Prison Fellowship Ministries

Lansdowne, Virginia
EIN 62-0988294

Firms paid: 7
Fees reported, 2017–2023: $12.1M
Fees reported in 2023: $2.0M
Most Recent Reported Revenue: $68.4M

Fundraising fees by year

Per Form 990 Schedule G

Firms paid in 2023

$1,996,563 to 2 fundraisers · $1,996,563 in professional fundraising fees on the return

Fundraisers Prison Fellowship Ministries paid in 2023, from Form 990 Schedule G
Fundraiser	Filed as	Fee
MasterworksDirect responseDirect mail and digital fundraising	Direct mail and digital fundraising	$1,303,591
MDS Communications CORPTelemarketing strategy	Telemarketing strategy	$692,972

Also among its largest contractors in 2023

From Part VII-B of the return, which lists its five best-paid contractors of any kind paid over $100,000. These can repeat the lines above.

MasterworksDirect responseFundraising$2,371,104
MDS Communications CORPFundraising$703,094

All firms paid

Fundraisers Prison Fellowship Ministries reported paying, all years
Fundraiser	Years	Total fees
MasterworksDirect response	2017–2023 · 6 years	$7,368,774
MDS Communications CORP	2017–2023 · 5 years	$2,161,587
Renaissance Communications	2017–2022 · 5 years	$1,995,341
MDS CommunicationDirect response	2018	$276,065
Dunham CompanyDirect response	2017	$133,797
Infocision	2017	$85,615
Thoughtful Steward Consulting	2017	$44,152

Form 990 Snapshot

Prison Fellowship Ministries's Form 990 figures by year
Tax year	Revenue	Contributions	Fundraising expenses	Professional fundraising fees
2023	$68.4M	$67.3M	$15.9M	$2.0M
2022	$62.1M	$61.9M	$15.5M	$1.7M
2020	$62.1M	$61.0M	$13.5M	$2.5M
2019	$44.3M	$43.1M	$9.8M	$1.7M
2018	$42.4M	$41.0M	$9.2M	$2.3M
2017	$46.6M	$43.9M	$9.9M	$2.9M

Fees are what Prison Fellowship Ministries reported on IRS Form 990. Nonprofits list only fundraisers paid $5,000 or more, and many book consultants under other expenses, so a nonprofit can have worked with firms that don't appear here. Last checked 2026-11-14.