Ruah Woods helps men and women live their vocation to love according to God's plan as informed by Theology of the Body. The ministry provides psychological services from a Catholic perspective and develops Theology of the Body K-12 curriculum and teacher formation to transform the culture.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
84¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$469K 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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FY2024 · 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
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
4 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $666K a year · 22% of revenue · last 5 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
84%
of spending
Looks good: 84% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$469K
to officers and key staff · 13% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 13% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
8 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 8.2 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $2K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$106K
2% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 2% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
6
of 6 voting members
Looks good: 6 of 6 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$5.3M
+58% vs prior year
Spent
$3.5M
To programs
84%
Net assets
$4.4M
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$5.3M
FY2024▲ +58%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$2.1M
FY2021$1.8M
FY2022$2.4M
FY2023$3.4M
FY2024$5.3M
Expenses
$3.5M
FY2024▲ +43%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$1.6M
FY2021$2.0M
FY2022$2.2M
FY2023$2.5M
FY2024$3.5M
Net assets
$4.4M
FY2024▲ +71%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$1.7M
FY2021$1.4M
FY2022$1.6M
FY2023$2.6M
FY2024$4.4M

From the FY2024 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Feb 2009.

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Where the money goes

84 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 84% · $3.0M Management & general 13% · $455K Fundraising 3% · $101K

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

10 people listed on the 990; $469K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Director of Psychological Services
$148,346Pt VII · Sec A
Executive Director
$120,138Pt VII · Sec A
$101,460Pt VII · Sec A
CFO & Board Secretary
$99,330Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Andrew Sodergren’s $148K as Director of Psychological Services is at the 63rd percentile of top reported officer pay among 3394 $1–10M education 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

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2020
Andrew Sodergren$148,346$158,050$128,311$123,072
Courtney Brown$120,138$64,217——
Emily Dowdell—$108,617——
Michael Grasinski——$102,239$37,500
Emilly Dowdell$101,460———
Michael Reckers$99,330$93,717$78,911$7,981
Leslie Kuhlman———$82,532
Michael Grazinski—$47,316——

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

Offers Catholic counseling and education to help people live their vocation of love.

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2 programs · $3.0M · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

The ruah woods institute (rwi) provies k-12 supplemental curriculum for catholic schools. The curriculum supplement is based on the teachings of pope ST. John paul ii's theology of the body. In 2024, rwi sold 90,660 units of k-8 supplemental curriculum to both students and educators..

$2.1Mprogram expense
02

Ruah woods psychological services (RWPS) provides psychological counseling to a variety of patients in keepting with the teachings of the catholic church. In 2024, RWPS employed five clinitions and provided services in cincinnati and dayton, oh. In 2024, RWPS provided 5,421 clinical units of psychological counseling.

$860Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

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

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$2K

By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$5.3M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$3.8M
Other incomeLn 4–11$732K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$711K
Money outPt IX
$3.5M
Ln 25
Programscol B$3.0M
Managementcol C$455K
Fundraisingcol D$101K
Owns and owesPt X
$4.4M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$2.4M
Total assetsLn 16$4.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$106K
PeoplePt VI, VII
10
listed · VII A
PaidVII A4
Voting boardVI 1a6
IndependentVI 1b6
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$3.8M
Noncash giftsLn 1g$769K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$213K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$711K
Investment incomeLn 3$112K
Other incomeLn 4–11$732K
Gains on assetsLn 7−$773
Total revenueLn 12$5.3M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$72K
SavingsLn 2$2.3M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$2.4M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$346K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$1.4M
Total assetsLn 16$4.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$106K
Net assetsLn 32$4.4M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 522
VolunteersI 60
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$669K$2.4M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$639K$346K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$1.1M$1.4M
Total assetsLn 16$2.8M$4.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$226K$106K
Net assetsLn 32$2.6M$4.4M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$378K$249K$103K$26K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$1.3M$1.1M$150K$26K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$48K$40K$7K$2K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$260K$211K$40K$8K
Payroll taxesLn 10$124K$101K$19K$4K
Legal feesLn 11b$3K$3K
Accounting feesLn 11c$28K$21K$5K$2K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$148K$148K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$26K$26K
Office expensesLn 13$61K$45K$12K$4K
Information technologyLn 14$122K$91K$24K$7K
OccupancyLn 16$118K$89K$23K$7K
TravelLn 17$83K$40K$44K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$73K$73K$110$31
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$122K$91K$24K$7K
InsuranceLn 23$11K$8K$2K$583
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$608K$596K$2K$10K
Total functional expensesLn 25$3.5M$3.0M$455K$101K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest Viewing $5.3M$3.5M$1.8M$4.4M 990 PDF
FY2023 $3.4M$2.5M$923K$2.6M 990 PDF
FY2022 $2.4M$2.2M$220K$1.6M 990 PDF
FY2021 $1.8M$2.0M−$178K$1.4M 990 PDF
FY2020 $2.1M$1.6M$554K$1.7M 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
See the full FY2024 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $5,320,561 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $1,730,254$3,765,425
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $999,050$710,799
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $13,514$111,839
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $635,171$732,498
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $3,377,989$5,320,561
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $1,793,009$2,107,743
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $662,250$1,402,280
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $2,455,259$3,510,023
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $922,730$1,810,538
Part VI · Governance 6 of 6 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body6
VI-1b Independent voting members6
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 $5,320,561 across 9 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $822,002 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1c Fundraising events$212,861
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$3,552,564
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$768,517
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$3,765,425
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $710,799$710,799
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $112,612$112,612
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax −$773−$773
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax −$89,504−$89,504
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $1,532,801 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $22,335$5,320,561
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $3,510,023 across 17 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $249,154 · Management $102,853 · Fundraising $26,132$378,139
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $1,121,273 · Management $150,440 · Fundraising $25,985$1,297,698
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $39,640 · Management $7,317 · Fundraising $1,502$48,459
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $211,462 · Management $40,008 · Fundraising $8,470$259,940
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $101,028 · Management $18,650 · Fundraising $3,829$123,507
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $2,842$2,842
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $20,982 · Management $5,455 · Fundraising $1,539$27,976
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $147,886$147,886
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $25,708$25,708
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $44,992 · Management $11,671 · Fundraising $3,987$60,650
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $91,318 · Management $23,743 · Fundraising $6,697$121,758
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $88,656 · Management $23,051 · Fundraising $6,502$118,209
IX-17 TravelPrograms $39,697 · Management $43,643$83,340
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $73,203 · Management $110 · Fundraising $31$73,344
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $91,387 · Management $23,761 · Fundraising $6,702$121,850
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $7,952 · Management $2,068 · Fundraising $583$10,603
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $596,305 · Management $2,284 · Fundraising $9,525$608,114
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $2,953,485 · Management $455,054 · Fundraising $101,484$3,510,023
Part X · Balance sheet $4,467,002 assets, 15 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $116,038$71,681
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $552,576$2,312,969
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $49,779$76,204
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $277,439$297,085
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $8,332$11,036
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $1,133,832$1,352,340
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $638,564$345,687
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $2,776,560$4,467,002
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $193,077$101,893
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $33,412$4,500
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $226,489$106,393
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $1,998,071$2,053,935
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $552,000$2,306,674
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $2,550,071$4,360,609
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $2,776,560$4,467,002
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $4,360,609 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$5,320,561
XI-2 Total expenses$3,510,023
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$1,810,538
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$2,550,071
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$4,360,609

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