Christian Action Network
The information on this page was last updated 11/7/2025. If you see errors or omissions, please email: [email protected]
Summary
Christian Action Network is a pro-family organization that promotes a Christian nation, strong families, biblical values, and the sanctity of human life.
Contact information
Mailing address:
Christian Action Network
P.O. Box 606
Forest, VA 24551
Website: christianaction.org
Phone: (434) 237-8201
Email: [email protected]
Organization details
EIN: 541756470
CEO/President: Martin Mawyer
Chairman: David Carroll
Board size: 5
Founder: Martin Mawyer
Ruling year: 1997
Tax deductible: Yes
Fiscal year end: 06/30
Member of ECFA: No
Member of ECFA since:
Purpose
To make sure our friends and supporters are kept up-to-date with the latest programs, activities, objectives and successes of Christian Action Network. And yes, we even give attention to our unfortunate setbacks and failings.
Mission statement
To inform & educate the public via multimedia presentations, public forums & meetings, pamphlets, letters & publications on various social, political, & religious topics & issues, and their effects on the public's peace, prosperity, freedoms, and inalienable rights.
Statement of faith
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Donor confidence score
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Transparency grade
D
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Financial efficiency ratings
Sector: Advocacy
| Category | Rating | Overall rank | Sector rank |
| Overall efficiency rating | 844 of 1420 | 30 of 54 | |
| Fund acquisition rating |  | 935 of 1420 | 33 of 54 |
| Resource allocation rating | | 1347 of 1420 | 52 of 54 |
| Asset utilization rating | | 91 of 1421 | 4 of 54 |
This ministry has a negative net worth, making it impossible to assign it a valid financial efficiency rating.
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Financial ratios
| Funding ratios | Sector median | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
Return on fundraising efforts Return on fundraising efforts = Fundraising expense / Total contributions | 9% | 10% | 23% | 24% | 16% | 18% |
Fundraising cost ratio Fundraising cost ratio = Fundraising expense / Total revenue | 6% | 9% | 21% | 21% | 15% | 15% |
Contributions reliance Contributions reliance = Total contributions / Total revenue | 95% | 88% | 90% | 90% | 93% | 87% |
Fundraising expense ratio Fundraising expense ratio = Fundraising expense / Total expenses | 7% | 7% | 19% | 23% | 14% | 17% |
Other revenue reliance Other revenue reliance = Total other revenue / Total revenue | 5% | 12% | 10% | 10% | 7% | 13% |
| Operating ratios | Sector median | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
Program expense ratio Program expense ratio = Program services / Total expenses | 78% | 63% | 57% | 54% | 57% | 55% |
Spending ratio Spending ratio = Total expenses / Total revenue | 96% | 122% | 112% | 94% | 105% | 92% |
Program output ratio Program output ratio = Program services / Total revenue | 73% | 77% | 64% | 50% | 60% | 51% |
Savings ratio Savings ratio = Surplus (deficit) / Total revenue | 4% | -22% | -12% | 6% | -5% | 8% |
Reserve accumulation rate Reserve accumulation rate = Surplus (deficit) / Net assets | 12% | 1579% | -76% | 29% | -22% | 32% |
General and admin ratio General and admin ratio = Management and general expense / Total expenses | 11% | 30% | 24% | 23% | 29% | 28% |
| Investing ratios | Sector median | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
Total asset turnover Total asset turnover = Total expenses / Total assets | 1.06 | 2.07 | 1.82 | 1.56 | 1.79 | 1.70 |
Degree of long-term investment Degree of long-term investment = Total assets / Total current assets | 1.24 | 11.02 | 4.68 | 3.25 | 2.79 | 2.66 |
Current asset turnover Current asset turnover = Total expenses / Total current assets | 1.99 | 22.81 | 8.49 | 5.07 | 5.00 | 4.52 |
| Liquidity ratios | Sector median | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
Current ratio Current ratio = Total current assets / Total current liabilities | 9.75 | 0.30 | 1.14 | 2.18 | 2.97 | 4.40 |
Current liabilities ratio Current liabilities ratio = Total current liabilities / Total current assets | 0.07 | 3.34 | 0.88 | 0.46 | 0.34 | 0.23 |
Liquid reserve level Liquid reserve level = (Total current assets - Total current liabilities) / (Total expenses / 12) | 5.81 | -1.23 | 0.17 | 1.28 | 1.59 | 2.05 |
| Solvency ratios | Sector median | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
Liabilities ratio Liabilities ratio = Total liabilities / Total assets | 19% | 102% | 74% | 63% | 59% | 54% |
Debt ratio Debt ratio = Debt / Total assets | 0% | 72% | 56% | 49% | 47% | 46% |
Reserve coverage ratio Reserve coverage ratio = Net assets / Total expenses | 63% | -1% | 14% | 24% | 23% | 27% |
Financials
| Balance sheet | |||||
| Assets | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
| Cash | $36,589 | $138,815 | $249,878 | $186,102 | $191,042 |
| Receivables, inventories, prepaids | $896 | $4,501 | $7,978 | $6,044 | $9,120 |
| Short-term investments | $9,834 | $9,075 | $8,945 | $8,159 | $27,959 |
| Other current assets | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total current assets | $47,319 | $152,391 | $266,801 | $200,305 | $228,121 |
| Long-term investments | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Fixed assets | $474,077 | $560,322 | $600,304 | $359,117 | $379,088 |
| Other long-term assets | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total long-term assets | $474,077 | $560,322 | $600,304 | $359,117 | $379,088 |
| Total assets | $521,396 | $712,713 | $867,105 | $559,422 | $607,209 |
| Liabilities | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
| Payables and accrued expenses | $79,507 | $78,559 | $75,408 | $51,088 | $35,647 |
| Other current liabilities | $78,629 | $55,429 | $46,888 | $16,248 | $16,248 |
| Total current liabilities | $158,136 | $133,988 | $122,296 | $67,336 | $51,895 |
| Debt | $375,611 | $396,756 | $423,725 | $263,100 | $276,587 |
| Due to (from) affiliates | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Other long-term liabilities | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total long-term liabilities | $375,611 | $396,756 | $423,725 | $263,100 | $276,587 |
| Total liabilities | $533,747 | $530,744 | $546,021 | $330,436 | $328,482 |
| Net assets | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
| Without donor restrictions | ($12,351) | $181,969 | $321,084 | $228,986 | $278,727 |
| With donor restrictions | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net assets | ($12,351) | $181,969 | $321,084 | $228,986 | $278,727 |
| Revenues and expenses | |||||
| Revenue | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
| Total contributions | $778,004 | $1,041,609 | $1,301,686 | $880,635 | $975,513 |
| Program service revenue | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Membership dues | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Investment income | $0 | $0 | $0 | $50 | $0 |
| Other revenue | $106,381 | $113,726 | $143,818 | $70,670 | $145,847 |
| Total other revenue | $106,381 | $113,726 | $143,818 | $70,720 | $145,847 |
| Total revenue | $884,385 | $1,155,335 | $1,445,504 | $951,355 | $1,121,360 |
| Expenses | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
| Program services | $677,226 | $738,415 | $728,960 | $569,325 | $572,613 |
| Management and general | $322,647 | $316,131 | $314,611 | $290,447 | $287,354 |
| Fundraising | $79,591 | $239,904 | $309,835 | $141,324 | $172,007 |
| Total expenses | $1,079,464 | $1,294,450 | $1,353,406 | $1,001,096 | $1,031,974 |
| Change in net assets | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
| Surplus (deficit) | ($195,079) | ($139,115) | $92,098 | ($49,741) | $89,386 |
| Other changes in net assets | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total change in net assets | ($195,079) | ($139,115) | $92,098 | ($49,741) | $89,386 |
Compensation
| Name | Title | Compensation |
| Martin Mawyer | President | $136,000 |
Compensation data as of: 6/30/2025
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History
President and Founder Martin Mawyer is the founder and president of Christian Action Network (CAN), a nonprofit organization he launched in 1990 to defend America's Judeo-Christian heritage and expose threats to faith, family, and freedom. For more than three decades, Mawyer has been a leading voice in the pro-family movement, using investigative journalism, documentary filmmaking, and national advocacy campaigns to awaken Americans to the moral and cultural challenges facing the nation. Before founding CAN, Mawyer served as the Editor of Jerry Falwell's Moral Majority Report during the height of the Moral Majority movement in the 1980s. His work there helped shape national conversations on religious liberty and traditional values. Since then, he has written and produced numerous investigative documentaries, including Stolen Rainbow: The Great Unmasking, which exposes the hidden agenda of the LGBTQ movement, and When Evil Stops Hiding, a book exploring the rise of spiritual and ideological extremism in modern America. Mawyer is also the host of the "Shout Out Patriots" podcast and publisher of the "Majority Report" Substack, where he offers commentary on culture, politics, and faith from a conservative Christian perspective. His projects have been featured on national television and cited across multiple media platforms, earning him recognition as one of the longest-serving and most steadfast defenders of Christian values in America today.