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Planting the Gospel Inc

EIN 45-2020370 · Cumming, GA

Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.

What it says it does

Planting the Gospel exists to work with individuals and churches to equip people to make disciples and plant churches.

Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Strong: 93 out of 100. Higher than 85% of charities in its peer group (religion, under $250k).

Reserves
28 of 35
Spendable reserves would cover 7.8 months of spending.
Debt
20 of 20
It owes 0% of what it owns.
Living within its means
15 of 15
Income exceeded spending by 16% of income.
Income trend
15 of 15
Income rose 39% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 15
75% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 10 cents.

Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Weak: 47 out of 100. Higher than 39% of charities in its peer group (religion, under $250k).

Independent board
25 of 25
5 of 7 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
0 of 15
Reports no written conflict of interest policy.
Whistleblower policy
0 of 8
Reports no written whistleblower policy.
Record keeping policy
0 of 7
Reports no written policy on keeping and destroying records.
Board minutes
5 of 5
Keeps minutes of board meetings.
Board sees the tax return
0 of 10
Did not give the board a copy of this return before filing it.
Pay set independently
0 of 5
Reports no independent review process for its chief executive's pay.
No reported misuse
10 of 10
Reports no diversion of assets, excess benefits or loans to insiders.

Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.

Programs described in its return (1)

$156,819 spent. Planting the Gospel exists to work with individuals, churches and other non-profits to equip people to make disciples and plant churches. Over the past year we have worked diligently on a number of initiatives: 1) Continue to raise financial partners and provide reports and accountability of progress in our mission. 2) Developed a new journal resource called The Great 8 Journal to be used to equip business leaders in applying Jesus style disciple-making in their business relationships3) We have worked alongside several non-profit organizations to leverage our disciple making resources nationally. These organizations include Auxano, Exponential, and FCA. 4) We have continued to develop an online platform for equipping churches and leaders nationally through www.plantingthegospel.com. 5) We have worked with a number of churches throughout the US to equip them for carrying out the mission of disciple making and church planting. 6) We leveraged a number of conferences and speaking opportunities to provide free disciple-making resources. 7) We developed a new resource in collaboration with Multiply.com, Multipliers Pathway, to help churches in the US succeed at their mission of making disciples and planting churches.

Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 30, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 10, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2024.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since January 2012.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 7, 2026.

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