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Amazing Facts International

EIN 82-2966470 · Granite Bay, CA

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

LegitimacyPassesRegistration and standingFinancial healthGood88 out of 100GovernanceStrong100 out of 100Impact evidenceDescribes programsHow well its results are evidenced

What it says it does

TO PROCLAIM TO THE WORLD THE EVERLASTING GOSPEL OF REVELATION 14:6-12 AND TO ENCOURAGE REVIVAL IN THE REMNANT CHURCH BY LEADING PEOPLE TO EMBRACE SALVATION BY FAITH IN JESUS, TO ESTABLISH THEM IN THE CHURCH, AND TO DISCIPLE ALL BELIEVERS IN THE JOY OF LEADING OTHERS TO CHRIST BY WORD AND EXAMPLE.

Income
$33.7 million
Spending
$34.6 million
Spent on programs
79%
Reserves
16.7 months of spending
Largest source of income
donations and private grants, 86%
Employees
131
Volunteers
100
Highest pay
$201,704, planned giving director

Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Financial health

Good: 88 out of 100. Higher than 72% of charities in its peer group (religion, $10m to $100m).

  • Reserves

    35 of 35

    Spendable reserves would cover 16.7 months of spending.

  • Debt

    20 of 20

    It owes 1% of what it owns.

  • Living within its means

    8 of 15

    Spending exceeded income by 3% of income.

  • Income trend

    10 of 15

    Income fell 0% on the year before.

  • Spending floor

    15 of 15

    79% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 17 cents.

Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Governance

Strong: 100 out of 100. Higher than 57% of charities in its peer group (religion, $10m to $100m).

  • Independent board

    25 of 25

    10 of 15 voting board members are independent.

  • Conflict of interest policy

    15 of 15

    Has a written conflict of interest policy.

  • Whistleblower policy

    8 of 8

    Has a written whistleblower policy.

  • Record keeping policy

    7 of 7

    Has a written policy on keeping and destroying records.

  • Board minutes

    5 of 5

    Keeps minutes of board meetings.

  • Board sees the tax return

    10 of 10

    Gave the board a copy of this return before filing it.

  • Pay set independently

    5 of 5

    Sets its chief executive's pay through independent review and comparison.

  • Independent check of accounts

    15 of 15

    Its accounts were audited by an independent accountant.

  • 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, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Impact evidence

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

Programs described in its return (10)
  1. $12.2 million spent. MEDIA: AMIDST A WORLD FILLED WITH DECEPTION, WE HAVE DELIVERED MUCH-NEEDED PRESENT TRUTH ON NEARLY 70 TV PLATFORMS IN 2025, BRINGING MILLIONS HIS MARVELOUS LOVE. WE ARE ALSO PREPARING HEARTS THROUGH EVENTS BROADCAST FROM THE W.O.R.D. CENTER. IN 2025, EVERY SABBATH, GRANITE BAY HILLTOP CHURCH'S WORSHIP SERVICES FED SPIRITUAL TRUTH TO AUDIENCES WORLDWIDE. IN MARCH, THE CREATION OR EVOLUTION SUMMIT LED TENS OF THOUSANDS TO TRUST IN GENESIS AND THEIR LOVING CREATOR. IN JULY, THE AMAZING FACTS YOUTH CONFERENCE, VERTICAL VISION: LEARN TO LOOK UP, INSPIRED THOUSANDS OF YOUTH TO BE BOLD FOR CHRIST. AND IN SEPTEMBER, AMAZING FACTS CELEBRATED 60 YEARS OF MINISTRY WITH MORE THAN 1,000 ATTENDEES AT ITS HEADQUARTERS, REJOICING IN GOD'S MIRACLES AND GLOBAL EVANGELISM GROWTH.
  2. $10.3 million spent. WORLDWIDE EVANGELISM: WE ARE PREPARING HEARTS FOR ETERNITY THROUGH GLOBAL OUTREACH! GIFTS IN 2025 MADE AN INTERNATIONAL IMPACT IN BRAZIL, INDONESIA, AFRICA, OCEANIA, THE PHILIPPINES, AND CHINA. IN INDIA, WE HELPED EXPAND BIBLE LESSON TRANSLATIONS INTO SEVEN LANGUAGES AND SUPPORTED THE PRINTING OF THOUSANDS OF CULTURALLY ADAPTED STUDY GUIDES. WE ALSO FUELED REVIVAL MEETINGS IN REMOTE REGIONS, LEADING TO DOZENS OF BAPTISMS, AND STRENGTHENED FRONTLINE OUTREACH IN WEST BENGAL AND NORTHEAST INDIA. IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, WE HELPED TRANSFORM A NATIONAL TRAGEDY INTO A POWERFUL WITNESS FOR CHRIST DURING AN AMAZING FACTS MISSION TRIP IN APRIL. MORE THAN 10,000 PEOPLE GATHERED FOR PRAYER AND BIBLICAL TEACHING, GRIEVING CITIZENS FOUND HOPE IN JESUS, AND MANY WERE BAPTIZED.
  3. $673,238 spent. AMAZING FACTS EVANGELISTS:THE AMAZING FACTS TEAM OF EVANGELISTS PRESENTED PROPHECY SEMINARS IN CALIFORNIA, TENNESSEE, LOUISIANA, MISSOURI, KENTUCKY, ARKANSAS, FLORIDA, PENNSYLVANIA, COLORADO, OKLAHOMA, NEW JERSEY, MICHIGAN, IDAHO, WASHINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS, NEW YORK, INDIANA, MINNESOTA, SWEDEN, VIRGINIA, MARYLAND, WEST VIRGINIA, AND ARIZONA - JUST TO NAME A FEW.
  4. PUBLIC EVANGELISM: THROUGH GIVING, GOD'S END-TIME MESSAGE IS IMPACTING TENS OF THOUSANDS THROUGH BOLD PREACHING AND CHRIST-CENTERED OUTREACH. IN AUGUST 2025, PASTOR DOUG LED A HISTORIC EVANGELISTIC CAMPAIGN IN VANUATU, TOUCHING THOUSANDS OF SEEKERS WITH THE EVERLASTING GOSPEL. MEDICAL MISSION TEAMS MINISTERED TO COMMUNITIES, OPENING HEARTS THROUGH HANDS-ON CARE. A THREE-WEEK PROPHECY SEMINAR WAS HELD AT 19 SITES AND BROADCAST ONLINE NATIONWIDE. THOUSANDS OF BIBLES AND AMAZING FACTS STUDY GUIDES WERE DISTRIBUTED. MORE THAN 2,000 SOULS WERE BAPTIZED- VILLAGE CHIEFS, PRISONERS, CHURCH PASTORS OF OTHER FAITHS, AND YOUNG PEOPLE, INCLUDING 89 STUDENTS FROM A LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL. THEN IN OCTOBER 2025, WE HELPED OVER 700,000 PEOPLE IN MORE THAN 180 COUNTRIES FIND ETERNAL HOPE THROUGH THE TRUTH-FILLED PROPHECY COUNTDOWN EVANGELISTIC EVENT, A TWO-WEEK BIBLE STUDY LIVE-STREAMED ON ROKU, AFTV, AND FACEBOOK.
  5. $1.2 million spent. BIBLE SCHOOL: WE ARE PREPARING HEARTS FOR ETERNITY THROUGH TRUTH-FILLED BIBLE STUDIES! IN 2025, WE EQUIPPED OUR BIBLE SCHOOL TO OFFER FIVE UNIQUE BIBLE COURSES: THREE FOR ADULTS, ONE FOR TEENS, AND ONE FOR CHILDREN. WE HELPED HUNDREDS FIND A LOCAL CHURCH FAMILY AND ANSWER THOUSANDS OF BIBLE QUESTIONS. BIBLE SCHOOL ENROLLED OVER 52,000 NEW BIBLE STUDENTS, A 28 PERCENT INCREASE. WE HELPED 10,000 INMATES FIND THE LIGHT OF BIBLE TRUTH AND CONNECTED BIBLE STUDY SEEKERS WITH A LOCAL PASTOR OR BIBLE WORKER, AND ESTABLISHED RELATIONSHIPS WITH OVER 117 PRISONS AND JAILS TO SEND RESOURCES.
  6. INTERNET MINISTRY: TO SPREAD GOSPEL TRUTH THROUGH OUR MANY WEBSITES AND SOCIAL MEDIA: AMAZINGBIBLESTUDIES.COM HELPED OVER 38,000 PEOPLE FIND ANSWERS TO THEIR BIBLE QUESTIONS. SABBATHTRUTH.COM HELPED 164,000 PEOPLE FIND THE MISSING PEACE OF GOD'S SEVENTH DAY. YOUTUBE, WITH OVER ONE MILLION SUBSCRIBERS, SHARED 960 TRUTH-FILLED VIDEOS. THE AMAZING FACTS FACEBOOK PAGE WITH 767,000 FOLLOWERS HAD OVER 13 MILLION VIEWS. COMPASSION HAS ALSO EMPOWERED MILLIONS TO FIND GOD'S LAST-DAY TRUTH ON THESE MINISTRY WEBSITES: AMAZINGFACTS.ORG, 666TRUTH.COM, BIBLEHISTORY.COM, GHOSTTRUTH.COM, HELLTRUTH.COM, ISHEAVENFORREAL.COM, PROPHECYSEMINARS.COM, TRUTHABOUTDEATH.COM, AFBOOKSTORE.COM, AND MORE!
  7. AMAZING FACTS CENTER OF EVANGELISM: IN 2025, AFCOE AFRICA TRAINED 50 STUDENTS WHO ARE NOW BOLDLY WORKING IN A SOCIALLY AND POLITICALLY CHALLENGING CLIMATE TO KNOCK ON DOORS, GIVE BIBLE STUDIES, AND PLANT NEW CHURCHES. EMPOWERED AFCOE STUDENTS AND GRADUATES TO BE ACTIVE IN THE PHILIPPINES, WITH 16 TEAMS WORKING HARD TO PREACH, TRAIN, AND RENEW CHURCHES. TRAINED 55 AFCOE STUDENTS FROM THE UK, CHINA, AUSTRALIA, AND NEW ZEALAND, RESULTING IN ABOUT 80 BIBLE STUDIES EACH WEEK THAT TRANSFORMED LIVES.
  8. $2.9 million spent. PUBLISHING: WE ARE PREPARING HEARTS FOR ETERNITY THROUGH PUBLISHING. IN 2025, WE HELPED DISTRIBUTE 1.9 MILLION BOOKS, MAGAZINES, CDS, DVDS, BIBLES, AND TRUTH-FILLED MATERIALS. THE TOP THREE REQUESTED RESOURCES IN 2025: THE POCKET BOOK BAPTISM: IS IT REALLY NECESSARY?, CREATION OR EVOLUTION? SHARING MAGAZINE, AND THE AMERICA IN PROPHECY SHARING MAGAZINE. THE AMAZING FACTS VERSION OF THE GREAT CONTROVERSY, CALLED THE FALL & RISE OF JERUSALEM, WAS ADVERTISED ON FOX NEWS IN NOVEMBER 2025, RESULTING IN THOUSANDS REQUESTING THE LAST DAY TRUTH! GIFTS PRODUCED THE CREATION AND EVOLUTION? SHARING MAGAZINE, PROPHECY COUNTDOWN BIBLE LESSONS, CHRISTMAS: MYTH VS. REALITY, HALLOWEEN: IS IT A TREAT OR A TRICK, COLD CONFESSION: FROM ADDICTION TO FREEDOM, AND AMAZING TRUTHS FROM THE BOOK OF DANIEL BIBLE LESSONS.
  9. CORRESPONDENCE AND PRISON MINISTRY: WE SPIRITUALLY FED MORE THAN 43,000 PRISONERS OVER 4.3 MILLION TIMES THROUGH TRUTH-FILLED PROGRAMS ON THE PANDO APP FOR PRISONERS. THROUGH THIS APP ALONE, OVER 2,986 INMATES HAVE MADE DECISIONS FOR CHRIST. POPULAR PROGRAMS AMONG THE INCARCERATED INCLUDE A RIVER OF LIFE AND YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT. OUR TEAM ANSWERED THOUSANDS OF CALLS, LETTERS, AND EMAILS, INCLUDING SENDING OUT OVER 83,000 PIECES OF LIFE-CHANGING RESOURCES FOR FREE.
  10. PLANNED GIVING: WE CAN PREPARE HEARTS FOR ETERNITY THROUGH A LEGACY GIFT. THOSE WHO JOIN THE HEROES OF FAITH LEGACY CIRCLE ARE PART OF A POWERFUL CALLING TO PLACE ETERNITY FIRST AND INVEST WHERE THE RETURN NEVER FADES! EVEN BEYOND YOUR LIFETIME, FAITH CAN CONTINUE TO SPEAK. LEGACY GIVING ALLOWS TO TURN YOUR CAREFUL STEWARDSHIP OF GOD'S BLESSINGS INTO A LASTING WITNESS, HELPING BRING BIBLE TRUTH TO PEOPLE STILL SEARCHING FOR HOPE, CLARITY, AND FREEDOM IN CHRIST. THE IMPACT OF ESTATE GIFTS IN 2025 BROUGHT VITAL BIBLE TRUTH TO 47.3 MILLION PEOPLE THROUGH MEDIA BROADCASTS, ENROLLING OVER 52,250 PEOPLE IN BIBLE SCHOOL THAT RESULTED IN 7,785 BAPTISMS.

Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Legitimacy checks

  1. 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 October 13, 2026.

  2. 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 November 6, 2026.

  3. 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 October 13, 2026.

  4. Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.

    Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2025.

    Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.

  5. How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.

    Recognized by the IRS since May 2018.

    Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.

  6. 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 November 4, 2026.

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