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TRUTH FOR LIFE

EIN 34-1787585 SOLON, OH

Revenue 2023
$23,970,675
Expenses 2023
$21,135,992

Program services were 86.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
X20
Classification
7000
Street
PO BOX 398000

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 · 2023

Mission

TO TEACH THE BIBLE WITH CLARITY AND RELEVANCE SO THAT UNBELIEVERS WILL BE CONVERTED, BELIEVERS WILL BE ESTABLISHED, AND LOCAL CHURCHES WILL BE STRENGTHENED.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO TEACH THE BIBLE WITH CLARITY AND RELEVANCE THROUGH THE SERMONS OF ALISTAIR BEGG.

  • TRUTH FOR LIFE, THE BIBLE-TEACHING MINISTRY OF ALISTAIR BEGG, PRODUCES AND DISTRIBUTES A DAILY BIBLE-TEACHING PROGRAM TO LISTENERS IN ALL MAJOR RADIO MARKETS ACROSS THE U.S. THROUGH APPROXIMATELY 1,900 RADIO OUTLETS. LISTENERS IN THE U.S. AND FROM AROUND THE WORLD CAN ACCESS THE PROGRAM FOR FREE ONLINE AT TRUTHFORLIFE.ORG, MOBILE DEVICE APPS, PODCAST, THROUGH FACEBOOK, APPLE ITUNES, SPOTIFY, YOUTUBE, AND BY WAY OF AMAZON FIRE AND ROKU TV. TRUTH FOR LIFE IS COMMITTED TO DELIVERING CLEAR, RELEVANT BIBLE-TEACHING WITHOUT COST AS A BARRIER AND MAKES ALISTAIR'S ENTIRE TEACHING ARCHIVE FREE ONLINE. EACH MONTH, OVER SIX MILLION MESSAGES ARE DOWNLOADED FOR FREE BY LISTENERS ACROSS THE GLOBE. (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O)FOLLOWERS OF THE MINISTRY CAN ALSO SHARE ALISTAIR'S TEACHING OR ACCESS THE DAILY BLOG THROUGH FACEBOOK, TWITTER, AND INSTAGRAM. FOR LISTENERS WHO PREFER TO OWN TRUTH FOR LIFE'S BIBLE TEACHING MESSAGES A USB CAN BE PURCHASED AT COST, WITH NO MARK UP, THANKS TO THE GENEROUS AND FAITHFUL GIVING OF THE MINISTRY'S DONORS. TRUTH FOR LIFE IS FULLY DEDICATED TO TEACHING THE BIBLE WITH CLARITY AND RELEVANCE SO THAT UNBELIEVERS WILL BE CONVERTED, BELIEVERS WILL BE ESTABLISHED, AND LOCAL CHURCHES WILL BE STRENGTHENED.

    Expenses $18,275,967 · Grants $4,341,136

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • ALISTAIR BEGG

    PRESIDENT/CEO

    Total calculated
    $378,645
    From this org
    $349,895
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $28,750
    Hours/week
    20

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $300,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $49,895
    Deferred
    $28,750
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $378,645

  • ROBERT BUTTS

    CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $258,446
    From this org
    $210,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $48,446
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $210,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $20,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $28,446
    Filer's total
    $258,446

  • MICHAEL COSTLOW

    DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $159,066
    From this org
    $120,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $39,066
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $120,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $11,300
    Nontaxable benefits
    $27,766
    Filer's total
    $159,066

  • RICK LANE

    DIRECTOR OF IT

    Total calculated
    $142,196
    From this org
    $105,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $37,196
    Hours/week
    50

  • SCOTT ANDREWS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • DAVID A COOK

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • JAMES DAVIS

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • WILLIAM KOEBLITZ

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • JOHN ROTHENBUHLER

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • JERRY TUBERGEN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • JOHN VAN WINGERDEN

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

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

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $23,970,675
    Expenses
    $21,135,992
    Contributions
    $23,475,517
    Grants paid
    $4,341,136
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $19,710,267
    Expenses
    $16,355,406
    Contributions
    $20,346,245
    Grants paid
    $15,000

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

    Revenue
    $20,814,256
    Expenses
    $15,361,553
    Assets (EOY)
    $28,565,821

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $17,917,869
    Expenses
    $14,033,416
    Assets (EOY)
    $22,735,060

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $14,390,259
    Expenses
    $12,646,110
    Assets (EOY)
    $19,310,433

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $12,195,812
    Expenses
    $11,414,329
    Assets (EOY)
    $17,392,398

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $11,809,824
    Expenses
    $10,092,567
    Assets (EOY)
    $16,568,169

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $11,472,182
    Expenses
    $8,914,682
    Assets (EOY)
    $16,978,169

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $11,472,182
    Expenses
    $8,914,682
    Assets (EOY)
    $16,978,169

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.

Grants made

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Grants received

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

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 23 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.