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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by PULSE OUTREACH.

Totals

Total revenue
$12,500,657
Total expenses
$11,735,388
Contributions and grants received
$12,480,107
Grants paid
$14,312
Program service revenue
$333,229
Investment income
$73,672
Other revenue
-$386,351
Total assets, end of year
$12,907,330
Total liabilities, end of year
$657,132
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$12,250,198
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$8,995,654
Management and general expenses
$1,089,462
Fundraising expenses
$1,650,272
Program service expenses (Part III)
$8,995,654

Program services were 76.7% 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

    $2,500,793

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $9,979,314

  • 2a · Program service revenue: SPONSORSHIPS

    total $235,675 · related or exempt $235,675

  • 2b · Program service revenue: TICKET AND MERCHANDISE

    total $61,830 · related or exempt $61,830

  • 2c · Program service revenue: HONORARIUM

    total $35,724 · related or exempt $35,724

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $73,672 · excluded $73,672

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $50,982

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $47,017

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $3,965

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $3,965 · excluded $3,965

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $382,538

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

    $2,500,793

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $1,038,788

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$656,250 · excluded -$656,250

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $53,411

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $25,630

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $27,781 · related or exempt $27,781

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $230,594 · excluded $230,594

  • 11b · Other revenue: 905 PARKING

    total $7,559 · unrelated business $7,559

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $238,153

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $14,312 · program services $14,312

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $521,951 · program services $421,393 · management and general $100,558

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $3,334,335 · program services $2,325,687 · management and general $435,390 · fundraising $573,258

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $41,631 · program services $28,350 · management and general $4,926 · fundraising $8,355

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $409,322 · program services $279,557 · management and general $59,180 · fundraising $70,585

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $243,512 · program services $172,714 · management and general $33,926 · fundraising $36,872

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $656,505 · program services $588,315 · management and general $2,640 · fundraising $65,550

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $26,116 · management and general $26,116

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,475,060 · program services $1,042,853 · management and general $114,476 · fundraising $317,731

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $1,797,334 · program services $1,761,642 · fundraising $35,692

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $324,066 · program services $149,061 · management and general $64,659 · fundraising $110,346

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $157,155 · program services $83,380 · management and general $68,138 · fundraising $5,637

  • 17 · Travel

    total $615,373 · program services $521,790 · management and general $11,119 · fundraising $82,464

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $38,758 · program services $26,129 · management and general $2,489 · fundraising $10,140

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $262,371 · program services $158,298 · management and general $90,815 · fundraising $13,258

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $107,699 · program services $62,480 · management and general $31,345 · fundraising $13,874

  • 24a · Other expenses: VENUE COSTS

    total $1,397,568 · program services $1,112,656 · management and general $2,156 · fundraising $282,756

  • 24b · Other expenses: SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $236,327 · program services $209,061 · management and general $5,737 · fundraising $21,529

  • 24c · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $73,196 · program services $37,976 · management and general $32,995 · fundraising $2,225

  • 24d · Other expenses: BAD DEBT

    total $2,797 · management and general $2,797

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,733,084 · end of year $2,326,157

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $10,980 · end of year $10,989

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $25,000 · end of year $4,485

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $556,758 · end of year $45,193

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $2,614 · end of year $14,872

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $795,118 · end of year $756,951

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

    $10,668,012

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

    $954,513

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $9,012,700 · end of year $9,713,499

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $35,184

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $559,630 · end of year $519,697

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $91,695 · end of year $102,250

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $35,185

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $10,899,074 · end of year $11,629,155

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $585,855 · end of year $621,043

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

PULSE EVANGELISM EXISTS TO REACH THE LOST AND UNLEASH THE EVANGELIST AND IS ON MISSION TO BRING JESUS TO THE PULSE OF A GENERATION BY ALL MEANS POSSIBLE, THROUGH THE MINISTRY OF NICK HALL AND A TEAM OF EMERGING EVANGELISTS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

PULSE EVANGELISM EXISTS TO MAKE JESUS KNOWN.

  • PULSE EVANGELISM REACHES THE LOST WITH THE GOSPEL THROUGH LIVE AND DIGITAL OUTREACH EVENTS AROUND THE NATION AND THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. ON CAMPUSES AND AT FESTIVALS, IN STADIUMS AND ARENAS, FROM LATIN AMERICA, TO EASTERN EUROPE, AND ACROSS AMERICA, BOTH IN PERSON AND DIGITALLY, THE GOSPEL IS GOING FORTH TO AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE. HIGHLIGHTS:- THE 2024 GOOD FRIDAY BROADCAST REACHED OVER 90,000,000 WITH THE GOSPEL ALL OVER THE WORLD.- OVER 70,000 WERE REACHED WITH THE GOSPEL THROUGH AMPLIFY FEST IN BENTON, AR. - FOR THE ONE COLLEGE NIGHT AT TEXAS TECH REACHED OVER 2,500 WITH THE GOSPEL AND OVER 700 RESPONDED TO THE GOSPEL. - THOUSANDS WERE REACHED WITH THE GOSPEL IN THREE CITIES IN MEXICO.- THE PULSE NORTH DAKOTA CAMPAIGN WAS LAUNCHED WITH A VISION TO ILLUMINATE EVERY CORNER OF NORTH DAKOTA WITH THE GOSPEL AND SERVE AS A MODEL FOR OTHER FUTURE STATE OUTREACHES. AS A PART OF THIS CAMPAIGN, THE REASON CHRISTMAS TOUR REACHED OVER 3,000 PEOPLE WITH THE GOSPEL THROUGHOUT 8 CITIES.

    Expenses $5,227,091 · Grants $8,331 · Revenue $186,698

  • PULSE EVANGELISM TRAINS AND EQUIPS YOUNG EVANGELISTS TO SHARE THE GOSPEL BY ALL MEANS POSSIBLE. OUR GOAL FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL TRAINED AT PULSE EVANGELISM IS TO HAVE A CORE UNDERSTANDING OF SHARING THE GOSPEL, TO GROW IN THEIR SPIRITUAL DISCIPLINES OF PRAYER AND READING THE BIBLE, INCREASE THE PRESENCE OF MENTORSHIP IN THEIR LIFE, AND DEVELOP CHARACTER THAT LASTS. HIGHLIGHTS:- OVER 300 YOUNG EVANGELISTS HAVE BEEN TRAINED OR ARE CURRENTLY BEING TRAINED THROUGH THE PULSE 100 YOUNG EVANGELIST PROGRAM. - SINCE 2019, NEARLY 200 INTERNS HAVE BEEN TRAINED AND DISCIPLED THROUGH THE PULSE INTERNSHIP PROGRAM. - RENOVATIONS ARE IN PROGRESS ON THE PULSE HOUSING & TRAINING CENTER WITH A VISION TO ESTABLISH A GLOBAL HUB FOR EVANGELISM. TO DATE, NEARLY 100% OF THE FUNDING HAS BEEN COMPLETED.

    Expenses $3,768,563 · Grants $5,981 · Revenue $174,312

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Nick Hall

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $347,468
    From this org
    $258,744
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $88,724
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $258,744
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,800
    Nontaxable benefits
    $80,924
    Filer's total
    $347,468
  • Kirk Humphreys

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ben Meland

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Troy Nelson

    VICE CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Stacie Trott-Bibb

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dg Elmore

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tobie Hatfield

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Carrie Headington

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jose Zayas

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • John Oren

    VP OF FINANCE & OPS

    Total calculated
    $196,347
    From this org
    $68,283
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $128,064
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $68,283
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,366
    Nontaxable benefits
    $122,698
    Filer's total
    $196,347
  • Karen Berg-Johnson

    VP OF DONOR MINISTRIES

    Total calculated
    $225,952
    From this org
    $157,050
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $68,902
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $157,050
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,992
    Nontaxable benefits
    $63,910
    Filer's total
    $225,952
  • Joseph Trimble

    SR. DIRECTOR, DONOR MINISTRIES

    Total calculated
    $158,870
    From this org
    $115,916
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $42,954
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $115,916
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $3,534
    Nontaxable benefits
    $39,420
    Filer's total
    $158,870
  • Nicole Englund

    CREATIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $114,102
    From this org
    $104,145
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,957
    Hours/week
    45

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

  • 1a · First-class or charter travel
  • 1a · Travel for companions
  • 1a · Housing allowance or residence for personal use
  • 1a · Personal services (maid, chauffeur, chef)
  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment

Answered no

  • 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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 1A
HOUSING ALLOWANCES AND OTHER NONTAXABLE BENEFITS PAID BY THE ORGANIZATION WERE APPROVED BY THE BOARD.
PART I, LINE 4A
NAME: NICOLE ENGLUND, DESCRIPTION: FORMER CREATIVE DIRECTOR- SEVERANCE, CURRENT YEAR AMOUNT: $12,108. PLAN DESCRIPTION: SEVERANCE PAID FOR 6 WEEKS OF WORK

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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
15 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202403239349302000

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