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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by RELIGION NEWS FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,363,996
Total expenses
$3,723,335
Contributions and grants received
$850,598
Grants paid
$17,797
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,989,696
Management and general expenses
$533,671
Fundraising expenses
$199,968
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,989,696

Program services were 80.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Listed in Part VII

  • DEBORAH CALDWELL

    CEO AND PUBLISHER

    Total calculated
    $194,615
    From this org
    $184,394
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,221
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $184,394
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,870
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,351
    Filer's total
    $194,615

  • BESTY SHIRLEY

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • STEVEN WALDMAN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • THOMAS LEVINSON

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KIM WON

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DAVE ROBERSON

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • DAWN ARAUJO-HAWKINS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • JOHN TERRILL

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 1 related

  • KEN CHITWOOD

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $7,200
    From this org
    $7,200
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 1 related

  • SHAHED AMANULLAH

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • ROBYN TOMLIN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • LAURA WILSON

    FINANCE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $77,178
    From this org
    $72,992
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,186
    Hours/week
    40

  • PAUL O'DONNELL

    EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

    Total calculated
    $158,321
    From this org
    $114,681
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $43,640
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $114,681
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,314
    Nontaxable benefits
    $36,326
    Filer's total
    $158,321

  • ROXANNE STONE

    MANAGING EDITOR

    Total calculated
    $121,209
    From this org
    $107,640
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,569
    Hours/week
    40

  • ROBERT SMIETANA

    NATIONAL REPORTER

    Total calculated
    $130,056
    From this org
    $100,606
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,450
    Hours/week
    40

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 — 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 · 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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 3
IN SPRING OF 2023 A COMPENSATION REVIEW WAS PERFORMED BY BOARD CHAIR JOHN TERRILL. THE BOARD CHAIR CONDUCTED A 360-DEGREE REVIEW OF CEO DEBORAH CALDWELL. THIS REVIEW REQUESTED FEEDBACK FROM ALL BOARD MEMBERS, ALL MEMBERS OF THE LEADERSHIP TEAM AND A SELF REVIEW BY THE CEO. COMPENSATION WAS DETERMINED BY REVIEW OF 360-DEGREE REVIEW RESULTS AS WELL AS A REVIEW OF THE MOST RECENT GUIDESTAR (CANDID) NONPROFIT COMPENSATION REPORTS AVAILABLE IN SPRING OF 2023. THIS REVIEW WAS CONDUCTED IN CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION. JOHN TERRILL COMPLETED CONTEMPORANEOUS SUBSTANTIATION OF THE DELIBERATION AND DECISION BY EMAIL TO OTHER BOARD MEMBERS.

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.

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
2023
Filed
14 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202413199349305431

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