Editing Family Radio (section)

=== Finances ===
By 1994, Family Radio owned 40 radio stations nationwide.<ref name="Briggs 1994">{{cite news |last=Briggs |first=David |date=July 16, 1994 |title=Prophecy on Radio: September It's All Over |work=The Orlando Sentinel |location=Orlando, Florida}}</ref> Although listenership declined following its 1994 rapture prediction, the organization subsequently experienced a period of growth.<ref name="James 2011">{{cite news |last=James |first=Scott |date=May 20, 2011 |title=Warnings of the End of the World, Broadcast from Oakland |url=http://www.baycitizen.org/columns/scott-james/warnings-end-world-broadcast-oakland/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110521110740/http://www.baycitizen.org/columns/scott-james/warnings-end-world-broadcast-oakland/ |archive-date=May 21, 2011 |access-date=July 18, 2019 |work=The Bay Citizen |location=San Francisco}}</ref> By the start of its second major campaign, the network consisted of 216 AM and FM stations and two television channels.<ref name="James 2011" />

Family Radio reported a peak in financial assets of $135 million in 2007.<ref name="Banks 2013">{{cite web |last=Banks |first=Adelle M. |date=May 14, 2013 |title=End May Be Coming for Harold Camping's Family Radio Ministry |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/end-may-be-coming-for-har_n_3274262 |access-date=July 19, 2019 |website=huffpost.com |publisher=Huffington Post}}</ref> During the second campaign, the organization's spending increased, resulting in a decline in net assets despite a steady rise in listener contributions.<ref name="James 2011" /> Total contributions exceeded $15 million in 2008.<ref>Gary Cook, "Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax," ed. IRS (Washington DC2009).</ref> In 2009, the organization maintained an annual budget of $36.7 million, with $117 million in assets and $18.4 million in contributions.<ref name="James 2011" /> IRS records from that year indicate the network employed 348 people.<ref>Cook, "Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax."</ref>

By 2010, assets decreased to $110 million while contributions rose to $18.7 million and staff levels remained stable at 346 employees.<ref>"Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax," ed. IRS (Washington DC2010).</ref> In 2011, contributions fell to $17.2 million and assets dropped to $87.6 million, accompanied by a reduction of 26 employees.<ref>"Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax," ed. IRS (Washington DC2011).</ref> By the conclusion of 2011, assets had further dropped to $29.2 million following a 70% drop in donations; the following year, the organization secured a $30 million loan.<ref name="Weber 2013">{{cite web |last=Weber |first=Katherine |date=May 14, 2013 |title=Harold Camping's Family Radio Suffering Economic Woes? |url=http://global.christianpost.com/news/harold-campings-family-radio-suffering-economic-woes-95808/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130515172346/http://global.christianpost.com/news/harold-campings-family-radio-suffering-economic-woes-95808/ |archive-date=May 15, 2013 |access-date=July 18, 2019 |website=christianpost.com |publisher=The Christian Post, INC.}}</ref><ref name="Banks 2013" />