Great Commission Broadcasting Corporation

Analysis

Great Commission Broadcasting Corporation is a registered charity in United States, based in Quincy, IL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 1983, 43 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts, culture and humanities, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Great Commission Broadcasting Corporation reported income of $536k and spending of $460k, spending 86% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $531k to $536k (+0.9%), an average of +0.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 28%. Over the whole period it spent 84% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Great Commission Broadcasting Corporation sits at the 78th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 71st percentile, and in the 71st percentile within IL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Amazwi Global ($536k), Fourth Arts Block Inc ($536k) and Vermont Stage Company Inc ($536k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 90% and program service revenue 8.1% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $245k. At year end it held assets of $1.0m against liabilities of $20k, net assets of $1.0m. It reported 15 employees.