Damascus Road Collaborative Inc
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
To heal our fractured world through thriving churches. We provide training and coaching to develop the leadership capabilities of pastors and their leadership teams.
- Income
- $105,090
- Spending
- $209,334
- Reserves
- 0.2 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 97%
- Highest pay
- $86,000, executive director coach presenter
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending August 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending August 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
This organization files the short tax form, which does not ask about boards, policies or audits. That is normal for a small charity and is not a mark against it.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending August 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 (3)
- $189,073 spent. Coaching. Each week the pastors and other leaders of the churches we work with receive at least 1 hour of coaching. Our coaches are current or retired pastors former seminary professors and therapists. Coaching provides strategic and personal support helping the leaders and their team develop and launch initiatives identified through the workshops see below. This fiscal year our coaches logged over 5000 hours with 44 church leaders and their teams not including prep time and coaches meeting where we discussed potential approached to specific issues that a given coach might encounter in their previous weeks coaching sessions. All services of Damascus Road are offered to the churches at no expense to the recipients of these services. Five coaches provided these services $189073 of Damascus Road funds covered the expense of this service offering
- $14,980 spent. Workshops. Each church including pastors and member of their team attends 2 3-day workshops of the course of a year. In these workshops we cover topics related to focusing the church on initiatives that keep it mission-focused and perpetually relevant. There are 6 workshops in the fall and six in the spring with 50-60 people in each workshop. The cost of these workshops is $14980
- $5,000 spent. Grant program. We significantly scaled back the grant program launched last year. Grants were awarded to two church for $2500 each. These grants helped launch initiatives related to the churches mission in its community. Grants are described in Schedule O
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending August 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
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.
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.
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.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending August 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since January 2024.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 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 November 4, 2026.
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