Organizations Filed Purposes:
Equips local churches with poverty alleviation tools that empower low- income people. By researching, field-testing, and training churches in practical ways to walk with the poor, Chalmers supports spiritual, social, & economic transformation in low-income communities.
Researches and trains groups in economic development models and strategies around the world.
Foundational Principles & Practices: Presenting Helping Without Hurting seminars across the US; Training large Christian gatherings at conferences; Producing materials (books, videos, study guides) for the North American church market about the foundational principles of When Helping Hurts. Developing and hosting social innovation seminars and course content to help the Church develop Kingdom Centered programs addressing material poverty in their local communities.
Faith and Finances and Work Life: Developing curriculum in financial education, individual development accounts, and job preparedness for local churches and Christian noprofits, equipping them to impact low-income populations. Including the development and deployment of online curriculum for these courses.
West Africa Program and International Program: Training local leaders in economic development strategies in West African countries and beyond, specifically savings-led microfinance groups in local churches; developing of materials for use by high impact partners and denominational leaders.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Michael Briggs | Executive Director | 40 | $122,389 |
| Russ Debenport | VP Programs | 40 | $100,299 |
| Doug Glidewell | Director of Operations/Treasurer | 40 | $54,706 |
| Brian Fikkert | Founder and President | 32 | $21,981 |
| Neddie Winters | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Jeff Galley | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Karen Ellis | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Ravi Jayakaran | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Derek Halvorson | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Nat Belz | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Emily Mugisha | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Craig Stephenson | Board Chair(full yr)/Treas.(part yr) | 1 | $0 |
| Jeff Hall | Secretary, Chief Academic | 1 | $0 |
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public 990 form dataset) from:
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