Attach to Form 990 or Form 990-EZ.
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| (i) Name of supported organization | (ii) EIN | (iii) Type of organization (described on lines 1- 10 above (see instructions)) | (iv) Is the organization listed in your governing document? | (v) Amount of monetary support (see instructions) | (vi) Amount of other support (see instructions) | |
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| Yes | No | |||||
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Total |
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Calendar year
(or fiscal year beginning in)
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(a) 2020 | (b) 2021 | (c) 2022 | (d) 2023 | (e) 2024 | (f) Total | |
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| 1 | Gifts, grants, contributions, and membership fees received. (Do not include any "unusual grant.") .. | 207,116,080 | 212,105,105 | 198,221,868 | 208,973,363 | 205,299,856 | 1,031,716,272 |
| 2 | Tax revenues levied for the organization's benefit and either paid to or expended on its behalf .... | 0 | |||||
| 3 | The value of services or facilities furnished by a governmental unit to the organization without charge.. | 0 | |||||
| 4 | Total. Add lines 1 through 3 | 207,116,080 | 212,105,105 | 198,221,868 | 208,973,363 | 205,299,856 | 1,031,716,272 |
| 5 | The portion of total contributions by each person (other than a governmental unit or publicly supported organization) included on line 1 that exceeds 2% of the amount shown on line 11, column (f) .. | 0 | |||||
| 6 | Public support. Subtract line 5 from line 4. | 1,031,716,272 | |||||
Calendar year
(or fiscal year beginning in)
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(a) 2020 | (b) 2021 | (c) 2022 | (d) 2023 | (e) 2024 | (f) Total | |
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| 7 | Amounts from line 4.. | 207,116,080 | 212,105,105 | 198,221,868 | 208,973,363 | 205,299,856 | 1,031,716,272 |
| 8 | Gross income from interest, dividends, payments received on securities loans, rents, royalties and income from similar sources... | 3,931,428 | 16,681,698 | 16,936,708 | 6,257,748 | 6,909,943 | 50,717,525 |
| 9 | Net income from unrelated business activities, whether or not the business is regularly carried on.. | ||||||
| 10 | Other income. Do not include gain or loss from the sale of capital assets (Explain in Part VI.).. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Total support. Add lines 7 through 10 | 1,082,433,797 | |||||
Calendar year (or fiscal
year beginning in) ![]() |
(a) 2020 | (b) 2021 | (c) 2022 | (d) 2023 | (e) 2024 | (f) Total | |
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| 1 | Gifts, grants, contributions, and membership fees received. (Do not include any "unusual grants.") . | ||||||
| 2 | Gross receipts from admissions, merchandise sold or services performed, or facilities furnished in any activity that is related to the organization's tax-exempt purpose | ||||||
| 3 | Gross receipts from activities that are not an unrelated trade or business under section 513 ..... | ||||||
| 4 | Tax revenues levied for the organization's benefit and either paid to or expended on its behalf... | ||||||
| 5 | The value of services or facilities furnished by a governmental unit to the organization without charge | ||||||
| 6 | Total. Add lines 1 through 5 | ||||||
| 7a | Amounts included on lines 1, 2, and 3 received from disqualified persons | ||||||
| b | Amounts included on lines 2 and 3 received from other than disqualified persons that exceed the greater of $5,000 or 1% of the amount on line 13 for the year. | ||||||
| c | Add lines 7a and 7b.. | ||||||
| 8 | Public support. (Subtract line 7c from line 6.) | ||||||
Calendar year
(or fiscal year beginning in)
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(a) 2020 | (b) 2021 | (c) 2022 | (d) 2023 | (e) 2024 | (f) Total | |
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| 9 | Amounts from line 6... | ||||||
| 10a | Gross income from interest, dividends, payments received on securities loans, rents, royalties and income from similar sources.. | ||||||
| b | Unrelated business taxable income (less section 511 taxes) from businesses acquired after June 30, 1975. | ||||||
| c | Add lines 10a and 10b. | ||||||
| 11 | Net income from unrelated business activities not included on line 10b, whether or not the business is regularly carried on. | ||||||
| 12 | Other income. Do not include gain or loss from the sale of capital assets (Explain in Part VI.) .. | ||||||
| 13 | Total support. (Add lines 9, 10c, 11, and 12.).. | ||||||
| Section A - Adjusted Net Income | (A) Prior Year |
(B) Current Year (optional) |
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| 1 | Net short-term capital gain | 1 | ||||
| 2 | Recoveries of prior-year distributions | 2 | ||||
| 3 | Other gross income (see instructions) | 3 | ||||
| 4 | Add lines 1 through 3 | 4 | ||||
| 5 | Depreciation and depletion | 5 | ||||
| 6 | Portion of operating expenses paid or incurred for production or collection of gross income or for management, conservation, or maintenance of property held for production of income (see instructions) | 6 | ||||
| 7 | Other expenses (see instructions) | 7 | ||||
| 8 | Adjusted Net Income (subtract lines 5, 6 and 7 from line 4) | 8 | ||||
| Section B - Minimum Asset Amount | (A) Prior Year |
(B) Current Year (optional) |
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| 1 | Aggregate fair market value of all non-exempt-use assets (see instructions for short tax year or assets held for part of year): | 1 | ||||
| a | Average monthly value of securities | 1a | ||||
| b | Average monthly cash balances | 1b | ||||
| c | Fair market value of other non-exempt-use assets | 1c | ||||
| d | Total (add lines 1a, 1b, and 1c) | 1d | ||||
| e |
Discount claimed for blockage or other factors (explain in detail in Part VI): |
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| 2 | Acquisition indebtedness applicable to non-exempt use assets | 2 | ||||
| 3 | Subtract line 2 from line 1d | 3 | ||||
| 4 | Cash deemed held for exempt use. Enter 0.015 of line 3 (for greater amount, see instructions). | 4 | ||||
| 5 | Net value of non-exempt-use assets (subtract line 4 from line 3) | 5 | ||||
| 6 | Multiply line 5 by 0.035 | 6 | ||||
| 7 | Recoveries of prior-year distributions | 7 | ||||
| 8 | Minimum Asset Amount (add line 7 to line 6) | 8 | ||||
| Section C - Distributable Amount | Current Year | |||||
| 1 | Adjusted net income for prior year (from Section A, line 8, Column A) | 1 | ||||
| 2 | Enter 85% of line 1 | 2 | ||||
| 3 | Minimum asset amount for prior year (from Section B, line 8, Column A) | 3 | ||||
| 4 | Enter greater of line 2 or line 3 | 4 | ||||
| 5 | Income tax imposed in prior year | 5 | ||||
| 6 | Distributable Amount. Subtract line 5 from line 4, unless subject to emergency temporary reduction (see instructions) | 6 | ||||
| Section D - Distributions | Current Year | |
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| 1 Amounts paid to supported organizations to accomplish exempt purposes | 1 | |
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2
Amounts paid to perform activity that directly furthers exempt purposes of supported organizations, in excess of income from activity |
2 | |
| 3 Administrative expenses paid to accomplish exempt purposes of supported organizations | 3 | |
| 4 Amounts paid to acquire exempt-use assets | 4 | |
| 5 Qualified set-aside amounts (prior IRS approval required - provide details in Part VI) | 5 | |
| 6 Other distributions (describe in Part VI). See instructions | 6 | |
| 7Total annual distributions. Add lines 1 through 6. | 7 | |
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8
Distributions to attentive supported organizations to which the organization is responsive (provide details in Part VI). See instructions |
8 | |
| 9 Distributable amount for 2024 from Section C, line 6 | 9 | |
| 10 Line 8 amount divided by Line 9 amount | 10 | |
| Section E - Distribution Allocations (see instructions) |
(i) Excess Distributions |
(ii) Underdistributions Pre-2024 |
(iii) Distributable Amount for 2024 |
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| 1 Distributable amount for 2024 from Section C, line 6 | ||||
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2
Underdistributions, if any, for years prior to 2024 (reasonable cause required-- explain in Part VI).
See instructions. |
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| 3 Excess distributions carryover, if any, to 2024: | ||||
| a From 2019....... | ||||
| b From 2020....... | ||||
| c From 2021....... | ||||
| d From 2022....... | ||||
| e From 2023....... | ||||
| fTotal of lines 3a through e | ||||
| g Applied to underdistributions of prior years | ||||
| h Applied to 2024 distributable amount | ||||
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Carryover from 2019 not applied (see instructions) |
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| j Remainder. Subtract lines 3g, 3h, and 3i from line 3f. | ||||
| 4Distributions for 2024 from Section D, line 7: | ||||
| $ | ||||
| a Applied to underdistributions of prior years | ||||
| b Applied to 2024 distributable amount | ||||
| c Remainder. Subtract lines 4a and 4b from line 4. | ||||
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5
Remaining underdistributions for years prior to 2024, if any. Subtract lines 3g and 4a from line 2. If the amount is greater than zero, explain in Part VI. See instructions. |
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6
Remaining underdistributions for 2024. Subtract lines 3h and 4b from line 1. If the amount is greater than zero, explain in Part VI. See instructions. |
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7 Excess distributions carryover to 2025. Add lines 3j and 4c. |
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| 8 Breakdown of line 7: | ||||
| a Excess from 2020..... | ||||
| b Excess from 2021..... | ||||
| c Excess from 2022..... | ||||
| d Excess from 2023..... | ||||
| e Excess from 2024..... | ||||
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| Form 990, Part III, Line 4d Description of other program services | (Expenses $ 12,631,978 including grants of $ 12,631,978)(Revenue $ 0) CBN'S OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES CONSIST OF HUMANITARIAN RELIEF ACTIVITIES THROUGH ITS SUPPORT OF AFFILIATE OPERATION BLESSING INTERNATIONAL RELIEF AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (OB) AND DONATIONS TO OTHERS. SEE BELOW FOR INFORMATION REGARDING OB'S INTERNATIONAL RELIEF, HUNGER STRIKE FORCE AND DOMESTIC DISASTER RELIEF PROGRAMS PLUS CBN'S HELPING THE HOME FRONT INITIATIVE WHICH HELPS ACTIVE DUTY MILItARY FAMILIES. INTERNATIONAL RELIEF: DURING FY25, OB HELD INTERNATIONAL MOBILE MEDICAL CLINICS THAT PROVIDED FREE MEDICAL CARE INCLUDING GENERAL MEDICAL AND DENTAL SERVICES. OB ALSO DISTRIBUTED MEDICINE AND MEDICAL SUPPLIES TO PARTNERS AROUND THE WORLD, WHICH WENT TO OUTFIT RESOURCE POOR AREAS BENEFITING CHILDREN AND ADULTS ALIKE . OB PROVIDED MANY LIFE-CHANGING SURGERIES SUCH AS CLEFT LIP AND PALATE, CATARACT AND MORE TO THOSE IN NEED. OB ALSO EQUIPS COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO BECOME COMMUNITY HEALTH VOLUNTEERS WHO CAN PROVIDE BASIC LIFESAVING SKILLS TO MEMBERS OF THEIR COMMUNITY FOR INJURY, ILLNESS, AND MORE. OPERATION BLESSING WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN FEEDING HUNGRY PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD. TO HELP PEOPLE PUT FOOD ON THE TABLE, OPERATION BLESSING EQUIPPED INDIVIDUALS WITH MARKETABLE JOB SKILLS, SMALL BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES, AND LIFESKILLS IN COUNTRIES SUCH AS HONDURAS, INDIA, GUATEMALA, AND THAILAND. FROM TRAINING IN FOOD PRODUCTION AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY TO BEAUTICIAN SKILLS AND SEWING CENTERS, OB PROVIDED THOSE IN NEED WITH THE RESOURCES AND SKILLS TO PROVIDE FOR THEIR FAMILIES AND STRENGTHEN COMMUNITIES THROUGH INCOME GENERATION. IN COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD, OB UTILIZED A VARIETY OF TECHNIQUES TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO WATER IN COMMUNITIES THROUGH WELLS AND COMMUNITY WATER SYSTEMS SANITATION AND HYGIENE EDUCATION. OB'S HUNGER STRIKE FORCE: IN THE UNITED STATES, OB'S FLEET OF HUNGER STRIKE FORCE TRACTOR-TRAILERS TRAVELED THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY AND DISTRIBUTED MORE THAN 27 MILLION POUNDS OF FOOD AND BEVERAGES TO FAMILIES IN NEED During FY25. BY WORKING CLOSELY WITH FOOD PROCESSING COMPANIES, GROWERS AND MANUFACTURERS, OB TAPS INTO AMERICA'S SURPLUS AND ACQUIRES CORPORATE DONATIONS OF FOOD STAPLES AND RELIEF PRODUCTS, DELIVERING MUCH-NEEDED FOOD AND RELIEF SUPPLIES TO DISADVANTAGED FAMILIES AND DISASTER VICTIMS. A FIRST RESPONDER IN TIMES OF DISASTER, OPERATION BLESSING'S DISASTER RELIEF TEAM RESPONDED TO 10 U.S. DISASTERS IN FY25. OPERATION BLESSING'S DISASTER RELIEF TEAM ASSISTED VICTIMS OF WILDFIRES IN CALIFORNIA AND OKLAHOMA; FLOODING IN TEXAS, TORNADOS IN NEBRASKA AND LOUISIANA, AND HURRICANES BERYL, FRANCINE, DEBBY AND MILTON, INCLUDING A SIGNIFICANT RESPONSE IN BOTH NORTH CAROLINA AND GEORGIA TO HURRICANE HELENE. OB's Disaster Relief team RESPONDED TO NATURAL DISASTERS AND HUMAN CRISISES AROUND THE WORLD. THIS INCLUDES RESPONDING TO DISASTERS IN the following 12 COUNTRIES: BRAZIL, Indonesia, Japan, KENYA, Myanmar, the Philippines, POLAND, Somalia, Spain, Thailand, Taiwan, AND UKRAINE. IN 2014, GORDON ROBERTSON, CEO AND PRESIDENT OF THE CHRISTIAN BROADCASTING NETWORK (CBN), RECOGNIZED THE NEED TO HELP MILITARY FAMILIES. "WHEN I HEARD ABOUT THE NEEDS, I WENT TO THE LORD AND ASKED, 'WHAT CAN WE DO? HOW CAN WE START MEETING THE NEEDS?'" AS A MINISTRY ARM OF CBN, HELPING THE HOME FRONT WAS LAUNCHED, PARTNERING WITH LOCAL CHURCHES AND MINISTRIES TO SUPPORT MILITARY FAMILIES. WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THE MILITARY, WE ARE REMINDED OF THOSE WHO PROTECT OUR COUNTRY. HERE AT HOME, THEIR FAMILIES ARE SERVING, TOO. WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR THEIR SERVICE. OUR VISION IS TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL SUPPORT THROUGH MINISTRIES AND CHURCHES NEAR EVERY MILITARY INSTALLATION ACROSS THE UNITED STATES TO ASSIST ACTIVE-DUTY MILITARY FAMILIES. WHILE THE CHURCH IDENTIFIES THE CHALLENGES BEING FACED AND DOES THE HANDS-ON MINISTRY, HHF MEETS THE FINANCIAL NEED TO HELP MILITARY FAMILIES WITH HARDSHIPS AND GIVE THEM A FRESH START. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Line 2 Family/business relationships amongst interested persons | Gordon P. Robertson, Timothy B. Robertson and Caroline Everett - Family relationship |
| Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b Review of form 990 by governing body | THE CHRISTIAN BROADCASTING NETWORK PREPARES A DRAFT OF THE 990 WHICH IS REVIEWED BY KPMG AND SENIOR MANAGEMENT. THE REVISED 990 IS SUBMITTED TO THE BOARD FOR REVIEW. FURTHER REVISIONS ARE CONFIRMED BY KPMG. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c Conflict of interest policy | EACH OFFICER AND DIRECTOR IS REQUIRED TO REPORT ANY CONFLICT OF INTEREST TO THE CHAIRMAN / President / CEO AS SOON AS PRACTICAL AFTER THEY BECOME AWARE OF SUCH A CONFLICT. THE CHAIRMAN / President / CEO REPORTs ANY CONFLICTS TO THE AUDIT COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. EACH OFFICER AND DIRECTOR IS ALSO REQUIRED TO ANNUALLY COMPLETE THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST QUESTIONNAIRE. CBN WILL MONITOR COMPLIANCE WITH ITS CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY BY DETERMINING WHETHER CONFLICTS EXIST DURING THE REVIEW OF ANNUAL QUESTIONNAIRES COMPLETED BY OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, AND KEY EMPLOYEES. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, EXCLUDING ANY CONFLICTED PERSONS, WILL HAVE FINAL APPROVAL OF ANY CORRECTIVE MEASURES OR IMPOSED RESTRICTIONS FOR CONFLICTS OF INTEREST. SUCH RESTRICTIONS WILL REQUIRE EXCLUDING CONFLICTED PERSONS FROM DISCUSSION AND APPROVAL OF TRANSACTIONS BENEFITTING THEM, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Line 15a Process to establish compensation of top management official | THE AUDIT COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS WILL CONDUCT AN INDEPENDENT REVIEW OF COMPENSATION WHICH INCLUDES THE CHAIRMAN, CEO, PRESIDENT, ALL VICE PRESIDENTS AND KEY EMPLOYEES EVERY THREE YEARS. THIS PROCESS INCLUDES SECURING COMPARABLE COMPENSATION DATA FROM AN INDEPENDENT SOURCE, REVIEWING THE DATA TO ENSURE THAT THE COMPENSATION IS REASONABLE AND CONTEMPORANEOUS SUBSTANTIATION OF THE DELIBERATION AND DECISION. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Line 19 Required documents available to the public | THE CHRISTIAN BROADCASTING NETWORK MAKES ITS AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS PUBLICLY AVAILABLE BY PROVIDING COPIES ON REQUEST AND ALSO POSTS THE STATEMENTS ON CBN.COM. |
| Form 990, Part VIII, Line 11d Other Miscellaneous Revenue | All Other Revenues - Total Revenue: 613855, Related or Exempt Function Revenue: 12500, Unrelated Business Revenue: 19200, Revenue Excluded from Tax Under Sections 512, 513, or 514: 582155; |
| Form 990, Part XI, Line 9 Other changes in net assets or fund balances | Disallowed gain on subsidiaries - 1762925; Total - 1762925; |
| Form 990, Part XII, Line 2c Change of oversight process or selection process | THE AUDIT COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS is responsible for oversight of the financial statement audit and appointment of the independent auditors. |
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