LIVING WATERS PUBLICATIONS

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

X80

Classification

7000

Street

9818 ARKANSAS 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

• THE WAY OF THE MASTER TELEVISION SERIES (PROGRAM EXPENDITURES - $579,084.42)THE WAY OF THE MASTER TELEVISION PROGRAM, PRODUCES 13 HIGH-QUALITY EPISODES PER SEASON, WHICH WE DISTRIBUTE TO OUR NETWORK OF PARTNER TELEVISION STATIONS. THE SHOW CONTINUED TO FOCUS ON FILMING OUT ON THE STREETS WHERE THE HOSTS INTERVIEW PEOPLE AND SHARE THEIR FAITH. THE 2024 SEASON OF OUR TELEVISION SERIES AIRED ON TELEVISION NETWORKS SUCH AS NRB TV, DAY STAR, MIRACLE CHANNEL, INSPIRATION TV, AND A CURRENT TOTAL OF 71 NETWORKS, LOCAL STATIONS ACROSS THE GLOBE, AND STREAMING SITES. NEW NETWORKS AND STREAMING SITES CONTINUE TO BE ADDED AS WE MOVE FORWARD. RE-RUNS OF OUR PRIOR FOUR SEASONS MAY CONTINUE TO BE BROADCAST AT THE DISCRETION OF THE BROADCASTER. LIVING WATERS CONTINUES TO RELEASE OUR PRIOR SEASONS OF WAY OF THE MASTER FREE OF CHARGE TO THE PUBLIC VIA YOUTUBE, AND IS NOW BEING CARRIED ON OUR LIVINGWATERS.TV PLATFORM IN 2024. PRE-PRODUCTION AND FILMING FOR SEASON 10 BEGAN IN FALL 2023. OUR DESIRE IS TO HELP AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE TO BEGIN TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE CRITICAL BIBLICAL EVANGELISM TEACHING AND INSTRUCTION WITHIN THOSE VIDEOS.

  Expenses $579,084 · Revenue $51,455

• STREET EVANGELISM (PROGRAM EXPENDITURES - $571,484.40)THIS WEEKLY PROGRAM FOCUSES ON PREACHING THE BIBLICAL PRINCIPLE OF MAN'S NEED FOR REPENTANCE AND SALVATION AT OUTDOOR VENUES SUCH AS PARKS, BEACHES, HIGHER EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES, AND ANYWHERE THE GENERAL PUBLIC MIGHT BE FOUND IN LARGE NUMBERS. IN ADDITION TO SPEAKING, THE PRINTED RESOURCES OF THE ORGANIZATION ARE PASSED OUT AND DISCUSSED ONE-ON-ONE BETWEEN MINISTRY VOLUNTEERS AND MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC. THE PROGRAM ALSO SUPPLIES RESOURCES, FREE OF CHARGE, TO EMPLOYEES AS AN ONGOING ENCOURAGEMENT TO BE ENGAGED IN THE PRACTICE OF STREET AND PERSONAL EVANGELISM IN THEIR EVERYDAY SURROUNDINGS. THIS PROGRAM ALSO INVOLVES THE STAFF DEVELOPMENT OF NEW OR REVISED PRINTED RESOURCES. FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2024, THE ORGANIZATION GENERATED AND DISTRIBUTED FIVE NEW GOSPEL TRACTS. THE PROGRAM IS HIGHLY EFFECTIVE IN THAT BIBLICAL TEACHING IS GOING OUT TO THE PUBLIC ON A REGULAR BASIS, AND IN THAT IT PROVIDES A CONSISTENT REAL-WORLD OPPORTUNITY FOR THE TRAINING OF CHRISTIANS TO EFFECTIVELY SHARE THEIR FAITH. THE ORGANIZATION HAVE CONTINUED TO SUPPORT LOCAL AND STATE VOLUNTEERS WHO ATTENDED LOCAL CONFERENCES, BOOK FAIRS, AND OTHER CIVIC FUNCTIONS AND GAVE AWAY COPIES OF SELECT EVANGELISTIC MATERIALS SUPPLIED BY LIVING WATERS AT NO CHARGE. THIS SUPPORT PROVIDES A BETTER MEANS FOR MEETING THE NEED FOR LOCALIZED EVANGELISM TRAINING BY THOSE IN THE SPECIFIC GEOGRAPHIC AREA. ADDITIONALLY, WE DONATED MATERIALS TO SEVERAL EVENT WORKERS, ORGANIZATIONS, AND INDIVIDUALS FOR FREE USE AND DISTRIBUTION. IN 2024, ONE SUCH LARGE SCALE EVENT PROVIDED CUSTOMIZED RESOURCES TO BE GIVEN AWAY LEADING UP TO AND DURING THE OLYMPIC SUMMER GAMES IN PARIS FRANCE. DURING THIS OUTREACH, MILLIONS OF FREE RESOURCES WERE PROVIDED TO CHRISTIANS IN THE U.S., THE U.K., EUROPE, AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND.

  Expenses $571,484

• WEB / YOUTUBE (PROGRAM EXPENDITURES - $479,609.96)IN ORDER TO FILL THE NEED FOR THE RELEASE OF DAILY/WEEKLY INSTRUCTIONAL AND INSPIRING WEB CONTENT, WE CONTINUE TO AGGRESSIVELY CREATE AND UPLOAD INSTRUCTIONAL CONTENT TO YOUTUBE AND OUR OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS, SUCH AS FACEBOOK. WE HAVE SEEN THAT THIS SHIFT IS EXTREMELY BENEFICIAL FOR BOTH THE MINISTRY IN CAPTURING MEASURABLE RESULTS, AS WELL AS PROVIDING AN ABUNDANCE OF FREE CONTENT TO THE PUBLIC.

  Expenses $479,610

• Withheld by Nonprofiteer: this text may name a private individual.

• LIVING WATERS ESPANOL FORMERLY SPANISH LANGUAGE OUTREACH (PROGRAM EXPENDITURES - $209,385.09)THIS PROGRAM SERVES AS A MEANS FOR SUPPORTERS OF THE ORGANIZATION TO PARTNER WITH US TO HAVE CERTAIN EVANGELISTIC TEACHING AND RESOURCE MATERIALS TRANSLATED INTO DIFFERENT LANGUAGES. WHILE WE ARE ACTIVELY TRANSLATING SOME OF OUR SIMPLE MESSAGES AND RESOURCES INTO ACCESSIBLE DIGITAL RESOURCES, OUR PRIMARY FOCUS REMAINS ON TRANSLATING A WIDE VARIETY OF RESOURCES INTO THE SPANISH LANGUAGE, AS IT IS BEFITTING OUR CURRENT AREA DEMOGRAPHIC AND THE EXPLOSION OF GROWTH IN THE CHRISTIAN BODY IN LATIN AMERICA. WE CONTINUE TO BUILD OUR SPANISH WEB AND TELEVISION BROADCAST PRESENCE THROUGH CONTINUED ENGAGEMENT WITH VARIOUS BROADCAST COMPANIES. WE ALSO PROVIDED CONFERENCE SPEAKERS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR IN MEXICO AND VARIOUS COUNTRIES IN LATIN AMERICA.

  Expenses $209,385 · Grants $25,685

• INT'L MISSIONS PROJECT (PROGRAM EXPENDITURES - $61,469.69)THIS PROGRAM SERVES VARIOUS VOLUNTEER REPRESENTATIVES IN EUROPE, ASIA, COLUMBIA, AND AUSTRALIA. THESE VOLUNTEERS RUN PRIVATE BOOKSTORES AND WEB STORES THROUGH WHICH THEY PROVIDE EVANGELISTIC RESOURCES TO THE PUBLIC IN THEIR OWN COUNTRY. WE PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO THESE INDIVIDUALS TO HELP THEM EFFECTIVELY TEACH THE PRINCIPLES OF BIBLICAL EVANGELISM AND MAKE INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO THEM IN ORDER TO AID THEM IN MAKING THEIR EVANGELISTIC MISSION SUCCESSFUL.IN THIS PROGRAM, WE ALSO OFFER TECHNICAL AS WELL AS LIMITED FINANCIAL SUPPORT AND EVANGELISTIC RESOURCE MATERIALS. FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2024, WE CONTINUED TO HELP OUR PARTNERS IN THESE REGIONS BUILD UP THEIR LOCAL PRESENCE AND PROVIDE NEW RESOURCES. ADDITIONALLY, WE PROVIDED LIMITED MONETARY SUPPORT OR PHYSICAL INVENTORY CREDIT SUPPORT IN ORDER TO HELP FULFILL OUR EVANGELISTIC MISSION IN THOSE REGIONS OF THE WORLD.

  Expenses $61,470 · Grants $33,720

• CONFERENCES/SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS (PROGRAM EXPENDITURES - $174,384.17)LIVING WATERS CONTINUES TO SUSPEND THE MAJORITY OF OUR LIVING WATERS HOSTED CONFERENCE OUTREACHES. WE WILL CONTINUE TO EVALUATE THE ECONOMIC CLIMATE IN THE COMING YEARS, AS WELL AS THE OVERALL EFFECTIVENESS OF THE CONFERENCE TRAINING MODEL. IN LIEU OF THIS, WE HAVE BEEN CONCENTRATING ON SENDING LIVING WATERS STAFF SPEAKERS OUT TO EVENTS, BOTH DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL, AS PER INVITATIONS RECEIVED. OUR RAFT OF AVAILABLE SPEAKERS CONTINUES TO GROW IN POPULARITY, AND SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS CONTINUE TO BE SCHEDULED YEAR-ROUND. FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2024, OUR SPEAKERS WERE ABLE TO ENGAGE IN 17 IN-PERSON EVENTS NATIONWIDE. THESE WERE LOCATED IN THE STATES OF CALIFORNIA, TEXAS, MINNESOTA, KENTUCKY, MICHIGAN, CONNECTICUT, GEORGIA, KANSAS, MISSISSIPPI, TENNESSEE, AND NORTH CAROLINA. ADDITIONALLY, OUR SPEAKERS WERE A PART OF TWO INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES IN FRANCE AND CANADA. SPEAKERS ALSO PARTICIPATED AS REMOTE ONLINE SPEAKERS FOR CONFERENCES IN IRELAND AND NEW ZEALAND.

  Expenses $174,384 · Grants $1,500 · Revenue $43,535

• OUTREACH (SCHOOL OF BIBLICAL EVANGELISM/LIVINGWATERS.TV FORMERLY LW EQUIP) (PROGRAM EXPENDITURES - $368,228.45)THE SCHOOL OF BIBLICAL EVANGELISM (SOBE) IS AN ONLINE BIBLE COLLEGE, DEDICATED TO TRAINING MEN AND WOMEN TO PROCLAIM THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST. THE COLLEGE WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2001 BY THE ORGANIZATION. THROUGH 101 ONLINE LESSONS, INCLUDING AUDIOS, ARTICLES, AND VIDEOS, STUDENTS ARE CHALLENGED TO HAVE A BIBLICAL WORLDVIEW. EACH LESSON IS DESIGNED TO EQUIP THE STUDENTS TO DEFEND THE HISTORIC CHRISTIAN FAITH. THE COURSE TAKES APPROXIMATELY SIX MONTHS TO COMPLETE.LIVINGWATERS.TV (FORMERLY LW EQUIP) IS A STREAMING SERVICE CHANNEL WHICH WAS LAUNCHED IN FALL 2024. THE BASIC FORMAT OF LIVING WATERS TV CONSISTS OF VIDEO CONTENT INCLUDING EQUIP APOLOGETICS VIDEOS, EPISODES OF OUR TELEVISION PROGRAM "WAY OF THE MASTER," MOVIES, EPISODES OF OUR PODCAST, SPANISH CONTENT, AND CLASSIC COMFORT VIDEOS. THE STREAMING PLATFORM IS ORGANIZED BY CATEGORIES AND SPEAKERS AND OFFERS FREE CONTENT AND PAID SUBSCRIPTION OPTIONS TO OUR SUPPORTERS.

  Expenses $368,229

• AMBASSADORS' ACADEMY (PROGRAM EXPENDITURES - $201,434.34THIS PROGRAM WAS ORIGINALLY COMMISSIONED AT THE END OF 2007. ITS PURPOSE IS TO BRING WOULD-BE EVANGELISTS TO LIVING WATERS FOR THREE DAYS OF INTENSE CLASSROOM AND PRACTICAL TRAINING ON HOW TO SHARE ONE'S FAITH AND HOW TO START AN EVANGELISM OUTREACH AT THE PARTICIPANTS' LOCAL CHURCH. THE GOAL IS TO SERVE THE CHURCH AND INDIVIDUALS WITHIN THE CHURCH IN THE AREA OF MAINTAINING AN ONGOING, EFFECTIVE EVANGELISM OUTREACH. THE AREA OF INTEREST IS GLOBAL. FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2024, WE CONTINUED OUR IN-PERSON ACADEMY TRAINING PROGRAM IN JUNE.

  Expenses $201,434 · Grants $26,055

• WAY OF THE MASTER PODCAST OUTREACH (PROGRAM EXPENDITURES - $370,166.47)THE LIVING WATERS PODCAST IS A HUMOROUS, CHART-TOPPING PODCAST AS HOSTS RAY COMFORT, EMEAL ("E.Z.") ZWAYNE, MARK SPENCE, OSCAR NAVARRO, AND SPECIAL GUESTS EXPLORE THE PRESSING QUESTIONS OF OUR DAY WITH SOUND THEOLOGY AND APOLOGETICS. THE PODCAST IS AVAILABLE ON LIVINGWATERS.COM/PODCAST, APPLE PODCAST, SPOTIFY, GOOGLE PODCASTS, CAST BOX, AND OTHER APPS.

  Expenses $370,166

As filed on the 2024 return. The first 10 program lines listed; the rest are in the source return and the API. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here. A text marked withheld matched a screen for wording that may name a private individual, such as an honorific or "in memory of". Most of what it withholds names no one; it is withheld so that what does is never shown.

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. 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

  $6,183,897

  Expenses

  $6,262,288

  Contributions

  $4,850,249

  Grants paid

  $275,147

• 2023

  Revenue

  $6,169,240

  Expenses

  $6,514,554

  Contributions

  $4,771,060

  Grants paid

  $357,114

• 2022

  Revenue

  $6,019,303

  Expenses

  $5,093,368

  Contributions

  $4,650,325

  Grants paid

  $263,595

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

  $6,269,006

  Expenses

  $3,863,207

  Assets (EOY)

  $7,167,074

• 2021 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $4,625,688

  Expenses

  $3,393,220

  Assets (EOY)

  $5,056,879

• 2020 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,572,111

  Expenses

  $3,097,858

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,366,119

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,314,483

  Expenses

  $3,127,734

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,891,210

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,571,713

  Expenses

  $3,413,862

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,314,057

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

• CALVARY CHAPEL DOWNEY

  $50,000

  2024 · SUPPORT ORGANIZATION

• CALVARY CHAPEL SAVING GRACE

  $35,000

  2022 · SUPPORT ORGANIZATION

• JC PREGNANCY CENTER

  $25,000

  2022 · SUPPORT ORGANIZATION

• KINDRED COMMUNITY CHURCH

  $25,000

  2022 · SUPPORT ORGANIZATION

• ANSWERS IN GENESIS

  $20,000

  2024 · SUPPORT ORGANIZATION

• ONELIFE FOR LIFE

  $20,000

  2023 · SUPPORT ORGANIZATION

• CALVARY CHAPEL DOWNEY

  $20,000

  2023 · SUPPORT ORGANIZATION

• SPORTS FAN OUTREACH

  $20,000

  2022 · SUPPORT ORGANIZATION

• APOLOGIA CHURCH

  $20,000

  2022 · SUPPORT ORGANIZATION

• IGO WORLDWIDE

  $18,324

  2024 · SUPPORT ORGANIZATION

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

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $100,589

  2024 · RELIGION RELATED

• NATIONAL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION

  $73,200

  2022 · CULTURE

• NATIONAL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION

  $51,500

  2024 · APOLOGETICS

• RAYMOND JAMES CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT FUND

  $50,000

  2022 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• NATIONAL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION

  $39,900

  2023 · CULTURE

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $39,400

  2024 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM

  $33,100

  2022 · FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE

• VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM

  $33,000

  2023 · FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE

• RAYMOND JAMES CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT FUND

  $31,750

  2023 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $31,300

  2023 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

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

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