To renew the Contemplative dimension of the gospel in every day life.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
65¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 715 volunteers and 6 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2024 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
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
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
3 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $23K a year · 3% of revenue · last 5 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 3 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
65%
of spending
Fine: 65% of spending went to programs; 65% to 75%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
7 mo
of spending, in cash
Plus $803K in investments, Pt X · Ln 11–13
Looks good: 6.6 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
6
named funders · $55K
Looks good: 6 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$45K
3% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 3% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
5
of 5 voting members
Looks good: 5 of 5 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$585K
-31% vs prior year
Spent
$760K
To programs
65%
Net assets
$1.3M
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$585K
FY2024▼ -31%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$922K
FY2021$765K
FY2022$596K
FY2023$853K
FY2024$585K
Expenses
$760K
FY2024▼ -5%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$763K
FY2021$764K
FY2022$754K
FY2023$797K
FY2024$760K
Net assets
$1.3M
FY2024▼ -8%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$1.5M
FY2021$1.6M
FY2022$1.3M
FY2023$1.4M
FY2024$1.3M

From the FY2024 Form 990 · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Mar 1946.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

65 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 65% · $497K Management & general 24% · $183K Fundraising 10% · $80K

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

5 people listed on the 990.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Facilitator
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Mary Jane Yates’s $77K as Administrator is at the 76th percentile of top reported officer pay among 2133 $100K–1M 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 · 3 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2022FY2021FY2020
Mary Jane Yates$76,690$72,953$61,154
Pat Johnson——$6,477
Julie Saad$2,750—$1,500

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 15aYes

Programs and updates

Helps people find spiritual depth and reflection in their daily lives.

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1 program · $497K · in their own filed words · FY2024
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Teaching the practice of centering prayer and the contemplative christian life through publications, programs, retreats and formation opportunities, as well as through online courses and resources.

$497Kprogram expense

Funders

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 · 6 grants · $126K · 2020–2024
Contemplative Outreach of North San DiegoFY2024$10,000
Unitemized GrantFY2024$5,396
Unitemized GrantFY2022$10,147
Unitemized GrantFY2021$31,692
Contemplative Outreach of Southeast WisconsinFY2021$11,000
Unitemized GrantFY2020$57,951

By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$585K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$534K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$29K
Investment incomeLn 3$20K
Money outPt IX
$760K
Ln 25
Programscol B$497K
Managementcol C$183K
Fundraisingcol D$80K
Owns and owesPt X
$1.3M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$417K
Total assetsLn 16$1.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$45K
PeoplePt VI, VII
5
listed · VII A
PaidVII A0
Voting boardVI 1a5
IndependentVI 1b5
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$534K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$29K
Investment incomeLn 3$20K
Other incomeLn 4–11$2K
Gains on assetsLn 7−$16K
Total revenueLn 12$585K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$267K
SavingsLn 2$150K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$417K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$803K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$0
Total assetsLn 16$1.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$45K
Net assetsLn 32$1.3M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 56
VolunteersI 6715
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
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 FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$353K$417K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$938K$803K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$0$0
Total assetsLn 16$1.4M$1.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$30K$45K
Net assetsLn 32$1.4M$1.3M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$40K$40K
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$5K$5K
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$2K$2K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$227K$105K$86K$36K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$14K$6K$5K$2K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$52K$24K$20K$8K
Payroll taxesLn 10$18K$8K$7K$3K
Legal feesLn 11b$1K$1K
Accounting feesLn 11c$18K$18K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$160K$139K$16K$5K
Office expensesLn 13$2K$751$751$376
OccupancyLn 16$1K$496$496$248
TravelLn 17$120K$92K$14K$13K
InsuranceLn 23$3K$3K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$97K$74K$11K$11K
All other expensesLn 24e$756$756
Total functional expensesLn 25$760K$497K$183K$80K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest Viewing $585K$760K−$176K$1.3M 990 PDF
FY2023 $853K$797K$56K$1.4M 990 PDF
FY2022 $596K$754K−$157K$1.3M 990 PDF
FY2021 $765K$764K$909$1.6M 990 PDF
FY2020 $922K$763K$159K$1.5M 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 O · Explanations
See the full FY2024 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $584,604 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $762,284$533,693
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$28,786
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $33,142$19,789
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $57,610$2,336
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $853,036$584,604
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $41,567$46,996
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $444,720$310,936
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $310,582$402,193
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $796,869$760,125
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $56,167−$175,521
Part VI · Governance 5 of 5 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body5
VI-1b Independent voting members5
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
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $584,604 across 7 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for −$15,758 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$533,693
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$533,693
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $28,786$28,786
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $36,239$36,239
VIII-5 RoyaltiesExcluded from tax $18,094$18,094
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax −$16,450−$16,450
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $13,028 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $37,883$584,604
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $760,125 across 16 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $40,100$40,100
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $5,396$5,396
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $1,500$1,500
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $104,613 · Management $86,420 · Fundraising $36,387$227,420
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $6,357 · Management $5,251 · Fundraising $2,211$13,819
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $23,836 · Management $19,691 · Fundraising $8,291$51,818
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $8,224 · Management $6,794 · Fundraising $2,861$17,879
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $1,375$1,375
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $17,929$17,929
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $139,217 · Management $16,002 · Fundraising $4,801$160,020
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $751 · Management $751 · Fundraising $376$1,878
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $496 · Management $496 · Fundraising $248$1,240
IX-17 TravelPrograms $92,159 · Management $14,362 · Fundraising $13,166$119,687
IX-23 InsuranceManagement $2,507$2,507
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $74,462 · Management $10,867 · Fundraising $11,472$96,801
IX-24e All other expensesManagement $756$756
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $497,111 · Management $183,201 · Fundraising $79,813$760,125
Part X · Balance sheet $1,306,894 assets, 12 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $248,806$266,865
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $104,689$149,863
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $110,250$87,111
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $0$0
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $937,744$803,055
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $1,406,489$1,306,894
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $29,876$45,105
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $29,876$45,105
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $1,299,924$1,148,440
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $76,689$113,349
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $1,376,613$1,261,789
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $1,406,489$1,306,894
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,261,789 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$584,604
XI-2 Total expenses$760,125
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$175,521
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$1,376,613
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$60,697
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$1,261,789

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