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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by TRUTH IN NATURE INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,527,564
Total expenses
$873,286
Contributions and grants received
$1,466,085
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$7,010
Other revenue
$54,469
Total assets, end of year
$3,610,953
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$3,610,953
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$755,759
Management and general expenses
$100,922
Fundraising expenses
$16,605
Program service expenses (Part III)
$755,759

Program services were 86.5% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $69,450

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,396,635

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $7,010 · excluded $7,010

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $92,891

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

    $69,450

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $38,422

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $54,469 · excluded $54,469

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $108,708 · program services $81,531 · management and general $27,177

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $123,923 · program services $92,942 · management and general $30,981

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $23,424 · management and general $12,686 · fundraising $10,738

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $53,962 · program services $53,962

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $200,546 · program services $187,439 · management and general $11,107 · fundraising $2,000

  • 17 · Travel

    total $27,695 · program services $27,695

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $37,082 · program services $33,374 · management and general $3,708

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $34,565 · program services $31,109 · management and general $3,456

  • 24a · Other expenses: CAMP EXPENSES

    total $95,303 · program services $95,303

  • 24b · Other expenses: CHAPTER DEVELOPMENT

    total $65,043 · program services $65,043

  • 24c · Other expenses: FOOD & BEVERAGE

    total $47,603 · program services $46,603 · fundraising $1,000

  • 24d · Other expenses: SUPPLIES

    total $44,879 · program services $38,758 · management and general $5,248 · fundraising $873

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $10,553 · program services $2,000 · management and general $6,559 · fundraising $1,994

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $322,690 · end of year $670,727

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $2,408,316 · end of year $2,677,349

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $7,560 · end of year $5,172

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

    $452,945

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

    $212,300

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $218,109 · end of year $240,645

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $17,060

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $351,315 · end of year $972,137

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,605,360 · end of year $2,638,816

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

ORGANIZATION PURPOSE AND VISION-FOUNDED IN 2009, TRUTH IN NATURE IS A GEORGIA CORPORATION AND AN AUTHORIZED 501(C)(3) NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION. WE SEEK TO PROVIDE OUR PARTICIPANTS PATHWAYS FOR SPIRITUAL GROWTH AND MATURITY THROUGH OUTDOOR EXPLORATION AND ACTIVITIES. WE DESIRE TO PARTNER WITH SINGLE PARENTS AS ANOTHER HEALTHY INFLUENCE IN THE PROCESS OF RAISING THEIR SONS AND YOUNG MEN IN THEIR CARE. TRUTH IN NATURE PROMOTES CHRISTIAN CHARACTER, HEALTHY SELF-ESTEEM, WORKING ALONGSIDE OTHERS, AND PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY. WE UNDERSTAND THAT PROMOTING THESE QUALITIES AND BEHAVIORS WILL HELP DETER AT-RISK CONDUCT. TRUTH IN NATURE ACCOMPLISHES OUR GOALS THROUGH A COMMITTED GROUP OF VOLUNTEER MENTORS WHO SPEND TIME LISTENING, ENCOURAGING AND SUPPORTING.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO REACH, INSPIRE, SUPPORT AND ENGAGE YOUNG MEN FROM FATHERLESS & SINGLE PARENT HOMES IN UNDERSTANDING THEIR PURPOSE AS CHRISTIAN MEN AND HELPING TO BREAK THE FATHERLESS CYCLE IN SOCIETY TODAY.

  • MENTORING-TRUTH IN NATURE MENTORS BOYS FROM FATHERLESS AND SINGLE PARENT HOMES THROUGH OUR MONTHLY PROGRAM OFFERINGS. EACH YOUNG MAN IS PART OF A MONTHLY, OVERNIGHT, OR DAY ONLY PROGRAM; WHERE THEY HAVE MENTORS PRESENT TO REACH, INSPIRE, SUPPORT AND ENGAGE THEM THROUGH THEIR MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL YEARS. TRUTH IN NATURE USES THE OUTDOORS AND ACTIVITIES SUCH AS, CAMPING, HUNTING FISHING, CANOEING, ARCHERY, ETC. AS THE BACKDROP FOR THESE PROGRAMS AND FOR THEM TO EXPERIENCE THE THINGS THAT ARE TYPICALLY DONE BETWEEN FATHERS AND SONS DONE OUTDOORS, THAT THEY DO NOT OTHERWISE GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPERIENCE. TEACHING THE CHRISTIAN FAITH-EACH PROGRAM IS DESIGNED FOR A YOUNG MAN TO GROW IN HIS WALK IN THE CHRISTIAN FAITH. THROUGH OUR DEVOTIONAL TIME, SMALL GROUP TIME, PRAYER TIME, AND MAN TIME AROUND THE FIRE, WE ACCOMPLISH THIS. POSITIVE PERSONAL GROWTH-EACH YOUNG MAN, BY HAVING A MENTOR, WILL EXPERIENCE PERSONAL GROWTH IN THE POSITIVE RELATIONSHIPS THAT THEY ARE BUILDING. YOUNG MEN ARE BEING REFERRED FROM AT-RISK AGENCIES IN THE COMMUNITIES AND ARE ABLE TO FULFILL THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE AGENCY AND CONTINUE IN OUR PROGRAMS. THESE PROGRAMS WILL RESULT IN WALKING AWAY FROM AT-RISK BEHAVIORS, GIVING AN OUTLET TO EXPRESS PAIN AND HURTS, WHILE SHARING FROM PAST BAD DECISIONS.

    Expenses $755,759 · Revenue $1,510,959

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Jeff Davis

    EXE DIRECTOR/PRES

    Total calculated
    $80,627
    From this org
    $80,627
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Carrie Davis

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $28,081
    From this org
    $28,081
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • Jason Walter

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    12

  • Janet Ramsey

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    12

  • Kaci Turner

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    12

  • Nick Wallace

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    12

  • Aaron Farley

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    12

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
5 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202543119349302354

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