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Form 990-EZ for tax year 2023

Filed by RELIGION NEWS ASSOCIATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$171,549
Total expenses
$202,681
Contributions and grants received
$71,636
Grants paid
$680
Program service revenue
$99,689
Membership dues (line 3)
$0
Investment income (line 4)
$224
Gain or loss on sale of assets (line 5c)
$0
Gaming and fundraising events, net (line 6d)
$0
Gross profit on inventory sales (line 7c)
$0
Other revenue (line 8)
$0
Total assets, end of year
$286,547
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$286,547
Program service expenses (Part III)
$112,752

Program services were 55.6% of total expenses calculated — Part III's total program service expenses over total expenses, both as filed.

Mission and programs · 2023

Primary exempt purpose

PROMOTING WORLDWIDE EXCELLENCE IN JOURNALISM ABOUT RELIGION.

  • CONFERENCE - RNA'S ANNUAL CONFERENCE IS ITS MOST POPULAR TRAINING EVENT. EACH YEAR, RNA BRINGS TOGETHER RELIGION REPORTERS AND SCHOLARS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO PARTICIPATE IN PANELS, GROUP DISCUSSIONS, NETWORKING EVENTS, AND MORE.

    Expenses $102,558

  • CONTEST - THE RNA AWARDS SHOWCASE RELIGION JOURNALISM EXCELLENCE IN THE NEWS MEDIA WITH NEARLY $11,000 IN PRIZES. AWARDS ARE AVAILABLE FOR INDIVIDUAL REPORTERS AS WELL AS TEAMS AND OUTLETS. ALL SUBMISSIONS ARE REVIEWED BY AN APPOINTED JUDGE AND WINNERS ARE ANNOUNCED AT THE RNA AWARDS CEREMONY AT THE ANNUAL RNA CONFERENCE.

    Expenses $6,395 · Grants $320

  • MEMBER SUPPORT AND COMMUNITY BUILDING - RNA ENGAGES WITH AND PROVIDES RESOURCES FOR MEMBERS, INCLUDING RUNNING A MENTORSHIP PROGRAM AND AN EMERGING JOURNALISTS COHORT TO SUPPORT EARLY CAREER RELIGION JOURNALISTS. RNA ALSO PROVIDES THE RELIGION LINK AND RELIGION STYLEBOOK RESOURCES IN ORDER TO AID RELIGION JOURNALISM REPORTING.

    Expenses $3,799 · Grants $360

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part IV

  • CHRISTINE DIPASQUALE

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (THROUGH SEPTEMBER 2023)

    Total calculated
    $55,326
    Compensation
    $55,326
    Benefit plans
    $0
    Expense account
    $0
    Hours/week
    20
  • JAKE OWENS

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (FROM APRIL 2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • SARAH VENTRE

    INTERIM DIRECTOR (NOVEMBER 2023 - APRIL 2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20
  • KEN CHITWOOD

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • DAWN ARAUJO HAWKINGS

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • HOLLY MEYER

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • LIAM ADAMS

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • KALPANA JAIN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • DEEPA BHARATH

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • BETSY SHIRLEY

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • DINA ZINGARO

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • ELAINE JUSTICE

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • JACK GORDEN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

Compensation is as filed in Part IV of the Form 990-EZ: compensation, contributions to benefit plans, expense account, 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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990_ez
Tax year
2023
Filed
15 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202541359349205889

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