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← DR JAMES DOBSON FAMILY INSTITUTE

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by DR JAMES DOBSON FAMILY INSTITUTE.

Totals

Total revenue
$11,376,445
Total expenses
$10,021,884
Contributions and grants received
$11,115,716
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$32,576
Other revenue
$228,153
Total assets, end of year
$9,707,002
Total liabilities, end of year
$4,149,569
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$5,557,433
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$8,494,505
Management and general expenses
$787,397
Fundraising expenses
$739,982
Program service expenses (Part III)
$8,494,505

Program services were 84.8% 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

    $11,115,716

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $101,913

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $33,316 · excluded $33,316

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $228,153

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $228,153

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $228,153 · related or exempt $228,153

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

    securities $740

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$740

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$740 · related or exempt -$740

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $663,205 · program services $519,223 · management and general $61,010 · fundraising $82,972

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $2,021,880 · program services $1,566,917 · management and general $189,977 · fundraising $264,986

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $62,436 · program services $49,370 · management and general $6,724 · fundraising $6,342

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $648,812 · program services $536,228 · management and general $51,561 · fundraising $61,023

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $208,428 · program services $160,411 · management and general $20,692 · fundraising $27,325

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $169,806 · program services $101,127 · management and general $58,652 · fundraising $10,027

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $23,515 · program services $23,515

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $87,570 · program services $62,739 · management and general $19,094 · fundraising $5,737

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $964,237 · program services $864,315 · management and general $10,493 · fundraising $89,429

  • 17 · Travel

    total $62,099 · program services $30,115 · management and general $14,946 · fundraising $17,038

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $441,839 · program services $366,479 · management and general $69,153 · fundraising $6,207

  • 20 · Interest

    total $141,406 · program services $79,257 · management and general $60,088 · fundraising $2,061

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $252,066 · program services $252,066

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $132,031 · program services $91,852 · management and general $22,521 · fundraising $17,658

  • 24a · Other expenses: Radio Air Time

    total $2,207,283 · program services $2,207,283

  • 24b · Other expenses: Ministry Program

    total $671,872 · program services $537,396 · management and general $50,603 · fundraising $83,873

  • 24c · Other expenses: Miscellaneous - program

    total $489,755 · program services $429,278 · management and general $20,519 · fundraising $39,958

  • 24d · Other expenses: Contract Services

    total $276,254 · program services $276,254

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $497,390 · program services $340,680 · management and general $131,364 · fundraising $25,346

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $519,713 · end of year $1,595,284

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $2,241,954 · end of year $2,636,760

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $38,094 · end of year $34,214

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $231,982 · end of year $280,560

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

    $5,544,178

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

    $1,031,923

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $4,596,024 · end of year $4,512,255

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $741,857 · end of year $611,459

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $36,470 · end of year $36,470

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $496,348 · end of year $544,581

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $3,706,874 · end of year $3,604,988

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,641,286 · end of year $4,514,364

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $561,586 · end of year $1,043,069

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

To help preserve and promote the institution of the family and the biblical principles on which it is based, and to seek to introduce as many people as possible to the gospel of Jesus Christ. Specifically, the focus of the ministry is on marriage, parenthood, evangelism, the sanctity of human life and encouraging righteousness in the culture.

Activities or mission (Part I)

To help preserve and promote the institution of family and the biblical principles on which it is based, and to seek to introduce as many people as possible to the gospel of Jesus Christ. Specifically, the focus of the ministry is on marriage, parenthood, evangelism, the sanctity of human life and encouraging righteousness in the culture.

  • Withheld by Nonprofiteer: this text may name a private individual.

    Expenses $3,130,511

  • Constituent Response: Family Talk Correspondence Team and Counseling personnel, along with contracted Call Center and Fulfillment House, responded to thousands of calls, letters, and prayer requests from constituents each month throughout the year responding with personal letters, emails, phone calls, and resources to meet the needs of individuals and families who contacted the organization for help.

    Expenses $644,974

  • Web and Digital Outreach: Family Talk continues to expand its ability to connect with families with relevant biblical resources through creation of a digital content library. The digital project team has focused efforts in the creation of a new website with expanded capability as well as ongoing work to digitize current and classic content, and to make available helpful audio, videos, downloads, articles, blogs, and timely information to reach and encourage individuals and families that contact the ministry via the worldwide web.

  • Other indirect program expenses related to the Organizations mission.

    Expenses $4,719,020

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here. A text marked withheld matched a screen for wording that may name a private individual, such as an honorific or "in memory of". Most of what it withholds names no one; it is withheld so that what does is never shown.

Listed in Part VII

  • Dr James C Dobson

    Founder, Chairman of the Board

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Dr William Brock

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Alan Sears

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Dr Roy Stringfellow

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Lisa Granger

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Michele Bachmann

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Danae Dobson

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Dan Lawrence

    VP of Marketing

    Total calculated
    $127,695
    From this org
    $110,228
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,467
    Hours/week
    40

  • Brit Beau Henderson

    Director of Creative

    Total calculated
    $143,629
    From this org
    $101,084
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $42,545
    Hours/week
    40

  • Jenanne Jenkins-Ratti

    Sr VP Stewardship

    Total calculated
    $108,906
    From this org
    $103,803
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,103
    Hours/week
    40

  • Joe Waresak

    President

    Total calculated
    $195,159
    From this org
    $151,662
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $43,497
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $151,662
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $43,497
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $195,159

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

  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

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.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

  • Family Talk Action Corporation

    501(c)(4) · Issue advocacy and lobbying arm of Family Talk · CA

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
5 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202521269349303807

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