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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by INSTITUTE FOR CREATION RESEARCH.

Totals

Total revenue
$10,363,954
Total expenses
$10,643,510
Contributions and grants received
$8,613,929
Grants paid
$14,177
Program service revenue
$622,017
Investment income
$542,409
Other revenue
$585,599
Total assets, end of year
$53,450,129
Total liabilities, end of year
$2,875,804
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$50,574,325
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$9,153,360
Management and general expenses
$969,480
Fundraising expenses
$520,670
Program service expenses (Part III)
$9,153,360

Program services were 86.0% 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

    $8,613,929

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $338,038

  • 2a · Program service revenue: DISCOVERY CENTER

    total $486,025 · related or exempt $486,025

  • 2b · Program service revenue: TUITION AND REGISTRATION FEES

    total $80,931 · related or exempt $80,931

  • 2c · Program service revenue: HONORARIUMS

    total $55,061 · related or exempt $55,061

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $521,202 · excluded $521,202

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $17,946 · excluded $17,946

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $818,835

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

    securities $797,628

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $21,207

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $21,207 · excluded $21,207

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $745,660

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $262,588

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $483,072 · related or exempt $483,072

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS INCOME

    total $84,581 · related or exempt $84,581

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $84,581

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $14,177 · program services $14,177

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $309,083 · program services $93,746 · management and general $215,337

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $3,959,957 · program services $3,423,265 · management and general $342,812 · fundraising $193,880

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $206,784 · program services $179,854 · management and general $16,682 · fundraising $10,248

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $757,041 · program services $648,726 · management and general $51,019 · fundraising $57,296

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $309,864 · program services $259,871 · management and general $36,465 · fundraising $13,528

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $8,957 · program services $2,640 · management and general $6,317

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $40,153 · management and general $40,153

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $385,838 · program services $379,137 · management and general $1,571 · fundraising $5,130

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $126,856 · program services $124,409 · fundraising $2,447

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $577,234 · program services $443,380 · management and general $113,722 · fundraising $20,132

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $89,112 · program services $81,587 · management and general $5,587 · fundraising $1,938

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $15,743 · program services $15,743

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $560,299 · program services $505,956 · management and general $21,223 · fundraising $33,120

  • 17 · Travel

    total $273,171 · program services $255,179 · management and general $16,481 · fundraising $1,511

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $1,445,846 · program services $1,323,745 · management and general $90,654 · fundraising $31,447

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $154,861 · program services $139,566 · management and general $9,196 · fundraising $6,099

  • 24a · Other expenses: POSTAGE & FREIGHT

    total $789,913 · program services $705,700 · management and general $975 · fundraising $83,238

  • 24b · Other expenses: PRINTING

    total $618,621 · program services $556,679 · management and general $1,286 · fundraising $60,656

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,086,782 · end of year $80,423

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $13,576,005 · end of year $14,602,535

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $9,646 · end of year $3,092

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $699,861 · end of year $753,977

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $76,989 · end of year $139,560

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

    $40,033,920

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

    $9,027,841

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $32,280,727 · end of year $31,006,079

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $5,449,265 · end of year $6,752,887

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $179,741 · end of year $111,576

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $363,493 · end of year $339,027

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $81,904 · end of year $90,072

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $2,281,641 · end of year $2,446,705

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $49,322,464 · end of year $48,863,383

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,309,514 · end of year $1,710,942

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

ICR SUPPORTS CHRIST'S CHURCH THROUGH SCIENCE, EDUCATION, AND MEDIA TO GLORIFY JESUS AS CREATOR, REFUTE DARWINISM, EQUIP PASTORS, RESHAPE BIOLOGY WITH DESIGN, AND DEFEND THE GOSPEL USING SCRIPTURE-AFFIRMING, MIRACLE-VALIDATING RESEARCH.

Activities or mission (Part I)

SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND EDUCATION FROM A YOUNG EARTH CREATIONIST WORLDVIEW

  • EDUCATION:THE ICR DISCOVERY CENTER FOR SCIENCE & EARTH HISTORY PROVIDES AN INTERACTIVE LEARNING EXPERIENCE FOR VISITORS OF ALL AGES, AND TEACHES THEM THAT THEY CAN TRUST GOD'S WORD AND THAT WHEN SCIENCE IS INTERPRETED CORRECTLY IT CONFIRMS THE BIBLE. COURSES IN BIBLICAL APOLOGETICS AND ICR'S PROFESSIONAL PROGRAMS INCLUDE BIBLICAL ARCHAEOLOGY, CREATION AND FLOOD HISTORY, THEOLOGY, AND BIBLICAL APOLOGETICS. EDUCATION PROGRAMS INCLUDE FACE-TO-FACE CONTINUING EDUCATION COURSES AND ONLINE COURSEWORK FOR CHRISTIAN SCHOOL TEACHERS AND CHRISTIAN LEADERS, HOMESCHOOL ASSOCIATIONS, AND CHURCH LEADERSHIP. PUBLICATIONS SUCH AS ACTS & FACTS AND THE ICR WEBSITE ARE USED PRIMARILY AS EDUCATION TOOLS; MANY OTHER STUDY RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE ON THE FOCUS TOPICS.

    Expenses $5,202,374 · Grants $14,177 · Revenue $651,537

  • APPLIED RESEARCH & COMMUNICATIONS:BOOKS, SUCH AS THE "GUIDE TO" SERIES, UNLOCKING THE MYSTERIES OF GENESIS AND STUDENT GUIDE, AND THE BOOK OF BEGINNINGS, SUPPORT THE ICR MISSION TO COMMUNICATE THE LATEST RESEARCH ON ORIGINS AND EARTH HISTORY FROM A BIBLICAL PERSPECTIVE. DVD'S/VIDEOS, SUCH AS UNLOCKING THE MYSTERIES OF GENESIS, MADE IN HIS IMAGE, THE TRUTH ON TOUR SERIES, AND UNCOVERING THE TRUTH ABOUT DINOSAURS, PROVIDE EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION TOOLS, SOME WITH CLOSED CAPTIONS AND SUBTITLES IN A VARIETY OF LANGUAGES, TO MEET THE NEEDS OF ICR'S DIVERSE AUDIENCES. SCHOLARLY NEWS ARTICLES ARE PRESENTED IN CREATION SCIENCE UPDATES, AND INSPIRATIONAL ENCOURAGEMENT CAN BE FOUND IN PUBLICATIONS SUCH AS THE QUARTERLY DEVOTIONAL DAYS OF PRAISE. ICR ALSO DEVELOPS TECHNICAL SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH FOR GENERAL AUDIENCES AND OFFERS PROGRAMS SUCH AS THE ICR RADIO MINISTRY, PODCASTS, SOCIAL MEDIA, EVENTS, AND CONFERENCES ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND THE GLOBE. ICR'S COMMUNICATIONS RESOURCES PRESENT A CHRISTIAN WORLDVIEW AND PROVIDE SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE SUPPORTING BIBLICAL CREATION BASED ON GENESIS 1:11.

    Expenses $2,819,628 · Revenue $483,072

  • RESEARCH:ICR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH SUPPORTS CREATION SCIENCE AND THE ISSUES OF ORIGINS FROM A BIBLICAL PERSPECTIVE. RESEARCH PROJECTS IN THE LIFE SCIENCES INCLUDE FOSSIL SOFT TISSUES ANALYSIS, HUMAN-CHIMP DNA COMPARISONS, HUMAN ANATOMY AND DESIGN, AND GENETICS RESEARCH. PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH INCLUDES STUDIES IN GEOLOGY, FLOOD SEDIMENT ANALYSIS, COSMOLOGY, AND ASTRONOMY PROJECTS SUPPORTING A YOUNG EARTH.

    Expenses $1,131,358 · Revenue $55,061

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Dan Mitchell

    VICE CHAIR/SECRETARY/TRUST

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Gen Mark Shackelford

    CHAIRMAN/TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dan Farell

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dan Arnold

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dr Mac Brunson

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Travis Farr

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dr Rob Stadler

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dr Mark Stengler

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Col Jeff Williams

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rob Yardley

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dr Randy Guliuzza

    PRESIDENT/TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $196,200
    From this org
    $184,120
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,080
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $182,900
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $1,220
    Deferred
    $11,423
    Nontaxable benefits
    $657
    Filer's total
    $196,200

  • Beau Patterson

    CFO/CORP SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $106,531
    From this org
    $75,863
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $30,668
    Hours/week
    40

  • Dr James Johnson

    CHIEF ACADEMIC OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $122,397
    From this org
    $106,584
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,813
    Hours/week
    40

  • Dr Tim Clarey

    DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH

    Total calculated
    $127,305
    From this org
    $102,405
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,900
    Hours/week
    40

  • Daryl Robbins

    DIRECTOR OF ENTERPRISE TEC

    Total calculated
    $119,166
    From this org
    $103,566
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,600
    Hours/week
    40

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 · Compensation survey or study
  • 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.

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.

Related corporations and trusts

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

  • CHARITABLE REMAINDER ANNUITY TRUST (1)

    SPLIT INTEREST TRUST · CA

    Directly controlled by INSTITUTE FOR CREATION RESEARCH

  • CHARITABLE REMAINDER UNITRUST (5)

    SPLIT INTEREST TRUST · CA

    Directly controlled by INSTITUTE FOR CREATION RESEARCH

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
17 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202503219349307390

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