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AMERICAN REFORMER

EIN 87-0851385 DALLAS, TX

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Revenue 2024
$280,922
Expenses 2024
$630,085

Program services were 49.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
X80
Classification
7000
Street
3800 MAPLE AVE STE 425

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

Mission

AMERICAN REFORMER'S MISSION IS TO PROMOTE A VIGOROUS CHRISTIAN APPROACH TO THE CULTURAL CHALLENGES OF OUR DAY, ROOTED IN THE RICH TRADITION OF PROTESTANT SOCIAL AND POLITICAL THOUGHT.

  • CAFF COLLEGE GUIDE: THE CENTER FOR ACADEMIC FAITHFULNESS & FLOURISHING (CAFF) LAUNCHED ITS CAFF COLLEGE GUIDE IN OCTOBER 2024 TO EMPOWER STUDENTS AND PROVIDE TRANSPARENCY TO THE CHRISTIAN HIGHER EDUCATION SECTOR. THE GUIDE FEATURES COMPREHENSIVE PROFILES FOR EACH SCHOOL WITH INFORMATION ON ITS THEOLOGICAL TRADITION, STATEMENT OF FAITH, ACADEMIC PROGRAMS, AND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, ALONG WITH GRANULAR INFORMATION ON STUDENT LIFE AND FACULTY POLICIES. CAFF WORKS DIRECTLY WITH COLLEGE ADMINISTRATIONS TO BUILD ACCURATE PROFILES AND SHOWCASE EVERY SCHOOL'S UNIQUE FEATURES. OUR GOAL IS TO BUILD A K-20 PIPELINE FOR FAITHFUL CHRISTIAN STUDENTS.

    Expenses $150,000 · Grants $50,000

  • SUMMER FELLOWSHIP: THE COTTON MATHER FELLOWSHIP GRADUATED ITS FOURTH COHORT IN SUMMER 2025. EACH YEAR, FELLOWSHIP GATHERS A UNIQUE NETWORK OF YOUNG AMERICAN PROTESTANTS FOR A SUMMER-LONG EDUCATION AND VOCATIONAL EXPERIENCE. KEY TOPICS INCLUDE POLITICAL THEOLOGY, MORAL ORDER, CHRISTIAN CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, AND AMERICAN HISTORY. THE FELLOWS MEET WEEKLY FOR VIDEO DISCUSSIONS OF KEY TEXTS IN THE WESTERN PHILOSOPHICAL AND RELIGIOUS TRADITION, WITH THE GOAL OF PROVIDING AN INTELLECTUAL FOUNDATION TO THEIR CHRISTIAN FAITH. THE CAPSTONE OF THE FELLOWSHIP IS A THREE-DAY IN-PERSON RETREAT FULL OF INTELLECTUAL DISCUSSIONS AND TEAM-BUILDING ACTIVITIES. THE FELLOWS LEAVE THIS EXPERIENCE EQUIPPED AND ENCOURAGED TO CARRY THEIR NEWFOUND LEARNING INTO THEIR VOCATIONS.

    Expenses $60,000 · Grants $30,000

  • ONLINE PUBLICATION: THE AMERICAN REFORMER ONLINE JOURNAL PUBLISHED OVER 450 ARTICLES AND RECEIVED ALMOST 1 MILLION PAGEVIEWS IN 2024. BOTH OF THESE NUMBERS WERE NEARLY DOUBLE THE CORRESPONDING NUMBERS IN 2023, AND THEY CONTINUE OUR TREND OF STEADY GROWTH YEAR-OVER-YEAR. THE JOURNAL HAS CONTINUED TO BRING ATTENTION TO THE MOST IMPORTANT ISSUES FACING AMERICAN CHRISTIANS. OUR INCISIVE COMMENTARY BACKED BY DEEP HISTORICAL REFLECTION HAS ATTRACTED A DIVERSE AND LOYAL READERSHIP THAT CONTINUES TO GROW.

    Expenses $100,000 · Grants $250

As filed on the 2024 return.

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.

  • Nathaniel Fischer

    CO-FOUNDER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Aaron Renn

    CO- FOUNDER AND SENIOR FELLO

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Chris Buskirk

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Camden Spiller

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

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
    $280,922
    Expenses
    $630,085
    Contributions
    $280,922
    Grants paid
    $5,014
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $517,369
    Expenses
    $1,030,768
    Contributions
    $517,369
    Grants paid
    $1,000
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $148,779
    Expenses
    $397,942
    Contributions
    $148,779
    Grants paid
    $4,500

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.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2021

Tax period
1 January 2021 to 31 December 2021
Principal officer
Nate Fischer
Mailing address
4945 CROOKED LANEDALLAS TX 75229
Website
https://americanreformer.org/reform/

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 2 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

  • NEW FOUNDING CORPORATION

    $5,014

    2024 GENERAL PURPOSE

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Grants received

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.