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← WORD AMONG US INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by WORD AMONG US INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$15,285,637
Total expenses
$14,883,491
Contributions and grants received
$0
Grants paid
$1,264,100
Program service revenue
$14,948,981
Investment income
$336,656
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$23,607,774
Total liabilities, end of year
$8,893,008
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$14,714,766
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$14,387,441
Management and general expenses
$496,050
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$14,387,441

Program services were 96.7% 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.

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PUBLICATION SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $14,007,445 · related or exempt $14,007,445

  • 2b · Program service revenue: PRESS & INTERNET SALES

    total $769,769 · related or exempt $769,769

  • 2c · Program service revenue: LICENSE FEES

    total $171,767 · related or exempt $171,767

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $336,656 · related or exempt $336,656

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $1,256,600 · program services $1,256,600

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $7,500 · program services $7,500

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $568,977 · program services $290,514 · management and general $278,463

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $4,232,134 · program services $4,232,134

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $766,594 · program services $722,131 · management and general $44,463

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $336,024 · program services $316,534 · management and general $19,490

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $44,275 · management and general $44,275

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $9,017 · management and general $9,017

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $736,849 · program services $736,849

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $311,453 · program services $272,085 · management and general $39,368

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $188,922 · program services $177,965 · management and general $10,957

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $412,410 · program services $412,410

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $191,830 · program services $180,704 · management and general $11,126

  • 17 · Travel

    total $7,633 · program services $7,191 · management and general $442

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $198,580 · program services $187,062 · management and general $11,518

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $79,476 · program services $74,866 · management and general $4,610

  • 24a · Other expenses: PRINTING AND PUBLICATION

    total $2,742,372 · program services $2,742,372

  • 24b · Other expenses: DISTRIBUTION

    total $2,448,583 · program services $2,448,583

  • 24c · Other expenses: BILLING & CUSTOMER SERVIC

    total $191,350 · program services $191,350

  • 24d · Other expenses: TELPHONE EXPENSE

    total $78,343 · program services $73,799 · management and general $4,544

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $74,569 · program services $56,792 · management and general $17,777

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $944,502 · end of year $2,193,047

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $3,848,149 · end of year $3,671,857

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $112,955 · end of year $115,621

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $381,242 · end of year $129,517

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

    $4,968,188

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

    $2,732,466

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $2,297,131 · end of year $2,235,722

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $12,177,867 · end of year $14,415,959

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $767,441 · end of year $846,051

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,053,866 · end of year $1,159,255

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $7,140,149 · end of year $7,733,753

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $12,335,272 · end of year $14,714,766

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE WORD AMONG US HELPS OVER 2 MILLION DIGITALLY AND OVER 700,000 READERS IN PRINT TO BE CHANGED THROUGH A LIFE-CHANGING ENCOUNTER WITH JESUS CHRIST IN DAILY PRAYER AND SCRIPTURE.

  • THE WORD AMONG US(TWAU) PUBLISHES MAGAZINES, BOOKS, PAMPHLETS, AND DIGITAL RESOURCES THAT HELP CATHOLICS IN EVERY STAGE OF DISCIPLESHIP. THE ENGLISH "THE WORD AMONG US- AND SPANISH "LAPALABRA ENTRE NOSOTROS" MAGAZINES TOUCH THE LIVES OF OVER 600,000 CATHOLICS IN NORTH AMERICA EVERY MONTH. PASTORS IN MORE THAN 5,000 PARISHES OFFER "THE WORD AMONG US" TO THEIR PARISHIONERS AS A WAY TO GROW AS MATURE DISCIPLES OF JESUS. TWAU PRESS OFFERS BOOKS, PAMPHLETS THAT HELP CATHOLICS WHO MAY ATTEND MASS INCONSISTENTLY IN LIVING WITH THE LORD AND BEGIN TO GROW IN CATHOLIC DISCIPLESHIP. IN 2024 TWAU HELPED 223,000 CATHOLIC IN THE PEWS AND GROUPS GROW IN THEIR FAITH. OVER 2 MILLION PEOPLE USE OUR DIGITAL AND OTHER NON-PRINT RESOURCES FOUND AT WAU.ORG OR IN OUR DIGITAL MAGAZINE EDITION(IOS, ANDROID, KINDLE) IN BOTH ENGLISH AND SPANISH.

    Expenses $14,387,441 · Revenue $15,285,637

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Jeffrey Smith

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $438,449
    From this org
    $385,345
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $53,104
    Hours/week
    38 + 2 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $369,687
    Bonus
    $14,000
    Other
    $1,658
    Deferred
    $20,700
    Nontaxable benefits
    $32,404
    Filer's total
    $438,449

  • Joseph M Difato

    VP OPERATION

    Total calculated
    $269,893
    From this org
    $243,929
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,964
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $224,322
    Bonus
    $19,000
    Other
    $607
    Deferred
    $15,047
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,917
    Filer's total
    $269,893

  • Susan Heuver

    VP MISSION &

    Total calculated
    $254,895
    From this org
    $228,172
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $26,723
    Hours/week
    38 + 2 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $219,172
    Bonus
    $9,000
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $14,102
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,621
    Filer's total
    $254,895

  • Leo Zanchettin

    EDITORIAL DI

    Total calculated
    $237,994
    From this org
    $190,307
    From related orgs
    $600
    Other
    $47,087
    Hours/week
    39 + 1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $186,219
    Bonus
    $3,800
    Other
    $288 + $600 related
    Deferred
    $11,816
    Nontaxable benefits
    $35,271
    Filer's total
    $237,394 + $600 related

  • Nancy Clemens

    PRODUCTION M

    Total calculated
    $228,944
    From this org
    $211,868
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,076
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $166,482
    Bonus
    $38,250
    Other
    $7,136
    Deferred
    $14,812
    Nontaxable benefits
    $2,264
    Filer's total
    $228,944

  • John Roeder

    GENERAL MANA

    Total calculated
    $214,472
    From this org
    $168,723
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $45,749
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $166,627
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    $2,096
    Deferred
    $10,521
    Nontaxable benefits
    $35,228
    Filer's total
    $214,472

  • Michael Difato

    CHIEF MARKET

    Total calculated
    $201,493
    From this org
    $167,560
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $33,933
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $129,536
    Bonus
    $38,024
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $10,343
    Nontaxable benefits
    $23,590
    Filer's total
    $201,493

  • Kevin Page

    IT MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $199,724
    From this org
    $160,091
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $39,633
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $153,591
    Bonus
    $6,500
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $10,003
    Nontaxable benefits
    $29,630
    Filer's total
    $199,724

  • Jamie Smith

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $195,687
    From this org
    $183,632
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,055
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $165,000
    Bonus
    $17,500
    Other
    $1,132
    Deferred
    $11,018
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,037
    Filer's total
    $195,687

  • James Mannarino

    ASSISTANT PU

    Total calculated
    $183,873
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $165,309
    Other
    $18,564
    Hours/week
    0 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    not reported + $158,141 related
    Bonus
    not reported + $6,300 related
    Other
    not reported + $868 related
    Deferred
    not reported + $1,678 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported + $16,886 related
    Filer's total
    not reported + $183,873 related

  • John J Difato

    CIO

    Total calculated
    $160,019
    From this org
    $121,299
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $38,720
    Hours/week
    25

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $121,299
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $10,126
    Nontaxable benefits
    $28,594
    Filer's total
    $160,019

  • Joseph C Difato

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $12,000
    From this org
    $12,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Gregory Erlandson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $12,000
    From this org
    $12,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michael Shaughnessy

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $9,385
    From this org
    $9,385
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Reina Irene Mejia Chacon

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $9,000
    From this org
    $9,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Susan Timoney

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $9,000
    From this org
    $9,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $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

  • 1a · Tax indemnification and gross-up payments
  • 1a · Health or social club dues or initiation fees
  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 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

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

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
2024
Filed
24 October 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202513159349302071

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