Nonprofit · EIN 95-3523177
INSTITUTE FOR CREATION RESEARCH
Tax-exempt · DALLAS, TX 75229
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 30, 2025 | 990 | $10,363,954 | $10,643,510 | -$279,556 | $53,450,129 | $2,875,804 | $50,574,325 |
| June 30, 2024 | 990 | $12,850,158 | $10,274,296 | $2,575,862 | $53,359,016 | $2,727,038 | $50,631,978 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $8,613,929
- Program service revenue
- $622,017
- Investment income
- $542,409
- Royalties
- $17,946
- Net gain from sales of assets
- $21,207
- Net income from sales of inventory
- $483,072
- Other revenue
- $585,599
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $14,177
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $309,083
- Other salaries and wages
- $3,959,957
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $5,542,729
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Legal fees
- $8,957
- Accounting fees
- $40,153
- Occupancy
- $560,299
- Travel
- $273,171
- Depreciation
- $1,445,846
- Program services (functional)
- $9,153,360
- Management and general (functional)
- $969,480
- Fundraising (functional)
- $520,670
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $53,359,016
- Total assets, end of year
- $53,450,129
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $2,875,804
- Net assets, end of year
- $50,574,325
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $31,006,079
- Publicly traded securities
- $6,752,887
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $48,863,383
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $1,710,942
- Gross receipts
- $11,424,170
- Employees
- 77
- Volunteers
- 76
- Year formed
- 1980
- State of legal domicile
- CA
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 June 30, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DR RANDY GULIUZZA | PRESIDENT/TRUSTEE Trustee or director, Officer | 40 | $184,120 | $12,080 |
| DR TIM CLAREY | DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH Highest-paid employee | 40 | $102,405 | $24,900 |
| DR JAMES JOHNSON | CHIEF ACADEMIC OFFICER Highest-paid employee | 40 | $106,584 | $15,813 |
| DARYL ROBBINS | DIRECTOR OF ENTERPRISE TEC Highest-paid employee | 40 | $103,566 | $15,600 |
| BEAU PATTERSON | CFO/CORP SECRETARY Officer | 40 | $75,863 | $30,668 |
| DAN MITCHELL | VICE CHAIR/SECRETARY/TRUST Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| GEN MARK SHACKELFORD | CHAIRMAN/TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| DAN FARELL | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| DAN ARNOLD | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| DR MAC BRUNSON | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| TRAVIS FARR | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| DR ROB STADLER | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| DR MARK STENGLER | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| COL JEFF WILLIAMS | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ROB YARDLEY | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended June 30, 2024: 17 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DR RANDY GULIUZZA | PRESIDENT/TRUSTEE Trustee or director, Officer | 40 | $170,100 | $11,725 |
| DON BARBER | FORMER DIRECTOR OF ENTERPRISE TECHNOLOGY Highest-paid employee | 40 | $134,670 | $9,754 |
| DR TIM CLAREY | DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH Highest-paid employee | 40 | $103,004 | $22,200 |
| CHRIS KINMAN | DIRECTOR OF DISCOVERY CENTER Highest-paid employee | 40 | $100,631 | $21,941 |
| DR JAMES JOHNSON | CHIEF ACADEMIC OFFICER Highest-paid employee | 40 | $107,313 | $14,913 |
| DARYL ROBBINS | DIRECTOR OF ENTERPRISE TECHNOLOGY Highest-paid employee | 40 | $100,030 | $14,537 |
| BEAU PATTERSON | CFO/CORP SECRETARY Officer | 40 | $82,270 | $27,220 |
| DAN MITCHELL | VICE CHAIR/SECRETARY/TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| GEN MARK SHACKELFORD | CHAIRMAN/TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| DAN FARELL | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| DAN ARNOLD | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| DR MAC BRUNSON | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| TRAVIS FARR | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| DR ROB STADLER | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| DR MARK STENGLER | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| COL JEFF WILLIAMS | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ROB YARDLEY | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 1806 ROYAL LN, DALLAS, TX 75229-3126
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- DR RANDY GULIUZZA, 1806 ROYAL LANE, DALLAS, TX 75229
- Signed the 990
- TRACY HARRIS, CFO
- Phone
- (214) 615-8300
- Website
- WWW.ICR.ORG
- Return prepared by
- SST ACCOUNTANTS & CONSULTANTS PLLC
Mission
ICR SUPPORTS CHRIST'S CHURCH THROUGH SCIENCE, EDUCATION, AND MEDIA TO GLORIFY JESUS AS CREATOR, REFUTE DARWINISM, EQUIP PASTORS, RESHAPE BIOLOGY WITH DESIGN, AND DEFEND THE GOSPEL USING SCRIPTURE-AFFIRMING, MIRACLE-VALIDATING RESEARCH.
Program accomplishments
- EDUCATION:THE ICR DISCOVERY CENTER FOR SCIENCE & EARTH HISTORY PROVIDES AN INTERACTIVE LEARNING EXPERIENCE FOR VISITORS OF ALL AGES, AND TEACHES THEM THAT THEY CAN TRUST GOD'S WORD AND THAT WHEN SCIENCE IS INTERPRETED CORRECTLY IT CONFIRMS THE BIBLE. COURSES IN BIBLICAL APOLOGETICS AND ICR'S PROFESSIONAL PROGRAMS INCLUDE BIBLICAL ARCHAEOLOGY, CREATION AND FLOOD HISTORY, THEOLOGY, AND BIBLICAL APOLOGETICS. EDUCATION PROGRAMS INCLUDE FACE-TO-FACE CONTINUING EDUCATION COURSES AND ONLINE COURSEWORK FOR CHRISTIAN SCHOOL TEACHERS AND CHRISTIAN LEADERS, HOMESCHOOL ASSOCIATIONS, AND CHURCH LEADERSHIP. PUBLICATIONS SUCH AS ACTS & FACTS AND THE ICR WEBSITE ARE USED PRIMARILY AS EDUCATION TOOLS; MANY OTHER STUDY RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE ON THE FOCUS TOPICS.Expenses $5,202,374 · grants $14,177 · revenue $651,537
- APPLIED RESEARCH & COMMUNICATIONS:BOOKS, SUCH AS THE "GUIDE TO" SERIES, UNLOCKING THE MYSTERIES OF GENESIS AND STUDENT GUIDE, AND THE BOOK OF BEGINNINGS, SUPPORT THE ICR MISSION TO COMMUNICATE THE LATEST RESEARCH ON ORIGINS AND EARTH HISTORY FROM A BIBLICAL PERSPECTIVE. DVD'S/VIDEOS, SUCH AS UNLOCKING THE MYSTERIES OF GENESIS, MADE IN HIS IMAGE, THE TRUTH ON TOUR SERIES, AND UNCOVERING THE TRUTH ABOUT DINOSAURS, PROVIDE EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION TOOLS, SOME WITH CLOSED CAPTIONS AND SUBTITLES IN A VARIETY OF LANGUAGES, TO MEET THE NEEDS OF ICR'S DIVERSE AUDIENCES. SCHOLARLY NEWS ARTICLES ARE PRESENTED IN CREATION SCIENCE UPDATES, AND INSPIRATIONAL ENCOURAGEMENT CAN BE FOUND IN PUBLICATIONS SUCH AS THE QUARTERLY DEVOTIONAL DAYS OF PRAISE. ICR ALSO DEVELOPS TECHNICAL SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH FOR GENERAL AUDIENCES AND OFFERS PROGRAMS SUCH AS THE ICR RADIO MINISTRY, PODCASTS, SOCIAL MEDIA, EVENTS, AND CONFERENCES ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND THE GLOBE. ICR'S COMMUNICATIONS RESOURCES PRESENT A CHRISTIAN WORLDVIEW AND PROVIDE SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE SUPPORTING BIBLICAL CREATION BASED ON GENESIS 1:11.Expenses $2,819,628 · revenue $483,072
- RESEARCH:ICR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH SUPPORTS CREATION SCIENCE AND THE ISSUES OF ORIGINS FROM A BIBLICAL PERSPECTIVE. RESEARCH PROJECTS IN THE LIFE SCIENCES INCLUDE FOSSIL SOFT TISSUES ANALYSIS, HUMAN-CHIMP DNA COMPARISONS, HUMAN ANATOMY AND DESIGN, AND GENETICS RESEARCH. PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH INCLUDES STUDIES IN GEOLOGY, FLOOD SEDIMENT ANALYSIS, COSMOLOGY, AND ASTRONOMY PROJECTS SUPPORTING A YOUNG EARTH.Expenses $1,131,358 · revenue $55,061
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 June, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | June 30, 2026 | November 16, 2026 | Not due yet |
| 2024 | June 30, 2025 | November 17, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | June 30, 2024 | November 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 95-3523177
- 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
- 1980
- Accounting year ends
- June
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Science and technology (U20Z)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $53,450,129
- Income (IRS master file)
- $11,424,170
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | June 2025 | $10,363,954 | $10,643,510 | $53,450,129 | XML |
| 990 | June 2024 | $12,850,158 | $10,274,296 | $53,359,016 | XML |
| 990 | June 2023 | $11,689,505 | $9,563,802 | $50,569,476 | IRS |
| 990 | June 2022 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2019 | – | – | – | 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 95-3523177).
Questions about INSTITUTE FOR CREATION RESEARCH
- What is the EIN of INSTITUTE FOR CREATION RESEARCH?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of INSTITUTE FOR CREATION RESEARCH is 95-3523177.
- Is INSTITUTE FOR CREATION RESEARCH tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1980.
- Are donations to INSTITUTE FOR CREATION RESEARCH tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does INSTITUTE FOR CREATION RESEARCH 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 INSTITUTE FOR CREATION RESEARCH due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending June 30, 2026) is due November 16, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did INSTITUTE FOR CREATION RESEARCH last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended June 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of INSTITUTE FOR CREATION RESEARCH?
- The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 names DR RANDY GULIUZZA.
- Who are the officers and directors of INSTITUTE FOR CREATION RESEARCH?
- The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 lists 15 people; 5 received compensation from the organization, the highest $184,120 (DR RANDY GULIUZZA, PRESIDENT/TRUSTEE).
- How much revenue does INSTITUTE FOR CREATION RESEARCH have?
- On its 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $10,363,954, expenses of $10,643,510 and total assets of $53,450,129 at year end.
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