2025-09-20T16:25:37-05:00 2024-06-30 872040476 Richard W Ragland CPA CGMA 4000 Iron Horse Road Raleigh NC 27616 990 2023-07-01 561889818 The Church Initiative Inc % Samuel J Hodges IV THEC 9195622112 250 S Allen Rd Wake Forest NC 27587 SAMUEL J HODGES IV President 9195622112 2025-09-20 false false RICHARD W RAGLAND P01296375 9194495820 2025-09-20 X 2023 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z The Church Initiative Inc 250 S Allen Rd Wake Forest NC 27587 8351835 false X www.churchinitiative.org X 1994 NC We share Gods comfort with grieving divorced people by inspiring equipping churches to reach and help them 8 6 49 0 3135 38874 0 78640 221848 6010837 6964618 6092612 7225340 43518 22366 0 2999298 3473410 0 0 2034071 2596097 5076887 6091873 1015725 1133467 6578189 7538764 267082 100478 6311107 7438286 We equip churches to offer Christ-centered support groups (DivorceCare & GriefShare) for people grieving the death of a loved one or suffering from a broken marriage. false false 5078667 22366 7186466 In the 2023-24 fiscal year, through our groups, books, websites, and other digital communication, we shared the comfort of Christ with over 3.4 million people. Specifically, we equipped and partnered with 9,030 churches to offer over 18,614 GriefShare & DivorceCare support groups, helping over 150,000 people. We also provided churches with 220,863 participant workbooks, which they distributed to their DivorceCare and GriefShare group members. Additionally, 7,993 ministry partners (churches) utilized our free coaching, resulting in 42,650 coaching moments. We also recruited over 3,550 former group members to serve on, or start, church-based GriefShare and DivorceCare teams. And, through our efforts, the gospel was shared with over 150,000 people. 5078667 true true false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 7 0 true 49 true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false X 8 6 true false false false false false false true true false false true true true true false false true false false ND X The Church Initiative Inc 9195622112 250 S Allen Rd Wake Forest NC 27587 STEPHEN D GRISSOM CEO 15.00 X X 36000 0 5987 RICHARD W RAGLAND Sr VP 40.00 X X 189648 0 27269 SAMUEL J HODGES President 40.00 X 141459 0 72990 CHERYL A GRISSOM VP 1.000 X X 10608 0 3992 JENNA BONNER VP Customer Success 40.00 X 125404 0 25081 JOEL HOPKINS VP Marketing 40.00 X 117375 0 27673 JOSHUA MACFARLANE VP Product Data Tec 40.00 X 115839 0 13406 WILLIAM B DUNN Director 0.200 X 0 0 0 KIM FAUCETTE Director 0.200 X 0 0 0 JOE HUMPHRIES Director 0.200 X 0 0 0 BRIAN KEEL Director 0.500 X X 0 0 0 DWAYNE MCKINNEY Director 0.200 X 0 0 0 ROBERT S STANCIL Director 0.200 X 0 0 0 736333 176398 5 false true false Kelly Networking Services 495 Deinhard Lane Mccall ID 83638 208914 1 38874 38874 221848 221848 25535 25535 0 8065578 1126495 6939083 6939083 7225340 7186466 22366 22366 976465 488233 488232 1882936 1694642 188294 53860 42347 11513 368321 331489 36832 191828 172646 19182 45514 45514 119952 59976 59976 4615 4615 157540 157540 391456 391456 1126819 1067337 59482 493883 444495 49388 14221 14221 97934 78347 19587 30176 25650 4526 82416 70054 12362 12532 8772 3760 Other expense 19039 9096 9943 6091873 5078667 1013206 0 158459 34411 4601780 1615068 33460 47560 786202 1034620 90003 80301 1755850 916392 875835 839458 26366 3882050 6084 5296 6578189 7538764 267082 100478 267082 100478 X 6311107 7438286 6311107 7438286 6578189 7538764 1133467 -6288 X false false false X 4907 3549 5798 3135 38874 56263 3569378 3525462 6300751 7042742 8065578 28503911 3574285 3529011 6306549 7045877 8104452 28560174 28560174 46880 34138 21597 104576 221848 429039 46880 34138 21597 104576 221848 429039 3621165 3563149 6328146 7150453 8326300 28989213 0.98520 0.99035 0.01480 0.00965 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED false false false false false false false 220400 220400 1200255 643850 556405 330700 269166 61534 4495 3376 1119 839458 false Sub-Saharan Africa Church support groups 22366 Wire transfer N/A N/A 1 false false false false false false X true true X X false false false false false false false false false STEPHEN D GRISSOM CEO 36000 5987 41987 RICHARD W RAGLAND Sr VP 189648 27269 216917 SAMUEL J HODGES President 141459 72990 214449 CHERYL A GRISSOM VP 10608 3992 14600 JENNA BONNER VP Customer Success 125404 25081 150485 JOEL HOPKINS VP Marketing 117375 27673 145048 JOSHUA MACFARLANE VP Product Data Tec 115839 13406 129245 WILLIAM B DUNN Director KIM FAUCETTE Director JOE HUMPHRIES Director BRIAN KEEL Director DWAYNE MCKINNEY Director ROBERT S STANCIL Director Part VI Line 2 Steve and Cheryl Grissom are married. Part VI Line 11b 1 - Form 990 & all schedules reviewed by Sr. V.P., Treasurer & President. Part VI Line 11b 2 - Reviewed 990 provided to entire Board of directors. Part VI Line 12c Ministry bylaws require disclosure interst in any transaction by Board, Part VI Line 12c Officers and Key employees. Part VI Line 15a or b Board appoints independent person(s)to collect & analyze compensation data Part VI Line 15a or b Board reviews, approves & documentes compensation decision. Part VI Line 18 Upon request a review copy is made available. Part VI Line 19 1 - A review copy of governing documents, which include conflict Part VI Line 19 of interest, are made available upon request.