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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by WITHERSPOON INSTITUTE INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,798,695
Total expenses
$2,673,335
Contributions and grants received
$2,385,288
Grants paid
$190,000
Program service revenue
$49,621
Investment income
$363,786
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$11,884,147
Total liabilities, end of year
$143,108
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$11,741,039
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,157,507
Management and general expenses
$440,318
Fundraising expenses
$75,510
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,157,507

Program services were 80.7% 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

    $2,385,288

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $14,119

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Book Sales

    total $6,484 · related or exempt $6,484

  • 2b · Program service revenue: Program Income

    total $43,137 · related or exempt $43,137

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $269,102 · excluded $269,102

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

    total $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $0

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $7,109,537

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

    securities $7,014,853

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $94,684

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $94,684 · related or exempt $94,684

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $107,500 · program services $107,500

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $82,500 · program services $82,500

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $744,684 · program services $579,168 · management and general $120,790 · fundraising $44,726

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $511,633 · program services $452,744 · management and general $55,505 · fundraising $3,384

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $18,050 · program services $11,382 · management and general $5,143 · fundraising $1,525

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $0

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $109,245 · program services $89,732 · management and general $15,330 · fundraising $4,183

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $1,745 · management and general $1,745

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $33,145 · management and general $33,145

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $41,773 · management and general $41,773

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $9,471 · program services $1,985 · management and general $7,486

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $51,433 · program services $29,550 · management and general $17,605 · fundraising $4,278

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $0

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $21,500 · management and general $21,500

  • 17 · Travel

    total $28,600 · program services $15,030 · management and general $6,348 · fundraising $7,222

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $372,563 · program services $353,397 · management and general $13,211 · fundraising $5,955

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $78,564 · management and general $78,564

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $15,866 · management and general $15,866

  • 24a · Other expenses: Other Program Expenses

    total $275,670 · program services $275,670

  • 24b · Other expenses: Publishing Expenses

    total $158,493 · program services $158,493

  • 24c · Other expenses: Printing

    total $10,900 · program services $356 · management and general $6,307 · fundraising $4,237

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $208,613 · end of year $401,627

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,010,834 · end of year $2,706,378

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $623,405 · end of year $760,611

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $0

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $11,117 · end of year $29,739

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

    $3,008,597

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

    $1,539,876

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,542,585 · end of year $1,468,721

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $7,250,187 · end of year $6,517,071

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    end of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $140,043 · end of year $143,108

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $9,010,646 · end of year $10,461,572

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,496,052 · end of year $1,279,467

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

Research, education, and public awareness of the political, moral and philosophical principles of free and democratic societies

  • Marriage and Family: This program consists primarily of the activities of CanaVox, a marriage movement founded by mothers to provide the intellectual tools to help people understand deep and complicated issues in contemporary debates about human sexuality. CanaVox facilitates reading groups for professionals, young adults, college students, and teenagers that discuss these issues in 39 states and 34 countries. CanaVoxs website is www.canavox.com.

    Expenses $687,129 · Grants $25,000

  • Academic Programs: These programs consist of seminars and one-on-one mentoring with Princeton University students and with promising students in high school, college, and graduate school at other institutions. These activities seek to form young people to cherish personal virtue and responsibility and the pursuit of truth. In 2023 we continued to expand our programs for high school students.

    Expenses $564,842 · Grants $75,000

  • Other Programs: The Witherspoon Institute occasionally provides advice, grants, or other support for organizations or scholars whose missions are very similar to its own. The Institute does not accept applications for such support. Such support develops out of preexisting relationships that the Institute may have with scholars through the Institutes own programming. In 2023 the Institute provided such advice and support for programs at Princeton University and other institutions.

    Expenses $527,738 · Grants $90,000

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Russell J Snell

    Director of Academic Programs

    Total calculated
    $253,091
    From this org
    $225,556
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $27,535
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $225,556
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $9,466
    Nontaxable benefits
    $18,069
    Filer's total
    $253,091
  • Kelly Hanlon Muncy

    Dir. of Operations

    Total calculated
    $206,512
    From this org
    $179,189
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $27,323
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $179,189
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $6,423
    Nontaxable benefits
    $20,900
    Filer's total
    $206,512
  • Robert George

    Herbert W. Vaughan Senior Fellow

    Total calculated
    $203,953
    From this org
    $203,953
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $203,953
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $203,953
  • John Doherty

    Dir. of Finance

    Total calculated
    $85,902
    From this org
    $75,986
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,916
    Hours/week
    40
  • Luis Tellez

    President

    Total calculated
    $64,641
    From this org
    $60,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,641
    Hours/week
    40
  • Brian Mogck

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mark Mulholland

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Stephen Whelan

    Chairman

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • John Metzger

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mark O'Brien

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Craig Cardon

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Frederic Clark

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michael Crofton

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Deborah Garwood

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Broc Hiatt

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michael Maibach

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Peter Brinckerhoff

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Corbin Miller

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Eugene Zurlo

    Trustee

    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 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 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

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
1 April 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.0
Source object
202410929349301016

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