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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by RELIGION NEWS ASSOCIATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$180,391
Total expenses
$292,072
Contributions and grants received
$100
Grants paid
$669
Program service revenue
$169,741
Investment income
$10,446
Other revenue
$104
Total assets, end of year
$176,560
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$176,560
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$162,089
Management and general expenses
$129,983
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$162,089

Program services were 55.5% 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.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $0

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $0

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $0

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $0

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $0

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $100

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $0

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM SERVICE REVENUE

    total $169,741 · related or exempt $169,741 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $2,883 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $2,883

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $41,191 · other assets $0

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

    securities $33,628 · other assets $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $7,563 · other assets $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $7,563 · related or exempt $7,563 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $0

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $104 · related or exempt $104 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $104

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $669 · program services $669

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $81,203 · management and general $81,203

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $28,281 · management and general $28,281

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $7,010 · management and general $7,010

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $13,504 · program services $13,504

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $795 · program services $295 · management and general $500

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $9,900 · program services $1,002 · management and general $8,898

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $4,289 · program services $4,289

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $1,445 · management and general $1,445

  • 17 · Travel

    total $3,176 · program services $3,066 · management and general $110

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $11,034 · program services $11,034

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $1,519 · management and general $1,519

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM EXPENSES

    total $129,247 · program services $128,230 · management and general $1,017

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $109,233 · end of year $10,911

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $11,150

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    end of year $2,651

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $177,314 · end of year $151,848

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $286,547 · end of year $176,560

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

PROMOTING WORLDWIDE EXCELLENCE IN JOURNALISM ABOUT RELIGION.

  • CONFERENCE - RNA'S ANNUAL CONFERENCE IS ITS MOST POPULAR TRAINING EVENT. EACH YEAR, RNA BRINGS TOGETHER RELIGION REPORTERS AND SCHOLARS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO PARTICIPATE IN PANELS, GROUP DISCUSSIONS, NETWORKING EVENTS, AND MORE.

    Expenses $148,155 · Grants $669 · Revenue $114,935

  • CONTEST - THE RNA AWARDS SHOWCASE RELIGION JOURNALISM EXCELLENCE IN THE NEWS MEDIA WITH NEARLY $11,000 IN PRIZES. AWARDS ARE AVAILABLE FOR INDIVIDUAL REPORTERS AS WELL AS TEAMS AND OUTLETS. ALL SUBMISSIONS ARE REVIEWED BY AN APPOINTED JUDGE AND WINNERS ARE ANNOUNCED AT THE RNA AWARDS CEREMONY AT THE ANNUAL RNA CONFERENCE.

    Expenses $12,237 · Revenue $26,002

  • MEMBER SUPPORT AND COMMUNITY BUILDING - RNA ENGAGES WITH AND PROVIDES RESOURCES FOR MEMBERS, INCLUDING RUNNING A MENTORSHIP PROGRAM AND AN EMERGING JOURNALISTS COHORT TO SUPPORT EARLY CAREER RELIGION JOURNALISTS. RNA ALSO PROVIDES THE RELIGION LINK AND RELIGION STYLEBOOK RESOURCES IN ORDER TO AID RELIGION JOURNALISM REPORTING.

    Expenses $1,697 · Revenue $20,554

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Jake Owens

    DIRECTOR (UNTIL APRIL 2025)

    Total calculated
    $61,250
    From this org
    $61,250
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Emily Churchill

    DIRECTOR (FROM MAY 2025)

    Total calculated
    $19,953
    From this org
    $19,953
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Dawn Araujo-Hawkins

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Holly Meyer

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Kalpana Jain

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Liam Adams

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Deepa Bharath

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Betsy Shirley

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Dina Zingaro

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Elaine Justice

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Kathryn Post

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Lori Johnston

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

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
2024
Filed
20 April 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202621119349301007

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