Wild At Heart / Ransomed Heart Ministries 
The information on this page was last updated 9/18/2026. If you see errors or omissions, please email: [email protected]
Summary
We agree with A.W. Tozer, "That our idea of God corresponds as nearly as possible to the true being of God is of immense importance to us. Compared with our actual thoughts about Him, our creedal statements are of little consequence. Our real idea of God may lie buried under the rubbish of conventional religious notions and may require an intelligent and vigorous search before it is finally unearthed and exposed for what it is."
In other words, if you want to know what a person (or an organization) really believes, their creeds may not tell you nearly as much as how they live. Or perhaps, how they pray.
The core of what we believe, live in, and teach may be best captured in our daily prayer.
Contact information
Mailing address:
Wild At Heart
P.O. Box 51065
Colorado Springs, CO 80949
Website: www.wildatheart.org
Phone: (719) 884-8111
Organization details
EIN: 841535770
CEO/President: Bradley Beck
Chairman: John Eldredge
Board size: 9
Founder: John Eldredge
Ruling year: 2001
Tax deductible: Yes
Fiscal year end: 12/31
Member of ECFA: No
Member of ECFA since:
Purpose
Our hope is to change the face of Christianity.
Mission statement
Our mission is to enable people to recover their true identity and to live wholeheartedly from it.
Statement of faith
We believe the Bible to be the inspired, only, infallible, inerrant, authoritative Word of God.
We believe in the One True God, the Sovereign, eternal Creator of all that exists, both seen and unseen. God is eternally existent in three persons, yet one God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
We believe in the deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, in His virgin birth, in His sinless life, in His miracles, in His vicarious and atoning death through His shed blood, in His bodily resurrection, in His ascension to the right hand of the Father, and in His personal return in power and glory.
We believe God created mankind in His image. Adam and Eve, the first human beings, chose to rebel against God and go their own way. As a result, all of mankind became separated from God; the image of God in man was distorted; mankind became subject to the power of the devil; and the sinful nature was passed on to all their progeny. Because of original sin, unregenerate human beings are incapable of pleasing or commending themselves to God. The only remedy for mankind's pitiful predicament is redemption through faith in Jesus Christ.
We believe that when a person exercises saving faith in Christ he passes, immediately, out of spiritual death into spiritual life and from the old creation into the new, a new nature and a new heart imparted; being justified freely by grace, he is accepted before the Father as Christ, His Son, is accepted and loved as Christ is loved, having his place and portion linked to Christ and one with Christ-forever.
We believe in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit by whose indwelling the Christian is enabled to live a godly life.
We believe in the resurrection of both the saved and the lost-they who are saved unto the resurrection of life and they who are lost unto the resurrection of damnation.
We believe in the spiritual unity of believers in our Lord Jesus Christ.
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Transparency grade
D
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Financial efficiency ratings
Sector: Educational Media
| Category | Rating | Overall rank | Sector rank |
| Overall efficiency rating | | 809 of 1538 | 32 of 49 |
| Fund acquisition rating | | 947 of 1539 | 32 of 49 |
| Resource allocation rating | | 1024 of 1539 | 39 of 49 |
| Asset utilization rating | | 419 of 1539 | 12 of 49 |
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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 | 7% | 8% | 7% | 8% | 9% | 7% |
Fundraising cost ratio Fundraising cost ratio = Fundraising expense / Total revenue | 6% | 8% | 7% | 8% | 8% | 7% |
Contributions reliance Contributions reliance = Total contributions / Total revenue | 93% | 91% | 95% | 95% | 90% | 92% |
Fundraising expense ratio Fundraising expense ratio = Fundraising expense / Total expenses | 6% | 9% | 7% | 7% | 7% | 7% |
Other revenue reliance Other revenue reliance = Total other revenue / Total revenue | 7% | 9% | 5% | 5% | 10% | 8% |
| Operating ratios | Sector median | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
Program expense ratio Program expense ratio = Program services / Total expenses | 80% | 73% | 77% | 77% | 78% | 81% |
Spending ratio Spending ratio = Total expenses / Total revenue | 92% | 88% | 105% | 104% | 106% | 104% |
Program output ratio Program output ratio = Program services / Total revenue | 70% | 64% | 81% | 80% | 82% | 85% |
Savings ratio Savings ratio = Surplus (deficit) / Total revenue | 8% | 12% | -5% | -4% | -6% | -4% |
Reserve accumulation rate Reserve accumulation rate = Surplus (deficit) / Net assets | 7% | 22% | -9% | -8% | -8% | -4% |
General and admin ratio General and admin ratio = Management and general expense / Total expenses | 13% | 18% | 16% | 16% | 15% | 12% |
| Investing ratios | Sector median | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
Total asset turnover Total asset turnover = Total expenses / Total assets | 0.82 | 1.57 | 1.91 | 1.79 | 1.41 | 1.17 |
Degree of long-term investment Degree of long-term investment = Total assets / Total current assets | 1.28 | 1.28 | 1.41 | 1.39 | 1.60 | 1.65 |
Current asset turnover Current asset turnover = Total expenses / Total current assets | 1.50 | 2.01 | 2.69 | 2.49 | 2.26 | 1.93 |
| Liquidity ratios | Sector median | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
Current ratio Current ratio = Total current assets / Total current liabilities | 11.94 | 33.82 | 19.29 | 25.14 | 13.82 | 58.70 |
Current liabilities ratio Current liabilities ratio = Total current liabilities / Total current assets | 0.07 | 0.03 | 0.05 | 0.04 | 0.07 | 0.02 |
Liquid reserve level Liquid reserve level = (Total current assets - Total current liabilities) / (Total expenses / 12) | 6.67 | 5.79 | 4.24 | 4.63 | 4.93 | 6.11 |
| Solvency ratios | Sector median | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
Liabilities ratio Liabilities ratio = Total liabilities / Total assets | 9% | 2% | 4% | 3% | 5% | 1% |
Debt ratio Debt ratio = Debt / Total assets | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Reserve coverage ratio Reserve coverage ratio = Net assets / Total expenses | 89% | 62% | 50% | 54% | 68% | 84% |
Financials
| Balance sheet | |||||
| Assets | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
| Cash | $3,410,487 | $2,443,088 | $2,757,095 | $2,606,752 | $2,715,461 |
| Receivables, inventories, prepaids | $261,398 | $209,378 | $133,126 | $135,556 | $61,744 |
| Short-term investments | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Other current assets | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total current assets | $3,671,885 | $2,652,466 | $2,890,221 | $2,742,308 | $2,777,205 |
| Long-term investments | $0 | $0 | $0 | $428,975 | $428,238 |
| Fixed assets | $1,037,898 | $1,076,244 | $1,127,517 | $1,154,326 | $1,221,142 |
| Other long-term assets | $90 | $1,368 | $2,657 | $66,016 | $145,234 |
| Total long-term assets | $1,037,988 | $1,077,612 | $1,130,174 | $1,649,317 | $1,794,614 |
| Total assets | $4,709,873 | $3,730,078 | $4,020,395 | $4,391,625 | $4,571,819 |
| Liabilities | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
| Payables and accrued expenses | $38,555 | $137,489 | $114,958 | $198,443 | $47,311 |
| Other current liabilities | $70,016 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total current liabilities | $108,571 | $137,489 | $114,958 | $198,443 | $47,311 |
| Debt | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Due to (from) affiliates | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Other long-term liabilities | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total long-term liabilities | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total liabilities | $108,571 | $137,489 | $114,958 | $198,443 | $47,311 |
| Net assets | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
| Without donor restrictions | $4,601,302 | $3,592,589 | $3,905,437 | $4,193,182 | $4,524,508 |
| With donor restrictions | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net assets | $4,601,302 | $3,592,589 | $3,905,437 | $4,193,182 | $4,524,508 |
| Revenues and expenses | |||||
| Revenue | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
| Total contributions | $7,622,218 | $6,492,025 | $6,510,844 | $5,266,626 | $4,771,522 |
| Program service revenue | $720,672 | $280,236 | $390,108 | $586,199 | $453,960 |
| Membership dues | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Investment income | $63,025 | $71,190 | $23,839 | $26 | ($3,955) |
| Other revenue | ($11,073) | ($30,052) | ($39,848) | $7,394 | ($62,476) |
| Total other revenue | $772,624 | $321,374 | $374,099 | $593,619 | $387,529 |
| Total revenue | $8,394,842 | $6,813,399 | $6,884,943 | $5,860,245 | $5,159,051 |
| Expenses | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
| Program services | $5,388,518 | $5,506,116 | $5,502,668 | $4,825,873 | $4,364,360 |
| Management and general | $1,363,097 | $1,142,426 | $1,151,324 | $913,899 | $643,097 |
| Fundraising | $634,514 | $474,307 | $537,088 | $451,799 | $355,035 |
| Total expenses | $7,386,129 | $7,122,849 | $7,191,080 | $6,191,571 | $5,362,492 |
| Change in net assets | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
| Surplus (deficit) | $1,008,713 | ($309,450) | ($306,137) | ($331,326) | ($203,441) |
| Other changes in net assets | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total change in net assets | $1,008,713 | ($309,450) | ($306,137) | ($331,326) | ($203,441) |
Compensation
| Name | Title | Compensation |
| John Eldredge | CEO/President | $308,529 |
| Alex Burton | Chief Operating Officer | $305,170 |
| Jonathan Dale | Chief Strategy Officer | $305,114 |
| Clayton Arnold | Executive Producer of Cont | $277,512 |
| Bradley Beck | Executive Director | $261,768 |
| Jonathan Jones | Creative Director | $202,705 |
| James Morrison | Product Manager | $196,380 |
| David Prensner | Director of Events & Production | $192,533 |
| Nicolas Bovee | Lead Engineer | $188,519 |
| Stasi Eldredge | Co-Founder | $141,080 |
Compensation data as of: 12/31/2025
Response from ministry
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The information below was provided to MinistryWatch by the ministry itself. It was last updated 9/18/2026. To update the information below, please email: [email protected]