EDIFY: Form 990, tax year 2015

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Organization: EDIFY (EIN 27-0892545)
Tax period: 2015-10-01 to 2016-09-30
Filed: 2017-07-17
IRS object ID: 201721989349301137
Schema version: 2015v3.0
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 F
Schedule M
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2017-07-17T15:01:37-05:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2016-09-30	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	363990892	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Capin Crouse LLP	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	3010 Saturn Street Suite 205	AddressLine1Txt
City	Brea	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	92821	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2015-10-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	270892545	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

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

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	EDIF	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	8554633439	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	8825 Aero Drive No 220	AddressLine1Txt
City	San Diego	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	92123	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	Chris Fenton	PersonNm
Person Title	CFO/SVP	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	6198840099	PhoneNum
Signature	2017-07-17	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (1)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	Daren Daiga	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P00747006	PTIN
Phone	7149619300	PhoneNum

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2015	TaxYr
Build TS	2021-01-29 14:40:06Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	Christopher Crane	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	8825 Aero Drive No 220	AddressLine1Txt
City	San Diego	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	92123	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$4,961,385	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	0	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	www.edify.org	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	2009	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	CA	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	To bring Jesus Christ to children through better academic education.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	7	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	5	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	25	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	12	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
Net Unrelated Bus Txbl Incm	$0	NetUnrelatedBusTxblIncmAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$4,463,466	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$4,821,076	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$23,497	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$40,816	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$1,857	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$1,758	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$0	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$0	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$4,488,820	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$4,863,650	CYTotalRevenueAmt
PY Grants And Similar Paid	$656,642	PYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$1,031,658	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
PY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	PYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$1,313,027	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$1,581,977	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
PY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	PYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$851,333	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$1,688,996	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$2,273,291	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$3,658,665	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$4,886,926	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	$830,155	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	-$23,276	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$2,511,679	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$2,533,298	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$102,661	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$146,106	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$2,409,018	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$2,387,192	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Info In Schedule O Part III	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIIIInd
Mission	To improve and expand sustainable, Christ-centered education globally.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	0	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	0	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$3,712,370	ExpenseAmt
Grant	$1,031,658	GrantAmt
Revenue	$40,816	RevenueAmt
Desc	Edify is focused on delivering 4 key resources to help Christian edupreneurs lift their communities out of poverty:1.Training school leaders and teachers to use Christ-centered materials to develop character in students.2.Training school leaders to effectively manage and to grow sustainable and transformational schools.3.Providing loan capital to expand and improve facilities at low-fee, sustainable, Christ-centered schools.4.Integrating educational technology to enhance learning outcomes and employability. Persons served in fiscal year 2016 - 384,514 Comprised of 379,733 children, 2,458 teachers, 2,323 Edupreneurs.Schools served in fiscal year 2016 - 1,155 in 8 developing world countries	Desc
Total Program Service Expenses	$3,712,370	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
Temp Or Permanent Endowments	0	TempOrPermanentEndowmentsInd
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	Yes (1)	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	0	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	0	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	Yes (1)	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	Yes (1)	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	Yes (1)	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	0	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 With Officer Ent	0	BusinessRlnWithOfficerEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	Yes (1)	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	0	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	0	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	0	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	0	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	0	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	7	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	Yes (1)	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	25	EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns Filed	Yes (1)	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	0	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Foreign Financial Account	Yes (1)	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Foreign Country	GH	ForeignCountryCd
Foreign Country	RW	ForeignCountryCd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	0	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	0	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	0	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	0	QuidProQuoContributionsInd
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
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	7	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	5	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	0	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	CA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	FL	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	IL	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	MA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	MN	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	NJ	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	PA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	OK	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	OR	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	TN	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
Own Website	Yes (X)	OwnWebsiteInd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	Chris Fenton	PersonNm
Phone	8554633439	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	8825 Aero Drive No 220	AddressLine1Txt
City	San Diego	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	92123	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part VII	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIIInd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (11 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt	Highest Compensated EmployeeHighestCompensatedEmployeeInd
Christopher Crane
Chairman and CEO	40.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$37,440	$0	$24,413
Peter Greer
Vice Chairman	1.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
George T Dawson
President & Board Member	50.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$145,000	$0	$0
Dale Dawson
Audit Committee Chairman	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Debbie Hall
Board Member	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Marnie Nair
Board Member	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Kurt Knapton
Board Member	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Terry Looper part year
Board Member	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Chris Fenton
SVP Operations & CFO	50.00		Yes (X)	$95,000	$0	$16,544
Vanessa Folsom
VP Operations & Secretary	50.00		Yes (X)	$92,323	$0	$10,005
Abigail Bach
VP Program Strategy & Phil	40.00			$120,000	$0	$13,035	Yes (X)

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$489,763	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org	$0	TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$63,997	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	2	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	0	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	0	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	0	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd

Contractor Compensation ContractorCompensationGrp

Contractor Name ContractorName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	Dr Makonen Getu	PersonNm

Contractor Address ContractorAddress

Foreign Address ForeignAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	38 Arlington Dr	AddressLine1Txt
City	Oxford	CityNm
Country	UK	CountryCd
Foreign Postal	OX3 OSJ	ForeignPostalCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Services	See Schedule O	ServicesDesc
Compensation	$101,909	CompensationAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	1	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
All Other Contributions	$4,821,076	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Noncash Contributions	$127,275	NoncashContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$4,821,076	TotalContributionsAmt

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	Training programs	Desc
Business	900099	BusinessCd
Total Revenue Column	$40,816	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$40,816	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	$40,816	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$1,758	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$1,758	ExclusionAmt

Gross Amount Sales Assets GrossAmountSalesAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$97,735	SecuritiesAmt

Less Cost Oth Basis Sales Expnss LessCostOthBasisSalesExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$97,735	SecuritiesAmt

Gain Or Loss GainOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$0	SecuritiesAmt

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$4,863,650	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$40,816	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$1,758	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part IX	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIXInd

Foreign Grants ForeignGrantsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,031,658	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,031,658	ProgramServicesAmt

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$376,813	TotalAmt
Program Services	$232,235	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$89,010	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$55,568	FundraisingAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$945,832	TotalAmt
Program Services	$331,434	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$129,839	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$484,559	FundraisingAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$160,786	TotalAmt
Program Services	$53,704	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$26,988	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$80,094	FundraisingAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$98,546	TotalAmt
Program Services	$41,943	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$16,418	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$40,185	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$5,412	TotalAmt
Program Services	$175	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$5,237	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$19,052	TotalAmt
Management And General	$19,052	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$889,253	TotalAmt
Program Services	$887,221	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$711	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,321	FundraisingAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$30,247	TotalAmt
Fundraising	$30,247	FundraisingAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$134,674	TotalAmt
Program Services	$89,522	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$9,699	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$35,453	FundraisingAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$110,140	TotalAmt
Program Services	$98,866	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,619	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$9,655	FundraisingAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$75,255	TotalAmt
Program Services	$58,231	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$9,989	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$7,035	FundraisingAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$509,012	TotalAmt
Program Services	$412,251	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$7,668	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$89,093	FundraisingAmt

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$17,799	TotalAmt
Program Services	$8,121	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$2,250	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$7,428	FundraisingAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$14,214	TotalAmt
Program Services	$12,157	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,125	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$932	FundraisingAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$3,297	TotalAmt
Management And General	$3,297	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (3 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt
Edupreneur Training	$229,573	$229,573
Teacher Training	$122,835	$122,835
Student Training	$86,034	$86,034

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$26,494	TotalAmt
Program Services	$16,410	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$321	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$9,763	FundraisingAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$4,886,926	TotalAmt
Program Services	$3,712,370	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$323,223	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$851,333	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,078,831	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,194,345	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$205,933	BOYAmt
EOY	$67,470	EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$93,246	BOYAmt
EOY	$147,077	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$103,306	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$59,574	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$26,977	BOYAmt
EOY	$43,732	EOYAmt

Investments Program Related InvestmentsProgramRelatedGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$57,785	BOYAmt
EOY	$35,006	EOYAmt

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$48,907	BOYAmt
EOY	$45,668	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,511,679	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,533,298	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$102,661	BOYAmt
EOY	$140,653	EOYAmt

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$5,453	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$102,661	BOYAmt
EOY	$146,106	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows SFAS117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsSFAS117Ind

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,521,459	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,072,773	EOYAmt

Temporarily Rstr Net Assets TemporarilyRstrNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$887,559	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,314,419	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,409,018	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,387,192	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,511,679	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,533,298	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	-$23,276	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Donated Services And Use Fclts	$1,450	DonatedServicesAndUseFcltsAmt
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)
Separate Basis Fincl Stmt	Yes (X)	SeparateBasisFinclStmtInd

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	$3,261,331	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$3,917,887	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$4,149,045	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$4,463,466	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$4,821,076	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$20,612,805	TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$3,261,331	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$3,917,887	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$4,149,045	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$4,463,466	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$4,821,076	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$20,612,805	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot	$989,933	SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170	$19,622,872	PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$25,381	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$2,223	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$3,426	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$1,857	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$1,758	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$34,645	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	$20,647,450	TotalSupportAmt
Gross Receipts Rltd Activities	$87,781	GrossReceiptsRltdActivitiesAmt
Public Support CY170	0.95040	PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY170	0.96070	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

Equipment EquipmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$103,306	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$59,574	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$43,732	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$43,732	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Other Liabilities Org OtherLiabilitiesOrgGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	Other long term liablities	Desc
Amt	$5,453	Amt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Liability	$5,453	TotalLiabilityAmt
Footnote Text	Yes (X)	FootnoteTextInd
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$5,000,167	TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Donated Services And Use Fclts	$136,517	DonatedServicesAndUseFcltsAmt
Revenue Not Reported	$136,517	RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal	$4,863,650	RevenueSubtotalAmt
Revenue Not Reported Fincl Stmt	$0	RevenueNotReportedFinclStmtAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	$4,863,650	TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$5,021,993	TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Donated Services Use Fclts	$135,067	DonatedServicesUseFcltsAmt
Expenses Not Reported	$135,067	ExpensesNotReportedAmt
Expenses Subtotal	$4,886,926	ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Expenses Not Rpt Fincl Stmt	$0	ExpensesNotRptFinclStmtAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	$4,886,926	TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Part X, Line 2:	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	The financial statement effects of a tax position taken or expected to be taken are recognized in the financial statements when it is more likely than not, based on the technical merits, that the position will be sustained upon examination. Interest and penalties, if any, are included in expenses in the statements of activities. As of September 30, 2016 and 2015, Edify had no uncertain tax positions that qualify for recognition or disclosure in the financial statements. Edify files information tax returns in the U.S. and California. Edify is subject to income tax examinations for the current year and certain prior years based on the applicable laws and regulations.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule F IRS990ScheduleF

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Grant Records Maintained	Yes (1)	GrantRecordsMaintainedInd

Account Activities Outside US AccountActivitiesOutsideUSGrp (7 entries)

RegionRegionTxt	OfficesOfficesCnt	EmployeeEmployeeCnt	Type Of Activities ConductedTypeOfActivitiesConductedTxt	Region Total ExpendituresRegionTotalExpendituresAmt	Specific Services ProvidedSpecificServicesProvidedTxt
Sub-Saharan Africa	0	6	Grants to Recipients Located in Region	$1,051,799
Central America and the Caribbean	0	1	Grants to Recipients Located in Region	-$59,326
South America	0	1	Grants to Recipients Located in Region	$39,185
Central America and the Caribbean	1	11	Program Services	$428,493	Travel, Training, Education & staff expenses within country in support of low fee independent Christian schools
South America	0	1	Program Services	$89,052	Travel, Training, Education & staff expenses within country in support of low fee independent Christian schools
Sub-Saharan Africa	4	27	Program Services	$1,395,224	Travel, Training, Education & staff expenses within country in support of low fee independent Christian schools
South Asia	0	1	Program Services	$1,696	Travel, Training, Education & staff expenses within country in support of low fee independent Christian schools

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Subtotal Offices	5	SubtotalOfficesCnt
Subtotal Employees	48	SubtotalEmployeesCnt
Continutation Total Office	0	ContinutationTotalOfficeCnt
Continutation Total Employee	0	ContinutationTotalEmployeeCnt
Total Office	5	TotalOfficeCnt
Total Employee	48	TotalEmployeeCnt
Subtotal Spent	$2,946,123	SubtotalSpentAmt
Continuation Spent	$0	ContinuationSpentAmt
Total Spent	$2,946,123	TotalSpentAmt

Grants To Org Outside US GrantsToOrgOutsideUSGrp (10 entries)

RegionRegionTxt	Purpose Of GrantPurposeOfGrantTxt	Cash GrantCashGrantAmt	Manner Of Cash DisbursementMannerOfCashDisbursementTxt	Valuation Method UsedValuationMethodUsedDesc
Sub-Saharan Africa	Grants for loans to finance construction and improvements to low fee independent Christian schools	$249,296	Wire Transfer	USD
Sub-Saharan Africa	Grants for loans to finance construction and improvements to low fee independent Christian schools	$222,046	Wire Transfer	USD
Sub-Saharan Africa	Grants for loans to finance construction and improvements to low fee independent Christian schools.	$143,500	Wire Transfer	USD
Sub-Saharan Africa	Grants for loans to finance construction and improvements to low fee independent Christian schools.	$131,627	Wire Transfer	USD
Sub-Saharan Africa	Grants for loans to finance construction and improvements to low fee independent Christian schools.	$120,000	Wire Transfer	USD
Sub-Saharan Africa	Grants for loans to finance construction and improvements to low fee independent Christian schools.	$100,000	Wire Transfer	USD
Sub-Saharan Africa	Grants for loans to finance construction and improvements to low fee independent Christian schools.	$80,425	Wire Transfer	USD
South America	Grants for loans to finance construction and improvements to low fee independent Christian schools	$36,275	Wire Transfer	USD
Central America and the Caribbean	Grants for loans to finance construction and improvements to low fee independent Christian schools	$19,016	Wire Transfer	USD
Central America and the Caribbean	Grant to finance Christian training of school leaders and teachers.	$15,000	Wire Transfer	USD

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total501c3 Org	6	Total501c3OrgCnt
Total Other Org	3	TotalOtherOrgCnt
Transfer To Foreign Corp	0	TransferToForeignCorpInd
Interest In Foreign Trust	0	InterestInForeignTrustInd
Foreign Corp Ownership	0	ForeignCorpOwnershipInd
Passive Foreign Investmest Co	0	PassiveForeignInvestmestCoInd
Foreign Partnership	0	ForeignPartnershipInd
Boycott Countries	0	BoycottCountriesInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (3 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Part I, Line 2:	All the institutions that are given funding are visited either quarterly or semi-annually by Edify executives to ensure the funds are being allocated according to their agreement with Edify. Edify also receives quarterly field reports from the funding recipients.
Part I, line 3:	Foreign partners that receive funding from Edify for training activities and loans to schools are required to submit an accounting of expenses on a monthly or quarterly basis. For specific training events the budget is approved in advance with a final reconciliation of actual to budgeted expenses upon completion. All travel expenses of Edify staff and agents overseas are accounted for with expense reports and supporting documentation. The accrual method of accounting is used for all transactions.
Schedule F, Part I, Line 3, Column (f)	The total grant amount to Central America is a negative number because it includes funds granted to a partner organization in Central America during a previous reporting period that were returned to the organization. The funds were returned because the partner organization reduced the size of the school loan program for which the funds were originally granted.

Schedule M IRS990ScheduleM

Securities Publicly Traded SecuritiesPubliclyTradedGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	Yes (X)	NonCashCheckboxInd
Contribution	10	ContributionCnt
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990	$97,735	NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt
Method Of Determining Revenues	FMV-Securities Sales	MethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt

Other Non Cash Contri Table OtherNonCashContriTableGrp (2 entries)

Non Cash CheckboxNonCashCheckboxInd	DescDesc	ContributionContributionCnt	Noncash Contributions Rpt F990NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt	Method Of Determining RevenuesMethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt
Yes (X)	Training costs	1	$21,896	FMV
Yes (X)	Software	13	$7,644	FMV-Similar Sales

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Any Property That Must Be Held	0	AnyPropertyThatMustBeHeldInd
Review Process Unusual NC Gifts	Yes (1)	ReviewProcessUnusualNCGiftsInd
Third Parties Used	0	ThirdPartiesUsedInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Part I, Column (b):	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	The contributions reported are the number of contributions received.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (7 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11	The Form 990 is prepared by an independent CPA firm and then provided to the CEO, CFO, and Board of Directors to review prior to filing. After the return is thoroughly reviewed, it is given back to the CPA for filing with the IRS.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 12c	Edify requires officers, directors, senior management team and key employees to disclose in writing information regarding their interests and those of their family members that could give rise to conflicts of interest or an appearance of impropriety. Written disclosures are updated at least annually. Actual or potential conflicts of interest will be reviewed by the CEO, Chairman or Vice Chairman of the Board, and then presented to the Governance, Nominating and Compensation Committee. Persons with a disclosed actual or potential conflict will be prohibited from participating in deliberations and decisions by the Governing Board or Governance, Nominating and Compensation Committee. If a conflict is proved to exist, the person with the conflict will be asked to discontinue such action/relationship or otherwise remove such conflict.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 15	Compensation is set by the CEO based on industry standards for all employees except for himself. The independent board, after reviewing compensation committee recommendations based upon industry standards and published non-profit surveys for comparable positions, approves any salaries over $100,000 and benefits for the CEO, and that approval is documented in the minutes.
Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19	The governing documents, conflict of interest policy and financial statements are made available upon request.
Form 990, Part VII, Section B, Line 1, Column (B)	Strategy and oversight of global Christian transformation programs and program assessement.
Form 990, Part IX, line 11g	Other: Program service expenses 14,994. Management and general expenses 711. Fundraising expenses 1,321. Total expenses 17,026. Program contract workers: Program service expenses 754,379. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 754,379. Program consultants: Program service expenses 79,025. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 79,025. Program Education Research: Program service expenses 37,484. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 37,484. Payroll Services: Program service expenses 1,339. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 1,339.
Form 990, Part XI, Line 2c:	The organization has an audit committee that assumes responsibility for oversight of the audit of its financial statements and selection of an independent accountant. This process has not changed since the prior year.