Radiant Life Ministries
Donations deductibleRevenue
$36.1m
year to 31 December 2024
Expenses
$112m
year to 31 December 2024
Total assets
$103.2m
$6m liabilities
Net assets
$97.2m
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
5
2.4 years on average
Staff
31
employees, year to 31 December 2024
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Officers and senior staff
10
named in Part VII
Radiant Life Ministries' network
5 people4 organisationsi5 people and 4 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (5). Violet dotted lines (19) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.The board
5 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Time served and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed time served is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 5 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.| Name | Role as filed | Since | On the board |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bunker Sessions | President & CEO | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Charlie Baker | Director | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Colby May | Director | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Frank Amedia | Board Chaplin | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Matthew Crouch | Director | 2024 | 2 yrs |
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more
Officers and senior leadership
10 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.| Name | Title as filed | On the filings |
|---|---|---|
| Bruce Hart | Employee | since 2021 |
| Dale Schiesser | Employee | 2024 |
| Gary Brown II | Employee | since 2021 |
| John Dady | Employee | since 2021 |
| Lance Cratty | Employee | 2024 |
| Michael J Daly | Company secretary | since 2018 |
| Nishantha Udugama | Employee | 2024 |
| Shane A Chaney | CFO | since 2020 |
| Steven Crum | Employee | since 2021 |
| Tom Nolan | Employee | 2024 |
Pay and hours
year to 31 December 2024iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.| Name | Title as filed | Hours a week | Pay from the organisation | Related organisations | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steven Crum | Employee | 40 | $164k | $42k | |
| Tom Nolan | Employee | 40 | $147k | $42k | |
| Lance Cratty | Employee | 40 | $110k | ||
| Dale Schiesser | Employee | 40 | $107k | ||
| Nishantha Udugama | Employee | 40 | $102k | ||
| Bunker Sessions | President & CEO | 5 | $0 | $239k | |
| Frank Amedia | Board Chaplin | 5 | $0 | ||
| Charlie Baker | Director | 5 | $0 | ||
| Matthew Crouch | Director | 5 | $0 | ||
| Colby May | Director | 5 | $0 |
About
- Legal name
- Radiant Life Ministries
- EIN
- 311127916
- Address
- 11717 Route 37, Marion, IL, 62959-8356
- State
- Illinois
- Mission
- Religious broadcasting (as filed on the Form 990)
- Activity (NTEE)
- A30Z Arts, culture and humanities
- IRS classification
- 501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
- Classified purpose
- Arts, Culture & Humanities
- Size band
- 9 (IRS master file code)
- Formed
- 1985
- Principal officer
- Frank Amedia (as named on the Form 990)
- IRS ruling date
- 1 July 1985
- Status
- Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
- Form 990 filings on record
- 7, latest 2024
- IRS Publication 78
- PC (contributions deductible)
Most connected
Related organisations (Schedule R)
RelatedRELIGIOUS BROADCASTINGTri-State Christian TvRelatedRELIGIOUS BROADCASTINGTCT Ministries IncRelatedRELIGIOUS BROADCASTINGTCT of Michigan IncRelatedRELIGIOUS BROADCASTINGFaith Broadcasting Network Inc
Longest observed on the filings
≥2years on the filingsBunker Sessions
≥2years on the filingsCharlie Baker
≥2years on the filingsColby May
≥2years on the filingsFrank Amedia
Latest return
year to 31 December 2024iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 December 2024. US dollars, as filed.- Total assets
- $103.2m
- Total liabilities
- $6m
- Net assets or fund balances
- $97.2m
- Contributions and grants received
- $4.9m
- Program service revenue
- $10.6m
- Grants and similar paid out
- $90m
- Employees
- 31
Grants paid
2 listediFrom Schedule I of the Form 990: grants and assistance to organisations in the United States, largest first (up to 25). Schedule I is filed only by organisations that gave more than $5,000 to any one recipient.| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Crossseed Inc | The board believes the donation to be desirable to and in the best interest of the company. | $60m |
| Crossseed Inc | The board believes the donation to be desirable to and in the best interest of the company. | $0 |