DARK HORSE MINISTRIES

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

X12

Classification

1270

Street

316 E 1ST ST

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

• DEVELOPMENT OF A FULL FEATURE LENGTH FILM THAT EMBODIES CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLES: INDEPENDENT ARTISTS CONTINUED TO BE EMPLOYED TO DEVELOP CERTAIN ASSETS THAT WILL BE NEEDED TO PRODUCE THIS FILM. DEVELOPMENT AND COMPLETION OF A FULL FEATURE LENGTH FILM IS A LONG AND EXPENSIVE PROCESS, SO THIS PROJECT WILL BE ONGOING FOR SOMETIME.

  Expenses $15,614

• WEEKLY MISSIONAL TRAINING FOR STAFF ENGAGED IN VIDEO GAME DEVELOPMENT THAT SUPPORTS THE ORGANIZATION'S MISSION: THE ORGANIZATION SUPPORTS STAFF THAT ARE ENGAGED IN THE VIDEO GAME INDUSTRY BY PROVIDING THEM WITH TRAINING WHICH SUPPORTS THE MISSION OF THE ORGANIZATION TO THE VIDEO GAME INDUSTRY. SUCH TRAINING ENGAGES THE STAFF TO TRAIN THEM IN CHRISTIAN VALUES AND HOW THOSE VALUES MIGHT BE PROMULGATED IN THE VIDEO GAME INDUSTRY THROUGH WORK RELATIONSHIPS, PRODUCT DESIGN, CUSTOMER ENCOUNTERS, PUBLIC RELATIONS, ETC.

  Expenses $17,101

• IMLADRIS CONFERENCE: THIS INDUSTRY-WIDE CONFERENCE IS DESIGNED TO BE A FORUM FOR SUPPORT AND ENGAGEMENT FOR VIDEO GAME INDUSTRY PLAYERS SUCH AS BUSINESS PEOPLE, CREATIVES, PRODUCERS, ETC., WHO SUPPORT DARK HORSE MINISTRY'S INTENTION TO INFLUENCE THE VIDEO GAMING INDUSTRY WITH CHRISTIAN VALUES. THIS TWO-AND-A HALF DAY CONFERENCE IN 2024, ATTENDED BY APPROXIMATELY 120 PEOPLE OF VARIOUS AGES, GENDERS, EXPERIENCES, PERSPECTIVES, LOCATIONS, AND MATURITY WITH RESPECT TO LIVING OUT CHRISTIAN VALUES, WAS THE FOURTH OF ITS KIND AND RECEIVED VERY POSITIVE FEEDBACK FROM THE ATTENDEES INSOFAR AS IT PROVIDED THEM WITH COLLEGIAL AND SPIRITUAL SUPPORT IN AN INDUSTRY NOT KNOWN FOR SUPPORTING CHRISTIAN VALUES. THE CONFERENCE THIS YEAR CONTINUED TO INCLUDE SOME HIGHER-LEVEL INDUSTRY PARTICIPANTS WHO MAY BE ABLE TO EXPAND THE MINISTRY'S INDUSTRY INFLUENCE. THE ATTENDEES RESOUNDINGLY INDICATED THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS EXPERIENCE GROW AND CONTINUE. THERE WAS SIGNIFICANT DISCUSSION ABOUT HOW TO FORM MORE PARTNERSHIPS WITHIN THIS SEGMENT OF THE VIDEO GAME INDUSTRY AND HOW TO BETTER PROPEL AND REPRESENT CHRISTIAN VALUES. MORE AND LARGER SPONSORSHIPS OF THIS EVENT ARE NOW EXPECTED IN THE FUTURE.

  Expenses $77,218

• DARK HORSE ALSO CONTINUES TO ENGAGE IN SEVERAL OTHER SMALLER INITIATIVES THAT SEEK TO EXPAND THE ORGANIZATION'S CHRISTIAN INFLUENCE WITHIN THE ENTERTAINMENT SECTOR, INCLUDING PODCASTS, CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT, VIDEO TRAINING TOOLS AND PARTICIPATION WITH OTHER NON-PROFIT MINISTRIES AS VOLUNTEERS AND COLLABORATORS FOR THEIR RELATED ACTIVITIES THAT ENHANCE DARK HORSE'S ABILITY TO EFFECT ITS OWN PROGRAMS.

  Expenses $19,560 · Grants $8,500

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

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2024

  Revenue

  $90,558

  Expenses

  $154,481

  Contributions

  $90,558

  Grants paid

  $8,500

• 2023

  Revenue

  $35,099

  Expenses

  $116,396

  Contributions

  $35,099

  Grants paid

  — not reported

• 2022

  Revenue

  $26,534

  Expenses

  $122,014

  Contributions

  $26,534

  Grants paid

  $36,000

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

• 2021 · 990-EZ

  Revenue

  $65,161

  Expenses

  $21,253

  Assets (EOY)

  $141,375

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2020

Tax period

1 January 2020 to 31 December 2020

Principal officer

Chad Cockerell

Mailing address

PO Box 2218Rocklin CA 95677

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 9 November 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

• WEDGWOOD CIRCLE

  $10,000

  2024 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC

  $7,031

  2023 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• WEDGWOOD CIRCLE

  $0

  2023 · GENERAL SUPPORT

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