Pastoral care department of emf provides spiritual support to the organization's listening audience, and to local communities and churches by connecting callers to ministry resources in their areas. The pastoral care department offers biblically based counseling and prayer, primarily via telephone, from trained pastors and pastoral care team members. The pastoral care team is available to take live listener calls throughout the day and pastors are on call (24-7) should crisis support and intervention be necessary. In addition, listeners are encouraged to leave their prayer requests on the…
Educational Media Foundation
Educational Media Foundation: CEO salary, finances and where donations go
“Inspiring people to move closer to jesus through all forms of media including the k-love and air1 radio networks; accessmore podcasting, k-love ondemand video streaming, emf publishing/k-love books, wta media, k-love films and live events.”
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Methodology by Amir Arani, CPA, CA · Updated
- Top pay
- $640K Todd Woods, 0.4% of spending
- Revenue
- $261.0M 85.6% from donations and grants
- Spent
- $168.0M 69.1% on programs, as reported
- Net assets
- $1.10B end of 2024
- Savings
- 78.7 months of spending, net assets ÷ spending
- People
- 666 employees, 300 volunteers
1 thing to look at.
We screen every filing against twelve rules. A flag is a prompt for a closer look, not a finding of wrongdoing.
Business transactions with insiders or their companies
Part IV line 28a answered yes.
Form 990 Part IV, lines 28a–28c; Schedule L Part IVOf each dollar it spent, 69.1¢ went to programs, as reported.
For each dollar donated, Educational Media Foundation spent 5¢ on fundraising, or about 6¢ counting joint costs.
Fundraising ÷ $223.4M contributions · Form 990 Parts VIII, IXWhat it told the IRS it spent on.
The charity's own description of its largest programs, with what each cost.
Crisis response educational training equips and supports first and second responder networks proactively through training and preparedness, and reactively during disaster recovery community responses through resiliency interventions. These services are offered to (but not limited to) first responders (police, fire), secondary responders (medical health professionals), and community chaplains. The classes are provided at no charge and teach the basics of critical incident stress management (cism). This program was developed as an outgrowth of our pastoral ministry and local outreach.
The dare ii dream educational school assembly program addresses the ongoing challenges facing the youth of today. The religiously neutral and biblically-based presentation educates kids that their choices today will impact their lives tomorrow. Students are encouraged to surround themselves with positive influences, resist negative peer pressures, and to move forward by staying true to the dreams and goals placed on their hearts. This educational service is offered at no charge to the school and serves the community under the umbrella of the air1 network. This program was developed as an…
Emf provided grants to exempt organizations which educate, support, and promote christian evangelism, edification, and values.
Net assets: $289.8M to $1.10B in 11 years.
Net assets at each fiscal year end, 2013 to 2024.
The 8 highest-paid people.
Reportable pay in 2024, from the charity and related organizations.
| Contractor | Service | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Brasfield & Gorrie LLC | Construction services | $32,721,616 |
| Dunhamcompany | Marketing/fundraising | $2,588,324 |
| Infocision Management Corporation | Call center | $1,019,117 |
| Bgrs LLC | Relocation services | $954,317 |
| Hastings Architecture LLC | Architectural services | $810,615 |
The questions people ask about the Educational Media Foundation.
Short, sourced answers. Each one stands on its own.
How much does the Educational Media Foundation CEO make?
Todd Woods, CEO/Director (end 5/15/24), received $639,885 in reportable compensation in 2024, 0.4% of Educational Media Foundation's $168.0M in spending.
Form 990 (2024), Part VIIWhat percentage of Educational Media Foundation donations go to programs?
Educational Media Foundation reported 69.1% of 2024 spending as programs, 7% as fundraising and 23.9% as management. That includes $2.2M of joint mail and ad costs counted as programs; without them, programs were 67.8%.
Form 990 (2024), Part IXHow much money does Educational Media Foundation have?
Net assets were $1.10B at the end of 2024, about 78.7 months of spending.
Form 990 (2024), Part XDoes Educational Media Foundation have any red flags in its filing?
Its latest Form 990 triggered 1 of our twelve screening rules: business transactions with insiders or their companies. A flag is a prompt for a closer look, not a finding of wrongdoing.
Form 990 (2024)Every number, traced.
- Educational Media Foundation Form 990, 2024 (IRS e-file)
- Educational Media Foundation Form 990 history (ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer)
Amir Arani, “Educational Media Foundation: CEO salary, finances and where your dollar goes,” Charity Math, updated 2026-11-07. https://charitymath.com/charities/educational-media-foundation/