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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by CHRISTIAN RELIEF SERVICES CHARITIES INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$46,769,111
Total expenses
$46,054,421
Contributions and grants received
$46,768,254
Grants paid
$40,196,572
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$857
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$1,686,554
Total liabilities, end of year
$236,497
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,450,057
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$42,502,882
Management and general expenses
$92,989
Fundraising expenses
$3,458,550
Program service expenses (Part III)
$42,502,882

Program services were 92.3% 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.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $11,732

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $9,899,085

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $49,401

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $36,808,036

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $31,621,529

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $857 · excluded $857

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $40,196,572 · program services $40,196,572

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $529,199 · program services $157,739 · fundraising $371,460

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $33,200 · program services $9,896 · fundraising $23,304

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $61,162 · program services $18,231 · fundraising $42,931

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $40,361 · program services $12,484 · fundraising $27,877

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $36,250 · management and general $33,390 · fundraising $2,860

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $187,998 · program services $69,000 · fundraising $118,998

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $15 · program services $15

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $272,744 · program services $12,546 · management and general $48,682 · fundraising $211,516

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $134,122 · program services $100,066 · management and general $101 · fundraising $33,955

  • 17 · Travel

    total $12,831 · program services $6,939 · management and general $52 · fundraising $5,840

  • 20 · Interest

    total $1,176 · program services $1,176

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $6,311 · program services $6,311

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $21,861 · program services $10,932 · management and general $7,251 · fundraising $3,678

  • 24a · Other expenses: PRINTING AND PRODUCTION

    total $1,660,450 · program services $39,713 · fundraising $1,620,737

  • 24b · Other expenses: PROCUREMENT FEES

    total $1,615,593 · program services $1,615,593

  • 24c · Other expenses: POSTAGE

    total $942,458 · program services $45,827 · fundraising $896,631

  • 24d · Other expenses: SHIPPING

    total $202,018 · program services $199,842 · fundraising $2,176

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $100,100 · management and general $3,513 · fundraising $96,587

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $610,654 · end of year $422,226

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $42,868 · end of year $65,197

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $957,309 · end of year $1,132,100

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $11,637 · end of year $51,499

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

    $180,305

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

    $167,047

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $24,241 · end of year $13,258

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $2,274

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $166,393 · end of year $204,019

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $744,949 · end of year $32,478

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $645,965 · end of year $1,435,335

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $89,402 · end of year $14,722

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE PURPOSE OF CHRISTIAN RELIEF SERVICES IS TO PROVIDE FUNDING, SERVICES AND CRITICALLY NEEDED GOODS TO HELP PEOPLE IN COMMUNITIES STRIVING TO BREAK THE STRANGLEHOLD OF POVERTY AND TO HELP DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS TO THE NEEDS OF THESE COMMUNITIES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

PROVIDES FUNDS, SERVICES AND DONATED GOODS TO COMBAT POVERTY AND PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS.

  • INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS - RELIEF DISTRIBUTIONS - SHIPPED RELIEF ITEMS INCLUDING MEDICAL SUPPLIES, MEDICAL EQUIPMENT, HEALTH CARE WORKERS UNIFORMS, MEDICINES, PERSONAL CARE ITEMS, BOOKS, WHEELCHAIRS, PRENATAL VITAMINS, SCHOOL DESK AND FARMING EQUIPMENT TO GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATIONS, HOSPITALS, CLINICS, SCHOOLS AND ORPHANAGES IN ETHIOPIA, MALAWI AND SIERRA LEONE. A TOTAL OF SIXTEEN CONTAINERS INCLUDING 256,364 POUNDS OR 128.45 TONS OF RELIEF MATERIALS WHICH SERVED MORE THAN 85,000 INDIVIDUALS.(SEE SCHEDULE O FOR CONTINUATION)CHRISTIAN RELIEF SERVICES HAS BEEN COMMITTED TO PROMOTING POSITIVE CHANGES IN AFRICA BY SUPPORTING AND STRENGTHENS IMPOVERISHED COMMUNITIES IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA. THROUGH ITS AFFILIATE CHARITY WHICH WORKS WITH LOCAL GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATIONS, PROMOTES SELF-SUFFICIENCY AND IMPROVEMENTS IN HEALTH, EDUCATION, CLEAN WATER DEVELOPMENT, AGRICULTURAL BEST PRACTICES, AND SUSTAINABLE ENERGY.

    Expenses $28,090,528 · Grants $27,808,345

  • AMERICAN INDIAN PROGRAMS - CHRISTIAN RELIEF SERVICES, THROUGH AMERICAN INDIAN YOUTH (RUNNING STRONG) DONATED 14,685 FOOD BOXES, 17,820 SMART SACKS, AND 31,352 ESSENTIAL SUPPLY ITEMS LIKE BACKPACKS, SCHOOL SUPPLIES, SHOES, WINTER AND ATHLETIC SOCKS, DENTAL KITS, FEMININE HYGIENE KITS, COATS, AND TOYS. EACH FOOD BOX WEIGHED APPROXIMATELY 35 LBS. AND HAD ENOUGH NUTRITIOUS FOOD TO FEED A FAMILY OF FOUR FOR A WEEK. EACH SMART SACK WEIGHED APPROXIMATELY 5 LBS. AND CONTAINED MUCH NEEDED FOOD TO KEEP CHILDREN FED OVER THE WEEKEND WHEN THEY DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO FREE AND REDUCED SCHOOL LUNCHES. (SEE SCHEDULE O FOR CONTINUATION)THESE SUPPLIES ARE DISTRIBUTED TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITIES OF PINE RIDGE, CHEYENNE RIVER SIOUX INDIAN RESERVATIONS, AND NEARBY. DURING OUR HOLIDAY DISTRIBUTIONS IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER, OVER 29,960 LBS. OF TURKEY AND OVER 13,754 POUNDS OF HAM WERE DISTRIBUTED TO HELP FEED HUNGRY FAMILIES. RUNNING STRONG HELPS AMERICAN INDIANS, MOSTLY ON RESERVATIONS, WITH FOOD, WATER, WARM CLOTHING, UTILITY ASSISTANCE, BASIC RELIEF, EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES AND SUPPORT SERVICES FOR AT-RISK YOUTH AND THEIR FAMILIES INCLUDING PROGRAMS FOSTERING SELF-RELIANCE.

    Expenses $7,616,614 · Grants $6,634,666

  • DOMESTIC PROGRAMS - SUPPORTED EFFORTS PROMOTING SELF-SUFFICIENCY THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON THE APPALACHIAN REGION. THROUGH AMERICANS HELPING AMERICANS, AN AFFILIATE, OFFERS AN ASSISTANCE TO COMMUNITIES IN EXTREME POVERTY BY PROMOTING SELF-SUFFICIENCY PROGRAMS. AMERICANS HELPING AMERICANS ALSO SUPPLIED RELIEF ITEMS TO TAKE CARE OF BASIC NEEDS; 924 WINTER COATS, 2,000 BLANKETS, 3,000 DENTAL KITS, 3662 EDUCATIONAL SUPPLY BOXES, AND 11,424 FOOD BOXES DELIVERED TO COMMUNITIES IN CENTRAL APPALACHIA WHICH SUPPLEMENTED OUR SPONSORED FOOD PROGRAMS SERVICING AN ADDITIONAL 4,071 INDIVIDUALS. (SEE SCHEDULE O FOR CONTINUATION)SAFE PLACES PROGRAM - CHRISTIAN RELIEF SERVICES RUNS AN IMPORTANT PROGRAM TO PROVIDE TRANSITIONAL HOUSING AND SUPPORT SERVICES TO WOMEN AND CHILDREN WHO ARE VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. THE PROGRAM, CALLED SAFE PLACES, OPERATES ONLY IN FAIRFAX COUNTY, VIRGINIA. DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SHELTERS IN FAIRFAX COUNTY GENERALLY ONLY ALLOW A PERSON TO STAY FOR UP TO 30 DAYS AFTER FLEEING THEIR ABUSER. THAT IS NOT ENOUGH TIME FOR A TRAUMATIZED DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VICTIM WHO FOUND THE COURAGE TO LEAVE HER HOME TO RESTART HER LIFE ANEW. THROUGH THE PROGRAM, WOMEN WHO FLEE TO A FAIRFAX COUNTY SHELTER ARE REFERRED TO SAFE PLACES WHERE THEY ARE ABLE TO SECURE AFFORDABLE HOUSING OWNED AND MANAGED BY CHRISTIAN RELIEF SERVICES, PAYING ONLY 30 PERCENT OF THEIR WAGES, FOR UP TO TWO YEARS. THE CLIENT IS REQUIRED TO BE EMPLOYED. SAFE PLACES PARTICIPANTS ARE OFFERED TRAUMA SENSITIVE CASE MANAGEMENT, THESE SERVICES ASSIST IN FURTHERING THEIR EDUCATION, LIFE SKILLS, BUDGETING, PARENTING, INDEPENDENCE, AND OVERALL IMPROVED MENTAL WELL-BEING.

    Expenses $6,355,369 · Grants $5,508,011

  • HOUSING PROGRAMS

    Expenses $440,371 · Grants $245,550

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Bryan L Krizek

    PRESIDENT/CEO

    Total calculated
    $349,771
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $291,270
    Other
    $58,501
    Hours/week
    12 + 48 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $291,270 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $28,431 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $30,070 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $349,771 related

  • Paul E Krizek Esq

    VICE PRESIDENT/GENERAL COUNSEL

    Total calculated
    $265,695
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $242,934
    Other
    $22,761
    Hours/week
    17 + 28 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $242,934 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $21,299 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $1,462 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $265,695 related

  • Bieu Do

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $165,845
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $142,843
    Other
    $23,002
    Hours/week
    12 + 48 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $142,843 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $11,761 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $11,241 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $165,845 related

  • Anita Uyehara

    DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $138,441
    From this org
    $128,077
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,364
    Hours/week
    45

  • Nhi Ho Cao

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $104,372
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $78,042
    Other
    $26,330
    Hours/week
    17 + 28 related

  • James J O'Brien Esq

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.28 + 1.72 related

  • Thomas M O'Brien

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.15 + 0.85 related

  • Loretta Afraid Of Bear Cook

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.15 + 0.85 related

  • Robert J Hisel Jr

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.15 + 0.85 related

  • Rear Admiral Eric C Jones

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.15 + 0.85 related

  • Ashley Shultz

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.15 + 0.85 related

  • Elayne Silversmith

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.15 + 0.85 related

  • Rev Dr Ketlen A Solak

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.15 + 0.85 related

  • Frank Stitely CPA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.15 + 0.85 related

  • Colonel John F Williams

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.15 + 0.85 related

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, PART I, LINE 3:
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS IS GUIDED IN TERMS OF DETERMINING APPROPRIATE, FAIR AND REASONABLE COMPENSATION BY WRITTEN COMPENSATION GUIDELINES FOR "DISQUALIFIED PERSONS" AS IT IS DEFINED UNDER THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE SECTION 4958. THESE GUIDELINES WERE ADOPTED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CENTRAL ORGANIZATION, CHRISTIAN RELIEF SERVICES CHARITIES, INC., OF WHICH THE ORGANIZATION IS A SUBORDINATE UNIT. THE COMPENSATION GUIDELINES ARE BASED ON PROCEDURES SET FORTH IN THE TREASURY REGULATION INTERPRETING INTERNAL REVENUE CODE SECTION 4958. PURSUANT TO THE COMPENSATION GUIDELINES, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CENTRAL ORGANIZATION REVIEWS APPROPRIATE COMPARABILITY SURVEYS WHICH PRESENT THE COMPENSATION DATA AND 990'S OF OTHER TAX-EXEMPT ORGANIZATIONS WITH SIMILAR MISSIONS AND REVENUES, TO ASSESS WHAT IS ORDINARY AND REASONABLE IN TERMS OF THE RELEVANT MARKET FOR COMPENSATION. THE DATA INCLUDED IN THE COMPARABILITY SURVEYS COMES FROM NUMEROUS SOURCES, SUCH AS ASSOCIATION SURVEYS 990S OF COMPARABLE ORGANIZATIONS AND CONSULTANT RESEARCH STUDIES. THE DATA IS FOCUSED ON COMPARABLE TAX-EXEMPT ORGANIZATIONS LOCATED WITHIN THE GREATER WASHINGTON, DC METROPOLITAN AREA.

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

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.

Related partnerships

Part III: related organizations taxable as a partnership, with the filer's share.

  • PINE CREST CAMP LLC

    N/A · ACCOMMODATIONS CAMP · KY

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
20 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202403269349300325

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