REAL LIFE MINISTRY

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2021 · Form 990 · revenue $31.4M · expenses $576K · assets $33.3M

EIN
56-1298448
Address
500 N CENTRAL AVE STE 325, GLENDALE, CA 91203-3902
NTEE code
X20 Christianity (Religion-Related) published (IRS Business Master File)
Exempt type
501(c)(3): charitable, religious, educational, scientific or literary (corporation)
Ruling date
May 2023 (when the IRS recognized its exemption)
IRS status
Exempt (unconditional) (IRS Business Master File) IRS data ↗
Tax-deductible donations
Yes: listed in IRS Publication 78 (public charity) Pub 78 ↗
Foundation status
Church
Principal officer
THOMAS C JORDAN (its 2016 Form 990-N)
Form 990-N e-postcards
1 filed, 2016 (organizations with gross receipts normally $50,000 or less file this instead of a full Form 990) IRS data ↗
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Mission

To spread the gospel of Jesus Christ through radio, tv, and other media outlets.

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).

People paid by the organization

1 person paid across every filing: current people first, then by total pay from this organization. Organizations counts every nonprofit each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsLatest year payTotal pay from hereOrganizations
Thomas Jordan Secretary/Treas2017-2021 $60,000$205,000 1

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

4 people listed on the returns with $0 (or no amount) in every compensation column: current people first. Hours are as filed on the latest return each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsHrs/wk (latest)CompensationOrganizations
Jack Hibbs President2017-2021 1 $0 reported 2
Steve Pincin Director2017-2021 1 $0 reported 2
Dwight Thompson Director2017-2021 1 $0 reported 1
Rebekah Wunderlich Director2019-2021 1 $0 reported 1

People by year

2021 · 5 people listed · 1 paid, $60K · 0 employees
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
THOMAS JORDAN Secretary/Treas1 $0$60,000$0 $60,0001
Jack Hibbs President1 $0$0$0 $02
Steve Pincin Director1 $0$0$0 $02
Dwight Thompson Director1 $0$0$0 $01
Rebekah Wunderlich Director1 $0$0$0 $01
2020 · 5 people listed · 1 paid, $60K · 0 employees
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
THOMAS JORDAN Secretary/Treas1 $0$60,000$0 $60,0001
Jack Hibbs President1 $0$0$0 $02
Steve Pincin Director1 $0$0$0 $02
Dwight Thompson Director1 $0$0$0 $01
Rebekah Wunderlich Director1 $0$0$0 $01
2019 · 5 people listed · 1 paid, $60K · 0 employees
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
THOMAS JORDAN Secretary/Treas1 $0$60,000$0 $60,0001
Jack Hibbs President1 $0$0$0 $02
Steve Pincin Director1 $0$0$0 $02
Dwight Thompson Director1 $0$0$0 $01
Rebekah Wunderlich Director1 $0$0$0 $01
2018 · 4 people listed · 1 paid, $25K · 0 employees
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
THOMAS JORDAN Secretary/Treas1 $0$25,000$0 $25,0001
Jack Hibbs President1 $0$0$0 $02
Steve Pincin Director1 $0$0$0 $02
Dwight Thompson Director1 $0$0$0 $01
2017 · 4 people listed · none paid · 0 employees
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
THOMAS JORDAN Secretary/Treas1 $0$0$0 $01
Jack Hibbs President1 $0$0$0 $02
Steve Pincin Director1 $0$0$0 $02
Dwight Thompson Director1 $0$0$0 $01

Highest-paid independent contractors

No independent contractors reported.

Who the money went to

Grants this organization reported paying: Schedule I Part II of the Form 990, or the grants-paid list on the 990-PF. Open a year for every recipient. Recipients link to their own page when the grant names an EIN we have (990-PF grants list no EIN, so those link only on an exact, unique name and state). Grants to individuals are counted; their names are not shown.

2021 · 1 grant to organizations · $480K
2020 · 1 grant to organizations · $1.1M
2019 · 1 grant to organizations · $375K
2018 · 1 grant to organizations · $1.7M

Negative amounts are returned or refunded grants; they are listed last and left out of the totals of grants paid.

Who gave

Contributor names are not public for this form type.

Public charities filing Form 990 or 990-EZ report large donors on Schedule B, but the IRS withholds their names and addresses from public copies. Private foundations (990-PF) are different: their contributors are public.

Finances

Newest first. Each filing: its name on one row, its figures on the row beneath. Greyed filings are superseded by a later return for the same period and are left out everywhere else on this page.

RevenueExpensesAssetsNet assetsContributionsProgram revenueOfficer payEmployeesVolunteers
2021 · Form 990 period ending 2021-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$31,366,422$576,354 $33,329,918$33,329,918 $31,003,654$0 $00-
2020 · Form 990 period ending 2020-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$1,471,973$1,177,319 $2,722,163$2,722,163 $1,445,526$0 $00-
2019 · Form 990 period ending 2019-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$1,415,855$395,130 $2,313,885$2,313,885 $1,404,673$0 $00-
2018 · Form 990 period ending 2018-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$1,706,654$1,754,496 $1,123,623$1,123,623 $1,700,730$0 $00-
2017 · Form 990 period ending 2017-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$1,256,439$8,102 $1,248,337$1,248,337 $1,256,170$0 $00-

Connected to

Organizations that list some of the same people on their returns (officers, directors, key employees on this organization’s latest return), and related organizations it lists on Schedule R.

Funders of this organization

3 grantors reported grants to this organization, $66,270 in all, tax years 2018 to 2024. Exact: the grantor wrote this organization's EIN. Fuzzy: the grantor wrote only a name (foundations' 990-PF has no EIN field), matched to the same or a near-identical name in the same state; the name as filed is shown. From the latest return for each grantor and year, so amended returns aren't counted twice. CSV

GrantorTotal givenGrantsLatest year's amountLatest yearYears givenTypeMatchGrants
DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING $35,4502 $19,2002024 2023-2024 DAF sponsor Exact
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REAL LIFE NETWORK HAWAII DBA KALO TV $16,2283 $5,3802022 2018, 2020, 2022 Public charity Exact
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FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND $14,5921 $14,5922024 2024 DAF sponsor Exact
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Same category: NTEE code and revenue

Ranked without any AI: same NTEE code first, then the same NTEE group; then revenue within 2x, 5x or 10x; then the same state; then similar name and mission text. NTEE: the IRS’s code when it lists one, otherwise FURP’s inferred code. Same state only · More (100)

OrganizationStateNTEELatest revenueLatest expensesTop-paid titleTop payWhy similar
CITYTEAM MINISTRIESCAX20 $39,380,254$35,813,247 PRESIDENT$271,706 Same NTEE code X20, revenue within 2x, same state
LIVING STREAMCAX20 $20,113,226$17,657,179 Research Writer$153,246 Same NTEE code X20, revenue within 2x, same state
AMAZING FACTS INTERNATIONALCAX20 $33,747,318$34,622,270 PLANNED GIVING DIRECTOR$201,704 Same NTEE code X20, revenue within 2x, same state
GC RELIEFCAX20 $33,559,571$28,802,217 President/CEO$324,223 Same NTEE code X20, revenue within 2x, same state
PURPOSE DRIVEN CONNECTIONCAX20 $23,657,924$17,433,836 President$197,626 Same NTEE code X20, revenue within 2x, same state
CATHOLIC COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF LOS ANGELESCAX20 $33,446,677$14,918,256 PRESIDENT AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR$314,888 Same NTEE code X20, revenue within 2x, same state
YOUTH WITH A MISSION SAN DIEGO-BAJACAX20 $17,148,909$15,578,083 Vice President$17,793 Same NTEE code X20, revenue within 2x, same state
IMMACULATE HEART COMMUNITYCAX20 $27,679,277$3,957,994 PRESIDENT$172,148 Same NTEE code X20, revenue within 2x, same state
KINGDOM CAUSESCAX20 $41,663,102$37,243,014 PRESIDENT, CEO$221,497 Same NTEE code X20, revenue within 2x, same state
OPEN DOORS INTERNATIONAL INCCAX20 $25,916,281$29,539,813 DIRECTOR OF THE GULF$240,577 Same NTEE code X20, revenue within 2x, same state
ANDREW WOMMACK MINISTRIES INCCOX20 $49,366,853$59,008,675 President/Founder$308,475 Same NTEE code X20, revenue within 2x
REVIVAL TODAY INCPAX20 $31,990,385$31,106,493 PRESIDENT$459,423 Same NTEE code X20, revenue within 2x, similar mission
LIGONIER MINISTRIES INCFLX20 $25,858,613$23,831,149 President$311,022 Same NTEE code X20, revenue within 2x
JOSEPH PRINCE MINISTRIES INCTXX20 $27,644,059$25,934,541 President$0 Same NTEE code X20, revenue within 2x
RIGHTNOW MINISTRIES INTERNATIONALTXX20 $37,845,322$36,719,315 PRESIDENT CEO$422,108 Same NTEE code X20, revenue within 2x
E3 PARTNERS MINISTRYTXX20 $18,768,956$18,846,949 Exec. VP of Hispanic Global Mobilization$151,187 Same NTEE code X20, revenue within 2x
COMMISSION TO EVERY NATION INCTXX20 $21,785,780$21,033,466 PRESIDENT/CEO$135,028 Same NTEE code X20, revenue within 2x, similar mission
HOPE CENTER MINISTRIESOKX20 $21,072,891$14,267,935 President$276,753 Same NTEE code X20, revenue within 2x
HEALTH MINISTRIES CLINIC INCKSX20 $31,203,855$29,307,621 PSYCHIATRIST$356,732 Same NTEE code X20, revenue within 2x
ALTRUA MINISTRIESTXX20 $24,136,060$25,402,082 CHAIRMAN/ EX$990,032 Same NTEE code X20, revenue within 2x
BELKNAP MINISTRIESTXX20 $33,909,315$33,781,925 President$0 Same NTEE code X20, revenue within 2x
RAVI ZACHARIAS INTERNATIONAL MINISTRIESGAX20 $25,742,588$22,904,996 Chairman and CEO$365,315 Same NTEE code X20, revenue within 2x
MARKETPLACE MINISTRIES INCTXX20 $31,369,495$29,419,960 President/CEO$301,139 Same NTEE code X20, revenue within 2x
LIBERTY EDUCATIONAL MINISTRIES INCTXX20 $33,276,108$30,775,236 President$315,370 Same NTEE code X20, revenue within 2x
FELLOWSHIP OF ISRAEL RELATED MINISTRIES INCTXX20 $23,347,583$23,270,781 CEO$193,479 Same NTEE code X20, revenue within 2x

Who funds organizations like this

Grantors that funded the 100 most similar organizations. Ranked by total given to them. Foundations (990-PF) and donor-advised fund sponsors only. Same matching as Funders above (by EIN, or by name for foundations).

GrantorTotal givenGrantsOrganizations fundedTypeYearsWhich ones
NATIONAL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION $607,907,160739 68DAF sponsor2012–2024 LIFESHAPE INC; HOSANNA; BIBLICA INC; REDEEMER CITY TO CITY and 64 more
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND funds this one $149,474,794512 75DAF sponsor2016–2024 REDEEMER CITY TO CITY; CHAYIM VCHESED INC; FELLOWSHIP OF CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY STUDENTS; ST VINCENT DE PAUL VILLAGE INC and 71 more
PURE INC $112,448,23219 3DAF sponsor2014–2024 E3 PARTNERS MINISTRY; LIFELINE CHILDRENS SERVICES INC; BREAKTHROUGH URBAN MINISTRIES INC
DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING funds this one $88,625,680552 70DAF sponsor2014–2024 FELLOWSHIP OF CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY STUDENTS; CITYTEAM MINISTRIES; VOICE OF THE MARTYRS INC; GREATER EUROPE MISSION and 66 more
SERVANT FOUNDATION $54,203,776162 36DAF sponsor2018–2024 BIBLICA INC; LIFELINE CHILDRENS SERVICES INC; TURNING POINT FOR GOD; REDEEMER CITY TO CITY and 32 more
NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TR $37,976,626295 53DAF sponsor2014–2024 FELLOWSHIP OF CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY STUDENTS; EAST-WEST MINISTRIES INTERNATIONAL; PINE COVE INC; REDEEMER CITY TO CITY and 49 more
VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM $28,537,700228 59DAF sponsor2020–2024 LIGONIER MINISTRIES INC; MARTHA OBRYAN CENTER INC; TURNING POINT FOR GOD; VOICE OF THE MARTYRS INC and 55 more
CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC $26,541,504258 38DAF sponsor2010–2024 FELLOWSHIP OF CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY STUDENTS; BIBLICA INC; THE TIMOTHY INITIATIVE INC; FRONTIERS USA and 34 more
AMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION $18,460,091280 55DAF sponsor2010–2024 THE TIMOTHY INITIATIVE INC; CAMP RAMAH IN CALIFORNIA INC; TURNING POINT FOR GOD; ST VINCENT DE PAUL VILLAGE INC and 51 more
THE OJC FUND $15,483,57115 2DAF sponsor2015–2024 CHAYIM VCHESED INC; MAIMONIDES-SHALOM ACADEMY INC
BARNABAS FOUNDATION $13,442,19674 19DAF sponsor2010–2017 WORLD RENEW; HAGGAI INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED LEADERSHIP TRAINING INC; BIBLICA INC; SOCIETY FOR CHRISTIAN INSTRUCTION and 15 more
AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC $13,094,362202 44DAF sponsor2019–2025 CITYTEAM MINISTRIES; WELLSPRING LIVING INC; WORLD RENEW; GC RELIEF and 40 more
LILLY ENDOWMENT INC $12,914,70040 9Private foundation2010–2025 RBC MINISTRIES; REDEEMER CITY TO CITY; AWANA CLUBS INTERNATIONAL; WORLD RENEW and 5 more
MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC $10,836,970228 50DAF sponsor2013–2024 LUIS PALAU ASSOCIATION; LEADING THE WAY WITH DR MICHAEL YOUSSEF INC; GC RELIEF; CITYTEAM MINISTRIES and 46 more
WACCAMAW COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC $10,750,4924 1DAF sponsor2019–2023 SOUTH CAROLINA CHRISTIAN FOUNDATION

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Where the money went

Every expense line on each return, biggest first: Form 990 Part IX (with its program, management and fundraising columns), 990-EZ Part I, or 990-PF Part I. Event marks lines the organization itself describes as events. “Events” in each summary adds those lines, conferences and meetings, and the direct costs of fundraising events. Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.

2021 · Form 990 · $576,354 spent · pay $0 · grants $480,000 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Grants to US organizations and governments $480,000$480,000-- 83.3%
Fees: investment management $92,700-$92,700- 16.1%
Fees: accounting $3,256-$3,256- 0.6%
Fees: legal $398-$398- 0.1%
Total$576,354100%

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2020 · Form 990 · $1,177,319 spent · pay $0 · grants $1,150,000 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Grants to US organizations and governments $1,150,000$1,150,000-- 97.7%
Fees: investment management $21,793-$21,793- 1.9%
Fees: accounting $3,594-$3,594- 0.3%
Fees: legal $1,932-$1,932- 0.2%
Total$1,177,319100%

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2019 · Form 990 · $395,130 spent · pay $0 · grants $375,000 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Grants to US organizations and governments $375,000$375,000-- 94.9%
Fees: investment management $15,457-$15,457- 3.9%
Fees: accounting $3,782-$3,782- 1.0%
Fees: legal $891-$891- 0.2%
Total$395,130100%

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2018 · Form 990 · $1,754,496 spent · pay $0 · grants $1,715,394 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Grants to US organizations and governments $1,715,394$1,715,394-- 97.8%
Fees: legal $20,016-$20,016- 1.1%
Fees: investment management $13,373-$13,373- 0.8%
Fees: accounting $5,713-$5,713- 0.3%
Total$1,754,496100%

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2017 · Form 990 · $8,102 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Fees: legal $6,170-$6,170- 76.2%
Fees: investment management $1,932-$1,932- 23.8%
Total$8,102100%

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