Public Charity

DESIRING GOD MINISTRIES

Based in MINNEAPOLIS, MN, DESIRING GOD MINISTRIES operates as a Public Charity. The organization reported $10.5M in revenue, $10.4M in expenses, $8.4M in total assets for fiscal year 2025. Imperigo tracks 80 reported grant relationships connected to this organization totaling approximately $11.7M.

EIN: 010797083 MINNEAPOLIS, MN Christianity NTEE: X20 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$10.5M
Total Expenses$10.4M
Total Assets$8.4M
Grant Records80
Funding Total$11.7M
Filing Years2020–2025

Mission

AS A CHRISTIAN HEDONISM PUBLISHING PLATFORM, PERSUADED BY THE INDISPENSABLE BIBLICAL REALITY THAT GOD IS MOST GLORIFIED IN US WHEN WE ARE MOST SATISFIED IN HIM, WE EXIST - TO MOVE PEOPLE TO LIVE FOR THE GLORY OF GOD, - BY HELPING THEM BE SATISFIED IN GOD ABOVE ALL ELSE, ESPECIALLY IN THEIR SUFFERING, - BY COMMUNICATING THE TRUTH, AND BEAUTY, AND WORTH OF ALL GOD IS FOR US IN CHRIST, - GROUNDED IN, GOVERNED BY, AND SATURATED WITH THE INFALLIBLE CHRISTIAN SCRIPTURES.

Where $100 goes at Desiring God Ministries

How Desiring God Ministries divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 8 years.

$79 Programs the work itself
$15 Management running the organization
$6 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $79 for programs

$26
Spreading
33% of program spending
$20
Product
25% of program spending
$18
Teaching
22% of program spending

Plus 1 more program. Cost per person served and the full program breakdown are on the full profile.

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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

DIRECTOR Andre Yee
SENIOR TEACHER David Mathis
SPREADING DIRECTOR Jared Banz
DIRECTOR,TREASURER Jim Warren
DONOR OFFICER John Knight
SENIOR TEACHER, DIRECTOR John Piper

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$3,322,387 48 grants
Religion & Spirituality
$1,678,549 21 grants
Unspecified
$6,685,460 10 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $10.5M $10.4M $8.4M
2024 $10.1M $10.6M $7.5M
2023 $9.6M $10.8M $8.0M
2021 $9.5M $6.7M $8.3M
2020 $7.6M $6.8M $5.7M

Between 2020 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $7.6M to $10.5M (+39%), with total assets most recently reported at $8.4M.

Interactive year-over-year charts and full filing details available with membership.

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