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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by WORD ON FIRE CATHOLIC MINISTRIES.

Totals

Total revenue
$21,638,201
Total expenses
$14,569,865
Contributions and grants received
$11,274,335
Grants paid
$25,250
Program service revenue
$7,481,061
Investment income
$558,135
Other revenue
$2,324,670
Total assets, end of year
$38,688,249
Total liabilities, end of year
$2,907,233
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$35,781,016
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$11,142,362
Management and general expenses
$1,831,899
Fundraising expenses
$1,595,604
Program service expenses (Part III)
$11,142,362

Program services were 76.5% 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

    $11,274,335

  • 2a · Program service revenue: COMMISSIONS

    total $63,020 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2b · Program service revenue: CONFERENCES

    total $511,348 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2c · Program service revenue: SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $6,906,693 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $338,808 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $10,377 · related or exempt $10,377 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $885,459

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

    securities $666,132

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $219,327

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $219,327 · related or exempt $219,327 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $13,157,914

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $10,843,621

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $2,314,293 · related or exempt $2,314,293

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $25,250 · program services $25,250

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $1,558,764 · program services $1,137,897 · management and general $218,226 · fundraising $202,641

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $3,801,581 · program services $2,775,154 · management and general $532,221 · fundraising $494,206

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $44,715 · program services $32,641 · management and general $6,260 · fundraising $5,814

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $331,997 · program services $242,357 · management and general $46,480 · fundraising $43,160

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $425,662 · program services $310,733 · management and general $59,592 · fundraising $55,337

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $1,525,437 · program services $1,113,569 · management and general $213,561 · fundraising $198,307

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $68,019 · program services $49,653 · management and general $9,522 · fundraising $8,844

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $128,110 · program services $93,520 · management and general $17,935 · fundraising $16,655

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $53,902 · program services $39,348 · management and general $7,562 · fundraising $6,992

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $230,598 · program services $168,336 · management and general $32,284 · fundraising $29,978

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $2,270,676 · program services $2,157,142 · management and general $113,534 · fundraising $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $108,319 · program services $79,073 · management and general $15,165 · fundraising $14,081

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $117,758 · program services $85,963 · management and general $16,486 · fundraising $15,309

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $715,810 · program services $522,541 · management and general $100,213 · fundraising $93,056

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $896,013 · program services $654,089 · management and general $125,442 · fundraising $116,482

  • 17 · Travel

    total $476,794 · program services $348,060 · management and general $66,751 · fundraising $61,983

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $812,573 · program services $593,178 · management and general $113,760 · fundraising $105,635

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $201,219 · program services $146,890 · management and general $28,171 · fundraising $26,158

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $62,119 · program services $45,347 · management and general $8,697 · fundraising $8,075

  • 24a · Other expenses: BANK CHARGES

    total $4,465 · program services $3,259 · management and general $625 · fundraising $581

  • 24b · Other expenses: DUES & SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $584,427 · program services $426,632 · management and general $81,820 · fundraising $75,975

  • 24c · Other expenses: MISC EXP - MOVING

    total $125,657 · program services $91,730 · management and general $17,592 · fundraising $16,335

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $9,044,910 · end of year $11,662,287

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $80,711

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $536,383 · end of year $402,220

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $3,458,453 · end of year $6,400,024

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $1,175,010 · end of year $247,187

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

    $3,137,124

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

    $674,937

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $759,726 · end of year $2,462,187

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $12,261,066 · end of year $17,276,007

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    end of year $51,075

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $953,342 · end of year $106,551

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $488,808 · end of year $2,787,408

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $312,331 · end of year $119,825

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $25,706,286 · end of year $34,510,503

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,681,465 · end of year $1,270,513

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

WORD ON FIRE CATHOLIC MINISTRIES IS A GLOBAL MEDIA APOSTOLATE THAT SUPPORTS THE WORK OF BISHOP ROBERT BARRON & REACHES MILLONS OF INDIVIDUALS TO DRAW THEM BACK TO OR INTO THE CATHOLIC FAITH.

  • RELIGIOUS EDUCATION

    Expenses $11,142,362 · Revenue $7,481,061

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Matthew Petrusek

    EMPLOYEE

    Total calculated
    $245,965
    From this org
    $245,965
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $78,154
    Bonus
    $167,811
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $245,965

  • Jonathan Bator

    EMPLOYEE

    Total calculated
    $173,000
    From this org
    $173,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $143,500
    Bonus
    $29,500
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $173,000

  • John Barron

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $168,614
    From this org
    $168,614
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $167,864
    Bonus
    $750
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $168,614

  • Sean Lee

    EMPLOYEE

    Total calculated
    $166,388
    From this org
    $166,388
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $134,292
    Bonus
    $25,750
    Other
    $6,346
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $166,388

  • Brandon Vogt

    EMPLOYEE

    Total calculated
    $156,942
    From this org
    $156,942
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $143,500
    Bonus
    $750
    Other
    $12,692
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $156,942

  • Michael Couche

    EMPLOYEE

    Total calculated
    $141,863
    From this org
    $141,863
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Jared Zimmerer

    EMPLOYEE

    Total calculated
    $140,132
    From this org
    $140,132
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Douglas Cummins

    EMPLOYEE

    Total calculated
    $138,875
    From this org
    $138,875
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Sean Davis

    EMPLOYEE

    Total calculated
    $121,934
    From this org
    $121,934
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Stephen Grunow

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $63,479
    From this org
    $63,479
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Robert Barron

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $41,573
    From this org
    $41,573
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Joe Guinan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • James Perry

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • John Powers

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • John Croghan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Mike Benz

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Steve Straus

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • JOHN LeHOCKY

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Diane Archibald

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

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

  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
15 November 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202441349349308534

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