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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by CHRIST IN THE WILDERNESS.

Totals

Total revenue
$118,140
Total expenses
$152,274
Contributions and grants received
$60,857
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$43,420
Investment income
$2,271
Other revenue
$11,592
Total assets, end of year
$317,105
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$317,105
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$112,922
Management and general expenses
$29,037
Fundraising expenses
$10,315
Program service expenses (Part III)
$112,922

Program services were 74.2% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $945

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $59,912

  • 2a · Program service revenue: RETREATANT INCOME

    total $43,420 · related or exempt $43,420

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $2,271 · excluded $2,271

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $3,600

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $3,600

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $3,600 · related or exempt $3,600

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $10,472

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

    $945

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $3,249

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $7,223 · excluded $7,223

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISC

    total $769 · excluded $769

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $769

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $57,000 · program services $45,600 · management and general $8,550 · fundraising $2,850

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $4,036 · program services $3,229 · management and general $605 · fundraising $202

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $34,126 · program services $27,302 · management and general $5,118 · fundraising $1,706

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $1,067 · program services $1,067

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $5,080 · program services $4,064 · management and general $762 · fundraising $254

  • 17 · Travel

    total $1,217 · program services $1,217

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $16,084 · program services $12,868 · management and general $2,412 · fundraising $804

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $5,862 · management and general $5,862

  • 24a · Other expenses: TELEPHONE AND UTILITIES

    total $8,606 · program services $6,885 · management and general $1,291 · fundraising $430

  • 24b · Other expenses: REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE

    total $8,233 · program services $6,586 · management and general $1,235 · fundraising $412

  • 24c · Other expenses: SUBSCRIPTION AND FEES

    total $3,734 · program services $3,734

  • 24d · Other expenses: DONOR DEVELOPEMENT

    total $3,657 · fundraising $3,657

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $3,572 · program services $370 · management and general $3,202

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $15,188 · end of year $3,227

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $152,348 · end of year $131,006

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

    $499,182

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

    $316,310

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $183,703 · end of year $182,872

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $350,719 · end of year $317,105

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $520 · end of year $0

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

CHRIST IN THE WILDERNESS (CITW) IS A HERMITAGE RETREAT CENTER LOCATED WEST OF CHICAGO NEAR STOCKTON, ILLINOIS AMONG THE BEAUTIFUL, ROLLING HILLS OF THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. WE WELCOME INDIVIDUALS REGARDLESS OF THEIR BACKGROUNDS TO SPEND TIME ALONE IN A SECLUDED NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, NOURISHING THEIR MINDS, BODIES AND SPIRITS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO PROVIDE AN ENVIRONMENT THAT IS CONDUCIVE TO SILENCE, SOLITUDE, PRAYER AND REFLECTION FOR RETREATANTS.

  • CHRIST IN THE WILDERNESS PROVIDES RETREAT SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS REGARDLESS OF THEIR BACKGROUNDS TO SPEND TIME ALONE IN A SECLUDED NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, NOURISHING THEIR MINDS, BODIES AND SPIRITS.

    Expenses $112,922 · Revenue $47,020

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

Listed in Part VII

  • LISA HJORTH

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • MANDY DILLON

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • MARY MCAULIFFE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • ROSE PEARSON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • CHERYL SMITH

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • JULIA BATHON

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

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.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
4 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202403119349300235

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