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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by EMBRACE THE TRUTH.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,143,324
Total expenses
$910,313
Contributions and grants received
$1,056,385
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$59,227
Investment income
$27,712
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$1,747,863
Total liabilities, end of year
$200,004
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,547,859
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$705,747
Management and general expenses
$66,890
Fundraising expenses
$137,676
Program service expenses (Part III)
$705,747

Program services were 77.5% 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

    $1,056,385

  • 2a · Program service revenue: HONORARIUMS

    total $52,236 · related or exempt $52,236

  • 2b · Program service revenue: HONORARIUMS & PRODUCTS

    total $6,991 · related or exempt $6,991

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $24,339 · related or exempt $24,339

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $214,207

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

    securities $210,834

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $3,373

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $3,373 · related or exempt $3,373

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $432,247 · program services $369,181 · management and general $17,442 · fundraising $45,624

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $49,761 · program services $43,687 · management and general $1,611 · fundraising $4,463

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $20,529 · program services $17,573 · management and general $784 · fundraising $2,172

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $138 · management and general $138

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $24,230 · management and general $24,230

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $7,684 · management and general $7,684

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $147,112 · program services $147,112

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $16,260 · program services $5,747 · management and general $10,415 · fundraising $98

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $101,374 · program services $20,932 · fundraising $80,442

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $45,008 · program services $44,594 · management and general $414

  • 17 · Travel

    total $43,059 · program services $38,182 · fundraising $4,877

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $139 · management and general $139

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $4,013 · management and general $4,013

  • 24a · Other expenses: STUDIO PRODUCTION

    total $12,614 · program services $12,614

  • 24b · Other expenses: BOOK & PUBLICATIONS

    total $6,125 · program services $6,125

  • 24c · Other expenses: LICENSES & FEES

    total $20 · management and general $20

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,133,457 · end of year $852,417

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $194,300 · end of year $365,359

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $7,000 · end of year $7,200

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

    $8,159

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

    $7,949

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $349 · end of year $210

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $2,898 · end of year $377,987

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $84,539 · end of year $144,690

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $310

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $134,650 · end of year $200,004

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $1,287,583 · end of year $1,547,859

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

EMBRACE THE TRUTH OFFERS THE CREDIBILITY OF THE GOSPEL TO EVERY QUESTIONER WE ENCOUNTER. WE BELIEVE THAT TRUTH, WHEN EMBRACED, BRINGS FREEDOM. WE WILL HEAR, RESPECT, AND ANSWER EACH PERSON IN WAYS THAT TOUCH BOTH THE MIND AND HEART.

  • PUBLICATIONS, RESOURCES AND TEACHING APOLOGETICS OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH.

    Expenses $705,747

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Abdu Murray

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $199,660
    From this org
    $119,771
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $79,889
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $119,771
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    $79,889
    Filer's total
    $199,660

  • Nicole Murray

    SECRETARY &

    Total calculated
    $31,855
    From this org
    $31,855
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    30

  • Diane George

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Michael Kern

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Richard Rossi

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Brian Wassom

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

None.

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
28 April 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.0
Source object
202641619349300919

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