THE SOCIETY OF GILBERT KEITH CHESTERTON

EIN 41-1865930 HOPKINS, MN

Revenue 2023: $2,376,269
Expenses 2023: $2,106,889

Program services were 82.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection: 03
NTEE code: A33
Classification: 2000
Street: 1320 MAIN STREET

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

THROUGH ITS MAGAZINE, BOOKS, LOCAL SOCIETIES AND NATIONAL CONFERENCES, THE SOCIETY OF GILBERT KEITH CHESTERTON PROMOTES THE WRITINGS AND THOUGHT OF G.K. CHESTERTON. THE SOCIETY HELPS FACILITATE AND ENCOURAGE OVER 100 LOCAL SOCIETIES ACROSS THE WORLD AND SERVES OVER 2,000 ACTIVE MEMBERS. THE SOCIETY ALSO PROVIDES CURRICULUM, TOOLS AND TEMPLATES TO MEMBERS OF THE CHESTERTON SCHOOLS NETWORK IN SUPPORT OF CLASSICAL HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION.

PRODUCTION MEDIA AND PUBLISHING: PRODUCING MATERIALS FOR AUDIO VISUAL MEDIA ON OR ABOUT WORKS BY G.K. CHESTERTON. WE HAVE MADE AVAILABLE WRITINGS THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY OUT OF PRINT AND HAVE PRODUCED PLAYS, MOVIES AND AUDIO BOOKS ON AND ABOUT THE WRITINGS AND LIFE OF AUTHOR G.K. CHESTERTON. OUR ORGANIZATION ALSO PUBLISHES GILBERT MAGAZINE WHICH PUBLISHES CHESTERTON MATERIAL AND IS A FORUM OF EXCHANGE OF IDEAS ON THIS AUTHOR.

Expenses $707,866 · Revenue $436,808
SALE OF MERCHANDISE INCLUDING BOOKS, MAGAZINES, MEDIA PROGRAMS AND PUBLICATIONS OF BOOKS BY OR ABOUT THE WRITER G.K CHESTERTON IN AN EFFORT TO AID IN THE RESEARCH ON CHESTERTON'S WRITINGS.
CHESTERTON SCHOOL NETWORK: THE AMERICAN CHESTERTON SOCIETY, THE SOCIETY OF GILBERT KEITH CHESTERTON AND THE CHESTERTON SCHOOL NETWORK, MERGED EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2019. LEADING UP TO THE MERGER, THE AMERICAN CHESTERTON SOCIETY PROVIDED SERVICES TO THE CHESTERTON SCHOOL NETWORK.

Expenses $1,032,935 · Revenue $500,356
Revenue $31,509

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

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.

Charlie ReeseCHARLIE REESE

BOARD CHAIR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

3
Fr Spencer HoweFR SPENCER HOWE

VICE CHAIR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Conor DuganCONOR DUGAN

SECRETARY

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Gellert DornayGELLERT DORNAY

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
John RadickJOHN RADICK

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Michael Van HeckeMICHAEL VAN HECKE

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Dale AhlquistDALE AHLQUIST

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Theresa JaceTHERESA JACE

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Mark SteevesMARK STEEVES

DIRECTOR OF SCHOOL SERVICES

Total calculated

$101,173

From this org

$101,173

From related orgs

$0

Other

$0

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

2023

Revenue

$2,376,269

Expenses

$2,106,889

Contributions

$1,262,071

Grants paid

$0
2022

Revenue

$1,447,617

Expenses

$1,419,313

Contributions

$725,236

Grants paid

$38,400

Tax year	Revenue	Expenses	Contributions	Grants paid
2023	$2,376,269	$2,106,889	$1,262,071	$0
2022	$1,447,617	$1,419,313	$725,236	$38,400

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

$1,178,868

Expenses

$993,498

Assets (EOY)

$420,682
2020 · 990

Revenue

$743,302

Expenses

$729,097

Assets (EOY)

$173,650
2018 · 990

Revenue

$299,143

Expenses

$254,526

Assets (EOY)

$169,196
2017 · 990

Revenue

$196,972

Expenses

$182,641

Assets (EOY)

$102,142
2016 · 990

Revenue

$297,476

Expenses

$325,411

Assets (EOY)

$69,261
2016 · 990

Revenue

$297,476

Expenses

$325,411

Assets (EOY)

$69,261
2015 · 990

Revenue

$291,663

Expenses

$290,462

Assets (EOY)

$67,790
2014 · 990

Revenue

$313,117

Expenses

$287,177

Assets (EOY)

$70,994
2013 · 990

Revenue

$280,674

Expenses

$323,713

Assets (EOY)

$55,573
2012 · 990

Revenue

not reported

Expenses

$301,419

Assets (EOY)

$70,323

Tax year	Form	Revenue	Expenses	Assets (EOY)
2021	990	$1,178,868	$993,498	$420,682
2020	990	$743,302	$729,097	$173,650
2018	990	$299,143	$254,526	$169,196
2017	990	$196,972	$182,641	$102,142
2016	990	$297,476	$325,411	$69,261
2016	990	$297,476	$325,411	$69,261
2015	990	$291,663	$290,462	$67,790
2014	990	$313,117	$287,177	$70,994
2013	990	$280,674	$323,713	$55,573
2012	990	not reported	$301,419	$70,323

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

FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

$101,200

2023 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

$101,000

2024 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
CATHOLIC FOUNDATION OF MICHIGAN

$70,000

2022 GENERAL SUPPORT
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

$69,000

2022 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

$41,100

2024 ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES
DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

$31,100

2022 ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES
DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

$31,000

2023 ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES
NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TR

$25,000

2023 RELIGION
NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TR

$20,000

2022 CULTURE & ARTS
GREATER HARTFORD GIVES FOUNDATION

$12,000

2022 GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT

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 29 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.