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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by BENEVOLENT FRATERNITY OF UNITARIAN CHURCH.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,852,544
Total expenses
$3,129,800
Contributions and grants received
$1,330,145
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$2,063
Investment income
$520,336
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$17,745,331
Total liabilities, end of year
$423,060
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$17,322,271
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,381,604
Management and general expenses
$491,972
Fundraising expenses
$256,224
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,381,604

Program services were 76.1% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $514,961

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $815,184

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM RENTAL INCOME

    total $2,063 · related or exempt $2,063

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $520,336 · excluded $520,336

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $175,793 · program services $134,523 · management and general $18,463 · fundraising $22,807

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $809,117 · program services $589,166 · management and general $91,704 · fundraising $128,247

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $66,502 · program services $49,707 · management and general $7,513 · fundraising $9,282

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $77,867 · program services $51,993 · management and general $17,868 · fundraising $8,006

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $73,360 · program services $55,059 · management and general $8,589 · fundraising $9,712

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $102 · program services $25 · management and general $70 · fundraising $7

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $44,263 · program services $10,688 · management and general $30,342 · fundraising $3,233

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $89,050 · management and general $89,050

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $88,843 · program services $6,981 · management and general $73,977 · fundraising $7,885

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $50,750 · program services $7,637 · management and general $34,482 · fundraising $8,631

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $39,485 · program services $11,043 · management and general $20,122 · fundraising $8,320

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $297,050 · program services $266,855 · management and general $13,936 · fundraising $16,259

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $9,392 · program services $1,537 · management and general $3,131 · fundraising $4,724

  • 20 · Interest

    total $16,271 · management and general $16,271

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $26,741 · program services $14,047 · management and general $12,694

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $86,299 · program services $30,873 · management and general $53,760 · fundraising $1,666

  • 24a · Other expenses: DONATION TO AFFILIATED

    total $1,000,000 · program services $1,000,000

  • 24b · Other expenses: FIELD TRIPS AND PROGRAM

    total $157,527 · program services $151,470 · fundraising $6,057

  • 24c · Other expenses: FUNDRAISING EXPENSE

    total $21,388 · fundraising $21,388

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $708,020 · end of year $563,652

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $200,510 · end of year $200,611

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $62,868 · end of year $107,210

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $46,800 · end of year $8,250

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

    $368,958

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

    $317,153

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $72,850 · end of year $51,805

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $16,726,696 · end of year $16,755,706

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $136,012 · end of year $58,097

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $89,410 · end of year $125,392

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $189,753 · end of year $189,753

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $107,915

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $15,373,218 · end of year $15,394,777

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,301,375 · end of year $1,927,494

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE BENEVOLENT FRATERNITY (DBA UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST URBAN MINISTRY) WORKS ACROSS RACE AND PLACE TO DISMANTLE RACISM AND WHITE SUPREMACY CULTURE AND TO ADVANCE RACIAL, SOCIAL, AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE.

  • THE ORGANIZATION'S ACCOMPLISHMENTS DURING THE FISCAL YEAR INCLUDED THE FOLLOWING - 1. EXPANDED SEEING ME IN THE WORLD PROGRAM2. EXPANDED CAREER EXPLORATION FOR YOUNG PEOPLE3. OFFERED AN ART SHOW BASED ON THE SURVIVORS AT RENEWAL HOUSE

    Expenses $2,381,604 · Revenue $2,063

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Rev Dr Catherine Cullen

    DIRECTOR (UNTIL JUN '23)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Kayla Drumgold

    DIRECTOR (UNTIL NOV '23)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Tony Rodriguez

    DIRECTOR (UNTIL OCT '23)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Lisa Snellings Esq

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Rev David Egan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Thomas Plant

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Rev John Hickey

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Jean Krasnow

    DIRECTOR (UNTIL JUL '23)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Carol Troyen Lohe

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Marshall Hughes

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Marcia Butman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Doug Poutasse

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Brian Keith

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Tom Roose

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Nishaila Porter

    BOARD CO-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Karla Baehr

    BOARD CO-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Marisa Luse

    BOARD SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Rev Mary Margaret Earl

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $146,159
    From this org
    $119,784
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $26,375
    Hours/week
    30 + 10 related

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.

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.

  • JOHN ELIOT CORPORATION

    501(C) · CHARITABLE · MA · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by BENEVOLENT FRATERNITY OF UNITARIAN CHURCHES

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
7 March 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202510699349301281

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