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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by WESTAR INSTITUTE INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$439,530
Total expenses
$414,890
Contributions and grants received
$374,380
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$14,126
Other revenue
$51,024
Total assets, end of year
$902,107
Total liabilities, end of year
$5,652
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$896,455
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$341,608
Management and general expenses
$45,275
Fundraising expenses
$28,007
Program service expenses (Part III)
$71,184

Program services were 82.3% 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.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $60,497

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $313,883

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $14,126 · related or exempt $14,126

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $54,555

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $3,531

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $51,024 · related or exempt $51,024

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $185,214 · program services $153,728 · management and general $20,374 · fundraising $11,112

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $38,697 · program services $32,118 · management and general $4,257 · fundraising $2,322

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $119 · program services $99 · management and general $13 · fundraising $7

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $8,949 · program services $7,428 · management and general $984 · fundraising $537

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $3,313 · fundraising $3,313

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $7,588 · program services $6,298 · management and general $835 · fundraising $455

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $77,859 · program services $64,623 · management and general $8,565 · fundraising $4,671

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $20,180 · program services $16,749 · management and general $2,220 · fundraising $1,211

  • 17 · Travel

    total $9,932 · program services $8,243 · management and general $1,093 · fundraising $596

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $13,930 · program services $11,562 · management and general $1,532 · fundraising $836

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $4,826 · program services $4,005 · management and general $531 · fundraising $290

  • 24a · Other expenses: Honoraria

    total $44,283 · program services $36,755 · management and general $4,871 · fundraising $2,657

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $170,290 · end of year $162,469

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $103,724 · end of year $60,558

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $14,651 · end of year $11,887

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $54,696 · end of year $58,565

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $643,724 · end of year $608,628

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $6,641 · end of year $5,652

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $980,444 · end of year $896,455

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

See attachment O

Activities or mission (Part I)

Dedicated to foster and communicate results of scholarships on the history and evolution of christianity

  • Book Publishing: Polebridge Press. The publishing imprint of Westar Institute, publishes and makes available books which help communicate the results of scholarship in religion to the general public, and scholarly books in support of collaborative scholarship

    Expenses $29,811 · Grants $3,951 · Revenue $2,155

  • Public educational Outreach: Seminars online public lectures, and other outreach programs like Think Tank are conducted on a variety of topics in a variety of mediums providing public accessibility to the results of westar's research. Westar is in the process of developing an online academy to offer classes, course and education events

    Expenses $11,562 · Grants $1,532 · Revenue $836

  • Collaborative Academic Research. Seminars, workshops, lectures and other academic programs that promote collaborative research among religion scholars from accredited universities these events that turn into publications are made available to the general public as well as the academic community

    Expenses $29,811 · Grants $3,951 · Revenue $2,155

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Jeffrey Robins

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 5 related
  • Glenn Downing

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 5 related
  • Christine Shea

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 5 related
  • Sarah Brubaker

    Chairman

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 5 related
  • John Drake

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 5 related

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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
15 May 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202341359349304469

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