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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by CROSSWATER CANYON INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$74,260,393
Total expenses
$62,509,350
Contributions and grants received
$378,151
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$63,724,896
Investment income
$14,460
Other revenue
$10,142,886
Total assets, end of year
$151,403,759
Total liabilities, end of year
$69,149,073
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$82,254,686
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$43,811,949
Management and general expenses
$18,541,840
Fundraising expenses
$155,561
Program service expenses (Part III)
$43,811,949

Program services were 70.1% 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

    $378,151

  • 2a · Program service revenue: ADMISSIONS

    total $46,997,336 · related or exempt $46,997,336

  • 2b · Program service revenue: CULINARY SERVICES

    total $10,498,764 · related or exempt $10,498,764

  • 2c · Program service revenue: TECHNICAL OPERATIONS

    total $2,716,069 · related or exempt $2,716,069

  • 2d · Program service revenue: OPERATIONS

    total $2,542,435 · related or exempt $2,542,435

  • 2e · Program service revenue: GUEST SERVICES

    total $970,292 · related or exempt $970,292

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $14,460 · excluded $14,460

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $12,136,486

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $6,068,548

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $6,067,938 · related or exempt $6,067,938

  • 11a · Other revenue: TAX REBATE REVENUE

    total $2,893,178 · excluded $2,893,178

  • 11b · Other revenue: RETAIL AND OTHER UBI

    total $1,181,770 · unrelated business $1,181,770

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $4,074,948

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $16,822,584 · program services $15,879,008 · management and general $943,576

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $4,897,827 · program services $4,455,420 · management and general $411,366 · fundraising $31,041

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $5,754,925 · program services $5,221,310 · management and general $533,545 · fundraising $70

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $13,127,562 · program services $263,616 · management and general $12,863,946

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $2,871,351 · program services $2,760,813 · management and general $85,277 · fundraising $25,261

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $2,980,076 · program services $1,670,307 · management and general $1,309,769

  • 17 · Travel

    total $124,618 · program services $123,206 · management and general $1,257 · fundraising $155

  • 20 · Interest

    total $546,221 · program services $508,077 · management and general $38,144

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $5,582,332 · program services $5,303,792 · management and general $278,540

  • 24a · Other expenses: MANAGEMENT FEE

    total $7,190,989 · program services $5,323,289 · management and general $1,768,666 · fundraising $99,034

  • 24b · Other expenses: MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS

    total $2,110,524 · program services $2,075,833 · management and general $34,691

  • 24c · Other expenses: CONTRACTS & LEASES

    total $388,057 · program services $180,293 · management and general $207,764

  • 24d · Other expenses: TAXES

    total $106,440 · program services $42,016 · management and general $64,424

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $5,844 · program services $4,969 · management and general $875

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $5,617,589 · end of year $8,038,796

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $1,805,472 · end of year $1,796,727

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $566,208 · end of year $1,499,983

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $413,603 · end of year $165,065

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

    $154,406,651

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

    $38,757,526

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $118,570,160 · end of year $115,649,125

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    end of year $3,505,517

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $5,192,632 · end of year $20,748,546

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $2,570,117 · end of year $28,720,181

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $3,182,965 · end of year $2,152,421

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $17,587,689 · end of year $12,660,052

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $25,963,017 · end of year $25,616,419

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $82,861,876 · end of year $82,254,686

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO OPERATE FOR THE BENEFIT OF, AND TO SUPPORT THE MISSION AND PURPOSES OF, ANSWERS IN GENESIS, INC.

  • ARK ENCOUNTER - BIBLICALLY THEMED ATTRACTION, LOCATED IN WILLIAMSTOWN KENTUCKY, OPENED TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC ON AN ADMISSIONS FEE BASIS JULY 7, 2016.

    Expenses $36,057,358 · Revenue $63,724,896

  • DISTRIBUTIONS OF RELATED LITERATURE, DVDS, INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIAL, AND RELATED MERCHANDISE.

    Expenses $7,754,591 · Revenue $6,067,938

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Michael Zovath

    CHIEF ACTION

    Total calculated
    $137,395
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $134,407
    Other
    $2,988
    Hours/week
    40

  • Scott Fetzer

    TREASURE/CFO

    Total calculated
    $185,568
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $151,644
    Other
    $33,924
    Hours/week
    10 + 50 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    not reported + $151,644 related
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported + $1,270 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported + $32,654 related
    Filer's total
    not reported + $185,568 related

  • John Pence

    SECRETARY/ C

    Total calculated
    $149,245
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $124,987
    Other
    $24,258
    Hours/week
    10 + 50 related

  • Nate Kellum

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Craig Baker

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 5 related

  • Judge Darrell White

    VICE CHAIRPE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Adam Heinlein

    BOARD CHAIRP

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

SCHEDULE J, PAGE 1, PART I, LINE 3
THE ORGANIZATION RELIED ON A RELATED ORGANIZATION THAT USED ONE OR MORE OF THE METHODS IN QUESTION 3 TO ESTABLISH COMPENSATION.

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.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Disregarded entities

Part I: entities that legally are the filer and file no return of their own.

  • ARK ENCOUNTER LLC

    OWN, LEASE · MO

    Directly controlled by CROSSWATER CANYON INC

  • ARK DEVELOPMENT LLC

    OWN, LEASE · KY

    Directly controlled by ANSWERS IN GENESIS INC

  • TAKENBAC ENTERPRISES

    OWN, LEASE · KY

    Directly controlled by ANSWERS IN GENESIS INC

  • PARKING LOT VENTURES

    OWN, LEASE · KY

    Directly controlled by ANSWERS COLLECTIVE INC

Related corporations and trusts

Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.

  • ANSWERS COLLECTIVE INC

    C CORP · AFFILIATED · KY

    Directly controlled by ANSWERS IN GENESIS INC

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
26 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202533309349300618

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