California · Nonprofit
NEW REFORMATION PUBLICATIONS
NEW REFORMATION PUBLICATIONS (California) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $12,415,921 to it, the largest being OPERATION LEGACY FOUNDATION INC ($11,325,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $7.1M
- Funders on record
- 8
- Grants received
- $12M
- Net assets
- $-267275
What New Reformation Publications does
Mission
Our mission is to declare and defend the good news that you are forgiven and free on account of christ alone. 1517 is rooted in the legacy of martin luther and the first evangelicals of the reformation. Our resources are anchored in the central message of the bible: that christ died for sinners and rose for their justification.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Here we still stand: we hold two conferences annually, one in northwest arkansas in the spring and one in san diego in the fall, with speaking presentations and events for the purpose of learning, fortifying and celebrating the gospel truths reclaimed in the reformation and centering attendees' faith in christ, based in the scriptural truths rediscovered in the lutheran reformation. Hwss is also meant to provide a community of people from all over the world who have been freed by the message of the gospel, wherein new friendships can be formed and old friendships strengthened. The conference also includes exhibitors who share common convictions. Attendees will find books, podcasts, mercy ministries, bible study and church helps, along with many other gospel-centered resources.
$843,210 spent$136,723 earned by the program15% of program spending1517 publishing--the publishing arm of 1517--publishes books as approved by the editorial committee comprised of 7 individuals and develops the current back-catalog of acquired content. Nrp also seeks licensing opportunities to further develop content for 1517.
$691,043 spent$337,417 earned by the program12% of program spending1517 podcasts: is the audio program network operated by 1517. 1517 produces and distributes nineteen podcasts across the world's most popular podcast listening platforms. The shows belonging to 1517 podcasts are downloaded over six million times a year. The podcast network exists to declare and defend the gospel of christ, crucified and risen for the forgiveness of sins. The topics of our podcasts cover a broad scope including dedicated platforms for discussing church history, systematic theology, philosophy, and biblical exegesis. The podcast network also works to promote the other resources at 1517 such as books, conferences, academies, and blogs.
$462,492 spent$155,731 earned by the program8% of program spendingPublishing, hosting conferences, podcast network, radio shows, daily articles,providing speaking engagements, an online academy, curating author works, maintaining a web store which sells published works, audio/video resources and merchandise.
$3,556,156 spentof which $535,000 as grants$7,570,687 earned by the program64% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $5,552,901.
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 2020 to 2021, from $129k to $1.6M (+1166%).
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 NEW REFORMATION PUBLICATIONS’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (90% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 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.
Board chair
James Lowe Esq
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 3 funders, grant income fell $3.0M → $651k.
6 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 6% 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 NEW REFORMATION PUBLICATIONS’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
NEW REFORMATION PUBLICATIONS leans on a few funders — its largest provides 91% of grant income and the top three 98%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% 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 NEW REFORMATION PUBLICATIONS.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 99% · 2021 100% · 2022 96% · 2023 77% — 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
60% of NEW REFORMATION PUBLICATIONS's funders are still giving 1 year after their first grant; 75% 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
NEW REFORMATION PUBLICATIONS draws 97% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $731k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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
NEW REFORMATION PUBLICATIONS has grown faster than three-quarters of the 2,394 religion nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,394 religion nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like NEW REFORMATION PUBLICATIONS
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
80% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
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 NEW REFORMATION PUBLICATIONS: 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 NEW REFORMATION PUBLICATIONS?
- NEW REFORMATION PUBLICATIONS (California) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $12,415,921 to it, the largest being OPERATION LEGACY FOUNDATION INC ($11,325,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NEW REFORMATION PUBLICATIONS have?
- IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $12,415,921 in grants to NEW REFORMATION PUBLICATIONS, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NEW REFORMATION PUBLICATIONS?
- OPERATION LEGACY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $11,325,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NEW REFORMATION PUBLICATIONS 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 8 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