The Samuel DeWitt Proctor Conference is an annual conference and forum designed to develop leadership skills and public policy knowledge in the leadership of the faith community.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
78¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$10K 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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FY2020 · 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
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IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
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IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
1 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $287K a year · 18% of revenue · last 6 filings
Concern: a surplus in 1 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
78%
of spending
Looks good: 78% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$10K
to officers and key staff · 0.5% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 0% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
8 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 8.0 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
5
named funders · $2.0M
Looks good: 5 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$33K
2% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 2% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
24
of 25 voting members
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Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$844K
Spent
$1.9M
To programs
78%
Net assets
$1.6M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$844K
FY2020
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$844K
FY2021$1.4M
FY2022$1.4M
FY2023$1.9M
FY2024$3.1M
FY2025$1.3M
Expenses
$1.9M
FY2020
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$1.9M
FY2021$2.3M
FY2022$1.7M
FY2023$1.9M
FY2024$1.5M
FY2025$2.3M
Net assets
$1.6M
FY2020
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$1.6M
FY2021$729K
FY2022$480K
FY2023$541K
FY2024$1.8M
FY2025$773K

From the FY2020 Form 990 (year ending April 2020) · 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 2004.

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Where the money goes

78 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 78% · $1.5M Management & general 22% · $433K

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

25 people listed on the 990; $10K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2019); the FY2020 filing did not itemize Part VII
Executive Dir.
$10,000Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Dr Iva Carruthers’s $168K as Executive Director is at the 83rd percentile of top reported officer pay among 1636 $1–10M 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 · 2 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Dr Iva Carruthers$167,539$120,000$120,000$120,000——
Dr Iva E Carruthers————$120,000$10,000

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

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

Programs and updates

Develops faith leaders' skills and policy knowledge through an annual conference and forum.

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1 program · $1.5M · in their own filed words · FY2019
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The program services related to these expenses include educational and social programming to support community and sustainability, economic development and engagement in public policy.

$1.5Mprogram 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 · 5 grants · $569K · 2019–2023
Unitemized GrantFY2023$1,250
Unitemized GrantFY2022$128,600
Unitemized GrantFY2021$216,280
Unitemized GrantFY2020$216,820
Unitemized GrantFY2019$6,098

By the numbers

The FY2020 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$844K
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$461K
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$329K
Investment incomeLn 3$32K
Money outPt IX
$1.9M
Ln 25
Programscol B$1.5M
Managementcol C$433K
Owns and owesPt X
$1.6M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.3M
Total assetsLn 16$1.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$33K
PeoplePt VI, VII
25
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a25
IndependentVI 1b24
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$329K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$100K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$461K
Investment incomeLn 3$32K
Other incomeLn 4–11$22K
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$844K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$38K
SavingsLn 2$1.3M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$1.3M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$201K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$62K
Other assetsLn 15$8K
Total assetsLn 16$1.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$33K
Net assetsLn 32$1.6M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 515
VolunteersI 625
Fiscal year endsHeaderApril
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY20End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$2.4M$1.3M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$207K$201K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$29K$62K
Total assetsLn 16$2.7M$1.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$39K$33K
Net assetsLn 32$2.7M$1.6M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$103K$103K
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$6K$6K
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$10K$10K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$422K$400K$21K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$35K$25K$10K
Payroll taxesLn 10$39K$36K$3K
Management feesLn 11a$90K$90K
Legal feesLn 11b$450$450
Accounting feesLn 11c$43K$14K$29K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$25K$11K$15K
Office expensesLn 13$46K$13K$33K
Information technologyLn 14$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$254K$82K$172K
TravelLn 17$72K$63K$8K
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$481K$422K$59K
InterestLn 20$12K$15$12K
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$14K$14K
InsuranceLn 23$14K$2K$12K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$263K$218K$45K
All other expensesLn 24e$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$1.9M$1.5M$433K$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $1.3M$2.3M−$1.1M$773K 990 PDF
FY2024 $3.1M$1.5M$1.6M$1.8M 990 PDF
FY2023 $1.9M$1.9M−$956$541K 990 PDF
FY2022 $1.4M$1.7M−$278K$480K 990 PDF
FY2021 $1.4M$2.3M−$894K$729K 990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing $844K$1.9M−$1.1M$1.6M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support M · Noncash O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $844,057 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $2,510,465$328,964
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $404,012$461,458
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $25,500$32,103
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $123$21,532
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $2,940,100$844,057
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $103,780$108,631
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $284,109$506,597
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $1,423,641$1,313,294
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $1,811,530$1,928,522
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $1,128,570−$1,084,465
Part VI · Governance 24 of 25 board members independent, 2 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body25
VI-1b Independent voting members24
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $844,057 across 11 lines filed
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$328,964
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$100,000
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$328,964
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $461,458$461,458
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $32,103$32,103
VIII-5 Royalties$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or loss$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assets$0
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$0
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $21,532$21,532
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $515,093$844,057
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,928,522 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $102,533$102,533
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $6,098$6,098
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipients$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for members$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $10,000$10,000
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $400,489 · Management $21,389$421,878
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$0
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $24,913 · Management $10,383$35,296
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $36,317 · Management $3,106$39,423
IX-11a Management feesPrograms $90,000$90,000
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $450$450
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $14,436 · Management $28,980$43,416
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $10,852 · Management $14,625$25,477
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $12,999 · Management $33,081$46,080
IX-14 Information technology$0
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $81,764 · Management $172,213$253,977
IX-17 TravelPrograms $63,419 · Management $8,127$71,546
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $422,289 · Management $58,666$480,955
IX-20 InterestPrograms $15 · Management $11,656$11,671
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationManagement $13,657$13,657
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $1,813 · Management $11,689$13,502
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $217,648 · Management $44,915$262,563
IX-24e All other expenses$0
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $1,495,585 · Management $432,937 · Fundraising $0$1,928,522
Part X · Balance sheet $1,638,746 assets, 20 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $39,098$38,216
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $2,368,818$1,250,330
X-3 Pledges and grants receivable$0
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $92,027$67,907
X-8 Inventories for sale or use$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred charges$8,000
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $29,054$61,514
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $206,738$201,448
X-12 Other securities$0
X-13 Program-related investments$0
X-14 Intangible assetsStart of year $4,431$3,331
X-15 Other assets$8,000
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $2,740,166$1,638,746
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $39,017$14,019
X-25 Other liabilities$18,643
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $39,017$32,662
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $74,726$143,611
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $2,626,423$1,462,473
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $2,701,149$1,606,084
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $2,740,166$1,638,746
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,606,084 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$844,057
XI-2 Total expenses$1,928,522
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$1,084,465
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$2,701,149
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments−$10,600
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$1,606,084

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