Form 990-EZ for tax year 2022

Totals

Total revenue

$180,349

Total expenses

$203,702

Contributions and grants received

$158,249

Grants paid

— not reported

Program service revenue

— not reported

Membership dues (line 3)

— not reported

Investment income (line 4)

$1,156

Gain or loss on sale of assets (line 5c)

— not reported

Gaming and fundraising events, net (line 6d)

— not reported

Gross profit on inventory sales (line 7c)

— not reported

Other revenue (line 8)

$20,944

Total assets, end of year

$35,512

Total liabilities, end of year

$5,060

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$30,452

Program service expenses (Part III)

$167,957

Program services were 82.5% of total expenses calculated — Part III's total program service expenses over total expenses, both as filed.

Mission and programs · 2022

• CONFERENCES, SEMINARS, AND COURSES: MTI OFFERED THE THIRD CONFERENCE IN A 10-YEAR PLAN TO PROVIDE TRAINING IN AFRICA. THE CONFERENCE WAS OFFERED IN ACCRA, GHANA IN NOVEMBER. MTI ALSO ORGANIZED A CONFERENCE FOR JOURNALISTS AND PUBLISHERS ON COVERING CRISES. CALLED THE CRISIS PUBLISHING INITIATIVE CONFERENCE, IT WAS HELD IN CHICAGO IN JUNE AND ATTRACTED PARTICIPANTS FROM INDIA, TURKEY, AUSTRIA, KENYA, LEBANON, UKRAINE, GREAT BRITAIN, AND THE U.S.

  Expenses $118,794

• RESOURCE MATERIALS: MTI DISTRIBUTED TRAINING MANUALS, BOOKS, AND DVD COURSES TO CHRISTIAN PUBLISHING STAFF AROUND THE WORLD. IN ADDITION TO PHYSICAL COPIES, 26 EDITIONS OF THE MANUALS IN A VARIETY OF LANGUAGES ARE AVAILABLE FOR FREE DOWNLOAD FROM THE WEBSITE. A NEW EDITION OF THE INTRODUCTION TO MAGAZINE PUBLISHING BOOK WAS PUBLISHED.

  Expenses $12,153

• ONLINE TRAINING: MTI OFFERED SEVEN FREE ONLINE WORKSHOPS ON A VARIETY OF TIMELY TOPICS AND MADE PLANS FOR SEVEN MORE FOR 2023. THE ONLINE WORKSHOPS WERE VIEWED ONLINE 254 TIMES BY VIEWERS FROM 38 COUNTRIES. WE ALSO CONDUCTED TWO ONLINE COURSES. TWENTY-ONE PUBLISHING PROFESSIONALS FROM 10 COUNTRIES PARTICIPATED IN THESE INTENSIVE COURSES. MTI ALSO OFFERED FIVE FREE E-BOOKS AND FOUR ONLINE TRAINING VIDEOS FOR WEB-BASED VIEWING. BY THE END OF THE YEAR, OUR E-BOOKS WERE DOWNLOADED 140 TIMES AND VIDEO TRAINING WATCHED 32 TIMES.

  Expenses $19,559

• PERSONAL CONSULTING: EACH MONTH, THE MTI PRESIDENT AND STAFF HANDLED EMAILS AND SOCIAL NETWORKING CONTACTS FROM AN AVERAGE OF 70 TO 80 CHRISTIAN PUBLISHING STAFF IN THE THIRD WORLD ASKING FOR INFORMATION, ADVICE, OR SIMPLY MAKING FRIENDLY CONTACT. OTHER MTI STAFF HANDLED EMAILS FROM MANY MORE PEOPLE ASKING FOR INFORMATION ON RESOURCES, CONFERENCES, OR OTHER TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES. MANY OF THESE CONTACTS RESULTED IN AN EXCHANGE FOR SIX OR MORE EMAILS. WEBSITE: IN 2021 WE RELEASED A NEW REDESIGNED WEBSITE TO BETTER MEET THE NEEDS OF PUBLISHERS AROUND THE WORLD. IN 2022, WE CONTINUED TO UPDATE AND IMPROVE THE SITE. OUR EXTENSIVE WEBSITE HAS HUNDREDS OF FREE DOWNLOADABLE RESOURCES FOR PUBLISHERS AND ARCHIVES OF WEBINARS AND TRAINING VIDEOS. THERE IS ALSO A CONTINUALLY UPDATED DIRECTORY OF CHRISTIAN MAGAZINES AROUND THE WORLD.

  Expenses $17,451

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part IV

Compensation is as filed in Part IV of the Form 990-EZ: compensation, contributions to benefit plans, expense account, 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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type

form_990_ez

Tax year

2022

Filed

27 October 2023

IRS schema version

2022v5.0

Source object

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