California · Nonprofit
GOOD NEWS COMMUNICATIONS INC
GOOD NEWS COMMUNICATIONS INC (California) receives grants from 31 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,077,105 to it, the largest being NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC ($1,958,093). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 64% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $3.8M
- Funders on record
- 31
- Grants received
- $4.1M
- Net assets
- $4.0M
What Good News Communications Inc does
Mission
Since 1978, good news communications has remained committed to redeeming the values of the entertainment media for the benefit of our children and grandchildren according to biblical principles:1) by influencing media executives to adopt higher standards, and2) by informing and equipping the public, especially churchgoing families.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Website: movieguide's mission is to redeem the values of the entertainment industry, according to biblical principles, by influencing industry executives and artists. Our website is filled with resources for individuals and families alike, including movie reviews and articles. This past year we were able to reach 69 million individuals/families through our website, which is accessible continually throughout the year.
$1,310,620 spentof which $18,425 as grants$502,709 earned by the program49% of program spendingMovieguide awards: during the hollywood award season, movieguide holds its annual faith & values awards gala & report where filmmakers and industry personnel gather to celebrate a year's worth of uplifting titles and receive our prestigious "teddy bear" award. This past february of 2025 we had roughly 285 in attendance. Friday february 7th was the night of the awards, but the events ran from thursday february 6th through sunday february 9th (which included a welcome reception on thursday, an insider's breakfast and sunset yacht cruise on saturday, and a worship send-off on sunday).
$702,603 spent26% of program spendingInkilings fellowship: an esteemed summer program initiated by movieguide to cultivate, mentor, and guide the next generation of content creators who aspire to uphold and incorporate christian values in the entertainment industry. Recognizing the power and pervasiveness of media, this paid part-time program (3 days per week) is crafted to empower young leaders who are motivated to impact hollywood positively. The inklings fellowship runs from mid-june through late summer and is based in the los angeles area. During this period, a small, select group of fellows are trained to navigate the complex world of entertainment media and understand how to bring a project from concept to screen. The fellowship emphasizes the business and producing side of filmmaking, while assigning various tasks for fellows to complete for movieguide. This past summer of 2025 we had six fellows in the program.
$167,194 spent6% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$483,386 spent18% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,663,803.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $3.6M to $4.2M (+16%).
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: 2021 7% · 2023 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
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.
Chief executive
Robert Baehr
President/CEO
Board chair
Theodore Baehr
Chairman/founder
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 16 funders, grant income rose $362k → $776k.
14 of 31 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 64% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $2.1M from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Culture Wise Studies Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money GOOD NEWS COMMUNICATIONS INC raised.
From the IRS filings of GOOD NEWS COMMUNICATIONS INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 31 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
GOOD NEWS COMMUNICATIONS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 48% of grant income and the top three 67%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
67% 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 GOOD NEWS COMMUNICATIONS INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 56% · 2018 67% · 2019 43% · 2020 58% · 2021 41% · 2022 41% · 2023 49% — 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
46% of GOOD NEWS COMMUNICATIONS INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 55% 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
64% of GOOD NEWS COMMUNICATIONS INC'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 $1.5M that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside California, across 13 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.6M arriving through sponsors registered in 13 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.
Government funding GOOD NEWS COMMUNICATIONS INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $50 on record.
- REFUNDS - GENERAL $50
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 GOOD NEWS COMMUNICATIONS INC
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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
82% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
94%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for GOOD NEWS COMMUNICATIONS INC: 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 GOOD NEWS COMMUNICATIONS INC?
- GOOD NEWS COMMUNICATIONS INC (California) receives grants from 31 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,077,105 to it, the largest being NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC ($1,958,093). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 64% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does GOOD NEWS COMMUNICATIONS INC have?
- IRS filings report 31 organizations giving $4,077,105 in grants to GOOD NEWS COMMUNICATIONS INC, 17 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GOOD NEWS COMMUNICATIONS INC?
- NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,958,093 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GOOD NEWS COMMUNICATIONS INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 31 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