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← RANSOMED HEART MINISTRIES

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by RANSOMED HEART MINISTRIES.

Totals

Total revenue
$6,813,399
Total expenses
$7,122,849
Contributions and grants received
$6,492,025
Grants paid
$181,044
Program service revenue
$280,236
Investment income
$71,190
Other revenue
-$30,052
Total assets, end of year
$3,730,078
Total liabilities, end of year
$137,489
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$3,592,589
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$5,506,116
Management and general expenses
$1,142,426
Fundraising expenses
$474,307
Program service expenses (Part III)
$5,506,116

Program services were 77.3% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $6,492,025

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $595,229

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Conference income

    total $280,236 · related or exempt $280,236

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $71,190 · excluded $71,190

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $62,923

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $96,949

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total -$34,026 · related or exempt -$34,026

  • 11a · Other revenue: Advertising Revenue

    total $3,812 · unrelated business $3,812

  • 11b · Other revenue: Stock Film Sales

    total $162 · unrelated business $162

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $3,974

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $181,044 · program services $181,044

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $1,685,499 · program services $1,262,449 · management and general $347,594 · fundraising $75,456

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,409,540 · program services $1,055,755 · management and general $290,684 · fundraising $63,101

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $87,650 · program services $65,650 · management and general $18,076 · fundraising $3,924

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $356,211 · program services $266,804 · management and general $73,460 · fundraising $15,947

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $180,651 · program services $135,309 · management and general $37,255 · fundraising $8,087

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $131,904 · management and general $131,904

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $621,068 · program services $567,193 · management and general $32,946 · fundraising $20,929

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $211,816 · program services $111,190 · management and general $13,332 · fundraising $87,294

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $705,808 · program services $564,646 · management and general $70,581 · fundraising $70,581

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $66,040 · program services $52,832 · management and general $9,906 · fundraising $3,302

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $402,455 · program services $402,455

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $62,078 · program services $49,662 · management and general $9,312 · fundraising $3,104

  • 24a · Other expenses: Media production

    total $412,753 · program services $412,753

  • 24b · Other expenses: Miscellaneous

    total $269,677 · program services $199,561 · management and general $56,632 · fundraising $13,484

  • 24c · Other expenses: Mailing

    total $241,639 · program services $178,813 · management and general $50,744 · fundraising $12,082

  • 24d · Other expenses: Donor development

    total $97,016 · fundraising $97,016

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $2,048,045 · end of year $1,841,875

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $709,050 · end of year $601,213

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $55,482 · end of year $85,179

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $77,644 · end of year $124,199

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

    $2,446,496

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

    $1,370,252

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,127,517 · end of year $1,076,244

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $2,657 · end of year $1,368

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $114,958 · end of year $137,489

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,905,437 · end of year $3,592,589

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

This organization exists to restore men and women to live from their heart - as God's intimate allies - by recovering the treasure of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, entrusting that message to the people who have been transformed by it, and to train them to do the same for others.

  • Wild at Heart promotes the message of recovering the treasure of the Gospel, setting men and women free to live from the heart as God's intimate allies which was accomplished in 2024 by having five events: an Australian Men's Event in February for 138 men, a Fourth Quarter event in March for 35 men, a Captivating event in April for 410 women, a Deeper Event in October in the UK for 54 men and women, and a men's event with Youth With a Mission in Kona Hawaii in December for 738 YWAM staff and local men. The ministry delivers its message in many formats: through resources (books, study guides, audio, and video downloads) available on the website www.wildatheart.org, answering emails and mail correspondence, providing free daily readings (devotional readings) sent out electronically to 42,000 individuals, free weekly audio and video podcasts available with 20,600,000 all-time downloads, and 27,000 average downloads per episode, monthly newsletters to 20,000 constituents and weekly email updates to 73,000 constituents. Wild at Heart, The Series is a new four-episode video series produced by the ministry was released on YouTube Wild at Heart in October of 2024, and features a prologue and four videos of men who have undergone transformation through the message of Wild at Heart. Each episode has averaged over 30,000 views. There have been over 1,500 completed BASIC events and CORE events held by Wild at Heart allies since the inception of the program. There are two short online teaching video resources called the Wild at Heart Experience and the Captivating Experience that have each had 7,000 completions after being released in March 2021. The ministry has a Facebook group page that has over 149,000 Likes," another Facebook page for women with 111,000 Likes, and a Wild at Heart Instagram feed with 37,000 subscribers. Wild at Heart has a YouTube channel with 39,200 subscribers. The free One Minute Pause app for meditations was new in 2020 after the release of John's book Get Your Life Back and now has more than 588,000 accounts with over 1,347,000 completed pauses over the past 90 days. The Pause app has been updated with special programs which features content and meditation on John Eldredge's recent book Resilient, Restoring Your Soul in These Turbulent Times which was released in June 2022. To date, more than 65,000 individuals have completed the 30-day program.

    Expenses $5,506,116 · Grants $181,044 · Revenue $246,210

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Bradley Beck

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $295,414
    From this org
    $274,206
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,208
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $270,757
    Bonus
    $3,449
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $18,361
    Nontaxable benefits
    $2,847
    Filer's total
    $295,414
  • John Eldredge

    CEO/President

    Total calculated
    $263,066
    From this org
    $216,139
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $46,927
    Hours/week
    20

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $216,139
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $46,927
    Filer's total
    $263,066
  • Bart Hansen

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    30
  • Sam Ainslie

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Reese Bricken

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Chad Turner

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jim Wright

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Andrew Walsh

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Morgan Snyder

    Vice President of Disciple

    Total calculated
    $295,692
    From this org
    $190,237
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $105,455
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $186,834
    Bonus
    $3,403
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $13,322
    Nontaxable benefits
    $92,133
    Filer's total
    $295,692
  • Jonathan Dale

    Senior Director of Innovat

    Total calculated
    $288,294
    From this org
    $239,287
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $49,007
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $235,779
    Bonus
    $3,508
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $16,783
    Nontaxable benefits
    $32,224
    Filer's total
    $288,294
  • Alex Burton

    Director of Operations

    Total calculated
    $281,992
    From this org
    $233,398
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $48,594
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $230,033
    Bonus
    $3,365
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $16,452
    Nontaxable benefits
    $32,142
    Filer's total
    $281,992
  • Clayton Arnold

    Executive Producer of Cont

    Total calculated
    $261,038
    From this org
    $228,862
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $32,176
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $225,427
    Bonus
    $3,435
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $32,176
    Filer's total
    $261,038
  • Jonathan Jones

    Creative Director

    Total calculated
    $182,567
    From this org
    $140,772
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $41,795
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $137,515
    Bonus
    $3,257
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $10,077
    Nontaxable benefits
    $31,718
    Filer's total
    $182,567
  • John Anderson

    Tech Director

    Total calculated
    $218,047
    From this org
    $180,510
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $37,537
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $177,035
    Bonus
    $3,475
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $11,025
    Nontaxable benefits
    $26,512
    Filer's total
    $218,047
  • Nicolas Bovee

    Tech Manager

    Total calculated
    $165,126
    From this org
    $124,526
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $40,600
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $120,901
    Bonus
    $3,625
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,916
    Nontaxable benefits
    $31,684
    Filer's total
    $165,126
  • Stasi Eldredge

    Director of Women's Ministries

    Total calculated
    $106,375
    From this org
    $106,375
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    15
  • David Prensner

    Head of Production

    Total calculated
    $157,110
    From this org
    $117,085
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $40,025
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $113,662
    Bonus
    $3,423
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,410
    Nontaxable benefits
    $31,615
    Filer's total
    $157,110

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

  • 1a · First-class or charter travel
  • 1a · Housing allowance or residence for personal use
  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

Part I, Line 1a
The Organization reimburses travel related to the Organzation's program services and provides a housing allowance for two ministers.

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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
4 April 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.1
Source object
202540949349301334

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