Tennessee · Nonprofit
CHRISTIANITY EXPLORED USA
CHRISTIANITY EXPLORED USA (Tennessee) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $367,021 to it, the largest being NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC ($140,050). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 93% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $401k
- Funders on record
- 12
- Grants received
- $367k
- Net assets
- $21k
What Christianity Explored USA does
Mission
Christianity Explored USA equips church's and individuals in evangelism by exploring jesus in the bible in a relational environment.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Promoting the mission of the organization: this has been a period of transition as we pursued restructuring efforts to operate more effectively as an international organization. Key developments included website improvements, including the development of a beta site to create new methods of engagement with partners and volunteers.
$156,937 spent$200,664 earned by the program50% of program spendingPromoted the organization at national conferences, including denominational church gatherings, ministry staff events, and christian conferences. These events provided valuable networking opportunities, increasing awareness of our mission, expanding the use of our resources, growing our email lists, and fostering collaboration with our publisher, the good book company.
$94,161 spent$120,396 earned by the program30% of program spendingPursuing partnering opportunities: collaboration with our teams in the uk, canada, and ce international has been central to extending the ministry's reach across a broader region of north america. As part of our regular operational review, we revisited and refined our paths to ensure alignment with our goals and mission.
$62,775 spent$80,265 earned by the program20% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $313,873.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 $126k to $51k (−59%).
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.
97% of CHRISTIANITY EXPLORED USA’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 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.
Chief executive
Matthew Brubaker
CEO
Board chair
William E King
Chairman/tre
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $3k → $67k.
8 of 12 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 93% 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 CHRISTIANITY EXPLORED USA’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 11 of 12 funders by total. 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
CHRISTIANITY EXPLORED USA leans on a few funders — its largest provides 38% of grant income and the top three 79%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
96% 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 CHRISTIANITY EXPLORED USA.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 72% · 2019 100% · 2020 31% · 2021 50% · 2022 37% · 2023 85% — 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
14% of CHRISTIANITY EXPLORED USA's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% 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
93% of CHRISTIANITY EXPLORED USA's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $25k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Tennessee, across 4 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $342k arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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
CHRISTIANITY EXPLORED USA's revenue grew 47% between 2018 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,334 religion nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like CHRISTIANITY EXPLORED USA
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 Tennessee
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
73% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
70%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CHRISTIANITY EXPLORED USA: 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 CHRISTIANITY EXPLORED USA?
- CHRISTIANITY EXPLORED USA (Tennessee) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $367,021 to it, the largest being NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC ($140,050). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 93% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does CHRISTIANITY EXPLORED USA have?
- IRS filings report 12 organizations giving $367,021 in grants to CHRISTIANITY EXPLORED USA, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CHRISTIANITY EXPLORED USA?
- NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC is the largest funder on record, with $140,050 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CHRISTIANITY EXPLORED USA find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Tennessee. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2018–2025), and the filings of 12 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing