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← THE BIOLOGOS FOUNDATION INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by THE BIOLOGOS FOUNDATION INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,880,509
Total expenses
$2,891,315
Contributions and grants received
$2,686,289
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$136,767
Investment income
$55,535
Other revenue
$1,918
Total assets, end of year
$2,885,038
Total liabilities, end of year
$477,034
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,408,004
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,041,631
Management and general expenses
$374,971
Fundraising expenses
$474,713
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,041,631

Program services were 70.6% 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

    $2,686,289

  • 2a · Program service revenue: EVENT INCOME

    total $96,200 · related or exempt $96,200

  • 2b · Program service revenue: CONSULTING SERVICES

    total $31,473 · related or exempt $31,473

  • 2c · Program service revenue: CURRICULUM SALES

    total $9,094 · related or exempt $9,094

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $56,805 · excluded $56,805

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $1,918 · related or exempt $1,918

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $900,000 · other assets $450

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

    securities $901,720

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$1,720 · other assets $450

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$1,270 · excluded -$1,270

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $199,255 · program services $138,731 · fundraising $60,524

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,232,814 · program services $863,506 · management and general $137,107 · fundraising $232,201

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $33,485 · program services $33,327 · management and general $158

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $146,276 · program services $50,825 · management and general $35,691 · fundraising $59,760

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $108,873 · program services $105,871 · management and general $3,002

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $11,661 · program services $5,751 · management and general $5,910

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $131,731 · program services $57,770 · management and general $73,961

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $267,854 · program services $156,825 · management and general $59,852 · fundraising $51,177

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $76,276 · program services $71,411 · fundraising $4,865

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $110,572 · program services $61,421 · management and general $24,988 · fundraising $24,163

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $131,271 · program services $126,446 · fundraising $4,825

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $63,019 · program services $40,039 · management and general $22,980

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $348,989 · program services $308,889 · management and general $2,902 · fundraising $37,198

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $17,334 · program services $16,459 · management and general $875

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $8,720 · program services $4,360 · management and general $4,360

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $3,185 · management and general $3,185

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $345,273 · end of year $299,833

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $72,332 · end of year $867,844

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $74,334

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $18,280 · end of year $22,080

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $46,599 · end of year $36,139

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

    $41,498

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

    $40,799

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $2,449 · end of year $699

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $1,456,152 · end of year $615,191

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $39,864 · end of year $24,280

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $629,591 · end of year $1,018,972

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $102,955 · end of year $104,462

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $8,000 · end of year $8,000

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $255,917 · end of year $364,572

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,713,819 · end of year $1,121,111

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $604,183 · end of year $1,286,893

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

BIOLOGOS EXPLORES GOD'S WORD AND GOD'S WORLD TO INSPIRE AUTHENTIC FAITH FOR TODAY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

BIOLOGOS EXPLORES GOD'S WORD AND GOD'S WORLD, REACHING MILLIONS WITH OUR WEBSITE, EVENTS, PODCAST, CURRICULA, AND MORE, SHOWING HOW SCIENCE AND FAITH WORK HAND IN HAND.

  • WEBSITE, PODCAST, ONLINE COMMUNICATIONS WE CONTINUED TO PRODUCE IMPACTFUL NEW CONTENT, WITH 41 WEB ARTICLES AND 20 PODCAST EPISODES, INCLUDING SEVERAL MAJOR MULTI-PART SERIES. OUR PODCAST DREW 228,000 DOWNLOADS, WHILE THE WEBSITE ATTRACTED 1.8 MILLION PAGE VIEWS FROM MORE THAN 670,000 ACTIVE USERS. OUR SOCIAL MEDIA EFFORTS REACHED MORE 425,000 PEOPLE, INCLUDING OUR AUDIENCE OF NEARLY 75,000 FOLLOWERS.

    Expenses $312,229

  • CONFERENCE & EVENTS IN APRIL BIOLOGOS HELD THE FAITH & SCIENCE CONFERENCE, A 2.5-DAY NATIONAL CONFERENCE THAT DREW 300 ATTENDEES (AND HUNDREDS MORE VIA LIVESTREAM) TO HEAR FROM SOME OF THE WORLD'S TOP LEADERS, INCLUDING RENOWNED GENETICIST FRANCIS COLLINS, COVID VACCINE PIONEER KIZZMEKIA CORBETT-HELAIRE, AND BESTSELLING AUTHOR PHILIP YANCEY. ATTENDEES INCLUDED A WIDE RANGE OF DOCTORS, SCIENTISTS, EDUCATORS, MINISTRY LEADERS, AND INTERESTED LAYPEOPLE.

    Expenses $366,956 · Revenue $96,200

  • CURRICULUM & EDUCATION OUR INTEGRATE HIGH SCHOOL CURRICULUM CONTINUED TO EXPAND ITS REACH IN A VARIETY OF CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS, HOMESCHOOLS, AND EDUCATOR CONFERENCES, WITH MANY NEW AND REPEAT BUYERS.

    Expenses $694,914 · Revenue $9,094

  • OTHER PROGRAMS

    Expenses $667,532 · Revenue $31,473

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Deborah Haarsma

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $195,098
    From this org
    $178,263
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,835
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $178,263
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $5,404
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,431
    Filer's total
    $195,098
  • Laura Landmann

    VP OF FINANC

    Total calculated
    $141,259
    From this org
    $104,431
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $36,828
    Hours/week
    40
  • Jeffrey Schra

    DIR. OF MAJO

    Total calculated
    $117,941
    From this org
    $100,759
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,182
    Hours/week
    40
  • Jim Stump

    VP OF PROGRA

    Total calculated
    $166,341
    From this org
    $134,386
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $31,955
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $134,386
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $4,213
    Nontaxable benefits
    $27,742
    Filer's total
    $166,341
  • Dwight Baker

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • April Cordero

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jeff Wright

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Larry Langdon

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Claude Alexander

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Roseanne Sension

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Charmaine Royal

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $2,000
    From this org
    $2,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Praveen Sethupathy

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • John Walton

    DIRECTOR AUG

    Total calculated
    $2,000
    From this org
    $2,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Curtis Chang

    DIRECTOR - E

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Andrew Ginsberg

    DIRECTOR - E

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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 · 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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
22 September 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202532799349301343

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