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THEOSOPHICAL SOCIETY IN AMERICA

EIN 36-2167934 WHEATON, IL

Revenue 2024
$2,726,256
Expenses 2024
$3,052,458

Program services were 50.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
Classification
7000
Street
PO BOX 270

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 · 2024

Mission

The objectives of the Theosophical Society in America are to form a nucleus of the universal brotherhood of humanity, without distinction of race, creed, sex, caste or color. To encourage the comparative study of religion, philosophy and science. To investigate unexplained laws of nature and the powers latent in humanity. Information about Theosophy is provided through lectures, conventions, broadcasting and published materials.

Activities or mission (Part I)

To encourage open-minded inquiry into world religions, philosophy, science, and the arts in order to understand the wisdom of the ages, respect the unity of all life, and help people explore spiritual self-transformation.

  • PUBLISHING HOUSE AND BOOK SHOP - INCLUDES THE PRINTING AND DISTRIBUTION OF QUEST BOOKS THROUGH TRADE DISTRIBUTORS AS WELL AS DIRECT MAIL AND INTERNET SALES. THE QUEST BOOK SHOP IS A RETAIL OUTLET FOR QUEST BOOKS AND OTHER RELATED PUBLICATIONS AND ITEMS.

    Expenses $341,535 · Grants $34,441 · Revenue $355,898

  • EDUCATION - INCLUDES THE DEVELOPMENT OF TRAINING MATERIALS, COURSES, PAMPHLETS AND INTERNET MATERIAL FOR PRESENTATION TO MEMBERS AND THE PUBLIC DIRECTLY AS WELL AS THROUGH THE INTERNET AND SOCIAL MEDIA.

    Expenses $540,657 · Grants $399,420 · Revenue $491,265

  • LIBRARY, RESEARCH CENTER AND ARCHIVES - INCLUDES THE ACQUISITION, CIRCULATION AND COLLECTION MANAGEMENT OF THE OLCOTT LIBRARY AND NATIONAL ARCHIVES

    Expenses $174,966 · Grants $127,408 · Revenue $10,063

  • MAGAZINE - INCLUDES THE ACQUISITION OF MATERIAL, EDITING, DESIGN, PRINTING AND DISTRIBUTION OF THE QUEST, A QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF THEOSOPHICAL SUBJECTS.

    Expenses $127,470 · Grants $61,204 · Revenue $47,461

  • AUDIO/VISUAL - INCLUDES THE AUDIO AND VIDEO TAPING, EDITING, DUPLICATION, ARCHIVING AND DISTRIBUTION OF PROGRAMS PRESENTED AT VARIOUS THEOSOPHICAL EVENTS. THIS ALSO INCLUDES THE LIVE WEBCASTING OF PROGRAMS FROM THE NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS

    Expenses $262,419 · Grants $213,197 · Revenue $7,937

  • MEMBERSHIP AND NATIONAL GROUP DEVELOPMENT - INCLUDES THE PREPARATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF MATERIALS TO MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL LODGE, AND THE PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION OF LECTURES AND TRAINING PROGRAMS FOR LOCAL GROUPS THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES.

    Expenses $52,106 · Grants $36,680 · Revenue $30,017

  • EVENTS AND CONFERENCES - INCLUDES THE PLANNING, PROMOTION, AND PRODUCTION OF VARIOUS PROGRAMS AT THE NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS OR AT OTHER LOCATIONS AROUND THE UNITED STATES. THIS ALSO INCLUDES GROUP TOURS OF RELAVENT THEOSOPHICAL LOCALS.

    Expenses $30,705 · Revenue $50,185

As filed on the 2024 return.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • DOUGLAS KEENE

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $78,154
    From this org
    $78,154
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Veronica Kearns

    Finance Director

    Total calculated
    $64,237
    From this org
    $64,237
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • JULIANA CESANO

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $60,682
    From this org
    $60,682
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • STEVE SCHWEIZER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $27,656
    From this org
    $27,656
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    23

  • FLOYD KETTERING

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $18,000
    From this org
    $18,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • ROZI ULICS

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • LINDA DORR

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • ANDREW BARKER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • PEGGY HUEBEL

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • NOY CHOUNRAMANY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • SUSANNA HOEPFL-WELLENHOFFER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

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

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $2,726,256
    Expenses
    $3,052,458
    Contributions
    $1,431,449
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $2,713,334
    Expenses
    $2,889,312
    Contributions
    $1,545,154
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $2,713,334
    Expenses
    $2,889,312
    Contributions
    $1,545,154
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $2,300,384
    Expenses
    $3,502,704
    Contributions
    $1,581,682
    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
    $2,640,124
    Expenses
    $3,117,505
    Assets (EOY)
    $22,823,765

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,521,816
    Expenses
    $2,511,120
    Assets (EOY)
    $23,352,485

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,274,224
    Expenses
    $2,333,682
    Assets (EOY)
    $17,610,316

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,252,961
    Expenses
    $2,587,180
    Assets (EOY)
    $19,229,205

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,661,762
    Expenses
    $2,598,843
    Assets (EOY)
    $19,665,929

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,696,795
    Expenses
    $2,673,514
    Assets (EOY)
    $18,318,041

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,779,280
    Expenses
    $2,723,245
    Assets (EOY)
    $17,176,298

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,796,172
    Expenses
    $2,900,415
    Assets (EOY)
    $18,015,771

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,547,892
    Expenses
    $3,012,073
    Assets (EOY)
    $17,964,087

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,417,116
    Expenses
    $3,003,336
    Assets (EOY)
    $18,062,865

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. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

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

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2024 return

Declared as related by

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 13 October 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 13 October 2026 and read 23 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.