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WORD ON FIRE CATHOLIC MINISTRIES

EIN 26-1448551 ELK GROVE VLG, IL

Revenue 2024
$30,699,778
Expenses 2024
$26,210,877

Program services were 54.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
X81
Classification
1270
Street
25 NORTHWEST POINT BLVD STE 1025

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).

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.

  • Diane Archibald

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • John Lehocky

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Stephen Grunow

    CEO & Executive Producer

    Total calculated
    $108,033
    From this org
    $96,982
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,051
    Hours/week
    40

  • James Perry

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • John Barron

    Senior Development Director

    Total calculated
    $193,894
    From this org
    $182,828
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,066
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $181,777
    Bonus
    $600
    Other
    $451
    Deferred
    $5,256
    Nontaxable benefits
    $5,810
    Filer's total
    $193,894

  • John Croghan

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • John Powers

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Joseph Guinan

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Michael Benz

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Robert Barron

    Director

    Total calculated
    $88,546
    From this org
    $86,774
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $1,772
    Hours/week
    40

  • Steven Straus

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Brandon Vogt

    Senior Publishing Director

    Total calculated
    $179,340
    From this org
    $174,689
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,651
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $158,676
    Bonus
    $600
    Other
    $15,413
    Deferred
    $4,502
    Nontaxable benefits
    $149
    Filer's total
    $179,340

  • Jonathan Bator

    Senior Director of Marketing & Sales

    Total calculated
    $187,972
    From this org
    $166,390
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,582
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $149,016
    Bonus
    $16,961
    Other
    $413
    Deferred
    $4,502
    Nontaxable benefits
    $17,080
    Filer's total
    $187,972

  • Mark Bradford

    Fellow for Persons with Intellectual & Development Disabilities

    Total calculated
    $162,626
    From this org
    $140,461
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,165
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $139,481
    Bonus
    $600
    Other
    $380
    Deferred
    $4,169
    Nontaxable benefits
    $17,996
    Filer's total
    $162,626

  • Matthew Petrusek

    Senior Director of the Word on Fire Institute

    Total calculated
    $228,165
    From this org
    $205,203
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,962
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $185,358
    Bonus
    $600
    Other
    $19,245
    Deferred
    $4,966
    Nontaxable benefits
    $17,996
    Filer's total
    $228,165

  • Sean Davis

    Senior Director of Technology

    Total calculated
    $163,418
    From this org
    $141,298
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,120
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $140,312
    Bonus
    $600
    Other
    $386
    Deferred
    $4,124
    Nontaxable benefits
    $17,996
    Filer's total
    $163,418

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $30,699,778
    Expenses
    $26,210,877
    Contributions
    $15,079,275
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $26,852,104
    Expenses
    $19,160,697
    Contributions
    $12,516,785
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $21,638,201
    Expenses
    $14,569,865
    Contributions
    $11,274,335
    Grants paid
    $25,250

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
    $13,917,766
    Expenses
    $10,112,354
    Assets (EOY)
    $28,188,890

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $17,209,550
    Expenses
    $7,111,181
    Assets (EOY)
    $26,397,119

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $9,227,971
    Expenses
    $3,630,471
    Assets (EOY)
    $16,583,879

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,598,701
    Expenses
    $3,057,984
    Assets (EOY)
    $10,672,847

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,689,064
    Expenses
    $2,698,761
    Assets (EOY)
    $8,768,613

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,949,545
    Expenses
    $2,552,242
    Assets (EOY)
    $8,156,779

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,116,058
    Expenses
    $1,978,728
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,846,327

  • 2011 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $2,465,414
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,527,866

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

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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 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.