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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by RECONCILINGWORKS LUTHERANS FOR FULL PARTICIPATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$493,675
Total expenses
$276,382
Contributions and grants received
$447,606
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$20,513
Investment income
$2,150
Other revenue
$23,406
Total assets, end of year
$536,171
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$536,171
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$179,378
Management and general expenses
$87,930
Fundraising expenses
$9,074
Program service expenses (Part III)
$179,378

Program services were 64.9% 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

    $447,606

  • 2a · Program service revenue: TRAINING REGISTRATIONS

    total $20,513 · related or exempt $20,513

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $2,150 · related or exempt $2,150

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $23,406

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $23,406 · related or exempt $23,406

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $112,666 · program services $76,612 · management and general $30,420 · fundraising $5,634

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $55,022 · program services $37,415 · management and general $14,856 · fundraising $2,751

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $13,771 · program services $9,364 · management and general $3,718 · fundraising $689

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $301 · management and general $301

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $16,000 · management and general $16,000

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $40,249 · program services $21,415 · management and general $18,834

  • 17 · Travel

    total $16,119 · program services $16,119

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $2,525 · program services $2,525

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $3,801 · management and general $3,801

  • 24a · Other expenses: EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS & R

    total $9,632 · program services $9,632

  • 24b · Other expenses: TRAINING

    total $3,294 · program services $3,294

  • 24c · Other expenses: BOARD EXPENSES

    total $3,002 · program services $3,002

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    end of year $71,261

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $395,568

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    end of year $949

  • 15 · Other assets

    end of year $68,393

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    end of year $482,967

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    end of year $53,204

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

RECONCILINGWORKS ADVOCATES FOR THE ACCEPTANCE, FULL PARTICIPATION, AND LIBERATION OF ALL SEXUAL ORIENTATIONS, GENDER IDENTITIES, AND GENDER EXPRESSIONS WITHIN THE LUTHERAN CHURCH.

  • SINCE 1983, THE RECONCILING IN CHRIST (RIC) PROGRAM HAS BEEN A PUBLIC WAY FOR FAITH COMMUNITIES TO SEE, NAME, CELEBRATE, AND ADVOCATE FOR PEOPLE OF ALL SEXUAL ORIENTATIONS, GENDER IDENTITIES, AND GENDER EXPRESSIONS IN THE LUTHERAN CHURCH. THE RIC PROGRAM IS MADE UP OF CONGREGATIONS, SYNODS, COLLEGES, SEMINARIES, OUTDOOR MINISTRIES, AND OTHER LUTHERAN ORGANIZATIONS. EVERY MINISTRY SETTING BEGINS THIS JOURNEY FROM ITS OWN UNIQUE CONTEXT AND RECONCILINGWORKS IS HERE TO HELP CREATE AN AUTHENTIC WELCOME JOURNEY THAT IS CUSTOMIZED TO EACH COMMUNITY. RIC PARTNER PUBLIC COMMITMENTS: THE PURPOSE OF THE RECONCILING IN CHRIST (RIC) PROGRAM IS TO ENSURE THE WELCOME, INCLUSION, CELEBRATION, AND ADVOCACY FOR PEOPLE OF ALL SEXUAL ORIENTATIONS, GENDER IDENTITIES, AND GENDER EXPRESSIONS; WORK FOR RACIAL EQUITY AND COMMIT TO ANTI-RACIST WORK AND SUPPORT THE NATIONAL PROGRAM. TO BE RECOGNIZED AS A RECONCILING IN CHRIST (RIC) PARTNER, A FAITH COMMUNITY WILL: 1. CLEARLY STATE A WELCOME TO PEOPLE OF "ALL SEXUAL ORIENTATIONS, GENDER IDENTITIES, AND GENDER EXPRESSIONS- OR "LGBTQIA+- AND NAME ITS COMMITMENT TO "RACIAL EQUITY- OR "ANTI-RACISM" IN ITS WELCOME STATEMENT. IF A FAITH COMMUNITY HAS ITS OWN STATEMENT OF RACIAL EQUITY OR COMMITMENT TO ANTI-RACISM, BE IT IN PUBLIC COMMUNITY DOCUMENTS OR SOCIAL STATEMENTS, POLITIES SUCH AS BY-LAWS OR CONSTITUTIONS, OR IN ITS MISSION, VISION, OR VALUE STATEMENTS, THIS CAN ALSO SATISFY THIS RIC PARTNER COMMITMENT, AND A COPY OF THIS ADDITIONAL STATEMENT WILL NEED TO BE SHARED WITH RECONCILINGWORKS. 2. BE OPEN TO CALLING AN LGBTQIA+ AND BLACK, BROWN, INDIGENOUS, PERSON OF COLOR (BIPOC) ROSTERED LEADER. A ROSTERED LEADER IS ANY CLERGY/PASTOR OR DEACON IN THE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH IN AMERICA (ELCA); THIS COMMITMENT EXTENDS TO ALL AREAS OF LEADERSHIP WITHIN THE LIFE OF YOUR COMMUNITY. 3. ALLOW SANCTUARY/COMMUNITY SPACE/ TO BE USED FOR LGBTQIA+ WEDDINGS AND BLESSINGS. 4. MAKE A MEANINGFUL CONTRIBUTION ANNUALLY TO SUPPORT THE NATIONAL RIC PROGRAM. THERE ARE CURRENTLY 1140 RECONCILING IN CHRIST PARTNER. THIS WORK IS ACCOMPLISHED IN PARTNERSHIP THROUGH THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, RECONCILINGWORKS AMBASSADORS, VOLUNTEERS, THREE AND A HALF STAFF.

    Expenses $179,378

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

Listed in Part VII

  • AUBREY THONVOLD

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $112,666
    From this org
    $112,666
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • ELIZABETH COLVER

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CARLEY HOUSEMAN

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ALLISON JOHNSON

    AT-LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DANIEL MICHEL

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARGARETTE OUJI

    CHAPLAIN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JENNIFER STRUNK

    AT-LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • REV ELLEN TAUBE

    SECRETARY

    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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
11 October 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.0
Source object
202432859349301808

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