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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by REDEEMER CITY TO CITY.

Totals

Total revenue
$31,911,233
Total expenses
$24,344,067
Contributions and grants received
$28,766,640
Grants paid
$7,222,930
Program service revenue
$356,176
Investment income
$2,634,265
Other revenue
$154,152
Total assets, end of year
$53,411,681
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,939,374
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$51,472,307
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$19,165,434
Management and general expenses
$2,561,117
Fundraising expenses
$2,617,516
Program service expenses (Part III)
$19,165,433

Program services were 78.7% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $28,766,640

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $93,652

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Ministry fees

    total $99,031 · related or exempt $99,031

  • 2b · Program service revenue: Program sales

    total $257,145 · related or exempt $257,145

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $3,028,258 · excluded $3,028,258

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $136,744 · excluded $136,744

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $20,968,900 · other assets $400

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

    securities $21,363,293

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$394,393 · other assets $400

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$393,993 · excluded -$393,993

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $17,408 · related or exempt $17,408 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $17,408

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $3,378,255 · program services $3,378,255

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $116,032 · program services $116,032

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $3,728,643 · program services $3,728,643

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0 · program services $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $298,396 · program services $201,113 · management and general $67,803 · fundraising $29,480

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $6,848,292 · program services $4,611,010 · management and general $1,047,544 · fundraising $1,189,738

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $412,230 · program services $265,919 · management and general $70,224 · fundraising $76,087

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $1,360,437 · program services $998,452 · management and general $135,638 · fundraising $226,347

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $409,387 · program services $236,758 · management and general $81,298 · fundraising $91,331

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $54,150 · management and general $53,730 · fundraising $420

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $45,200 · management and general $45,200

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $320,612 · fundraising $320,612

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $2,679,402 · program services $1,701,966 · management and general $717,929 · fundraising $259,507

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $263,584 · program services $249,681 · management and general $13,813 · fundraising $90

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $540,300 · program services $453,511 · management and general $30,582 · fundraising $56,207

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $278,544 · program services $182,067 · management and general $82,572 · fundraising $13,905

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $1,000 · program services $1,000

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $275,707 · program services $201,130 · management and general $37,758 · fundraising $36,819

  • 17 · Travel

    total $658,913 · program services $438,606 · management and general $52,181 · fundraising $168,126

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $18,244 · program services $16,369 · management and general $684 · fundraising $1,191

  • 20 · Interest

    total $50 · program services $50

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $1,873 · program services $1,873

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $39,046 · program services $17,634 · management and general $21,412

  • 24a · Other expenses: Licensing fees

    total $1,562,500 · program services $1,562,500

  • 24b · Other expenses: Broadcasting fees

    total $523,643 · program services $523,643

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $529,627 · program services $279,222 · management and general $102,749 · fundraising $147,656

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,430,414 · end of year $3,554,163

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,455,344 · end of year $2,469,393

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $1,525 · end of year $10,011

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    end of year $17,868,900

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $163,894 · end of year $204,844

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

    $12,441

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

    $5,884

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $8,430 · end of year $6,557

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $31,886,764 · end of year $29,239,470

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $10,183,058 · end of year $58,343

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,424,813 · end of year $1,939,374

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $14,661,563 · end of year $13,924,640

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $29,043,053 · end of year $37,547,667

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

Redeemer City to City (RCTC) exists to multiply churches and Christian leaders committed to a shared vision for gospel movements in the great cities of the world.

Activities or mission (Part I)

Church planting, training of church leaders, and content development

  • The Church Planter program funds leaders and networks who start new churches and church networks in cities around the world. Our primary goal is to help start new churches that meet the spiritual and physical needs of their cities. In fiscal year 2024, the church planter program assisted leaders to launch 402 churches, helping to support church plants and networks across 5 continents in cities such as London, Frankfurt, Chicago, Miami, Mexico City, Lima, Gauteng, Abidjan, Accra, Dubai, Tokyo and Kuala Lumpur. To date, the program has reached over 85 global cities where 2,156 churches have been started.

    Expenses $11,883,117 · Grants $6,538,152 · Revenue $63,947

  • Gospel in Life (GIL) became part of Redeemer City to City (RCTC) in January 2023. GIL stewards and distributes Tim Keller's sermons, conference talks, articles and group studies, and works closely with the Resource team to develop strategies to translate and distribute those materials through the CTC networks in ways that enhance their local content development efforts. This represents an incredible opportunity to reach new people and get more resources into the hands of CTC leaders across the globe. In April 2023, a dream of Tim and Kathy Keller and the GIL team was finally realized when we were able to make all sermons and talks on the GIL website free. During this fiscal year, the GIL podcast averaged more than 2.25 million downloads a month, and more than 212,000 people subscribed to receive regular emails, new content and updates. The gospel message shared by Tim Keller in print or audio form was heard over 48 million times, and in all, there were over 27.5 million downloads of the GIL podcast.

    Expenses $4,892,845 · Grants $650,000 · Revenue $264,123

  • The leadership development program recruits, assesses, trains, and coaches leaders who start new churches and church networks in cities around the world. Once a church is launched, we provide further training and coaching to support sustainability, and we connect these churches to other churches and ministries. Leaders coached are paired with an experienced mentor and coach for regular meetings. Leaders trained take part in equipping programs with depth-either intensives, immersions, or cohorts that take place consistently over time. In fiscal year 2024, by working with partners around the globe, more than 14,000 leaders were trained, and cumulatively since inception, more than 150,000 leaders have been coached, trained, or reached. One highlight was hosting our second global coach gathering with 22 leaders representing Asia Pacific, South Asia, Japan, Europe, the United States, Mexico, Latin America, Brazil, and Taiwan.

    Expenses $1,286,440 · Grants $12,778 · Revenue $4,256

  • The Resource team is responsible for developing and carrying out a publishing strategy that equips gospel movements around the world through books, training and other content resources, such as articles, podcasts, videos and online courses, created by a diverse range of global practitioners. The team hosted 30 Global Participants from 19 countries and 24 cities at the Next Gen Global Gathering to catalyze global DNA dissemination, foster cross-cultural fellowship, and model resource development. The Resource team also restarted the blog on the RCTC website and published 28 new articles, more than half of which were sourced and translated from affiliates outside the US. Blog traffic is up by nearly 100% from last year, and more than 20 RCTC resources were licensed for translation. In addition, the team consulted with RCTC Europe and RCTC LatAm to develop content strategies for the regions, with 20,855 podcast downloads of How to Reach the West Again (Seasons 1 & 2).

    Expenses $745,208 · Grants $3,000 · Revenue $7,417

  • The Global Faith and Work Initiative (GFWI) is committed to helping pastors and ministry leaders equip their people to do God's work in the world. This program equips ministry leaders to develop faith and work ministry within their current ministry context through training and resources; by connecting collaborative teams of faith and work catalysts, trainers and coaches in major cities, and by mobilizing the people of the church to work to God's glory in every vocation and industry through a variety of programs. GFWI published Go Forth: God's Purpose for Your Work, a six week small group study and sold over 850 books in 2024. Over 400 pastors have been trained through our Designing a Faith & Work Initiative training and over 2000 alumni have been through our Gotham Fellowship program.

    Expenses $357,823 · Grants $19,000 · Revenue $33,841

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Bruce Terrell

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • David Dillon

    Chairman & Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Tanya Pitre

    Vice Chairman

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Ahmi Lee

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Carter Hinckley

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $900
    From this org
    $900
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Christian Hempell

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Crissy Haslam

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • James Herring

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Jeff Wright

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Sheeba Philip

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Steve Shackelford

    President, Chief Executive Officer

    Total calculated
    $302,469
    From this org
    $242,313
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $60,156
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $240,765
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $1,548
    Deferred
    $17,476
    Nontaxable benefits
    $42,680
    Filer's total
    $302,469

  • Douglas Thorson

    Sr. Director, Advancement

    Total calculated
    $229,268
    From this org
    $182,166
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $47,102
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $175,336
    Bonus
    $5,000
    Other
    $1,830
    Deferred
    $12,284
    Nontaxable benefits
    $34,818
    Filer's total
    $229,268

  • Erika Gerena

    VP, Advancement

    Total calculated
    $229,950
    From this org
    $187,230
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $42,720
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $187,022
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $208
    Deferred
    $13,300
    Nontaxable benefits
    $29,420
    Filer's total
    $229,950

  • Mai Hariu-Powell

    Executive Director, NY Project

    Total calculated
    $204,531
    From this org
    $190,194
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,337
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $189,820
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $374
    Deferred
    $13,167
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,170
    Filer's total
    $204,531

  • Margaret Peaster

    Sr. Director, Finance

    Total calculated
    $198,022
    From this org
    $169,237
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $28,785
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $168,820
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $417
    Deferred
    $12,243
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,542
    Filer's total
    $198,022

  • Ruben Soto

    VP, Programs & Operations, NYC

    Total calculated
    $225,133
    From this org
    $185,305
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $39,828
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $185,305
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $12,950
    Nontaxable benefits
    $26,878
    Filer's total
    $225,133

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 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments

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
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

Schedule J, Part I, Line 7 Non-fixed payments
The organization made nonfixed payments in the form of discretionary bonuses.

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

  • Keller Content Development

    $650,000

    Content & product development

  • Redeemer East Side

    $613,825

    Church partnership development

  • City to City Miami

    $413,271

    Church planting development / Leadership development

  • Influential Global Ministries

    $219,000

    Church planting development / Leadership development

  • Surge Network

    $187,531

    Church planting development / Leadership development

  • The Chicago Partnership

    $180,000

    Church planting development / Leadership development

  • Crossbridge Church

    $94,973

    Church planting development / Leadership development

  • TogetherLA

    $60,000

    Church planting development / Leadership development

  • Stratum

    $50,000

    Church planting development / Leadership development

  • Acts Church

    $40,000

    Church planting development / Leadership development

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
6 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202531269349301278

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