Catholic Answers, Inc.

We to be faithful servants to God and his Church. To accomplish this, our focus will be to:

- Continue to seek improvements and efficiencies in our existing operations
- Develop new campaigns to address important topical issues as they arise
- Help good Catholics become better Catholics
- Help bring non-practicing Catholics "home"
- Help lead non-Catholics into the fullness of the faith
- Continue as good stewards to the financial resources entrusted to us by our supporters.

First, we teach those inside the Church to understand their Faith more completely, equipping them to evangelize others and defend the Catholic faith on their own.

Second, we provide access to in-house lay Church experts ("apologists") as resources to answer questions and give presentations that explain Church teachings, both virtually and in-person. We also facilitate access to Church experts, lay and religious, who are outside our organization.

Third, we attempt to place ourselves in positions in the public square that allow us to directly evangelize people outside the Church, allowing "seekers" to enter into discussion with us as they look for Truth in today's world. This takes place through a variety of media, particularly our top-rated Q&A radio show Catholic Answers Live! and our website, Catholic.com.

Catholic Answers revenue comes from product sales, magazine subscriptions, events and special projects, speaker honoraria, and gifts to apostolate.

Below is an approximate breakdown of revenue by source in FY 2018-19:

Product sales: 1.4 million
Magazine subscriptions: .44 million
Speaker Honoraria .16 million
Radio Fundraising: .92 million
Website Fundraising: .21 million
General Fundraising: 4.2 million
Events and special projects: .23 million

Our speakers' bureau sends some of the top speakers in Catholic evangelization and apologetics all over the world to schools, parishes, and large conferences attended by tens of thousands.

In the coming years, Catholic Answers intends to maintain and expand the programs and projects described above. Our immediate project for expansion concerns the radio and video programming. Also marked for growth, revenue permitting, is the Apologetics Department. The apostolate needs more full-time apologists who can write books, produce audio and video content, and answer one-on-one questions.

OUR NEW MOBILE APP
To remain in the forefront of Catholic media, Catholic Answers has developed a mobile app for Catholic Answers Live for the Android and iOS platforms. This way, people, especially young people, will be able to stream our programming and also access our shows' archives any time they want, helping us expand beyond traditional radio broadcasting. Catholic Answers Focus and Hearts & Minds podcasts will be included on a forthcoming update of the app.

THE NEW STUDIO
Studio renovation is nearly complete. It will be camera ready for high quality video streaming and will include seating for live audiences. We invite you to visit Catholic Answers to see the new studio. We have purchased equipment to facilitate the audio path for broadcasting and improve sound quality, software that allows us to stream audio independent of another radio network, and a service to host the audio stream. We will be purchasing more equipment as we enter the world of video and television. We are in conversation with EWTN about carrying “The Best of Catholic Answers Live."

Following the remodel, we will be able to accommodate a live studio audience. The new studio and updated equipment will enable us to produce professional quality videos, such as live filming of the radio show and short webisodes that briefly and succinctly explain the doctrines of the Faith.