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← THE SOCIETY OF GILBERT KEITH CHESTERTON

Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by THE SOCIETY OF GILBERT KEITH CHESTERTON.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,447,617
Total expenses
$1,419,313
Contributions and grants received
$725,236
Grants paid
$38,400
Program service revenue
$598,175
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$124,206
Total assets, end of year
$605,025
Total liabilities, end of year
$359,511
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$245,514
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,060,429
Management and general expenses
$217,456
Fundraising expenses
$141,428
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,060,429

Program services were 74.7% 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.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $148,741

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $576,495

  • 2a · Program service revenue: EDUCATION INCOME

    total $388,762 · related or exempt $388,762

  • 2b · Program service revenue: NATIONAL CONFERENCE

    total $209,413 · related or exempt $209,413

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $320,429

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $209,024

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $111,405 · excluded $111,405

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $12,801 · related or exempt $12,801

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $12,801

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $38,400 · program services $38,400

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $646,644 · program services $452,651 · management and general $129,329 · fundraising $64,664

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $14,798 · program services $8,138 · management and general $3,700 · fundraising $2,960

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $298,396 · program services $164,118 · management and general $74,599 · fundraising $59,679

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $16,200 · program services $7,938 · management and general $6,642 · fundraising $1,620

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $55,400 · program services $52,630 · fundraising $2,770

  • 17 · Travel

    total $15,085 · program services $14,632 · fundraising $453

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $185,646 · program services $176,364 · fundraising $9,282

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $6,068 · program services $4,854 · management and general $1,214

  • 24a · Other expenses: PUBLISH AND SALES EXPEN

    total $98,588 · program services $96,616 · management and general $1,972

  • 24b · Other expenses: BANK CHARGES

    total $44,088 · program services $44,088

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $339,234 · end of year $385,509

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $23,582 · end of year $88,978

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $44,366 · end of year $58,872

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $13,500 · end of year $71,666

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $98,068 · end of year $138,724

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    end of year $135,850

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $105,404 · end of year $84,937

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $217,210 · end of year $245,514

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

THROUGH ITS MAGAZINE, BOOKS, LOCAL SOCIETIES AND NATIONAL CONFERENCES, THE SOCIETY OF GILBERT KEITH CHESTERTON PROMOTES THE WRITINGS AND THOUGHT OF G.K. CHESTERTON. THE SOCIETY HELPS FACILITATE AND ENCOURAGE OVER 100 LOCAL SOCIETIES ACROSS THE WORLD AND SERVES OVER 2,000 ACTIVE MEMBERS. THE SOCIETY ALSO PROVIDES CURRICULUM, TOOLS AND TEMPLATES TO MEMBERS OF THE CHESTERTON SCHOOLS NETWORK IN SUPPORT OF CLASSICAL HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION.

  • PRODUCTION MEDIA AND PUBLISHING: PRODUCING MATERIALS FOR AUDIO VISUAL MEDIA ON OR ABOUT WORKS BY G.K. CHESTERTON. WE HAVE MADE AVAILABLE WRITINGS THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY OUT OF PRINT AND HAVE PRODUCED PLAYS, MOVIES AND AUDIO BOOKS ON AND ABOUT THE WRITINGS AND LIFE OF AUTHOR G.K. CHESTERTON. OUR ORGANIZATION ALSO PUBLISHES GILBERT MAGAZINE WHICH PUBLISHES CHESTERTON MATERIAL AND IS A FORUM OF EXCHANGE OF IDEAS ON THIS AUTHOR.

    Expenses $579,779 · Grants $38,400 · Revenue $610,976

  • SALE OF MERCHANDISE INCLUDING BOOKS, MAGAZINES, MEDIA PROGRAMS AND PUBLICATIONS OF BOOKS BY OR ABOUT THE WRITER G.K CHESTERTON IN AN EFFORT TO AID IN THE RESEARCH ON CHESTERTON'S WRITINGS.

  • CHESTERTON SCHOOL NETWORK: THE AMERICAN CHESTERTON SOCIETY, THE SOCIETY OF GILBERT KEITH CHESTERTON AND THE CHESTERTON SCHOOL NETWORK, MERGED EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2019. LEADING UP TO THE MERGER, THE AMERICAN CHESTERTON SOCIETY PROVIDED SERVICES TO THE CHESTERTON SCHOOL NETWORK.

    Expenses $480,650

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Charlie Reese

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Fr Spencer Howe

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Joellyn Cicciarelli

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Conor Dugan

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Gellert Dornay

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Katherine Kersten

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • John Radick

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Tom Ruby

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michael Van Hecke

    BOARD MEMBER

    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
2022
Filed
14 May 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202441359349309994

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