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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by HARTFORD INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY FOR RELIGION AND PEACE.

Totals

Total revenue
$7,989,788
Total expenses
$8,103,376
Contributions and grants received
$3,185,557
Grants paid
$722,709
Program service revenue
$1,584,652
Investment income
$3,014,870
Other revenue
$204,709
Total assets, end of year
$77,703,392
Total liabilities, end of year
$319,410
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$77,383,982
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$5,120,478
Management and general expenses
$2,605,283
Fundraising expenses
$377,615
Program service expenses (Part III)
$5,120,478

Program services were 63.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $3,185,557

  • 2a · Program service revenue: TUITION AND FEES

    total $1,535,600 · related or exempt $1,535,600

  • 2b · Program service revenue: SCHOLARLY JOURNALS

    total $49,052 · related or exempt $49,052

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $1,668,870 · unrelated business -$42,206 · excluded $1,711,076

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $175,818

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $107,679

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $68,139

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $68,139 · excluded $68,139

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $11,768,658

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $10,422,658

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $1,346,000

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $1,346,000 · excluded $1,346,000

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS INCOME

    total $136,570 · excluded $136,570

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $136,570

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $722,709 · program services $722,709

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $448,802 · program services $226,600 · management and general $206,274 · fundraising $15,928

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $2,442,758 · program services $1,255,825 · management and general $1,100,823 · fundraising $86,110

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $143,096 · program services $46,250 · management and general $91,065 · fundraising $5,781

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $210,805 · program services $117,944 · management and general $86,448 · fundraising $6,413

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $170,734 · program services $78,377 · management and general $85,350 · fundraising $7,007

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $8,194 · management and general $8,194

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $37,599 · management and general $37,599

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $207,626 · fundraising $207,626

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $180,000 · management and general $180,000

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $74,570 · management and general $72,803 · fundraising $1,767

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $186,342 · program services $159,453 · management and general $22,498 · fundraising $4,391

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $43,216 · program services $22,092 · management and general $20,886 · fundraising $238

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $265,741 · program services $150,109 · management and general $115,427 · fundraising $205

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $234,437 · program services $228,294 · management and general $6,143

  • 17 · Travel

    total $73,982 · program services $58,980 · management and general $9,784 · fundraising $5,218

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $218,898 · program services $115,957 · management and general $92,292 · fundraising $10,649

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $109,456 · management and general $109,456

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROJECT EXPENDITURES

    total $1,396,262 · program services $1,396,262

  • 24b · Other expenses: ACADEMIC RESOURCES

    total $278,864 · program services $278,864

  • 24c · Other expenses: REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE

    total $138,511 · management and general $138,511

  • 24d · Other expenses: DUES AND FEES

    total $95,380 · program services $62,146 · management and general $28,825 · fundraising $4,409

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $415,394 · program services $200,616 · management and general $192,905 · fundraising $21,873

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,024,878 · end of year $387,670

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $2,388,592 · end of year $3,430,918

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $112,333 · end of year $519,971

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $131,519 · end of year $254,628

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    beginning of year $27,835 · end of year $24,722

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $190,605 · end of year $235,425

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $12,461,756

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $8,976,361

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $2,869,859 · end of year $3,485,395

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $44,417,499 · end of year $44,272,915

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $10,489,869 · end of year $14,017,553

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $10,527,492 · end of year $11,074,195

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $215,459 · end of year $257,603

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $59,550 · end of year $61,807

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $11,173,879 · end of year $11,934,416

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $60,731,593 · end of year $65,449,566

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

HARTFORD INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY FOR RELIGION AND PEACE SERVES GOD: BY PREPARING LEADERS, STUDENTS, SCHOLARS AND RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS TO UNDERSTAND AND LIVE FAITHFULLY IN TODAY'S MULTI-FAITH AND PLURALISTIC WORLD; BY TEACHING, RESEARCH, INFORMING THE PUBLIC AND ENGAGING PERSONS IN DIALOGUE; BY AFFIRMING THE PARTICULARITIES OF FAITH AND SOCIAL CONTEXT WHILE OPENLY EXPLORING DIFFERENCES AND COMMONALITIES.

  • HARTFORD INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY FOR RELIGION AND PEACE'S (HIU) DEGREE AND CERTIFICATE PROGRAMS SERVE APPROXIMATELY 1200 PERSONS FROM MANY RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS AND GEOGRAPHIC AREAS IN THE GREATER HARTFORD REGIONS, AS WELL AS NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY. WE OFFER OVER 70 COURSES A YEAR, BOTH CREDIT AND NON-CREDIT, IN RELIGION, THEOLOGY AND MINISTERIAL PRACTICE, FOCUSING ON THE THREE ABRAHAMIC RELIGIONS (CHRISTIANITY, ISLAM, AND JUDAISM). THESE CLASSES MEET WEEKLY FOR TWO SEMESTERS OF 15 WEEKS, OR INTENSIVE WEEKEND AND WEEKLONG MODULES IN JANUARY AND JUNE SESSIONS. BY OFFERING THESE COURSES AND ACADEMIC PROGRAMS HIU HOPES TO FOSTER INTERFAITH DIALOGUE AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF EFFECTIVE RELIGIOUS LEADERS BOTH HERE AND ABROAD. OUR MISSION IS TO "SERVE GOD BY PREPARING LEADERS, STUDENTS, SCHOLARS AND RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS" FOR FAITHFUL LIVING IN A PLURALISTIC WORLD. HIU ALSO OFFERS EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH PROGRAMS. IN THE 2023-24 ACADEMIC YEAR, HIU OFFERED 24 EDCUATIONAL OUTREACH PROGRAMS. ATTENDANCE AT EACH EVENT RANGED FROM 20 TO 120 PEOPLE. THE OBJECTIVE OF THE PROGRAM IS TO SERVE CORE CONSTITUENCIES AND ATTRACT NEW PEOPLE.

    Expenses $5,062,589 · Grants $722,709 · Revenue $1,535,600

  • HARTFORD INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY FOR RELIGION AND PEACE'S HARTFORD INSTITUTE FOR RELIGION RESEARCH PRODUCES RESEARCH AND RESOURCES THAT SUPPORT LEADERSHIP AND CONGREGATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AS PRACTICAL, THEOLOGICAL ACTIVITY. OUR RESEARCH USES THE PERSPECTIVES AND METHODS OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCES TO STUDY RELIGIOUS LEADERSHIP, AND RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS AND THEIR SOCIAL/CULTURAL CONTEXT. OUR RESOURCES ARE PUBLISHED BOTH TRADITIONALY AND ONLINE. OUR WORK IS EXTERNALLY FUNDED BY, TYPICALLY, MULTIYEAR GRANTS. WE CURRENTLY HAVE ABOUT 6 ACTIVE GRANTS INSTITUTION-WIDE.

    Expenses $52,078

  • SCHOLARLY JOURNALS THE MUSLIM WORLD IS AN ACADEMIC PUBLICATION ON THE STUDY OF ISALM AND CHRISTIAN-MUSLIM RELATIONS THAT COMES OUT FOUR TIMES PER YEAR. IT IS OWNED AND EDITED BY HARTFORD INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY FOR RELIGION AND PEACE (HIU), AND PUBLISHED BY WILEY BLACKWELL. THE MUSLIM WORLD HAS PAID SUBSCRIBERS VIA THE WILEY-BLACKWELL SALES PROGRAM TO LIBRARY CONSORTIA AND INSTITUTIONS HAD ACCESS THROUGH PHILANTHROPIC PROGRAMS UNASSOCIATED WITH HIU. THE MUSLIM WORLD SEEKS WIDE DISTRIBUTION OF ITS JOURNAL TO LIBRARIES AROUND THE WORLD, AND AS LARGE A READERSHIP AS POSSIBLE. WE ENGAGE IN NO DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICES REGARDING WHO HAS ACCESS TO THE MUSLIM WORLD, NOR WHO IS ABLE TO SUBMIT ARTICLES FOR POSSIBLE PUBLICATION. WE DO OFFER GRATIS SUBSCRIPTIONS TO LIBRARIES IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES UPON THEIR REQUEST THROUGH PHILANTHROPIC LICENSING DEALS ARRANGED THROUGH WILEY-BLACKWELL. OUR GOAL IN THE UPCOMING YEAR IS TO EXPAND OUR MARKET IN ASIA, CHINA, INDIA, EASTERN EUROPE AND SOUTH AMERICA. NEITHER THE PUBLISHERS NOR HIU, AS EDITOR OF THE MUSLIM WORLD DEAL DIRECTLY WITH STUDENTS IN THE PUBLICATION OF THIS JOURNAL, UNLESS THEY HAVE CHOSEN TO SUBMIT ARTICLES FOR CONSIDERATION. ALL ARTICLES, REGARDLESS OF WHO SUBMITS THEM, ARE SENT TO OUR REFEREED PEER EDITORIAL REVIEW BOARD. THE BOARD SELECTS ARTICLES ON THE BASIS OF ACADEMIC MERIT AND SUBJECT SUITABILITY ALONE.

    Expenses $5,811 · Revenue $49,052

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Dr Joel Lohr

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $345,859
    From this org
    $239,660
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $106,199
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $239,660
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $71,417
    Nontaxable benefits
    $34,782
    Filer's total
    $345,859

  • Clare Feldman

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • James K Robertson Jr Esq

    CHAIR EMERITUS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Naseem Shaikh

    FIRST VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Sherry Turner

    SECOND VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Nancy Roberts

    VICE CHAIR (UNTIL 06/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Martin Budd Esq

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Frank Ra Resnick

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Shakeeb Alam

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Rev Dr Karen Bailey-Francois

    TRUSTEE (UNTIL 06/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Noora Brown

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Rabbi Debra Cantor

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Allison Chisolm

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • John Cordani

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Imran Eba

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Rev Dr Sheila Harvey

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Thomas Hofstetter

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Peter Kelly

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Gertrude Prior

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Edmund M See

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Dr Ali Shakibai

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Dr Lisa Dahill

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Kathleen Dion

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Mildred McNeill

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Dr Benjamin Watts

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Michael Sander Esq

    CHIEF BUSINESS OFFICER (UNTIL 4/24)

    Total calculated
    $66,315
    From this org
    $57,857
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,458
    Hours/week
    40

  • Dr Deena Grant

    VP OF ACADEMIC AFFAIRS

    Total calculated
    $171,602
    From this org
    $145,708
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,894
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $145,708
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $25,894
    Filer's total
    $171,602

  • Lorraine L Ryan

    VP OF OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $117,033
    From this org
    $106,286
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,747
    Hours/week
    40

  • Kathleen O'Leary

    DIRECTOR OF ENGAGEMENT & ADVANCEMENT

    Total calculated
    $113,752
    From this org
    $104,253
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,499
    Hours/week
    40

  • Dr Scott Thumma

    FACULTY

    Total calculated
    $111,650
    From this org
    $106,361
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,289
    Hours/week
    40

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 1a · Housing allowance or residence for personal use
  • 1a · Personal services (maid, chauffeur, chef)
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment

Answered no

  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 1A
HARTFORD INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY FOR RELIGION AND PEACE MAINTAINS A RESIDENCE FOR THE PRESIDENT. THE PRESIDENT IS REQUIRED TO LIVE IN THE RESIDENCE AS INCLUDED IN THE EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT AND AS CONDITION OF EMPLOYMENT. THE UNIVERSITY TREATS THIS AS A NONTAXABLE BENEFIT. THE PRESIDENT HOSTS VARIOUS EVENTS AND GUESTS AT THE RESIDENCE. THE UNIVERSITY PROVIDES CLEANING SERVICES FOR THE RESIDENCE SOLELY FOR UNIVERSITY BUSINESS, EVENTS, AND MEETINGS. THEREFORE, THIS IS ALSO TREATED AS A NONTAXABLE BENEFIT.
PART I, LINE 1B
HARTFORD INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY FOR RELIGION AND PEACE PERFORMS A PERIODIC REVIEW OF EXPENSES AS THEY RELATE TO THE PRESIDENT. THEY REQUIRE STANDARD BACK UP FOR EXPENDITURES INCURRED AND APPROPRIATE SUPPORT AND JUSTIFICATION FOR GROSSING UP TAXES OR PROVIDING HOUSING AND PAYMENT FOR UTILITIES.
PART I, LINE 4A
MICHAEL P. SANDER RECEIVED SEVERANCE IN THE AMOUNT OF $20,164 AND WAS INCLUDED IN HIS TAXABLE INCOME PER FORM 990, PART VII, COLUMN (D).

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

  • SEVENTY SEVEN SHERMAN ST PRESERVATION TRUST INC

    501(C)(3) · FUNDRAISING FOR BUILDING RENOVATIONS · CT · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by HARTFORD INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY FOR RELIGION AND PEACE

  • FUND FOR INTERFAITH UNDERSTANDING INC

    501(C)(3) · FUNDRAISING · CT · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by HARTFORD INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY FOR RELIGION AND PEACE

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Related corporations and trusts

Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.

  • CHARITABLE REMAINDER TRUSTS (8)

    T · TRUST · CT

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
14 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202511359349310536

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