CROSSWATER CANYON INC: Form 990, tax year 2022

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Organization: CROSSWATER CANYON INC (EIN 27-4026852)
Tax period: 2022-07-01 to 2023-06-30
Filed: 2024-05-07
IRS object ID: 202401289349301405
Schema version: 2022v5.0
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule A
Schedule B
Schedule D
Schedule J
Schedule O
Schedule R

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2024-05-07T08:04:27-05:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2023-06-30	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	311119890	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Barnes Dennig & Co LTD	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	150 East Fourth Street	AddressLine1Txt
City	Cincinnati	CityNm
State Abbreviation	OH	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	45202	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2022-07-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	274026852	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Crosswater Canyon Inc	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	CROS	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	8597272222	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	2800 Bullittsburg Church Road	AddressLine1Txt
City	Petersburg	CityNm
State Abbreviation	KY	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	41080	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	Scott Fetzer	PersonNm
Person Title	CFO	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	8597272222	PhoneNum
Signature	2024-05-02	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (1)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Signing Officer SigningOfficerGrp

Person Full Name PersonFullName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person First	Scott	PersonFirstNm
Person Last	Fetzer	PersonLastNm

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
SSN	999009999	SSN

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
IRS Responsible Prty Info Curr	0	IRSResponsiblePrtyInfoCurrInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	Paula Hume	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P00537516	PTIN
Phone	5132418313	PhoneNum
Preparation	2024-05-02	PreparationDt

Additional Filer Information AdditionalFilerInformation

Trusted Customer TrustedCustomerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Trusted Customer	2	TrustedCustomerCd
Authentication Assurance Level	AAL1	AuthenticationAssuranceLevelCd
Identity Assurance Level	IAL1	IdentityAssuranceLevelCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2022	TaxYr
Build TS	2023-04-26 12:10:37Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	Michael D Zovath	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	2800 Bullittsburg Church Road	AddressLine1Txt
City	Petersburg	CityNm
State Abbreviation	KY	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	41080	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$74,760,798	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	0	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	N/A	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	2010	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	KY	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	To operate for the benefit of, and to support the mission and purposes of, Answers in Genesis, Inc.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	5	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	5	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	905	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	334	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$2,826,640	TotalGrossUBIAmt
Net Unrelated Bus Txbl Incm	$10,527	NetUnrelatedBusTxblIncmAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$3,239,199	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$346,975	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$39,464,083	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$46,914,902	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$43,630	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$104,923	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$20,756,994	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$16,882,325	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$63,503,906	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$64,249,125	CYTotalRevenueAmt
PY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	PYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
PY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	PYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$17,200,193	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$19,816,677	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
PY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	PYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$166,311	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$35,960,988	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$37,788,885	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$53,161,181	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$57,605,562	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	$10,342,725	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	$6,643,563	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$161,272,801	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$127,432,312	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$92,477,505	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$52,053,453	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$68,795,296	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$75,378,859	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Mission	To operate for the benefit of, and to support the mission and purposes of, Answers in Genesis, Inc.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	0	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	0	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$40,560,839	ExpenseAmt
Revenue	$46,703,949	RevenueAmt
Desc	Ark Encounter - Biblically Themed Attraction, located in Williamstown Kentucky, opened to the general public on an admissions fee basis July 7, 2016.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty2 ProgSrvcAccomActy2Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$9,936,319	ExpenseAmt
Revenue	$11,871,822	RevenueAmt
Desc	Distribution of related literature, DVDs, instructional material, related merchandise.	Desc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Expenses	$50,497,158	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	Yes (1)	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	0	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	0	LobbyingActivitiesInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	0	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	0	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	0	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	0	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	0	CreditCounselingInd
Donor Rstr Or Quasi Endowments	0	DonorRstrOrQuasiEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	Yes (1)	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	0	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	0	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	0	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	Yes (1)	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	Yes (1)	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	0	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	Yes (1)	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	0	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	0	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	0	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	0	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	0	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	0	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	0	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	0	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	0	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	0	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	0	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	0	TaxExemptBondsInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	0	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit Trans	0	PYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan Outstanding	0	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	0	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	0	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	0	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With35 Ctrl Ent	0	BusinessRlnWith35CtrlEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	0	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	0	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	0	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	0	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	Yes (1)	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	Yes (1)	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	0	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	0	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	0	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	0	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	Yes (1)	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	905	EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns Filed	Yes (1)	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	Yes (1)	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Form990 T Filed	Yes (1)	Form990TFiledInd
Foreign Financial Account	0	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	0	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	0	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	0	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	Yes (1)	QuidProQuoContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contri Discl	Yes (1)	QuidProQuoContriDisclInd
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	0	Form8282PropertyDisposedOfInd
Rcv Fnds To Pay Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	0	RcvFndsToPayPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Pay Premiums Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	0	PayPremiumsPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Indoor Tanning Services	0	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Subj To Tax Rmnrtn Ex Prcht Pymt	0	SubjToTaxRmnrtnExPrchtPymtInd
Subject To Excs Tax Net Invst Inc	0	SubjectToExcsTaxNetInvstIncInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	5	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	5	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	Yes (1)	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	0	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	0	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	0	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	0	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	0	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	0	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (1)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	Yes (1)	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	0	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	0	LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	Yes (1)	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	Yes (1)	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered Prsn	Yes (1)	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring Enfrc	Yes (1)	RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower Policy	Yes (1)	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	Yes (1)	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	Yes (1)	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	Yes (1)	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	0	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	KY	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Scott Fetzer	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Phone	8597272222	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	2800 Bullittsburg Church Road	AddressLine1Txt
City	Petersburg	CityNm
State Abbreviation	KY	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	41080	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (9 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt	OfficerOfficerInd	Average Hours Per Week Rltd OrgAverageHoursPerWeekRltdOrgRt	Highest Compensated EmployeeHighestCompensatedEmployeeInd
Nate Kellum
Board Member	5.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Craig Baker
Board Member	5.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Dan Manthei
Board Member	5.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Judge Darrell White
Board Vice Chairperson	5.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
Adam Heinlein
Board Chairperson	5.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
Scott Fetzer
Treasurer/CFO	10.00		$0	$141,226	$19,553	Yes (X)	50.00
Michael Zovath
Chief Action Officer	40.00		$127,601	$0	$1,074	Yes (X)
John Pence
Secretary/General Counsel	10.00		$0	$117,548	$12,697	Yes (X)	50.00
Thomas LiCalzi
Vice President of Operations	40.00		$106,973	$0	$8,065			Yes (X)

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$234,574	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org	$258,774	TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$41,389	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	2	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	0	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	Yes (1)	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	0	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd

Contractor Compensation ContractorCompensationGrp (5 entries)

Address Line1ContractorAddress/USAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityContractorAddress/USAddress/CityNm	State AbbreviationContractorAddress/USAddress/StateAbbreviationCd	ZIPContractorAddress/USAddress/ZIPCd	ServicesServicesDesc	CompensationCompensationAmt
Conquer
135 N Pennsylvania St Suite 2500	Indianapolis	IN	46204	Advertising	$7,030,000
Joseph David Advertising LLC
135 N Pennsylvania St Suite 2500	Indianapolis	IN	46204	Marketing	$3,300,000
Croswell of Williamsburg LLC
975 West Main Street	Williamsburg	OH	45176	Transportation	$2,985,608
Mark Spaulding Construction Co
5785 Constitution Drive	Florence	KY	41042	Construction	$2,046,989
Epling Construction of Northern Kentucky
15379 Parkers Grove Road	Morning View	KY	41063	Construction	$1,017,870

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	6	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
All Other Contributions	$346,975	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$346,975	TotalContributionsAmt

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp (5 entries)

DescDesc	BusinessBusinessCd	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumnAmt	Related Or Exempt Func IncomeRelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt	Unrelated Business RevenueUnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Admissions	713990	$43,865,255	$43,865,255
Operations	900099	$1,546,308	$786,959	$759,349
Event Outreach	900099	$819,483	$819,483
Membership Revenue	900099	$626,914	$626,914
Events	900099	$56,942	$13,396	$43,546

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	$46,914,902	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$86,248	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$86,248	ExclusionAmt

Gross Amount Sales Assets GrossAmountSalesAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other	$18,675	OtherAmt

Less Cost Oth Basis Sales Expnss LessCostOthBasisSalesExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other	$0	OtherAmt

Gain Or Loss GainOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other	$18,675	OtherAmt

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$18,675	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$18,675	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Sales Of Inventory	$24,999,182	GrossSalesOfInventoryAmt
Cost Of Goods Sold	$10,511,673	CostOfGoodsSoldAmt

Net Income Or Loss NetIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$14,487,509	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$12,463,764	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$2,023,745	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMiscGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	Tax Rebate Revenue	Desc
Business	900099	BusinessCd
Total Revenue Column	$2,394,816	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$2,394,816	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Revenue Total	$2,394,816	OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$64,249,125	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$58,575,771	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$2,826,640	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$2,499,739	ExclusionAmt

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$128,675	TotalAmt
Program Services	$128,675	ProgramServicesAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$15,577,218	TotalAmt
Program Services	$14,387,004	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,183,538	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$6,676	FundraisingAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,950,059	TotalAmt
Program Services	$2,669,123	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$264,035	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$16,901	FundraisingAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,160,725	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,050,229	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$103,849	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$6,647	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$4,181,212	TotalAmt
Program Services	$3,944,995	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$236,217	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$10,514,283	TotalAmt
Program Services	$8,411,426	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$2,102,857	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,857,610	TotalAmt
Program Services	$2,773,108	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$81,236	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$3,266	FundraisingAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,650,399	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,603,740	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,046,659	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$174,956	TotalAmt
Program Services	$174,332	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$624	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Interest InterestGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$858,248	TotalAmt
Program Services	$858,248	ProgramServicesAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$7,268,276	TotalAmt
Program Services	$6,872,220	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$393,236	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$2,820	FundraisingAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt	FundraisingFundraisingAmt
Management Fee	$7,093,350	$5,471,693	$1,491,656	$130,001
Maintenance and Repairs	$1,952,822	$1,914,747	$38,075
Contracts and leases	$154,952	$154,952
Taxes	$76,029	$76,029

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$6,748	TotalAmt
Program Services	$6,637	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$111	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$57,605,562	TotalAmt
Program Services	$50,497,158	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$6,942,093	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$166,311	FundraisingAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$36,575,320	BOYAmt
EOY	$4,421,398	EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,042,520	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,099,083	EOYAmt

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUseGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$627,542	BOYAmt
EOY	$712,685	EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$223,560	BOYAmt
EOY	$431,399	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$158,656,357	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$39,797,906	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$119,909,927	BOYAmt
EOY	$118,858,451	EOYAmt

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,893,932	BOYAmt
EOY	$909,296	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$161,272,801	BOYAmt
EOY	$127,432,312	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$3,686,706	BOYAmt
EOY	$3,796,563	EOYAmt

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$3,964,552	BOYAmt
EOY	$3,744,028	EOYAmt

Mortg Notes Pybl Scrd Invst Prop MortgNotesPyblScrdInvstPropGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$83,559,618	BOYAmt
EOY	$19,986,607	EOYAmt

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,266,629	BOYAmt
EOY	$24,526,255	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$92,477,505	BOYAmt
EOY	$52,053,453	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows FASB117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsFASB117Ind

No Donor Restriction Net Assets NoDonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$68,795,296	BOYAmt
EOY	$75,378,859	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$68,795,296	BOYAmt
EOY	$75,378,859	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$161,272,801	BOYAmt
EOY	$127,432,312	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$6,643,563	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Prior Period Adjustments	-$60,000	PriorPeriodAdjustmentsAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets	$0	OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Info In Schedule O Part XII	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartXIIInd
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	0	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	Yes (1)	FSAuditedInd

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasisGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Consolidated Basis Fincl Stmt	Yes (X)	ConsolidatedBasisFinclStmtInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Audit Committee	Yes (1)	AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	0	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Organization170	Yes (X)	PublicOrganization170Ind

Gifts Grants Contri Rcvd170 GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$3,406,537	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$9,804,958	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$8,874,710	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$3,239,199	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$346,975	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$25,672,379	TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$3,406,537	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$9,804,958	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$8,874,710	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$3,239,199	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$346,975	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$25,672,379	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot	$635,136	SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170	$25,037,243	PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$40,787	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$117,453	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$31,941	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$118,254	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$86,248	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$394,683	TotalAmt

Unrelated Business Net Incm170 UnrelatedBusinessNetIncm170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year	$10,527	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$10,527	TotalAmt

Other Income170 OtherIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$3,819,052	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$4,009,876	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$4,208,546	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$5,483,330	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$2,394,816	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$19,915,620	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	$45,993,209	TotalSupportAmt
Gross Receipts Rltd Activities	$217,794,689	GrossReceiptsRltdActivitiesAmt
Public Support CY170	0.54440	PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY170	0.60980	PublicSupportPY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170	Yes (X)	ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor	RESTRICTED	ContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RESTRICTED	BusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	RESTRICTED	AddressLine1
Address Line2	RESTRICTED	AddressLine2
City	RESTRICTED	City
State	RESTRICTED	State
ZIP Code	RESTRICTED	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Contributions	RESTRICTED	TotalContributionsAmt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Land LandGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$1,709,782	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Book Value	$1,709,782	BookValueAmt

Buildings BuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$125,206,084	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$21,023,728	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$104,182,356	BookValueAmt

Leasehold Improvements LeaseholdImprovementsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$6,659,844	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$1,457,791	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$5,202,053	BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$9,714,793	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$8,151,225	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$1,563,568	BookValueAmt

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$15,365,854	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$9,165,162	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$6,200,692	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$118,858,451	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Other Liabilities Org OtherLiabilitiesOrgGrp (2 entries)

DescDesc	AmtAmt
Lease Liabilities	$123,112
Related Party Payables	$24,403,143

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Liability	$24,526,255	TotalLiabilityAmt
Footnote Text	Yes (X)	FootnoteTextInd
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$74,760,798	TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Other Revenue	$10,511,673	OtherRevenueAmt
Revenue Not Reported	$10,511,673	RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal	$64,249,125	RevenueSubtotalAmt
Revenue Not Reported Fincl Stmt	$0	RevenueNotReportedFinclStmtAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	$64,249,125	TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$68,117,235	TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Other Expenses Included	$10,511,673	OtherExpensesIncludedAmt
Expenses Not Reported	$10,511,673	ExpensesNotReportedAmt
Expenses Subtotal	$57,605,562	ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Expenses Not Rpt Fincl Stmt	$0	ExpensesNotRptFinclStmtAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	$57,605,562	TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (3 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Part X, Line 2:	The Organization is exempt from income taxes under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and a similar provision of Kentucky law. However, the Organization is subject to federal income tax on any unrelated business taxable income. The Organization's IRS Form 990 is subject to review and examination by federal and state authorities. The Organization believes it has appropriate support for any tax positions taken, and therefore, does not have an uncertain income tax positions that are material to the financial statements.
Part XI, Line 2d - Other Adjustments:	COGS 10,511,673.
Part XII, Line 2d - Other Adjustments:	COGS 10,511,673.

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Severance Payment	0	SeverancePaymentInd
Supplemental Nonqual Rtr Plan	0	SupplementalNonqualRtrPlanInd
Equity Based Comp Arrngm	0	EquityBasedCompArrngmInd
Comp Based On Revenue Of Flng Org	0	CompBasedOnRevenueOfFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd On Rev Related Orgs	0	CompBsdOnRevRelatedOrgsInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Flng Org	0	CompBsdNetEarnsFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Rltd Orgs	0	CompBsdNetEarnsRltdOrgsInd
Any Non Fixed Payments	0	AnyNonFixedPaymentsInd
Initial Contract Exception	0	InitialContractExceptionInd

Rltd Org Officer Trst Key Empl RltdOrgOfficerTrstKeyEmplGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	Scott Fetzer	PersonNm
Title	Treasurer/CFO	TitleTxt
Base Compensation Filing Org	$0	BaseCompensationFilingOrgAmt
Compensation Based On Rltd Orgs	$141,226	CompensationBasedOnRltdOrgsAmt
Bonus Filing Organization	$0	BonusFilingOrganizationAmount
Bonus Related Organizations	$0	BonusRelatedOrganizationsAmt
Other Compensation Filing Org	$0	OtherCompensationFilingOrgAmt
Other Compensation Rltd Orgs	$0	OtherCompensationRltdOrgsAmt
Deferred Compensation Flng Org	$0	DeferredCompensationFlngOrgAmt
Deferred Comp Rltd Orgs	$1,528	DeferredCompRltdOrgsAmt
Nontaxable Benefits Filing Org	$0	NontaxableBenefitsFilingOrgAmt
Nontaxable Benefits Rltd Orgs	$18,025	NontaxableBenefitsRltdOrgsAmt
Total Compensation Filing Org	$0	TotalCompensationFilingOrgAmt
Total Compensation Rltd Orgs	$160,779	TotalCompensationRltdOrgsAmt
Comp Report Prior990 Filing Org	$0	CompReportPrior990FilingOrgAmt
Comp Report Prior990 Rltd Orgs	$0	CompReportPrior990RltdOrgsAmt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Part I, Line 3	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	The organization relied on a related organization that used one or more of the methods in Question #3 to establish compensation.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (6 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 2	One board member is the financial advisor of another.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11b	The 990 was reviewed by the Chief Financial Officer and the board of directors were sent a copy electronically prior to its filing.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 12c	The conflict of interest policy is signed annually by the board of trustees.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 15	There is a compensation structure that the Human Resources department follows and the board approves compensation for officers and key employees.
Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19	The organization's governing documents, financial statements, and policies are available to the public upon written request and upon payment of copying costs.
Form 990, Part XII, Line 2c:	The organization did not change its oversight or selection process during the current tax year.

Schedule R IRS990ScheduleR

Id Disregarded Entities IdDisregardedEntitiesGrp (4 entries)

Address Line1USAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityUSAddress/CityNm	State AbbreviationUSAddress/StateAbbreviationCd	ZIPUSAddress/ZIPCd	EINEIN	Primary ActivitiesPrimaryActivitiesTxt	Legal Domicile StateLegalDomicileStateCd	Total IncomeTotalIncomeAmt	End Of Year AssetsEndOfYearAssetsAmt	Business Name Line1DirectControllingEntityName/BusinessNameLine1Txt
Ark Encounter LLC
2800 Bullittsburg Church Road	Petersburg	KY	41080	273945921	Own, Lease, develop property	MO	$73,729,553	$86,532,130	Crosswater Canyon Inc
Ark Development LLC
2800 Bullittsburg Church Road	Petersburg	KY	41080	473885433	Own, Lease, develop property	KY	$0	$3,688,567	Answers in Genesis Inc
Takenbac Enterprises
PO Box 567	Hebron	KY	41048	061765931	Own, Lease, develop property	KY	$0	$0	Answers in Genesis Inc
Parking Lot Ventures
1 Ark Encounter Drive	Williamstown	KY	41097	881141271	Own, Lease, develop property	KY	$0	$16,900	Answers Collective Inc

Id Related Tax Exempt Org IdRelatedTaxExemptOrgGrp (4 entries)

Address Line1USAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityUSAddress/CityNm	State AbbreviationUSAddress/StateAbbreviationCd	ZIPUSAddress/ZIPCd	EINEIN	Primary ActivitiesPrimaryActivitiesTxt	Legal Domicile StateLegalDomicileStateCd	Exempt Code SectionExemptCodeSectionTxt	Public Charity StatusPublicCharityStatusTxt	Controlled OrganizationControlledOrganizationInd	Address Line1ForeignAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityForeignAddress/CityNm	Province Or StateForeignAddress/ProvinceOrStateNm	CountryForeignAddress/CountryCd	Foreign PostalForeignAddress/ForeignPostalCd	Legal Domicile Foreign CountryLegalDomicileForeignCountryCd
Answers in Genesis Inc
2800 Bullittsburg Church Road	Petersburg	KY	41080	330596423	Religious Education	KY	501(c)(3)	Line 10	0
Twelve Stones Christian Academy Inc
PO Box 567	Hebron	KY	41048	821515482	Religious Education	KY	501(c)(3)	Line 2	0
Answers in Genesis Canada
					Religious Education		501(c)(3)		0	304 Oxford Street	Ingersoil	Ontario	CA	N5C 2W1	CA
Answers in Genesis Australia
					Religious Education		501(c)(3)		0	PO Box 3824	Longanhomle	Queensland	AS	QLD 4129	AS

Id Related Org Txbl Corp Tr IdRelatedOrgTxblCorpTrGrp

Related Organization Name RelatedOrganizationName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Answers Collective Inc	BusinessNameLine1Txt

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO Box 510	AddressLine1Txt
City	Hebron	CityNm
State Abbreviation	KY	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	41048	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	853812867	EIN
Primary Activities	Affiliated Taxable Business	PrimaryActivitiesTxt
Legal Domicile State	KY	LegalDomicileStateCd

Direct Controlling Entity Name DirectControllingEntityName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Answers in Genesis Inc	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Entity Type	C	EntityTypeTxt
Share Of Total Income	$3,096,265	ShareOfTotalIncomeAmt
Share Of EOY Assets	$6,780,917	ShareOfEOYAssetsAmt
Controlled Organization	0	ControlledOrganizationInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Receipt Of Int Annts Rnts Rylts	0	ReceiptOfIntAnntsRntsRyltsInd
Gift Grnt Or Cap Contri To Oth Org	0	GiftGrntOrCapContriToOthOrgInd
Gift Grnt Cap Contri From Oth Org	0	GiftGrntCapContriFromOthOrgInd
Loans Or Guarantees To Other Org	0	LoansOrGuaranteesToOtherOrgInd
Loans Or Guarantees From Oth Org	0	LoansOrGuaranteesFromOthOrgInd
Div Related Organization	0	DivRelatedOrganizationInd
Asset Sale To Other Org	0	AssetSaleToOtherOrgInd
Asset Purchase From Other Org	0	AssetPurchaseFromOtherOrgInd
Asset Exchange	0	AssetExchangeInd
Rental Of Facilities To Oth Org	0	RentalOfFacilitiesToOthOrgInd
Rental Of Fclts From Oth Org	0	RentalOfFcltsFromOthOrgInd
Perform Of Services For Oth Org	0	PerformOfServicesForOthOrgInd
Perform Of Services By Other Org	0	PerformOfServicesByOtherOrgInd
Sharing Of Facilities	Yes (1)	SharingOfFacilitiesInd
Paid Employees Sharing	Yes (1)	PaidEmployeesSharingInd
Reimbursement Paid To Other Org	Yes (1)	ReimbursementPaidToOtherOrgInd
Reimbursement Paid By Other Org	0	ReimbursementPaidByOtherOrgInd
Transfer To Other Org	0	TransferToOtherOrgInd
Transfer From Other Org	0	TransferFromOtherOrgInd

Transactions Related Org TransactionsRelatedOrgGrp

Other Organization Name OtherOrganizationName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Answers in Genesis Inc	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Transaction Type	P	TransactionTypeTxt
Involved	$7,093,350	InvolvedAmt
Method Of Amount Determination	FMV	MethodOfAmountDeterminationTxt