Word Christian Broadcasting Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
582034491
IRS 990 coverage
2013–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-T 2025
Location
Douglasville, GA, USA
Phone
7709201520
Rating
68
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Religious Radio
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$185,307
Expenses
$201,969
Assets
$488,521
Liabilities
$229,068

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • WILLIAM K JOHNS (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • NICK KELLER (DIRECTOR): $22,100 total reported compensation
  • WILLIAM K JOHNS (PRESIDENT): $12,250 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The overall purpose of this ministry is to carry out the great commission found in matthew 28:19-20, through broadcasting and cybercasting of the gospel of jesus christ and through the dissemination of christian literature. The word "broadcast" is an agricultural term that means to scatter seed indiscriminately over a wide area. It is our joy and privilege to make the gospel available to anyone and everyone who chooses to listen. We seek the salvation of souls, the baptism of believers, and the growth and nurturing of christians. We understand that in america most listeners are already christians. Therefore, we focus on motivating our listeners to actively pursue the lost, and to live out their faith on a daily basis, through kjv bible preaching and teaching, and old time gospel music. With a year-round average of twelve hours of radio broadcasting per day and 24-hour cybercasting, we further seek to provide interesting, informative, and entertaining programming that will offer christi

What it reported doing in 2025

Radio broadcasting on 1520 am, douglasville, Georgia: wdcy, together with sister stations wdpc and wnea, covers the western half of metro atlanta with the traditional christian message of the good news of personal salvation through faith in jesus christ. We preach and teach salvation as the gift of god freely given to believers by his grace. The sole source of our faith, practice, and teaching is found in the bible as expressed in the king james version. We see our job as assisting local churches to do their job of reaching the lost, teaching the saved, and encouraging believers. We maintain a symbiotic relationship with over 200 churches in the atlanta area. Our radio signal reaches approximately 2.5 million people with an average of 12 hours per day broadcast time. Our stations overlap so that much of the population is within range of more than one signal. In addition, we stream our message around the world 24 hours per day on the internet at www.wordchristianbroadcasting.com.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 93% 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.

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 a relatively small share of voting board members are independent.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 75
  • Transparency & Controls: 94
  • Accountability: 28
  • Sustainability: 32
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 84.4%; rating input score 84
  • Program expense ratio: 77.3%; rating input score 77
  • Fundraising efficiency: $4.65 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings

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; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 40%; rating input score 40; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 1 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 12
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • 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: -9%; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.42; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.47; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 17%; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 0.5% per year; rating input score 100; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -0.7% per year; rating input score 0; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 5.5% per year; rating input score 100; 46th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 84.4% of revenue deployed · 77.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 2 of 5 board members independent · 1 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $156K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $22K · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 26 of 26 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2013 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.

  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 6 of 7 not reported.
  • Moderate — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 40/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 20/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 20/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 9/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 21/100.