALSO INCLUDED ONE COLLEGE-LEVEL EVANGELISM CLASS, TEACHING CHILDREN EFFECTIVELY. FINALLY, IT ALSO INCLUDED OUR CHRISTIAN YOUTH IN ACTION TRAINING, WHICH INCLUDED 72 TEENS AND 1 ADULT, ALL PREPARING FOR SUMMER MINISTRY. OUR STAFF CONTINUES TO HOLD STEADY AT 38 AROUND THE STATE, WITH AN INCREASE IN THE HEALTH BENEFITS WE OFFER AS WELL AS AN INCREASE IN SALARIES.

    Expenses $885,640 · Grants $1,872 · Revenue $90,021

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Norman Lavengood

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • James Tice

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Marlin Carpenter

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Roxanne Snodgrass

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Rev Joshua Hershberger

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Randy Ollis

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Anna Gosman

    STATE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $64,763
    From this org
    $50,492
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,271
    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
2025
Filed
28 May 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.1
Source object
202641529349300804

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