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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by THE TRINITY FORUM INC.

This return was superseded by a later amendment. matched by us It is kept because history is preserved rather than replaced.

What the amendment changed

Compared with the latest return for 2023 , filed 21 February 2025. matched by us Only the Part I totals and the names listed in Part VII are compared. We relate returns by organization, tax year and form, and order them by each return's own timestamp; the filer's own "amended return" checkbox is a separate fact.

Total revenue
$1,976,998 changed to $1,876,998
Contributions and grants received
$1,652,197 changed to $1,552,197
Total liabilities, end of year
$756,340 changed to $856,340
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,552,074 changed to $1,452,074

Totals

Total revenue
$1,976,998
Total expenses
$1,862,240
Contributions and grants received
$1,652,197
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$284,608
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$40,193
Total assets, end of year
$2,308,414
Total liabilities, end of year
$756,340
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,552,074
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,540,743
Management and general expenses
$271,895
Fundraising expenses
$49,602
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,540,743

Program services were 82.7% 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

    $1,652,197

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM EVENTS

    total $234,624 · related or exempt $234,624

  • 2b · Program service revenue: PUBLICATION

    total $49,984 · related or exempt $49,984

  • 11a · Other revenue: RENTAL INCOME

    total $22,335 · related or exempt $22,335

  • 11b · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $17,858 · related or exempt $17,858

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $40,193

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $242,865 · program services $206,436 · management and general $36,429

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $636,359 · program services $540,905 · management and general $95,454

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $180,450 · program services $153,382 · management and general $27,068

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $72,122 · program services $61,304 · management and general $10,818

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $37,770 · program services $32,105 · management and general $5,665

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $105,969 · program services $90,074 · management and general $15,895

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $43,807 · program services $37,236 · management and general $6,571

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $119,107 · program services $101,241 · management and general $17,866

  • 17 · Travel

    total $22,719 · program services $19,311 · management and general $3,408

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $166,897 · program services $141,862 · management and general $25,035

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $3,325 · program services $2,826 · management and general $499

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $8,126 · program services $6,907 · management and general $1,219

  • 24a · Other expenses: PUBLICATIONS

    total $89,656 · program services $76,208 · management and general $13,448

  • 24b · Other expenses: EVENTS

    total $62,417 · program services $53,054 · management and general $9,363

  • 24c · Other expenses: FUNDRAISING

    total $49,602 · fundraising $49,602

  • 24d · Other expenses: PODCASTS

    total $21,049 · program services $17,892 · management and general $3,157

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,038,205 · end of year $559,235

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $311,228 · end of year $777,849

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $76,167

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $193,887 · end of year $246,212

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $16,631 · end of year $5,219

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

    $228,426

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

    $220,783

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $10,968 · end of year $7,643

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $11,786 · end of year $636,089

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $15,889 · end of year $13,015

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $129,500

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    end of year $743,325

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,437,316 · end of year $1,552,074

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

TO ENCOURAGE AND ASSIST ESTABLISHED AND EMERGING LEADERS TO DEEPEN, INTEGRATE, AND APPLY THEIR FAITH IN CHRIST TO THEIR LIVES,CONTRIBUTING TO THE RENEWAL OF SOCIETY BY CULTIVATING AND PROMOTING THE BEST OF CHRISTIAN THOUGHT, AND HELPING LEADERS TO THINK, WORK, AND LEAD WISELY AS WELL.

  • THE DEVELOPMENT OF CURRICULA, THE HOLDING OF FORUMS AND OTHER EVENTS, AND THE DEVELOPMENT AND PUBLICATION OF EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS.

    Expenses $1,540,743

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Cherie Harder

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $242,865
    From this org
    $242,865
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $242,865
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $242,865

  • Claude Alexander

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Michael Brenan

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Barbara Bryant

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Howard Dahl

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Sam Funk

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Katherine Haley

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Nathan Hatch

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Shirley Hoogstra

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Price Harding III

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • George Lclarkjr

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Roger Laing

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Paul McNulty

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Richard Miles

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Byron Smith

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • James T Spear

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

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

None.

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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
23 October 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.0
Source object
202403169349301730

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