Totals
- Total revenue
- $405,935
- Total expenses
- $478,322
- Contributions and grants received
- $404,886
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $1,049
- Other revenue
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $274,693
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $2,023
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $272,670
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $422,457
- Management and general expenses
- $16,306
- Fundraising expenses
- $39,559
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $422,457
Program services were 88.3% 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.
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1a · Federated campaigns
$0
-
1b · Membership dues
$0
-
1c · Fundraising events
$22,067
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1d · Related organizations
$0
-
1e · Government grants (contributions)
$0
-
1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$382,819
-
1g · Noncash contributions included above
$0
-
3 · Investment income
total $1,049 · related or exempt $1,049 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
-
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
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6c · Rental income or loss
real property $0 · personal property $0
-
7c · Gain or loss
securities $0 · other assets $0
-
8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c
$22,067
-
11e · Other revenue, total
$0
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $166,897 · program services $139,097 · management and general $3,432 · fundraising $24,368
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $90,921 · program services $90,402 · management and general $0 · fundraising $519
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $722 · management and general $722
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $12,768 · program services $10,641 · management and general $263 · fundraising $1,864
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11a · Fees: management
total $1,038 · program services $938 · management and general $100
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11b · Fees: legal
total $900 · management and general $900
-
11c · Fees: accounting
total $4,810 · management and general $4,810
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11g · Fees: other
total $20,010 · program services $20,010 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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13 · Office expenses
total $1,714 · management and general $1,672 · fundraising $42
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14 · Information technology
total $46,223 · program services $32,827 · management and general $2,180 · fundraising $11,216
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17 · Travel
total $569 · fundraising $569
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $129,523 · program services $128,542 · fundraising $981
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23 · Insurance
total $1,905 · management and general $1,905
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24a · Other expenses: Bank and local licenses
total $322 · program services $0 · management and general $322 · fundraising $0
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $158,980 · end of year $32,556
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $201,849 · end of year $225,772
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
end of year $14,250
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4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $0
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$3,431
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$1,316
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $2,180 · end of year $2,115
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $14,260 · end of year $2,023
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25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $0
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $348,749 · end of year $272,670
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
Faith and Law's mission is to encourage and equip Christian policymakers to more fully understand the Biblical worldview and its implication in their calling to the public square.
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After many years at an offsite location, which limited attendance, in 2024 Faith and Law held an "in-town" leadership conference. The event featured leading speakers on complex policy topics, and was well attended by Capitol Hill staff and other policymakers. We measure our accomplishments with the annual leadership conference through surveys, and in 2024 all attendees at our leadership conference who responded to our survey were very or extremely satisfied with the conference.
Expenses $167,205
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In 2024, Faith and Law continued to host Friday Forums on a bi-weekly basis for Capitol Hill staff. The Friday forums continue to be the most well known program that we offer and those event have the largest cumulative attendance throughout the year. Our Hill Staff Advisory Board serves as a quarterly focus group to assess our Friday Forum lectures and panels.
Expenses $143,701
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Outside of the Friday Forums, weekly interest group meetings are our third largest program area, and include Reading Groups, Film Discussions, Hill Ministry Lunches and Mentoring Programs. In 2024 Faith and Law hosted more reading groups, and seminars for Capitol Hill staff than any other year in the organization's history, and including Friday Forums, we hosted 100+ events. We bolstered our current program offerings while also launching a few new initiatives, making great strides on our goals as outlined in our three-year strategic plan focused on expanding breadth and increasing depth in our participants, and increasing long-term sustainability and mission-effectiveness of the organization. Our Hill Staff Advisory Board serves as a quarterly focus group to assess our events and panels, as well as reading groups.
Expenses $111,551
As filed on the 2024 return.
Listed in Part VII
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Susan Gates
Executive Director
- Total calculated
- $170,000
- From this org
- $170,000
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $170,000
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $0
- Nontaxable benefits
- $0
- Filer's total
- $170,000
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John Palafoutas
Director, Chairman
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Bill Wichterman
Director, President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Kiki Bradley
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Cherie Harder
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Gabe Neville
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Mark Rodgers
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Matthew Spalding
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Mark Strand
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Marc Wheat
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Andrea McDaniel Smith
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Tom Fleener
Treasurer, Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Randy Hultgren
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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 · Compensation committee
- 3 · Written employment contract
- 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
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 16 November 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.0
- Source object
- 202523219349310657
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