Nonprofit · EIN 84-1535770
RANSOMED HEART MINISTRIES
Tax-exempt · COLORADO SPGS, CO 80919
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2025 | 990 | $8,394,842 | $7,386,129 | $1,008,713 | $4,709,873 | $108,571 | $4,601,302 |
| December 31, 2024 | 990 | $6,813,399 | $7,122,849 | -$309,450 | $3,730,078 | $137,489 | $3,592,589 |
| December 31, 2023 | 990 | $6,884,943 | $7,191,080 | -$306,137 | $4,020,395 | $114,958 | $3,905,437 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $7,622,218
- Program service revenue
- $720,672
- Investment income
- $63,025
- Net income from sales of inventory
- -$30,865
- Other revenue
- -$11,073
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $352,898
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $1,434,590
- Other salaries and wages
- $1,734,422
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $3,942,474
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Legal fees
- $4,043
- Accounting fees
- $148,466
- Occupancy
- $76,024
- Depreciation
- $58,995
- Program services (functional)
- $5,388,518
- Management and general (functional)
- $1,363,097
- Fundraising (functional)
- $634,514
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $3,730,078
- Total assets, end of year
- $4,709,873
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $108,571
- Net assets, end of year
- $4,601,302
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $1,037,898
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $4,601,302
- Gross unrelated business income
- $3,292
- Gross receipts
- $8,504,900
- Employees
- 19
- Volunteers
- 32
- Year formed
- 2001
- State of legal domicile
- CO
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Eldredge | CEO/President Trustee or director, Officer | 20 | $262,112 | $46,417 |
| Alex Burton | Chief Operating Officer Officer | 40 | $255,295 | $49,875 |
| Jonathan Dale | Chief Strategy Officer Officer | 40 | $255,243 | $49,871 |
| Clayton Arnold | Executive Producer of Cont Key employee | 40 | $245,089 | $32,423 |
| Bradley Beck | Executive Director Trustee or director, Officer | 40 | $247,898 | $13,870 |
| Jonathan Jones | Creative Director Highest-paid employee | 40 | $159,648 | $43,057 |
| James Morrison | Product Manager Highest-paid employee | 40 | $153,757 | $42,623 |
| David Prensner | Director of Events & Production Highest-paid employee | 40 | $150,014 | $42,519 |
| Nicolas Bovee | Lead Engineer Highest-paid employee | 40 | $146,316 | $42,203 |
| Stasi Eldredge | Co-Founder Highest-paid employee | 15 | $141,080 | $0 |
| Bart Hansen | Board Member Trustee or director | 30 | $0 | $0 |
| Sam Ainslie | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Reese Bricken | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Chad Turner | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Jim Wright | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
1 more people on this return
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Walsh | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2024: 17 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morgan Snyder | Vice President of Disciple Key employee | 40 | $190,237 | $105,455 |
| Bradley Beck | Executive Director Trustee or director, Officer | 40 | $274,206 | $21,208 |
| Jonathan Dale | Senior Director of Innovat Key employee | 40 | $239,287 | $49,007 |
| Alex Burton | Director of Operations Key employee | 40 | $233,398 | $48,594 |
| John Eldredge | CEO/President Trustee or director, Officer | 20 | $216,139 | $46,927 |
| Clayton Arnold | Executive Producer of Cont Key employee | 40 | $228,862 | $32,176 |
| John Anderson | Tech Director Highest-paid employee | 40 | $180,510 | $37,537 |
| Jonathan Jones | Creative Director Highest-paid employee | 40 | $140,772 | $41,795 |
| Nicolas Bovee | Tech Manager Highest-paid employee | 40 | $124,526 | $40,600 |
| David Prensner | Head of Production Highest-paid employee | 40 | $117,085 | $40,025 |
| Stasi Eldredge | Director of Women's Ministries Highest-paid employee | 15 | $106,375 | $0 |
| Bart Hansen | Board Member Trustee or director | 30 | $0 | $0 |
| Sam Ainslie | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Reese Bricken | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Chad Turner | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Jim Wright | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Andrew Walsh | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 16 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bradley Beck | Executive Director Trustee or director, Officer | 40 | $267,739 | $41,875 |
| Morgan Snyder | Vice President of Discipleship Key employee | 40 | $185,362 | $103,206 |
| Jonathan Dale | Senior Director of Innovation and Strategy Key employee | 40 | $236,697 | $51,580 |
| John Eldredge | CEO/President Trustee or director, Officer | 20 | $238,596 | $46,220 |
| Alex Burton | Director of Operations Key employee | 40 | $219,845 | $48,973 |
| Clayton Arnold | Executive Producer of Content Key employee | 40 | $226,446 | $32,715 |
| Jonathan Jones | Creative Director Highest-paid employee | 40 | $143,361 | $32,632 |
| Justin Lukasavige | Tech Support Highest-paid employee | 40 | $131,602 | $42,556 |
| Nicolas Bovee | Tech Manager Highest-paid employee | 40 | $126,153 | $44,279 |
| Polly Dodge | Operations Manager Highest-paid employee | 40 | $101,726 | $24,900 |
| Susan Eitemiller | Office Manager Highest-paid employee | 40 | $103,072 | $18,599 |
| Bart Hansen | Vice President, Board Member Trustee or director | 30 | $0 | $0 |
| Sam Ainslie | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Reese Bricken | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Chad Turner | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Jim Wright | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 4965 N 30TH ST, COLORADO SPGS, CO 80919-3156
- In care of
- % JOHN ELDREDGE
- Principal officer (990 for 2025)
- Alex Burton, PO Box 51065, Colorado Springs, CO 80949
- Signed the 990
- Alex Burton, Chief Operating Officer
- Phone
- (719) 884-8111
- Website
- wildatheart.org
- Return prepared by
- BiggsKofford Advisors LLC
Mission
This organization exists to restore men and women to live from their heart - as God's intimate allies - by recovering the treasure of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, entrusting that message to the people who have been transformed by it, and to train them to do the same for others.
Program accomplishments
- Wild at Heart promotes the message of recovering the treasure of the Gospel, setting men and women free to live from the heart as God's intimate allies which was accomplished in 2025 by having five events: a Fourth Quarter event in March for 31 men, a Wild at Heart event in April for 438 Men, a new Ladder of Love event in October for 401 women, a new Guide School event in October for 175 men, and an Advent Gathering in December for 55 women. The ministry delivers its message in many formats: through resources (books, study guides, audio, and video downloads) available on the website www.wildatheart.org, answering emails and mail correspondence, providing free daily readings (devotional readings) sent out electronically to 52,991 individuals, free weekly audio and video podcasts available with 22,000,000 all-time impressions, and 30,000 average impressions per episode, monthly newsletters to 25,660 constituents and weekly email updates to 105,242 constituents. Wild at Heart, The Series is a new four-episode video series produced by the ministry and was released on YouTube Wild at Heart in October of 2024. It features a prologue and four videos of men who have undergone transformation through the message of Wild at Heart. Each episode has averaged over 35k views. There have been over 2,000 completed Wild at Heart Local events and Captivating Local events held by Wild at Heart allies since the inception of the program. The ministry has a Facebook group page that has over 1,661,985 engagements another Facebook page for women with 5,738,879 engagements, and a Wild at Heart Instagram feed with 62,500 subscribers. Wild at Heart has a YouTube channel with 52,894 subscribers. The free One Minute Pause app for meditations was new in 2020 after the release of John's book Get Your Life Back and now has more than 956,310 accounts with over 19,415,115 completed pauses over the past 2 years. The Pause app has been updated with special programs which features content and meditation on John Eldredge's recent books Resilient, and Experience Jesus, Really with 35,416 completions of the Resilient program and 32,355 completions of the EJR program in the last 2 years.Expenses $5,388,518 · grants $352,898 · revenue $706,307
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | December 31, 2025 | May 15, 2026 | 990 on file |
| 2024 | December 31, 2024 | May 15, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | December 31, 2023 | May 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 84-1535770
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 2001
- Accounting year ends
- December
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Religion-related (X83)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $4,709,873
- Income (IRS master file)
- $8,504,900
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | December 2025 | $8,394,842 | $7,386,129 | $4,709,873 | XML |
| 990-T | December 2025 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2024 | $6,813,399 | $7,122,849 | $3,730,078 | XML |
| 990 | December 2023 | $6,884,943 | $7,191,080 | $4,020,395 | XML |
| 990 | December 2022 | $5,860,245 | $6,191,571 | $4,391,625 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2019 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2018 | – | – | – | IRS |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 84-1535770).
Questions about RANSOMED HEART MINISTRIES
- What is the EIN of RANSOMED HEART MINISTRIES?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of RANSOMED HEART MINISTRIES is 84-1535770.
- Is RANSOMED HEART MINISTRIES tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2001.
- Are donations to RANSOMED HEART MINISTRIES tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does RANSOMED HEART MINISTRIES file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of RANSOMED HEART MINISTRIES due?
- The return for tax year 2026 (the year ending December 31, 2026) is due May 17, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did RANSOMED HEART MINISTRIES last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of RANSOMED HEART MINISTRIES?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 names Alex Burton.
- Who are the officers and directors of RANSOMED HEART MINISTRIES?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 lists 16 people; 10 received compensation from the organization, the highest $262,112 (John Eldredge, CEO/President).
- How much revenue does RANSOMED HEART MINISTRIES have?
- On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $8,394,842, expenses of $7,386,129 and total assets of $4,709,873 at year end.
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