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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by RELIGIOUS FREEDOM INSTITUTE INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,317,076
Total expenses
$3,031,735
Contributions and grants received
$2,321,046
Grants paid
$71,898
Program service revenue
$2,000
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
-$5,970
Total assets, end of year
$1,745,346
Total liabilities, end of year
$514,593
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,230,753
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,458,875
Management and general expenses
$230,788
Fundraising expenses
$342,072
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,458,875

Program services were 81.1% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $149,150

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $2,171,896

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $35,622

  • 2a · Program service revenue: CONTRACT REVENUE

    total $2,000 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $28,950

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $149,150

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $45,334

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$16,384 · unrelated business $0 · excluded -$16,384

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $10,414 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $10,414

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $10,414

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $2,500 · program services $2,500

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $69,398 · program services $69,398

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $533,414 · program services $294,597 · management and general $134,080 · fundraising $104,737

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,035,160 · program services $921,913 · management and general $11,333 · fundraising $101,914

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $28,644 · program services $26,285 · management and general $320 · fundraising $2,039

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $136,053 · program services $120,984 · management and general $3,948 · fundraising $11,121

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $107,175 · program services $85,412 · management and general $8,575 · fundraising $13,188

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $2,044 · program services $0 · management and general $2,044 · fundraising $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $26,870 · program services $0 · management and general $26,870 · fundraising $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $13,508 · fundraising $13,508

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $149,909 · program services $145,615 · management and general $4,017 · fundraising $277

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $14,650 · program services $13,512 · management and general $69 · fundraising $1,069

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $25,311 · program services $18,175 · management and general $479 · fundraising $6,657

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $39,176 · program services $18,917 · management and general $1,713 · fundraising $18,546

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $172,617 · program services $134,685 · management and general $18,966 · fundraising $18,966

  • 17 · Travel

    total $235,057 · program services $200,590 · management and general $2,101 · fundraising $32,366

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $264,881 · program services $253,503 · management and general $308 · fundraising $11,070

  • 20 · Interest

    total $2,034 · program services $1,582 · management and general $226 · fundraising $226

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $37,875 · program services $29,459 · management and general $4,208 · fundraising $4,208

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $11,378 · program services $6,744 · management and general $3,671 · fundraising $963

  • 24a · Other expenses: DUES AND FEES

    total $28,331 · program services $19,254 · management and general $7,860 · fundraising $1,217

  • 24b · Other expenses: ASSOCIATED SCHOLARS PAYMENTS

    total $95,750 · program services $95,750 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $950,902 · end of year $464,973

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $1,100,250 · end of year $1,005,300

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $46,992 · end of year $47,629

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

    $181,578

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

    $115,450

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $100,289 · end of year $66,128

  • 15 · Other assets

    end of year $161,316

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $175,196 · end of year $253,013

  • 18 · Grants payable

    end of year $57,000

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $22,610 · end of year $10,833

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $55,215 · end of year $193,747

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $504,072 · end of year $200,110

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,441,340 · end of year $1,030,643

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

THE RELIGIOUS FREEDOM INSTITUTE IS COMMITTED TO ACHIEVING A BROAD ACCEPTANCE OF RELIGIOUS LIBERTY AS A FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN RIGHT, THE CORNERSTONE OF A SUCCESSFUL SOCIETY, AND A SOURCE OF NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL SECURITY.

  • THE RELIGIOUS FREEDOM INSTITUTE (RFI) IS ADVANCING RELIGIOUS LIBERTY AS A FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN RIGHT, THE CORNERSTONE OF A SUCCESSFUL SOCIETY, AND A SOURCE OF NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL SECURITY. IT IS WORKING TO ACHIEVE THIS GOAL BY CONVINCING STAKEHOLDERS IN SELECT REGIONS THAT RELIGIOUS FREEDOM CAN HELP THEM ACHIEVE THEIR OWN GOALS - ECONOMIC, STRATEGIC, AND RELIGIOUS. ITS ACTION TEAMS ARE FOCUSED ON PARTICULAR GEOGRAPHIC REGIONS (SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST ASIA, THE MIDDLE EAST, AND THE UNITED STATES) OR ISSUE AREAS SUCH AS ISLAM AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM (IRF POLICY). RFI IS WORKING TO PRODUCE AND DISSIMINATE RESEARCH, DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT ACTION PLANS, AND BUILDING COALITIONS TO WORK TOWARD MAKING RELIGIOUS FREEDOM A PRIORITY FOR NATIONS, CIVIL SOCIETY, RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES, BUSINESSES, AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC.

    Expenses $2,458,875 · Grants $71,898 · Revenue $2,000

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • MICHAEL ORTNER

    CHAIRMAN/CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARY RICE HASSON

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DOUG BECH

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SCOTT HAMBERGER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • PATRICK KEARNS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • FRANK KEATING

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ANTHONY LAUINGER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • HANNAH SMITH

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SEALY YATES

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARK WINTER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • THOMAS FARR

    DIRECTOR/PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $147,046
    From this org
    $143,077
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,969
    Hours/week
    40

  • JEREMY BARKER

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $102,437
    From this org
    $90,197
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,240
    Hours/week
    40

  • JACOB HALLE

    OPERATIONS & FINANCE MANAGER/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $90,368
    From this org
    $71,302
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,066
    Hours/week
    40

  • ERIC PATTERSON

    EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $193,562
    From this org
    $169,605
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,957
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $169,605
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,452
    Nontaxable benefits
    $18,505
    Filer's total
    $193,562

  • NATHAN BERKELEY

    DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICTIONS

    Total calculated
    $157,017
    From this org
    $134,689
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,328
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $134,689
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,362
    Nontaxable benefits
    $17,966
    Filer's total
    $157,017

  • DAVID TRIMBLE

    VICE PRESIDENT, PUBLIC POLICY

    Total calculated
    $164,120
    From this org
    $150,097
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,023
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $150,097
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,767
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,256
    Filer's total
    $164,120

  • NATHANIEL HURD

    DIRECTOR, NORTH AMERICA ACTION TEAM & SENIOR FELLOW

    Total calculated
    $152,053
    From this org
    $129,591
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,462
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $129,591
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,206
    Nontaxable benefits
    $18,256
    Filer's total
    $152,053

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 · 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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
8 November 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202313189349311906

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