Icatholic Media INC

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Watertown, MA501(c)(3)Since 1962ReligionEIN 04-2395520Revenue $20.1M in FY2025

On file with the IRScatholictv.org34 Chestnut St, 02472-2339 · Watertown, MATax-exempt since Mar 1946Church — 170(b)(1)(A)(i)

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Provide educational and religious programming on television, publications, news Media and other electronic/print communication services

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
72¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$1.1M paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
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IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
5 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $5.5M a year · 33% of revenue · last 5 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 5 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
72%
of spending
Fine: 72% of spending went to programs; 65% to 75%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$1.1M
to officers and key staff · 8% of spending
Top officer’s pay higher than 54% of similar orgs
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 8% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
5 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 5.0 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
10
named funders · $225K
Looks good: 10 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$2.1M
2% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 2% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
15
of 17 voting members
Looks good: 15 of 17 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$20.1M
+12% vs prior year
Spent
$13.0M
To programs
72%
Net assets
$82.4M
By yearFY2021–FY2025
Revenue
$20.1M
FY2025▲ +12%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2021$14.8M
FY2022$14.3M
FY2023$14.5M
FY2024$18.0M
FY2025$20.1M
Expenses
$13.0M
FY2025▲ +9%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2021$8.8M
FY2022$9.9M
FY2023$11.0M
FY2024$11.8M
FY2025$13.0M
Net assets
$82.4M
FY2025▲ +12%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2021$61.4M
FY2022$59.9M
FY2023$64.9M
FY2024$73.6M
FY2025$82.4M

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending June 2025) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Mar 1946.

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Where the money goes

72 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 72% · $9.4M Management & general 25% · $3.3M Fundraising 2% · $321K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

24 people listed on the 990; $1.1M paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII
Secretary/General Manager
$218,208Pt VII · Sec A
Operations and Finance
$201,136Pt VII · Sec A
Cheif Engineer
$188,840Pt VII · Sec A
Bulletin Sales Director
$160,975Pt VII · Sec A
President, Pilot Media Gro
$150,892Pt VII · Sec A
IT Security
$144,454Pt VII · Sec A
President & Ceo,treasurer
$37,138Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

James Fadden’s $218K as Secretary/General Manager is at the 54th percentile of top reported officer pay among 224 $10–100M religion nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 8 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
James Fadden$218,208$230,837$199,961$187,346$188,724
Richard Mosley$201,136$203,392$178,452$162,083$163,565
Mark Quella$188,840$181,961$167,912$158,058$159,633
Kenneth Romano$160,975$163,159$125,559$116,013—
Antonio Enrique$150,892$142,737$136,012$129,479$125,983
Daniel Tyrell$144,454————
Peter Kaminski—$124,227$116,049$108,953$111,277
Bishop Robert Reed$37,138$35,507$34,594$34,007$42,050

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo

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Offers educational and religious content through TV, publications, and media.

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2 programs · $9.4M · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Provided educational and religious programming on television.

$6.3Mprogram expense
02

Provided PUBLICATIONS/NEWS media to the roman catholic community

$3.1Mprogram expense

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Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2024
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Grants paid · 48 grants · $910K · 2020–2024
Arlington Catholic High SchoolFY2024$50,000
Immaculate Conception - RevereFY2024$50,000
Our Lady of AssumptionFY2024$50,000
St Agnes SchoolFY2024$50,000
Julie's Family Learning CenterFY2024$45,000
St Bridget's SchoolFY2024$45,000
St Columbkille BrightonFY2024$25,000
Mammts ScholarshipFY2023$20,000
Immaculate Conception - RevereFY2023$20,000
Julie's Family Learning CenterFY2023$20,000
St Bridget's SchoolFY2023$20,000
Our Lady of AssumptionFY2023$20,000
St Agnes SchoolFY2023$20,000
Arlington Catholic High SchoolFY2023$12,500
St Columbkille BrightonFY2023$12,500
St Augustine SchoolMS · FY2023$10,000
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By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$20.1M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$11.3M
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$7.7M
Investment incomeLn 3$1.2M
Money outPt IX
$13.0M
Ln 25
Programscol B$9.4M
Managementcol C$3.3M
Fundraisingcol D$321K
Owns and owesPt X
$82.4M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$5.4M
Total assetsLn 16$84.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$2.1M
PeoplePt VI, VII
24
listed · VII A
PaidVII A7
Voting boardVI 1a17
IndependentVI 1b15
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$7.7M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$11.3M
Investment incomeLn 3$1.2M
Total revenueLn 12$20.1M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$1.4M
SavingsLn 2$4.0M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$5.4M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$39.3M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$6.0M
Other assetsLn 15$32.5M
Total assetsLn 16$84.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$2.1M
Net assetsLn 32$82.4M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 557
VolunteersI 60
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$5.6M$5.4M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$31.7M$39.3M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$5.7M$6.0M
Total assetsLn 16$75.6M$84.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.9M$2.1M
Net assetsLn 32$73.6M$82.4M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$414K$414K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$4.3M$2.7M$1.4M$122K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$146K$106K$36K$4K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$690K$499K$172K$19K
Payroll taxesLn 10$358K$211K$142K$5K
Legal feesLn 11b$22K$22K
Accounting feesLn 11c$53K$53K
OccupancyLn 16$257K$168K$89K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$912K$662K$250K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$3.8M$3.1M$545K$126K
All other expensesLn 24e$2.1M$1.5M$541K$45K
Total functional expensesLn 25$13.0M$9.4M$3.3M$321K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $20.1M$13.0M$7.2M$82.4M 990 PDF
FY2024 $18.0M$11.8M$6.2M$73.6M 990 PDF
FY2023 $14.5M$11.0M$3.5M$64.9M 990 PDF
FY2022 $14.3M$9.9M$4.4M$59.9M 990 PDF
FY2021 $14.8M$8.8M$6.0M$61.4M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $20,148,923 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $6,121,617$7,664,238
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $10,831,049$11,273,937
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $1,095,517$1,210,748
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $18,048,183$20,148,923
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $226,229$413,501
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $4,811,288$5,452,706
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $6,811,517$7,096,277
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $11,849,034$12,962,484
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $6,199,149$7,186,439
Part VI · Governance 15 of 17 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body17
VI-1b Independent voting members15
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $20,148,923 across 5 lines filed
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$7,664,238
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$7,664,238
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $11,273,937$11,273,937
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $1,210,748$1,210,748
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $11,273,937 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $1,210,748$20,148,923
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $12,962,484 across 11 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $413,501$413,501
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $2,723,278 · Management $1,413,702 · Fundraising $121,817$4,258,797
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $105,580 · Management $36,493 · Fundraising $3,991$146,064
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $498,859 · Management $172,428 · Fundraising $18,856$690,143
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $210,798 · Management $142,333 · Fundraising $4,571$357,702
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $21,964$21,964
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $52,625$52,625
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $167,518 · Management $89,188$256,706
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $662,313 · Management $249,780$912,093
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $3,112,823 · Management $544,573 · Fundraising $126,092$3,783,488
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $1,483,143 · Management $540,797 · Fundraising $45,461$2,069,401
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $9,377,813 · Management $3,263,883 · Fundraising $320,788$12,962,484
Part X · Balance sheet $84,459,980 assets, 16 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $615,373$1,361,204
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $4,988,847$4,048,206
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $438,339$623,817
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $376,592$646,159
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $5,721,869$5,983,746
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $31,742,440$39,343,125
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $31,680,765$32,453,723
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $75,564,225$84,459,980
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $287,551$510,268
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $1,168,883$1,288,047
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $485,809$252,559
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $1,942,243$2,050,874
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $65,852,002$74,399,436
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $7,769,980$8,009,670
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $73,621,982$82,409,106
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $75,564,225$84,459,980
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $82,409,106 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$20,148,923
XI-2 Total expenses$12,962,484
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$7,186,439
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$73,621,982
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$1,600,685
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$82,409,106

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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