Elijah List Ministries

Albany, OR · EIN 16-1690199 · 501(c)(3) · Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
Latest filing: Form 990 for calendar year 2024 (tax year 2024) · View the filing · Correct or respond

Elijah List Ministries reported $22.4 million in revenue and $22.5 million in expenses for calendar year 2024. Of every $100 it spent, $64.69 went to program services, $16.90 to management and general costs and $18.41 to fundraising. Its largest source of revenue was contributions and grants: 94.3% of the total. The highest compensation it reported for one person was $493,765 (PRESIDENT). 2 people received more than $100,000 in reportable compensation. Revenue rose 1349% between 2020 and 2024. Source: Form 990, 2024.

Where $100 of spending went

Calendar year 2024 · Form 990, Part IX, line 25 · total expenses $23M

Program services$64.69 $15M
Management & general$16.90 $3.8M
Fundraising$18.41 $4.1M

For context, the median across 290 covered religion-related charities: $88.39 programs, $9.62 management, $1.99 fundraising (medians computed separately, so they may not sum to $100).

Where $100 of revenue came from

Calendar year 2024 · Form 990, Part VIII · total revenue $22M

Contributions & grants (non-government)$94.32 $21M
Program service revenue$1.38 $308K
Investment income$2.59 $579K
Other revenue$1.71 $382K

The 990 scorecard · same measures for every charity, no grades

2024 filing. Median across 290 covered charities in this category, from their latest filings.
Measure	2024	Median
Program services Part IX 25(B) ÷ 25(A)	64.7%	86.0%
Management & general Part IX 25(C) ÷ 25(A)	16.9%	9.4%
Fundraising Part IX 25(D) ÷ 25(A)	18.4%	1.9%
Fundraising cost per $1 of contributions Part IX 25(D) ÷ Part VIII 1h	$0.20	$0.04
Contributions & grants share of revenue Part VIII 1h ÷ 12	94.3%	83.4%
Government grants share of revenue Part VIII 1e ÷ 12	0.0%	0.0%
Program service revenue share Part VIII 2g ÷ 12	1.4%	2.3%
Highest reported compensation Part VII-A, columns D–F	$493,765	$276,040
Highest compensation as share of expenses Part VII-A ÷ Part IX 25(A)	2.19%	1.40%
People paid over $100,000 Part VII, line 2	2	4
Net assets, in months of expenses Part X 33(B) ÷ monthly expenses	10.5	12.7
Independent voting board members Part VI 1a–1b	3 of 3	90.9%

A median is context, not a target: hospitals, universities, food banks and grantmakers spend in very different ways. What these measures can and can't tell you.

What the money paid for, in its own words

2024 · Form 990, Part III · the three largest programs by expense

$16M expenses · 100.0% of program spending

Train and promote teaching of the gospel through the use of conferences, seminars, liturature, media, radio, internet and web tv. Produce and publish through media devices of interviews with leading church and para-church represenatives

Highest reported compensation

2024 · Form 990, Part VII, Section A · roles as filed; names are in the filing, not here

Role	From this org	From related orgs	Other	Total
PRESIDENT Officer, 50.00 hrs/week	$493,765	$0	$0	$493,765
SECRETARY Officer, 40.00 hrs/week	$265,821	$0	$0	$265,821

2 people received more than $100,000 in reportable compensation from Elijah List Ministries (Part VII, line 2). Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees totaled $760K (Part IX, line 5).

4 years of filings

Form 990, Parts I, VII, IX and X · each row is that year's own filing, linked

RevenueExpenses

Filing	Revenue	Expenses	Programs	Net assets	Top pay
2024 ⓘ	$22M	$23M	64.7%	$20M	$493,765
2023 ⓘ	$18M	$16M	71.6%	$20M	$284,929
2022 ⓘ	$18M	$9.0M	75.9%	$18M	$289,737
2020 ⓘ	$1.5M	$969K	22.0%	$721K	$72,683

Governance answers, as filed

2024 · the organization's own yes/no answers; explanations, if any, are in Schedule O of the filing · what each means

Voting board members, and how many are independent Part VI, lines 1a–1b3 · 3 independent
Audited financial statements Part XII 2bNo
Conflict-of-interest policy Part VI 12aNo
Whistleblower policy Part VI 13No
Document retention policy Part VI 14No
Independent process for top executive pay Part VI 15aYes
Board given the 990 before filing Part VI 11aYes
Family or business ties among insiders Part VI 2Yes
Aware of a significant diversion of assets Part VI 5No
Excess benefit transaction with an insider Part IV 25aNo
Loans to or from insiders outstanding Part IV 26No
Lobbying, or a 501(h) election in effect Part IV 4No
Over $15,000 of professional fundraising services Part IV 18No
Over $10,000 of activity outside the U.S. Part IV 14bNo
Employees Part I, line 531

Private foundation grants it received

3 private foundations reported grants to Elijah List Ministries totaling $23,519 on their tax year 2023 Form 990-PF returns. See which foundations, on WHOFUNDS.

Source: WHOFUNDS open grant graph, matched from Form 990-PF Part XV.

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Questions people ask

How much of Elijah List Ministries's spending goes to programs?

In calendar year 2024, Elijah List Ministries reported that 64.7% of its $22.5 million in expenses went to program services, 16.9% to management and general and 18.4% to fundraising (Form 990, Part IX).

How much does Elijah List Ministries pay its top executive?

The largest total compensation Elijah List Ministries reported for one person in calendar year 2024 was $493,765, for the role of PRESIDENT (Form 990, Part VII, including compensation from related organizations and other compensation).

Where does Elijah List Ministries get its money?

Of $22.4 million in revenue in calendar year 2024, 94.3% came from contributions and grants and 1.4% from program service revenue (Form 990, Part VIII).

Is Elijah List Ministries a registered charity?

The IRS lists EIN 16-1690199 as a 501(c)(3) organization (publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(a)(vi))), and its records show contributions as tax-deductible. Form 990 filings on record here cover tax years 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024. A filing shows what the organization reported; it doesn't by itself show whether a program works.

Sources

2024: Form 990 for calendar year 2024, object 202600559349300945 · read the filing · XML
2023: Form 990 for calendar year 2023, object 202401759349300055 · read the filing
2022: Form 990 for calendar year 2022, object 202313129349305206 · read the filing
2020: Form 990 for calendar year 2020, object 202143169349307544 · read the filing

All filings for EIN 16-1690199: ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer · IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search. Figures are as the organization reported them; we have not audited them.