Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$248,894

Total expenses

$511,680

Contributions and grants received

$248,894

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$0

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$157,784

Total liabilities, end of year

$9,817

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$147,967

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$442,692

Management and general expenses

$55,521

Fundraising expenses

$13,467

Program service expenses (Part III)

$442,692

Program services were 86.5% 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.

Mission and programs · 2023

• FREE ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN PROGRAMS: AS SMARTPHONES AND OTHER INTERNET-CONNECTED DEVICES HAVE BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD, 85% OF AMERICANS USE THE INTERNET EVERY DAY. WE ARE CONNECTED TO THE INTERNET LIKE NEVER BEFORE ENTERING THE DIGITAL AGE OF OUR FAITH. THE OCN IS THE VEHICLE THAT BRINGS OUR FAITH TO US ANY DAY, ANYTIME, AND ANYWHERE WE FIND OURSELVES THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. OCN PROVIDES STREAMING ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN WORSHIP SERVICES, INTERVIEWS, RESOURCES, PROGRAMS, VIDEO, MUSIC. OUR PROGRAMS COVER A BROAD SPECTRUM OF RELEVANT, INTERACTIVE, EDUCATIONAL, AND INSPIRATIONAL CONTENT THAT REACHES CHILDREN, TEENAGERS, FAMILIES, YOUNG ADULTS, ADULTS AND SENIORS IN 190 COUNTRIES.

  Expenses $198,145

• ORTHODOX ADVOCACY: 28 MILLION AMERICANS HAVE USED THE INTERNET TO GET RELIGIOUS AND SPIRITUAL INFORMATION AND CONNECT WITH OTHERS ON THEIR FAITH JOURNEYS. SINCE 1995, OCN HAS BEEN THE GLOBAL ADVOCATE FOR ORTHODOX CHRISTIANITY ENGAGING ORTHODOX CHRISTIANS, BELIEVERS OF OTHER FAITHS, AND NONBELIEVERS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD TO FACILITATE THE SOCIAL ETHOS OF ORTHODOXY IN AREAS SUCH AS: WAR AND PEACE, RELIGION AND SCIENCE, ENVIRONMENT, MARRIAGE AND FAMILY, ECUMENICAL AND INTERFAITH RELATIONS AND DIALOGUE, RELIGION AND THE PUBLIC SQUARE, POVERTY AND WEALTH, ORTHODOXY AND HUMAN RIGHTS. OCN'S SOCIAL MEDIA PRESENCE AND ENGAGEMENT GREW OVER THE PREVIOUS YEAR WITH A SOCIAL MEDIA AUDIENCE OF 785,165 WORLDWIDE, FORGING A THRIVING INTERNATIONAL ONLINE COMMUNITY TO ASSIST IN PHILANTHROPY AND MAKE A BENEFICIAL IMPACT ON SOCIETY.

  Expenses $136,272

• MYOCN VIRTUAL COMMUNITY: 55% OF US ADULTS INTERACT MORE WITH PEOPLE IN ONLINE COMMUNITIES THAN IN-PERSON COMMUNITIES. WE LIVE IN A WORLD THAT HAS ALREADY SHIFTED EVERYTHING TO REMOTE, THIS NUMBER CAN ONLY GO UP. OCN VIRTUAL INTERACTIVE COMMUNITY CONTINUES TO GROW; WHERE 6500 MEMBERS BEGAN THE MYOCN ECOSYSTEM. OCN CONTINUES TO BUILD PARTNERSHIPS WITH PRIESTS, ORGANIZATIONS, PARISHES, AND TEAMS THAT ARE DEDICATED TO ORTHODOX ADVOCACY ONLINE PLATFORM ONE CAN RELY ON. OCN DELIVERED 160 PROGRAMS, REACHING ACROSS 190 COUNTRIES, INSPIRING AND CONNECTING THOUSANDS WORLDWIDE WITH THE BEAUTY OF ORTHODOX CHRISTIANITY. IN 2023, OCN REACHED 3,387,946 SOCIAL MEDIA IMPRESSIONS WITH 2,275,654 SOCIAL MEDIA USERS WORLDWIDE.

  Expenses $108,275

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

17 January 2025

IRS schema version

2023v6.0

Source object

202530179349300233

Check it against the return as filed: the GivingTuesday Data Lake hosts a public copy of the original XML.

The source document this was parsed from is served over the API, which is where bulk and document access live.