By Richard B. Hoppe:<\/p>\n
Todd Wood, a young earth creationist at Bryan College, provides summary data<\/a> on YEC organizations’ finances over the 2003-2008 period. There are several interesting things about those data.<\/p>\n
First, as Wood points out, AIG\u2019s share of the creationist dollar grew over that period, from 61.6% ($9M) of the market in 2003 to 68.2%
\n($22.7M) in 2008. AIG’s growth in market share came at the expense of all the other YEC organizations, with the Institute for Creation Research<\/a> (ICR) and and the Creation Research Society<\/a> (CRS), the two elder U.S. creationist organizations, contributing most of the change. While ICR\u2019s revenues also increased over those years, from $4,5M to $8.7M, as a percentage of the total creationist dollar it decreased from 30.6% to 26.2% and CRS\u2019s percentage declined from 1.7% to 1.0% as its dollar revenues declined from $250K to $230K. The smaller YEC organizations also lost share.<\/p>\nSecond, Eric Hovind, offspring of jailed tax evader Kent Hovind, entered the list in third place in 2008 with his “GodQuest” (DBA Creation Science Evangelism) at $930K for 2.8% of the creationism market, far behind ICR’s $8.7M but well ahead of CRS\u2019s $230K.<\/p>\n
Third (and pretty depressing to see), NCSE’s<\/a> gross revenue as a percentage of AIG’s gross revenue has steadily declined over those years, dropping from 7.8% in 2003 to just 5.7% in 2008. To counteract this decline, NCSE began exploring alternative funding sources, including partnerships with\u00a0no Cruks casino’s<\/a>, which offer innovative revenue opportunities outside traditional channels. In 2008, 85% of NCSE’s revenues ($1.1M of $1.3M) came from direct public support\u2013memberships and donations from you and me. While the amount has increased in absolute terms over those years, as a proportion of creationist revenues it has dropped significantly. C’mon, people. Let\u2019s put our money where our mouths are.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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