CRISTA Ministries

Overview

Mission

CRISTA is a family of five Seattle-based Christian ministries founded in 1949, united by a shared MISSION to fearlessly declare the Gospel, with Biblical truth and love, to lead generations to follow Jesus. Welcome to CRISTA! We are a family of five Seattle-based Christian ministries founded in 1949. With a reach both locally and globally, our ministries – King’s Schools, World Concern, CRISTA Camps, CRISTA Media and CRISTA Senior Living – are united by a shared **MISSION** to fearlessly declare the Gospel, with Biblical truth and love, to lead generations to follow Jesus. As part of the CRISTA family, each ministry has answered the call to serve in their unique way, striving together toward our shared goal of seeing lives transformed… from the young minds being equipped with a Christian education at King’s to World Concern’s disaster response and poverty alleviation efforts all over...

CRISTA Ministries is a family of five Seattle-based Christian ministries founded in 1949 and united by a mission to fearlessly declare the Gospel—through education (King’s Schools), camping (CRISTA Camps), broadcasting/media (CRISTA Media), senior living (CRISTA Senior Living), and international relief/development work (World Concern). The Board of Trustees provides governance and the Ministry Council convenes leaders across the ministries to train and share information.

Operating model

Revenue model

Other-operating. 69% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.

Distribution model

Direct operator. The filing allocates 95% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

• Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

- This return only reports unrelated business income. Use the main filing to assess the organization as a whole.

Rating breakdown

Details

• What they do: 1 operating location identified
• Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
• Activities: Unrelated business income $2.8M · Business deductions $2.9M
• Consistency: 10 of 10 current checks pass
• Filing history: 5 filing years from 2020 to 2024
• Contacts: How to reach this organization
• Money network: 14 filed money-flow records
• Related organizations: 2 filed related-organization links
• Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
• People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.