Illinois · Nonprofit
SPREAD TRUTH MINISTRIES INC
SPREAD TRUTH MINISTRIES INC (Illinois) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $621,726 to it, the largest being NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC ($162,469). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 59% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.8M
- Funders on record
- 15
- Grants received
- $622k
- Net assets
- $601k
What Spread Truth Ministries Inc does
Mission
Spread truth develops training materials and resources to help christians confidently share christ in relevant and loving ways.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Spread truth continues to develop more resources in print, app, film and web content. Spread truth has continued translations of existing and new materials into more and more world languages in order to better reach those in need of hearing the gospel message. Spread truth is continuing its emphasis on training christians to share this gospel message by developing an online digital training that will help christians share the gospel in a culturally relevant context.
$466,748 spent$15,982 earned by the program44% of program spendingSpread truth has a program in kenya and surrounding areas of africa. The goals are the same as spread truths main mission - reach the lost and train up christians to share their faith confidently. This is done in many similar ways to the u.s. Hands-on training, but in africa, there is currently a bigger need for basic needs and personal care. Spread truth addresses that by partnering with local organizations, churches, governments and food banks so that basic and spiritual needs are being met for both those that are being trained and those being witnessed to. Over 4,000 people were served at a 3 day medical clinic and 5,800 gospel booklets have been distributed.
$393,363 spentof which $379,407 as grants$3,350 earned by the program37% of program spendingSpread truth teaches and equips individuals to engage with others and share their faith through on-site training. Hands-on ministry teaching and evangelizing are designed to equip and develop a christians ability to be confident as they share the full story of the gospel message. Participants in these trainings come from around the country and are trained in a multi-cultural environment to reach those who need to hear the beauty of gods story. In new york city, 1,150 food boxes and frozen turkeys were distributed with the gospel at thanksgiving time. 21,950 the story booklets were distributed in disaster boxes across the nation.
$210,910 spent$203,650 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: $1,071,021.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 $455k to $828k (+82%).
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 14% · 2022 8%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
88% of SPREAD TRUTH MINISTRIES INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (90% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 5 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
William Mccorkle
Executive director
Board chair
Brian Jackson
Chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 6 funders, grant income rose $3k → $221k.
7 of 15 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 59% 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 SPREAD TRUTH MINISTRIES INC’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
SPREAD TRUTH MINISTRIES INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 26% of grant income and the top three 71%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
59% 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 SPREAD TRUTH MINISTRIES INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 97% · 2019 100% · 2020 84% · 2021 36% · 2022 51% · 2023 36% — 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
50% of SPREAD TRUTH MINISTRIES INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 53% 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
59% of SPREAD TRUTH MINISTRIES 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 $255k that is directly attributable, 70% of it comes from Illinois funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $367k 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
SPREAD TRUTH MINISTRIES INC runs a healthier operating margin than half 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 SPREAD TRUTH MINISTRIES 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 Illinois
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
67%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds SPREAD TRUTH MINISTRIES INC?
- SPREAD TRUTH MINISTRIES INC (Illinois) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $621,726 to it, the largest being NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC ($162,469). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 59% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does SPREAD TRUTH MINISTRIES INC have?
- IRS filings report 15 organizations giving $621,726 in grants to SPREAD TRUTH MINISTRIES INC, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SPREAD TRUTH MINISTRIES INC?
- NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC is the largest funder on record, with $162,469 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SPREAD TRUTH MINISTRIES INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2020–2024), and the filings of 15 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