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ANSWERS IN GENESIS INC

EIN 33-0596423 PETERSBURG, KY

Largest nonprofits in Kentucky

Revenue 2024
$73,525,907
Expenses 2024
$56,399,517

Program services were 75.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
X20Z
Classification
1000
Street
2800 BULLITTSBURG CHURCH RD

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).

Other organizations at this address

1 other organization in the IRS Business Master File lists the same street address. matched by us

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

WE PROCLAIM THE ABSOLUTE TRUTH AND AUTHORITY OF THE BIBLE WITH BOLDNESS. WE RELATE THE RELEVANCE OF A LITERAL GENESIS TO THE CHURCH AND WORLD TODAY WITH CREATIVITY. WE OBEY GOD'S CALL TO DELIVER THE MESSAGE OF THE GOSPEL, INDIVIDUALLY AND COLLECTIVELY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

WE PROCLAIM THE AUTHORITY OF THE BIBLE-FROM THE VERY FIRST VERSE- WITHOUT COMPROMISE BY USING APOLOGETICS IN ITS WORLD-CLASS ATTRACTIONS, DYNAMIC RESOURCES, AND CREATIVE MEDIA TO COMMUNICATE THE MESSAGE OF GOD'S WORD AND THE GOSPEL SO THAT BELIEVERS ARE EQUIPPED TO DEFEND THE CHRISTIAN FAITH AND NONBELIEVERS ARE CHALLENGED WITH TRUTH OF THE BIBLE AND ITS MESSAGE OF SALVATION.

  • CREATION MUSEUM - THE CREATION MUSEUM, LOCATED IN THE GREATER CINCINNATI/NORTHERN KENTUCKY AREA, OPENED ITS DOORS MEMORIAL DAY OF 2007 AND HAS SINCE REGULARLY WELCOMED HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF GUESTS EACH YEAR.

    Expenses $22,503,557 · Revenue $14,517,325

  • RESOURCE DISTRIBUTION - BOOKS, VIDEOS, CDS, DVDS AND OTHER MATERIALS SPECIFIC TO AIG'S MINISTRY PURPOSE ARE MADE AVAILABLE THROUGH PHONE, MAIL, INTERNET, AND ONSITE RETAIL (THROUGH THE CREATION MUSEUM'S DRAGON HALL).

    Expenses $5,575,704 · Revenue $4,071,253

  • RESOURCE DISTRIBUTION - (MAGAZINES) - ANSWERS MAGAZINE IS A CREATION-BASED WORLDVIEW PUBLICATION, PRIMARILY FOR DISTRIBUTION TO SUBSCRIBERS IN THE USA AND THE UNITED KINGDOM, BUT ALSO TO A LIMITED NUMBER OF SUBSCRIBERS IN SCORES OF OTHER COUNTRIES, INCLUDING CANADA AND AUSTRALIA. MINISTRY OUTREACH (INTERNET) - THE ANSWERS IN GENESIS WEBSIUTE IS USED TO PROVIDE CREATION RESOURCES TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC. ANSWERS IN GENESIS IS ALSO VERY ACTIVE IN SOCIAL MEDIA THROUGH FACEBOOK, TWITTER, AND SPEAKER BLOGS. MINISTRY OUTREACH (MISSIONS) - THE ORGANIZATION SUPPORTS A LITERAL GENESIS TO THE CHURCH AND THE WORLD TODAY WITH CREATIVITY. WE OBEY GOD'S CALL TO DELIVER THE MESSAGE OF THE GOSPEL, INDIVIDUALLY AND COLLECTIVELY

    Expenses $514,667 · Revenue $302,000

  • ALL OTHER PROGRAM REVENUES

    Expenses $13,849,121 · Revenue $15,118,544

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.

  • Kenneth Ham

    FOUNDING CEO

    Total calculated
    $291,138
    From this org
    $267,062
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,076
    Hours/week
    40 + 5 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $267,062
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $832
    Nontaxable benefits
    $23,244
    Filer's total
    $291,138
  • Martin Iles

    EXECUTIVE CE

    Total calculated
    $211,937
    From this org
    $202,733
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,204
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $202,733
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $492
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,712
    Filer's total
    $211,937
  • Scott Fetzer

    TREASURER/CF

    Total calculated
    $185,568
    From this org
    $151,644
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $33,924
    Hours/week
    50 + 10 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $151,644
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $1,270
    Nontaxable benefits
    $32,654
    Filer's total
    $185,568
  • Benjamin Wilt

    CHIEF DIGITA

    Total calculated
    $173,126
    From this org
    $155,499
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,627
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $155,499
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $859
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,768
    Filer's total
    $173,126
  • Dan Zordel

    CHIEF MARKET

    Total calculated
    $168,856
    From this org
    $138,971
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,885
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $138,971
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $1,270
    Nontaxable benefits
    $28,615
    Filer's total
    $168,856
  • Joe Boone

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $156,879
    From this org
    $156,055
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $824
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $156,055
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $176
    Nontaxable benefits
    $648
    Filer's total
    $156,879
  • Jim Smith

    SR. DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $156,086
    From this org
    $128,722
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $27,364
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $128,722
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $1,270
    Nontaxable benefits
    $26,094
    Filer's total
    $156,086
  • Charles Baines

    VP OF IT

    Total calculated
    $154,368
    From this org
    $140,297
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,071
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $140,297
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $735
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,336
    Filer's total
    $154,368
  • John Pence

    CORPORATE SE

    Total calculated
    $149,245
    From this org
    $124,987
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,258
    Hours/week
    50 + 10 related
  • Craig Baker

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Brad Benbow

    VICE CHAIRMA

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Tony Biller

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Dan Chin

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Tim Dudley

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Nathan Estruth

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Don Landis

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $73,525,907
    Expenses
    $56,399,517
    Contributions
    $33,018,726
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $42,147,192
    Expenses
    $27,574,043
    Contributions
    $23,885,755
    Grants paid
    $30,000
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $69,102,542
    Expenses
    $49,437,673
    Contributions
    $34,343,653
    Grants paid
    $12,000

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

  • 2024 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported
  • 2023 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported
  • 2022 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported
  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $61,673,896
    Expenses
    $41,188,942
    Assets (EOY)
    $112,454,457
  • 2021 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $47,216,237
    Expenses
    $32,514,446
    Assets (EOY)
    $94,175,549
  • 2020 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $46,636,185
    Expenses
    $32,751,832
    Assets (EOY)
    $77,610,202
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $42,653,768
    Expenses
    $38,074,606
    Assets (EOY)
    $65,619,234
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $34,739,452
    Expenses
    $26,776,172
    Assets (EOY)
    $61,910,989

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. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

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Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2024 return

Declared as related by

Taxable family

From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.

Disregarded entities on its 2024 return

  • ARK DEVELOPMENT LLC

    OWN, LEASE · KY

  • TAKENBAC ENTERPRISES

    OWN, LEASE · KY

  • PARKING LOT VENTURES

    OWN, LEASE · KY

  • ARK ENCOUNTER LLC

    OWN, LEASE · MO

Related corporations and trusts on its 2024 return

  • ANSWERS COLLECTIVE INC

    C CORP · AFFILIATED · KY · 100% owned · controlled entity

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.