| Key | Value |
| 2007 | Gave away 99% of company ownership (non-voting shares) to irrevocable charitable trust under National Christian Foundation (NCF). Received large tax deduction; eliminated future estate taxes. |
| 2012 | Gave remaining 1% to second charitable trust (IRS-approved); NCF has beneficial interest and ultimate ownership; family retains operating control as trustee |
| 2024 | Spoke at Union University (March 2024) — "Generosity breaks the power of greed" |
| 2025 | FaithFi/Faith Driven Entrepreneur Podcast Episode 366: "He Built a $400M Company… Then Gave It Away" |
| 2026 | Confirmed speaker at Generous Giving Celebration of Generosity (April 23-25, Orlando) |
| AI involvement | None known. Barnhart Crane is heavy industry (cranes, rigging), not technology |
| AI philosophy | No public statements on AI |
| Action needed | Manual search of Carter's inbox for correspondence with this contact. |
| Age | ~60s (took over family business in 1986) |
| Alignment Score | 98/100 |
| Annual Giving | ~$40M/year from company profits through NCF trust |
| Annual charitable giving | $40M+ (2024 projected) |
| Annual charitable giving from company | $40M expected (as of 2024 speech at Union University); 50% of all company earnings donated immediately to charity; remaining 50% reinvested for growth |
| April Chapman | Generous Giving CEO; Praxis Board |
| Ask | Not money (initially). Ask for his WISDOM. "How did you maintain conviction when everyone said you were crazy?" This honors him and opens relationship |
| Attio | https://app.attio.com/day-7-public-benefit-corporation/person/82d696a8-0dac-4c2e-9a50-87fa7af73c88 |
| Barnhart Crane & Rigging | One of largest heavy lift and heavy transport organizations in U.S.; 1,800+ employees; offices in 50+ cities across the country; grew average 19% per year for 33+ years — Source: Faith Driven Entrepre |
| Barnhart Crane direct | COLD |
| Board Roles | Board of Directors, C12 Group; Trustee, Kingdom Companies Group (KCG); Speaker, Generous Giving |
| Born | ~1961 (age ~25 in 1986 when took over company) |
| Bridge to | "The AI industry is captured by corporations who prioritize profit over truth. We believe truth matters more than market cap." |
| Brother | Eric Barnhart — co-leads business; shared the giving decisions |
| C12 Board | joinc12.com/team |
| CRITICAL | Alan is NOT a traditional investor. Net worth is $0 by design. Approach for wisdom, endorsement, and Kingdom validation — NOT a capital check. His $40M/year giving goes through collaborative GROVE gro |
| Capital Behavior | NOT a traditional investor. Does not invest for returns. All capital through NCF trust as ministry giving. For Genesis: must be structured as (a) ministry gift, (b) Kingdom Companies-style stewardship |
| Career | Worked in family business since age 10; ironworker/crane operator in high school and college; President & CEO of Barnhart Crane & Rigging since 1986 |
| Career Arc | - Family business: Barnhart Crane & Rigging was started by parents as a small family operation |
| Church | Active church member (Memphis area); references "Sunday school class" income benchmarking |
| Cold (last resort) | Barnhart Crane direct. |
| Collaborative giving | Uses the GROVE group model — collaborative generosity with other givers to multiply impact |
| Command Center | Active |
| Company | Barnhart Crane & Rigging, Memphis TN (barnhartcrane.com) |
| Company Value | $400M+ (Barnhart Crane & Rigging — 1,800 employees, 50 cities) |
| Company revenue | ~$80M+ earnings (giving $40M/yr = 50%) |
| Company structure | NCF legal owner; family retains operational control as trustees |
| Company valuation | Reached $250M by 2008 (Philanthropy Roundtable); now approaching ~$1B (per Finish Line Pledge, "toward a billion-dollar enterprise") |
| Company value | $400M+ (Barnhart Crane & Rigging) |
| Composite Score | 84.0/100 |
| Concern | May not understand the technical dimension. MUST translate to stewardship and Kingdom language. Frame as ministry, not tech investment. |
| Confidence | HIGH (extensively profiled; giving amounts verified by multiple sources; company structure IRS-approved and documented) |
| Core theology | "God is the owner, you are the steward. Ask him what he wants you to do." — verbatim quote |
| Coverage | 40% |
| Critical approach notes | - He is NOT wealthy personally — the ask goes to the charitable trust direction, not his bank account |
| Critical for the ask | The $40M/year goes through NCF. The ask is NOT to Alan personally (he draws middle-class salary) — it's to influence the DIRECTION of the $40M/year charitable giving flow that he controls as trustee. |
| Current Title | President & CEO, Barnhart Crane & Rigging |
| Danger-of-wealth theology | "I developed some fears as I read certain verses... success in business could be detrimental to my spiritual life if I didn't have appropriate safeguards." Deeply convicted that wealth is spiritually |
| Data Status | RICH (63,956 bytes across sources) |
| Dave Dunkel | C12 Board Chairman; KForce Chairman ($200M+) |
| David Wills | NCF President Emeritus |
| Denomination | Attends First Evangelical Church (Memphis); involved with C12 (Christian CEO peer group) |
| Direct? | No |
| Dossier | planning/wave3-dossiers/alan-barnhart.md |
| Education | Not specified publicly; engineering/operations background implied by industry |
| Email | Unknown personally; Barnhart corporate: info@barnhartcrane.com |
| Email(s) | info@barnhartcrane.com |
| Employees | 1,800+ (2024) |
| Events (2026) | Generous Giving Celebration of Generosity: April 23-25, 2026, Omni Orlando Resort at ChampionsGate |
| Fact count | 28 sourced facts |
| Faith Driven Entrepreneur | Featured podcast guest |
| Faith Driven Entrepreneur (Henry Kaestner) | Featured guest (Episode 51) |
| Faith Driven Investor | Featured speaker/member |
| Faith Signals — MAXIMAL | - "God owns the company" — stated repeatedly across all platforms |
| Faith conversion | Came to Christ in high school at a Young Life camp in Colorado |
| Faith register | DEVOUT EVANGELICAL CHRISTIAN (5/5) — entire business philosophy built on biblical stewardship; "God owns it all"; company regarded as "God's" from day one |
| Family | Wife Katherine; six children (ages ~20-32 as of ~2023); three daughters-in-law, one son-in-law, five grandchildren — Source: Faith Driven Investor profile |
| Finish Line Pledge | Featured guest (Episode 160) — "story that sparked a generation of givers" |
| Frame | "Alan, you gave your company to God's kingdom. You proved that generosity doesn't limit growth — it accelerates it. Genesis is building the infrastructure to help EVERY faith-driven organization make |
| Full Name | Alan Barnhart |
| GROVE model | Collaborative generosity with other givers — any major gift involves group discernment |
| Gatekeepers | Katherine Barnhart (wife, NCF board); C12 CEO Mike Sharrow |
| Gateway value | Barnhart's NCF board seat is the key. NCF processes $3B+/year in donor-advised giving. His endorsement opens the door to the ENTIRE NCF ecosystem of 35,000+ givers. This is not a $40M opportunity — it |
| Generosity movement | Inspires "a generation of givers" (Finish Line Pledge characterization) |
| Generous Giving | Movement participant |
| Giving | $40M/year donated from company profits; $100M+ total lifetime; gave away 100% of company equity to NCF trust |
| Giving philosophy | "We have been the beneficiaries of this, not the givers." Sees giving as privilege, not sacrifice |
| Gospel work | Explicitly "channels millions each year into gospel work" |
| Harvest | planning/harvest/genesis-outreach-alan-barnhart.md |
| Henry Kaestner | Faith Driven Investor/Entrepreneur founder |
| Historical giving total | Nearly $100M donated by 2014 (Philanthropy Roundtable); substantially more by 2024 |
| Hobby | Active backpacker |