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← WORLD CONFERENCE OF RELIGIONS FOR PEACE INC

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by WORLD CONFERENCE OF RELIGIONS FOR PEACE INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,381,723
Total expenses
$4,134,647
Contributions and grants received
$3,180,481
Grants paid
$1,645,605
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$201,242
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$8,230,006
Total liabilities, end of year
$288,249
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$7,941,757
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$3,563,496
Management and general expenses
$510,288
Fundraising expenses
$60,863
Program service expenses (Part III)
$3,563,496

Program services were 86.2% 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

    $3,180,481

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $201,469 · excluded $201,469

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $872,253

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

    securities $872,480

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$227

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$227 · excluded -$227

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $46,500 · program services $46,500

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $1,599,105 · program services $1,599,105

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $312,397 · program services $305,050 · management and general $7,347

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $733,346 · program services $625,953 · management and general $98,469 · fundraising $8,924

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $231,294 · program services $211,475 · management and general $17,732 · fundraising $2,087

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $78,910 · program services $72,680 · management and general $5,574 · fundraising $656

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $174,408 · program services $2,490 · management and general $171,918

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $138,991 · management and general $138,991

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $394,614 · program services $347,973 · management and general $6,340 · fundraising $40,301

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $10,124 · program services $1,797 · management and general $2,495 · fundraising $5,832

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $193,071 · program services $178,869 · management and general $12,712 · fundraising $1,490

  • 17 · Travel

    total $73,750 · program services $71,023 · management and general $2,668 · fundraising $59

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $57,449 · program services $39,241 · management and general $18,208

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $20,584 · program services $15,786 · management and general $4,293 · fundraising $505

  • 24a · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $48,681 · program services $26,901 · management and general $21,063 · fundraising $717

  • 24b · Other expenses: COMMUNICATIONS

    total $11,895 · program services $9,125 · management and general $2,478 · fundraising $292

  • 24c · Other expenses: COMMUNCIATIONS

    total $9,528 · program services $9,528

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $218,740 · end of year $1,013,482

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $900,101 · end of year $120

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $1,075,029 · end of year $80,813

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $196 · end of year $8,903

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $2,847 · end of year $2,523

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

    $223,662

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

    $203,868

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $38,909 · end of year $19,794

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $6,027,710 · end of year $7,015,354

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $279,714 · end of year $89,017

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $283,109 · end of year $223,592

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $256,676 · end of year $64,657

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year -$910,865 · end of year -$84,796

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $8,914,326 · end of year $8,026,553

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

WORLD CONFERENCE OF RELIGIONS FOR PEACE IS THE LARGEST WORLDWIDE COALITION OF REPRESENTATIVES OF RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES WORKING TO TAKE COMMON ACTIONS TO SOLVE CRITICAL PROBLEMS IN THE AREAS OF CONFLICT RESOLUTION, JUST AND HARMONIOUS SOCIETIES, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, AND PROTECTION OF THE EARTH, AS WELL AS TO BUILD AND EQUIP INTER-RELIGIOUS COUNCILS, WOMEN OF FAITH, AND YOUTH NETWORKS AT THE NATIONAL, REGIONAL, AND GLOBAL LEVELS. THE ORGANIZATION IS STRENGTHENED BY ITS ENDURING PARALLEL PARTNERSHIP WITH CIVIL SOCIETY INSTITUTIONS IN MANY DIFFERENT COUNTRIES AND ITS ACCREDITATION TO THE UNITED NATIONS.

  • NURTURE A SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENT - RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES RECOGNISE THE DYNAMIC INTER-RELATIONSHIP AND DEPENDENCY BETWEEN ALL FORMS OF LIFE, WHICH HAS ALSO BEEN SUBSTANTIATED BY MODERN SERVICE. RELIGIONS FOR PEACE WORKS TO ENSURE THAT MULTI-RELIGIOUS COLLABORATION IS GEARED TOWARDS NURTURING A SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENT FOR ALL LIVING SPECIES. THIS WORK INCLUDES WORKING TO PROTECT AND RESTORE THE PLANET'S VITAL ECOSYSTEM, E.G. THE INTERFAITH RAINFOREST INITIATIVE THAT PROTECTS THE WORLD'S REMAINING RAINFORESTS AND THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES WHO SERVE AS THEIR GUARDIAN.

    Expenses $1,493,472 · Grants $1,175,233

  • PROMOTE PEACEFUL, JUST & INCLUSIVE SOCIETIES - WORKING TOWARDS PEACEFUL, JUST AND INCLUSIVE SOCIETIES BUILDS ON RELIGIONS FOR PEACE'S PREVIOUS WORK UNDER THE STRATEGIC PLAN FOR 2014-2018 TO TRANSFORM VIOLENT CONFLICT, PROMOTE JUST AND HARMONIOUS SOCIETIES, AND ADVANCE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT. RELIGION FOR PEACE'S OUTGOING WORK TOWARDS PEACEFUL, JUST AND INCLUSIVE SOCIETIES SUPPOSTS SEVERAL SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS. THIS WORK INCLUDES, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO, ADDRESSING PUBLIC HEALTH CHALLENGES (COVID, EBOLA, ETC), ARMAMENTS, POVERTY, MIGRANTS AND REFUGEES, CHILD HEALTH AND WELLBEING (E.G. FAITH FOR POSITIVE CHANGE FOR CHILDREN, FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES), ETC.

    Expenses $844,749 · Grants $384,542

  • MULTI-RELIGIOUS HUMANITARIAN SUPPORT FUND - COVID-19 RESPONSE: THIS PROGRAM SUPPORTS AFRICAN COUNCIL OF RELIGIOUS LEADERS (ACRL) AND ITS NATIONAL INTER RELIGIOUS COUNCILS (IRC'S) TO ENACT NATIONAL-LEVEL INITIATIVES WITH IRC- ZAMBIA, IRC-MAURITIUS, AND IRC-UGANDA AS A DIRECT RESPONSE TO THE COVID-19 CRISIS.

    Expenses $895,819 · Grants $85,830

  • INTER-RELIGIOUS CONSULTATION - CONCERNING WORLD PEACE, SEMINARS,CONFERENCES ON RELIGIOUS CONFLICTS, AND VARIOUS OTHER PROGRAMS EXPENSES 132,593. INCLUDING GRANTS OF 0. REVENUE 0. ADVANCED GENDER EQUALITY -EQUALITY FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS IS A FOUNDATION FOR SECURING A MORE PEACEFUL AND INCLUSIVE WORLD FOR ALL PEOPLE. THROUGHOUT HISTORY, WOMEN DISPROPORTIONATELY SUFFER THE CONSEQUENCES OF VIOLENT CONFLICT, POVERTY, AND RESTRICTIONS ON THEIR FREEDOMS. THEY ARE THE FOCAL POINT OF SO MANY DIFFICULTIES THAT THEY ARE ALSO THE FIRST TO RESPOND IN SITUATIONS OF SOCIAL AND POLITICAL UNREST. MANY WOMEN ARE MOTIVATED AND STRENGTHENED BY THEIR FAITH, YET THEIR STORIES,KNOWLEDGE, AND EXPERTISE ARE SELDOM RECOGNIZED IN NEWSROOMS AND CHAMBERS OF GOVERNMENT ALIKE. BECAUSE OF THIS, RELIGIONS FOR PEACE WILL CONTINUE TO ILLUMINATE THE NECESSARY ROLE OF WOMEN IN SHAPING THE WORLD AND RESPONDING TO CRISES. RELIGIONS FOR PEACE WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO EQUIP FAITH-INSPIRED WOMEN,MEN, YOUTH, WITH KNOWLEDGE AND ANALYSIS, CONNECTIVITY AND NARRATIVES, LINKING RELIGIONS TO PEACE AND SECURITY, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, AND HUMAN RIGHTS. EXPENSES 145,959. INCLUDING GRANTS OF 0. REVENUE 0. CHAMPION FREEDOM OF THOUGHT, CONSCIENCE & RELIGION -THIS GLOBAL CAMPAIGN PROMOTES MUTUAL RESPECT, DIVERSITY, TOLERANCE, AND A SHARED CONCERN FOR THE WELL-BEING OF "THE OTHER" THROUGH PRACTICAL ACTION. THE BUILDS TOLERANCE AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE RELIGIOUS "OTHER". PROGRAMS WITH A SPECIFIC FOCUS ON RESPONDING TO HATE CRIMES AND RECONCILING COMMUNITIES HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED BY OUR INTERRELIGIOUS COUNCILS. HOLY SITES ARE OF CRUCIAL SPIRITUAL AND CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE TO BILLIONS OF PEOPLE. YET, HISTORY DEMONSTRATES HOW SACRED PLACES ARE OFTEN CAUGHT UP IN POLITICAL, TERRITORIAL, AND RELIGIOUS DISPUTES, BECOMING PAWNS OF CONFLICT THEMSELVES. HARM TO HOLY SITES IMPACTS PEOPLE'S IDENTITIES, REINFORCES TRAUMA, AND FUELS THE ESCALATION OF VIOLENCE. IN RESPONSE, RELIGIONS FOR PEACE AND PARTNERS LAUNCHED THE UNIVERSAL CODE OF CONDUCT ON HOLY SITESA CUTTING-EDGE STRATEGY TO MITIGATE INTERRELIGIOUS CONFLICT AND BUILD PEACE. EXPENSES 50,904.INCLUDING GRANTS OF 0. REVENUE 0.

    Expenses $329,456

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Dr Azza Karam

    SECRETARY GE

    Total calculated
    $169,036
    From this org
    $146,945
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,091
    Hours/week
    60

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $146,945
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    $22,091
    Filer's total
    $169,036
  • Deepika Singh

    DEPUTY SECRE

    Total calculated
    $200,312
    From this org
    $163,953
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $36,359
    Hours/week
    60

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $163,953
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    $36,359
    Filer's total
    $200,312
  • Zaid Mohammed

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $140,398
    From this org
    $120,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,398
    Hours/week
    40
  • Jacequeline M Grace

    DIRECT. OF D

    Total calculated
    $196,339
    From this org
    $175,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,339
    Hours/week
    60

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $175,000
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    $21,339
    Filer's total
    $196,339
  • Natalya Shnipova

    CONTROLLER

    Total calculated
    $138,041
    From this org
    $125,040
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,001
    Hours/week
    40
  • He Judge Mohamed Abdelsalam

    CO-PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dr Michel Abs

    CO-PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Hm Sultan Muhammad Sa'Ad Abubakar

    CO-PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • He Metropolitan Emmanuel

    CO-MODERATOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dr Pritpal Kaur Ahluwalia

    CO-PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dr Mohammad Al Sammak

    CO-PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Layla Alkhafaji

    CO-PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dr Kezevino Aram

    CO-MODERATOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mr Renz Argao

    COORDINATOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Cardinal Damasceno Assis

    MODERATOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Swami Atmapriyananda

    CO-PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Hh Dah Couchoro Balogoun

    CO-PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • He Shaykh Abdallah Bin Bayyah

    CO-MODERATOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • He Cardinal Charles Bo

    CO-PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mr Robert Boisture

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dr Phra Brahmapundit

    CO-PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • He Archimandrite Philaret Bulekov

    CO-PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Archbishop Miguel Cabrejos

    CO-PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Desmond Cahill

    MODERATOR/CH

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sr Agatha Chikelue

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Cardinal Blase J Cupich

    CO-PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dr L Dhammasami

    CO-PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Bani Dugal

    CO-PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Claudio Epelman

    CO-PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Emina Frljak

    DEPUTY COORD

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ela Gandhi

    CO-PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Homi Gandhi

    CO-PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dr Nedzad Grabus

    CO-PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ven Li Guangfu

    CO-PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sheikh Muhammed Yusuf Hallar

    CO-PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sheikh Hamza Yusuf Hanson

    CO-PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sheran Harper

    CO-PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Matthew S Holland

    CO-PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Hyo Chul Kim

    CO-PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Imam Mohamed Magid

    CO-PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ayatollah Ahmad Moballeghi

    CO-PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • He Sheikh Shaban Ramadhan Mubaje

    CO-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dr Haedar Nashir

    CO-PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rev Kosho Niwano

    CO-MODERATOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Cardinal Dieudonne Nzapalainga

    CO-PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dr Aruna Oswal

    CO-PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Cardinal Philippe Ouedraogo

    CO-PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rev Jerry Pillay

    CO-PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dr Elizabeth H Prodromou

    CO-PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dr Anantanand Rambachan

    CO-PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Grand-Father Dominique Rankin

    CO-PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Chief Rabbi David Rosen

    CO-PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dr Luigi De Salvia

    MODERATOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dr Koutoub Moustapha Sano

    CO-PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dr Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswati

    CO-PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • He Dr Thomas Schirrmacher

    CO-PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Bhai Sahib Mohinder Singh

    CO-PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kh Yahya Cholil Staquf

    CO-PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Shri Shri Sugunendra Threetha

    CO-PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Bishop Mary Ann Swenson

    CO-PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Serigne Mansour Sy

    CO-PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dr Nayla Tabbara

    CO-PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle

    CO-PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dr William F Vendley

    SECRETARY GE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rev Megumi Wada

    DEPUTY CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Most Rev Justin Welby

    CO-PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Master Ven Yanjue

    CO-PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Maria Lia Zervino

    CO-PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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

  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 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

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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
27 September 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.0
Source object
202433049349301858

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