Missouri · Nonprofit
CENTRAL CHRISTIAN COLLEGE OF THE BIBLE
CENTRAL CHRISTIAN COLLEGE OF THE BIBLE (Missouri) receives grants from 19 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,786,681 to it, the largest being LILLY ENDOWMENT INC ($4,329,357). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $8.6M
- Funders on record
- 19
- Grants received
- $6.8M
- Net assets
- $9.1M
What Central Christian College of the Bible does
Mission
Central Christian College of the Bible (central) exists to develop servant-leaders for the church. As a traditional undergraduate bible college of the restoration movement, central equips faithful men and women for leadership ministry.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Academics: Central is a 4-year accredited college, offering undergraduate and graduate degrees as well as certificate programs. Central provides instruction both in the classroom and online that equips students with a Bible-centered higher education based on a Christian worldview and that helps students become productive, contributing members of their communities. For Fiscal Year 2023-24, Central provided educational and library services for approximately 185 students.
$1,712,516 spentof which $414,315 as grants$1,237,895 earned by the program39% of program spendingStudent Services: Central offers a variety of student-oriented services, events, groups, and policies that foster a positive and safe campus experience. These include computers & printing services, Wi-Fi, personal workout & health equipment, counseling, a mailroom, a recreation area, a theater room, church relations, intramurals, leadership opportunities, a student discipleship program, community service programs, chapel, student council, and missions trips.
$838,243 spent$39,707 earned by the program19% of program spendingAuxiliary Services: Central provided dormitory and apartment-based campus housing, a variety of meal plan options, a coffee house & snack bar, and a contemporary bookstore that offers textbooks and apparel for students and that provides literature and educational materials to the broader community.
$660,295 spent$905,152 earned by the program15% of program spendingThe Christian Church Leadership Network (CCLN) advanced the health, vitality, and growth of the church and its leaders by providing Biblical training, coaching, and consulting. CCLN offers resources, church health assessments, workshops, a job board, and various other opportunities to its members. CCLN's vision is to become a national network of churches and leaders experiencing healthy, effective, and relevant ministry. In the 1st half of 2024, the CCLN completed the program design and administrative integration design for the Level-Up Preaching and Heathy Churches initiatives, and launched the first Level-Up cohorts. Implementation of both initiatives will accelerate in the 2nd half of 2024, with the initiatives lasting until the end of 2027.
$579,960 spent$17,540 earned by the program13% of program spendingAthletics: Central provides NCCAA Division 2 varsity sports programs, including Men's & Women's Basketball, Men's & Women's Soccer, Men's & Women's Cross Country, Women's Volleyball, and Shooting Sports.
$319,215 spent$11,136 earned by the program7% of program spendingThe Russell School of Ministry (RSM) is Central's graduate school, designed to equip church leaders through a combination of classroom learning and actual ministry experience. RSM's Master's degree courses utilize both intensive and online formats, and are taught by professors who are both scholars with a high view of Scripture and professional leaders in church and parachurch organizations. Practical assignments are emphasized in all classes, so that the knowledge gained in the classroom can be immediately applied to real-world ministry contexts.
$245,755 spentof which $60,000 as grants$184,227 earned by the program6% of program spendingMiscellaneous programs
$0 spent$39,889 earned by the program0% of program spending
The 7 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $4,355,984.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $14M to $17M (+21%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 0% · 2018 0% · 2019 0% · 2020 14% · 2021 12% · 2022 13% · 2023 1% · 2024 12% · 2025 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
59% of CENTRAL CHRISTIAN COLLEGE OF THE BIBLE’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 8 funders, grant income rose $8k → $3.5M.
4 of 19 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 22% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of CENTRAL CHRISTIAN COLLEGE OF THE BIBLE’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
CENTRAL CHRISTIAN COLLEGE OF THE BIBLE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 64% of grant income and the top three 94%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
25% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund CENTRAL CHRISTIAN COLLEGE OF THE BIBLE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 83% · 2020 40% · 2021 67% · 2022 30% · 2023 69% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
38% of CENTRAL CHRISTIAN COLLEGE OF THE BIBLE's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 63% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
CENTRAL CHRISTIAN COLLEGE OF THE BIBLE draws 98% of its grant income from funders outside Missouri, across 8 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.5M arriving through sponsors registered in 4 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
CENTRAL CHRISTIAN COLLEGE OF THE BIBLE's funding base is broadening — from 1 funders to 8 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,615 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding CENTRAL CHRISTIAN COLLEGE OF THE BIBLE receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $1.7M on record.
- Department of Education$1.7M
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like CENTRAL CHRISTIAN COLLEGE OF THE BIBLE
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Missouri
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
65% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
88%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 3 related entities
- Christian Church Leadership Foundation LLC · disregarded
- Christian Church Leadership Network LLC · disregarded
- Russell School of Ministry LLC · disregarded
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CENTRAL CHRISTIAN COLLEGE OF THE BIBLE: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CENTRAL CHRISTIAN COLLEGE OF THE BIBLE?
- CENTRAL CHRISTIAN COLLEGE OF THE BIBLE (Missouri) receives grants from 19 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,786,681 to it, the largest being LILLY ENDOWMENT INC ($4,329,357). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CENTRAL CHRISTIAN COLLEGE OF THE BIBLE have?
- IRS filings report 19 organizations giving $6,786,681 in grants to CENTRAL CHRISTIAN COLLEGE OF THE BIBLE, 12 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CENTRAL CHRISTIAN COLLEGE OF THE BIBLE?
- LILLY ENDOWMENT INC is the largest funder on record, with $4,329,357 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CENTRAL CHRISTIAN COLLEGE OF THE BIBLE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Missouri. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 19 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing