Giving Company

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
813897257
IRS 990 coverage
2018–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2017
Location
Alpharetta, GA, United States
Phone
6788676068
Rating
76
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Religious Media, Communications
Affiliation
Religious (unspecified)

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$376,645
Expenses
$881,021
Assets
$327,122
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DAVID HENRIKSEN (CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • DAVID HENRIKSEN (CEO): $37,500 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Out of Christ’s powerful teaching comes a company uniquely capable of serving the Kingdom. iDisciple and Family Christian have joined forces to bring Christ’s saving word to the ends of the earth. Giving Company, now a part of _Radiant Digital_ , provides a variety of content and services to Christian families and individuals wanting to learn, grow, explore and live out their faith with more intention and more joy through their properties and experiences. Originally, Giving Company was formed when four well-known, faith-based companies realized they could do more for the kingdom together than they could do on their own. In 2018, iDisciple, Christian Cinema, Family Christian and Dove.org joined forces to create a global faith and family media network that together serve faith-oriented families around the world. By partnering with Radiant Digital in 2023, they are doing just that and mo.

What it reported doing in 2024

In 2023, giving company sold the daily bible content subscription business but will continue to support the non-profit. Several assets were sold in 2023 to radiant digital including idisciple, family christian, and amen.com. In addition - the assets for christian cinema and dove.org were sold to cineverse. We received our first transaction earnout payment from radiant digital in april of 2024 and negotiated additional shares of stock from cineverse for their purchases of dove and christian cinema. In our publishing business - rights repurchase agreements were executed with janette henning, jaime garcia, katie kenny phillips, pat bradley, karen stubbs, tony collier, laura woodworth, jay stewart, and derrick hawkins. These authors, along with ollie's bargain outlet, om ships, and anchor consumed the remainder of our publishing inventory.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 76% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 46% for direct work, and 54% for grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 89
  • Transparency & Controls: 93
  • Accountability: 56
  • Sustainability: 19
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 99.2%; rating input score 99
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 60%; rating input score 60; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -133.9%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.37; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 4.3%; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -21.8% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -22.7% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -16.9% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: Mission, programs, and operating context captured from the official website.
  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 99.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 3 of 5 board members independent · 4 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $874K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $38K · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 18 of 18 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes grants
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2018 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 3 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.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 1/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 19/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 33/100.