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RIVENDELL INSTITUTE INC

EIN 06-1582604 NEW HAVEN, CT

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Revenue 2023
$948,694
Expenses 2023
$858,539

Program services were 81.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
X90
Classification
1000
Street
291 EDWARDS ST

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

OUR MISSION TO EXPLORE THE INTERSECTION OF CHRISTIAN FAITH AND CONTEMPORARY SCHOLARSHIP INVOLVES THREE PRIMARY ACTIVITIES: RESEARCH INITIATIVES, SPIRITUAL FORMATION, AND HOSTING PUBLIC CONVERSATIONS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE MISSION OF THE RIVENDELL INSTITUTE TO EXPLORE AND ADVANCE THE CONTRIBUTION OF A CHRISTIAN VISION OF LIFE TO HUMAN FLOURISHING WITHIN ACADEMIA AND CONTEMPORARY CULTURE AIMS TO EQUIP CHRISTIAN STUDENTS AND FACULTY FOR A LIFETIME OF SERVICE, TO PRODUCE SCHOLARSHIP THAT BRINGS A CHRISTIAN VOICE TO ACADEMIC DISCOURSE, AND TO CREATE CONVERSATIONS AT YALE THAT HIGHLIGHT THE VITAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CHRISTIAN FAITH AND THE ISSUES OF THE AGE.

  • OUR RESEARCH CENTERS FOCUSED THEIR ATTENTION ON THE INTERSECTION OF THEOLOGY AND THE ARTS AND ON RELIGION AND PUBLIC POLICY (AS WELL AS RELIGIOUS FREEDOM). PROGRAMS IN THESE AREAS INCLUDED LOCAL, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL CONSULTATIONS WITH SCHOLARS AND EXPERTS IN THESE RESPECTIVE FIELDS, COLLOQUIA FOR YALE FACULTY AND STUDENTS, AND PUBLICATIONS (CONFERENCE PAPERS, JOURNAL ARTICLES, ETC.)

    Expenses $274,896

  • OUR SPIRITUAL FORMATION AND MENTORING ACTIVITIES OFFERED A VARIETY OF LARGE AND SMALL GROUP PROGRAMS FOR CHRISTIAN STUDENTS AND FACULTY, AS WELL AS FOR THOSE INTERESTED IN EXPLORING FAITH. OUR RIVENDELL STUDENT FELLOWS PROGRAM FEATURED SMALL GROUP DISCUSSIONS TO HELP STUDENTS INTEGRATE CHRSTIAN FAITH WITH ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL WORK, AND PERSONAL MENTORING. OUR SPIRITUAL FORMATION PROGRAM INCLUDED WEEKLY LARGE GROUP MEETINGS THAT FEATURED THE APPLICATION OF BIBLICAL PRINCIPLES TO LIFE AND CAREER, AND PRSENTATIONS BY YALE PROFESSORS ABOUT THEIR OWN FAITH JOURNEYS. PERSONAL MENTORING OF INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS WAS ALSO OFFERED. BOTH OF THESE MENTORING PROGRAMS ALSO HOSTED RETREATS AND SEASONAL SOCIAL GATHERINGS.

    Expenses $287,570

  • OUR PUBLIC CONVERSATIONS CONSISTED OF FACULTY ROUNDTABLES, ATTENDED BY YALE FACULTY FROM MANY DIFFERENT ACADEMIC DISCIPLINES. THESE EVENTS FEATURED PRESENTATIONS AND DISCUSSIONS OF TOPICS AT THE INTERSECTION OF FAITH AND SCIENCE ESPECIALLY. ON AVERAGE, OVER 100 YALE FACULTY ATTENDED.

    Expenses $136,290

As filed on the 2023 return.

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • James Clark

    BOARD CHAIRP

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • David Mahan

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • C Donald Smedley

    VICE PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • David Baugham

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Cornelia Burch Sise Valldejuli

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Gregory Ganssle

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Anita Hinkson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Sam Choi

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Christopher Stroup

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Xiao Wang

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $948,694
    Expenses
    $858,539
    Contributions
    $881,486
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $934,851
    Expenses
    $864,318
    Contributions
    $934,222
    Grants paid
    $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $966,698
    Expenses
    $863,579
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,567,946

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $794,836
    Expenses
    $789,927
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,478,260

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $942,247
    Expenses
    $913,668
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,492,217

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,236,570
    Expenses
    $831,970
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,469,105

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $822,873
    Expenses
    $737,275
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,067,575

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $797,648
    Expenses
    $765,015
    Assets (EOY)
    $997,917

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $879,808
    Expenses
    $660,170
    Assets (EOY)
    $978,518

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $690,304
    Expenses
    $656,532
    Assets (EOY)
    $288,846

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 11 November 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.