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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by PUBLIC RELIGION RESEARCH INSTITUTE.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,463,397
Total expenses
$3,266,261
Contributions and grants received
$2,259,499
Grants paid
$365,845
Program service revenue
$5,000
Investment income
$196,042
Other revenue
$2,856
Total assets, end of year
$5,377,505
Total liabilities, end of year
$619,587
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$4,757,918
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,697,738
Management and general expenses
$444,107
Fundraising expenses
$124,416
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,697,738

Program services were 82.6% 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

    $2,259,499

  • 2a · Program service revenue: RESEARCH SERVICES & PL

    total $5,000 · related or exempt $5,000

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $196,042 · excluded $196,042

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER REVENUE

    total $2,856 · related or exempt $2,856

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $2,856

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $100,000 · program services $100,000

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $265,845 · program services $265,845

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $500,976 · program services $341,706 · management and general $74,651 · fundraising $84,619

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $899,678 · program services $706,677 · management and general $188,336 · fundraising $4,665

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $68,388 · program services $50,900 · management and general $11,262 · fundraising $6,226

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $76,111 · program services $58,955 · management and general $12,791 · fundraising $4,365

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $100,827 · program services $77,147 · management and general $17,028 · fundraising $6,652

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $25,866 · program services $20,951 · management and general $4,139 · fundraising $776

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $55,652 · program services $45,078 · management and general $8,904 · fundraising $1,670

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $260,906 · program services $238,910 · management and general $19,909 · fundraising $2,087

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $11,428 · program services $9,257 · management and general $1,828 · fundraising $343

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $4,457 · program services $3,610 · management and general $713 · fundraising $134

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $27,687 · program services $23,545 · management and general $3,488 · fundraising $654

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $167,667 · program services $127,427 · management and general $28,503 · fundraising $11,737

  • 17 · Travel

    total $86,239 · program services $55,058 · management and general $31,181

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $16,425 · management and general $16,425

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $20,417 · management and general $20,417

  • 24a · Other expenses: RESEARCH EXPENSES

    total $470,832 · program services $470,832

  • 24b · Other expenses: PUBLIC FELLOWS PROGRAM

    total $50,178 · program services $50,178

  • 24c · Other expenses: RELIGION & RACIAL JUSTI

    total $18,011 · program services $18,011

  • 24d · Other expenses: PRINTING & COPYING

    total $14,456 · program services $14,271 · management and general $156 · fundraising $29

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $24,215 · program services $19,380 · management and general $4,376 · fundraising $459

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $603,065 · end of year $399,293

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $989,287 · end of year $422,000

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $35,808 · end of year $38,682

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

    $234,722

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

    $206,438

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $39,280 · end of year $28,284

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $4,208,057 · end of year $4,179,494

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $457,784 · end of year $309,752

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $74,109 · end of year $101,097

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $395,238 · end of year $173,333

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $513,549 · end of year $345,157

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $4,222,273 · end of year $4,243,251

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,128,112 · end of year $514,667

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

PUBLIC RELIGION RESEARCH INSTITUTE IS A NONPROFIT, NONPARTISAN, INDEPENDENT FIRM SPECIALIZING IN RESEARCH AT THE INTERSECTION OF RELIGION, VALUES, AND PUBLIC POLICY. AS A RESEARCH ORGANIZATION, WE DO NOT TAKE POSITIONS ON, NOR DO WE ADVOCATE FOR, PARTICULAR POLICIES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE ORGANIZATION'S MISSION IS TO INCREASE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF RELIGION BY CONDUCTING RESEARCH AND PROVIDING EDUCATION ON TOPICS AT THE INTERSECTION OF RELIGION, VALUES AND PUBLIC LIFE.

  • RESEARCH ON PUBLIC INTEREST ISSUES

    Expenses $2,697,738 · Grants $365,845

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Dr Robert P Jones

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $280,062
    From this org
    $267,965
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,097
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $267,965
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,742
    Nontaxable benefits
    $4,355
    Filer's total
    $280,062

  • Melissa Deckman

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $219,563
    From this org
    $213,433
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,130
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $213,433
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,130
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $219,563

  • Rev Dr Nathan Walker

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Very Rev Dr Kelly Brown Douglas

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dr Obery M Hendricks Jr

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dr Janelle Wong

    SECRETARY/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dr Gerardo Marti

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ruth Braunstein

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Andra Gillespie

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Stella Rouse

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Andrew Whitehead

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • T Sean Sands

    CHIEF OF STAFF

    Total calculated
    $188,967
    From this org
    $174,192
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,775
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $174,192
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,423
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,352
    Filer's total
    $188,967

  • Diana Orces

    DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH

    Total calculated
    $127,721
    From this org
    $117,768
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,953
    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, 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

None.

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
2023
Filed
14 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202423209349303152

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