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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by RED LETTER CHRISTIANS.

Totals

Total revenue
$368,751
Total expenses
$358,402
Contributions and grants received
$317,888
Grants paid
$31,689
Program service revenue
$45,455
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$5,408
Total assets, end of year
$260,535
Total liabilities, end of year
$9,006
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$251,529
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$285,886
Management and general expenses
$25,999
Fundraising expenses
$46,517
Program service expenses (Part III)
$285,886

Program services were 79.8% 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

    $317,888

  • 2a · Program service revenue: HONORARIUMS

    total $45,455 · related or exempt $45,455

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $9,368

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $4,552

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $4,816 · related or exempt $4,816

  • 11a · Other revenue: WEBSITE ADS

    total $592 · unrelated business $592

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $592

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $31,689 · program services $31,689

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $86,449 · program services $70,866 · management and general $15,583

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $6,750 · program services $6,750

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $5,182 · program services $5,182

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $129,000 · program services $102,245 · management and general $4,915 · fundraising $21,840

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $22,813 · program services $9,797 · management and general $4,386 · fundraising $8,630

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $10,545 · program services $10,545

  • 17 · Travel

    total $2,742 · program services $2,742

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $2,480 · program services $1,179 · management and general $1,115 · fundraising $186

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM EVENTS

    total $44,868 · program services $44,868

  • 24b · Other expenses: FUNDRAISING

    total $15,861 · fundraising $15,861

  • 24c · Other expenses: OTHER EXPENSES

    total $23 · program services $23

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $242,795 · end of year $260,535

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,615 · end of year $9,006

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $241,180 · end of year $251,529

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

STAYING TRUE TO THE FOUNDATION OF COMBINING JESUS AND JUSTICE, RED LETTER CHRISTIANS MOBILIZES INDIVIDUALS INTO A MOVEMENT OF BELIEVERS WHO LIVE OUT JESUS' COUNTER-CULTURAL TEACHINGS.

  • PROGRAM 1: PUBLIC WITNESS & MOVEMENT BUILDING PRIMARY FOCUS: RED LETTER REVIVALS, PUBLIC VIGILS, AND ANTI-CHRISTIAN NATIONALISM INITIATIVES IN A YEAR MARKED BY SIGNIFICANT NATIONAL DIVISION, RED LETTER CHRISTIANS (RLC) SUCCESSFULLY MOBILIZED A BROAD, MULTI-RACIAL COALITION OF FAITH LEADERS TO CHAMPION A VISION OF CHRISTIANITY CENTERED ON JESUS'S TEACHINGS OF PEACE AND JUSTICE. RLC HOSTED THREE 'RED LETTER REVIVALS' IN SANTA ANA, CA, PHILADELPHIA, PA, AND A WEEK-LONG VIRTUAL SERIES. THESE EVENTS REACHED THOUSANDS GLOBALLY AS A DIRECT, NON-PARTISAN COUNTER-NARRATIVE TO CHRISTIAN NATIONALISM. THESE EVENTS WERE CREATED IN COLLABORATION WITH LOCAL ADVISORY COUNCILS COMPRISING PASTORS, ACTIVISTS, AND THOSE DIRECTLY IMPACTED BY INJUSTICE, ENSURING THAT NATIONAL MOVEMENT-BUILDING REMAINED ROOTED IN LOCAL SERVICE. ADDITIONALLY, RLC LED A COLLABORATIVE GOOD FRIDAY VIGIL AND ACTION AT LOCKHEED MARTIN IN KING OF PRUSSIA IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE INTERNATIONAL GAZA CEASEFIRE PILGRIMAGE, PROVIDING A FAITHFUL PUBLIC WITNESS FOR PEACE AND CALLING FOR AN END TO THE PROFITEERING OF WAR BY WEAPONS MANUFACTURERS.

    Expenses $228,329 · Grants $31,689 · Revenue $45,455

  • PROGRAM 2: RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT & SPIRITUAL FORMATION PRIMARY FOCUS: DIGITAL CONTENT, DEVOTIONALS, AND WEEKLY COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TO SUSTAIN AND EQUIP THE MOVEMENT LONG TERM, RLC PROVIDED CONSISTENT SPIRITUAL FORMATION AND EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES TO A GLOBAL AUDIENCE. WE HOSTED 12 VIRTUAL BOOK CLUBS AND 12 MORNING PRAYER EVENTS, INTENTIONALLY AMPLIFYING DIVERSE VOICES FROM THE MARGINS TO LEAD THE CHURCH TOWARD A MORE JUST FUTURE. IN RESPONSE TO THE HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN THE HOLY LAND, RLC LAUNCHED A SPECIALIZED CHRISTMAS DEVOTIONAL SERIES FOR ADVENT WHICH FEATURED PRIMARILY PALESTINIAN VOICES CALLING FOR AN END TO THE GENOCIDE AND MOBILIZING OUR COMMUNITY TOWARD ADVOCACY AND RELIEF, ALL IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE CHURCH CALENDAR. OUR WEEKLY PODCAST AND REGULAR SOCIAL MEDIA EXECUTION ALERTS CONTINUED TO SERVE AS A VITAL CONDUIT FOR JUSTICE, EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ON ISSUES OF STATE-SANCTIONED VIOLENCE AND THE BIBLICAL CALL TO ABOLISH THE DEATH PENALTY.

    Expenses $57,557

  • PROGRAM 3: LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT & COLLABORATIVE ADVOCACY PRIMARY FOCUS: PEACEMAKER SUMMIT, CO FORUM, AND LEGACY STEWARDSHIP WE CO-HOSTED THE INAUGURAL PEACEMAKER SUMMIT IN PHILADELPHIA, BRINGING TOGETHER OVER 100 PRACTITIONERS TO SHARE BEST PRACTICES IN PEACEMAKING, KINGIAN NONVIOLENCE, AND PARTICIPATE IN HANDS-ON DEMONSTRATIONS IN FORGING, WELDING, AND WOODTURNING. RLC ALSO LAUNCHED A COMPREHENSIVE CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTOR (CO) RESOURCE PAGE ON OUR WEBSITE AND HOSTED A VIRTUAL FORUM TO SUPPORT YOUNG PEOPLE NAVIGATING FAITH-BASED OBJECTIONS TO WAR. FINALLY, FOLLOWING THE PASSING OF OUR CO-FOUNDER TONY CAMPOLO, WE HOSTED A GLOBAL VIRTUAL CELEBRATION OF HIS LIFE ON HIS 90TH BIRTHDAY, THAT WAS ROOTED IN HIS LEGACY TO INSPIRE A NEW GENERATION OF LEADERS TO LIVE OUT THE 'RED LETTERS' OF THE GOSPEL IN THEIR LOCAL COMMUNITIES.

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Rev Dr Todd Yeary

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Shane Claiborne

    CO-FOUND/BD

    Total calculated
    $66,956
    From this org
    $57,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,456
    Hours/week
    40
  • Elaina Ramsey

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Rev Glencie Rhedrick

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Lisa Sharon Harper

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Cece Jones-Davis

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Amethyst Rodriguez

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Diana Oestreich

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kristen Utomo

    FINANCE DIRE

    Total calculated
    $22,047
    From this org
    $22,047
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    12
  • Kasey Fristoe

    OPERATIONS D

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    30

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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
7 May 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202621279349302567

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