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Saint Louis, MO501(c)(3)ReligionEIN 43-1768606Revenue $2.0M in FY2025

On file with the IRSourcatholicradio.org4424 Hampton Ave, 63109-2232 · Saint Louis, MOTax-exempt since May 1997Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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To share and teach the catholic faith primarily through radio and to distribute religious materials.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
80¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 10 volunteers and 14 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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FY2025 · 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
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
4 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $270K a year · 13% of revenue · last 5 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
80%
of spending
Looks good: 80% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$306K
to officers and key staff · 14% of spending
Top officer’s pay higher than 78% of similar orgs
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 14% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
27 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 26.8 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
5
named funders · $125K
Looks good: 5 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$258
<0.01% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 0% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
0
of 3 voting members
Concern: none of 3 voting members are independent.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$2.0M
-4% vs prior year
Spent
$2.1M
To programs
80%
Net assets
$5.7M
By yearFY2021–FY2025
Revenue
$2.0M
FY2025▼ -4%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2021$2.6M
FY2022$1.8M
FY2023$1.7M
FY2024$2.1M
FY2025$2.0M
Expenses
$2.1M
FY2025▲ +8%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2021$1.5M
FY2022$1.6M
FY2023$1.7M
FY2024$2.0M
FY2025$2.1M
Net assets
$5.7M
FY2025▼ -2%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2021$5.4M
FY2022$5.7M
FY2023$5.7M
FY2024$5.8M
FY2025$5.7M

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

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Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in May 1997.

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Where the money goes

80 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 80% · $1.7M Management & general 9% · $184K Fundraising 11% · $244K

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

4 people listed on the 990; $306K 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
Director of Engineering
$153,524Pt VII · Sec A
General Manager
$83,804Pt VII · Sec A
Assistant Manager/Development
$68,732Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Joseph Geerling’s $154K as Director of Engineering is at the 78th 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 · 3 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Joseph Geerling$153,524————
John a Holman$83,804$82,803$81,762$77,804$77,804
Teresa Holman$68,732$67,357$65,276$61,574$59,066

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 2Yes
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

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Shares and teaches the Catholic faith via radio and distributes religious materials.

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1 program · $1.7M · in their own filed words · FY2024
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Operating expenses for seventeen full power catholic radio stations and twenty-six translator stations which are part of the organization and to a lesser extent distribution of materials and digital and social media to share and teach the catholic faith. Unknown member of listeners served for 43 broadcast facilities.

$1.7Mprogram 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 · funders on record
Grants received · FY2024
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By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$2.0M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.7M
Investment incomeLn 3$211K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$76K
Money outPt IX
$2.1M
Ln 25
Programscol B$1.7M
Managementcol C$184K
Fundraisingcol D$244K
Owns and owesPt X
$5.7M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$4.8M
Total assetsLn 16$5.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26$258
PeoplePt VI, VII
4
listed · VII A
PaidVII A3
Voting boardVI 1a3
IndependentVI 1b0
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.7M
Noncash giftsLn 1g$20K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$76K
Investment incomeLn 3$211K
Other incomeLn 4–11$209
Gains on assetsLn 7$99
Total revenueLn 12$2.0M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$1.2M
SavingsLn 2$3.6M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$4.8M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$12K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$862K
Other assetsLn 15$9K
Total assetsLn 16$5.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26$258
Net assetsLn 32$5.7M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 514
VolunteersI 610
Fiscal year endsHeaderApril
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$4.9M$4.8M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$8K$12K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$888K$862K
Total assetsLn 16$5.8M$5.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26$1K$258
Net assetsLn 32$5.8M$5.7M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$15K$15K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$164K$67K$45K$53K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$488K$417K$31K$40K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$46K$35K$5K$7K
Payroll taxesLn 10$49K$37K$6K$7K
Legal feesLn 11b$12K$1K$10K
Accounting feesLn 11c$64K$64K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$413K$412K$224
Advertising and promotionLn 12$7K$7K$58
Office expensesLn 13$107K$67K$2K$38K
Information technologyLn 14$900$900
OccupancyLn 16$349K$334K$4K$11K
TravelLn 17$8K$6K$1K$1K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$11K$9K$1K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$91K$88K$1K$2K
InsuranceLn 23$60K$48K$6K$5K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$173K$121K$2K$50K
All other expensesLn 24e$92K$56K$7K$30K
Total functional expensesLn 25$2.1M$1.7M$184K$244K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $2.0M$2.1M−$119K$5.7M 990 PDF
FY2024 $2.1M$2.0M$123K$5.8M 990 PDF
FY2023 $1.7M$1.7M$12K$5.7M 990 PDF
FY2022 $1.8M$1.6M$216K$5.7M 990 PDF
FY2021 $2.6M$1.5M$1.1M$5.4M 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
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Part I · Summary $2,029,809 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $1,883,240$1,742,024
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $67,150$76,500
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $161,859$211,076
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $714$209
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $2,112,963$2,029,809
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $14,797$14,573
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $744,555$747,586
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $1,230,720$1,386,364
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $1,990,072$2,148,523
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $122,891−$118,714
Part VI · Governance 0 of 3 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body3
VI-1b Independent voting members0
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsYes
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 $2,029,809 across 8 lines filed
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$1,742,024
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$19,608
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$1,742,024
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $76,500$76,500
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $210,977$210,977
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $99$99
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $209$209
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $76,500 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $211,285$2,029,809
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $2,148,523 across 18 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $14,573$14,573
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $66,608 · Management $44,942 · Fundraising $52,700$164,250
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $417,237 · Management $30,561 · Fundraising $40,164$487,962
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $34,758 · Management $4,886 · Fundraising $6,606$46,250
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $36,562 · Management $5,641 · Fundraising $6,921$49,124
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $1,313 · Management $10,493$11,806
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $63,580$63,580
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $412,318 · Management $224$412,542
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $6,770 · Management $58$6,828
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $67,209 · Management $1,817 · Fundraising $37,626$106,652
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $900$900
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $334,051 · Management $4,459 · Fundraising $10,670$349,180
IX-17 TravelPrograms $5,732 · Management $1,161 · Fundraising $1,154$8,047
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $9,341 · Fundraising $1,184$10,525
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $87,920 · Management $1,093 · Fundraising $1,639$90,652
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $48,062 · Management $6,441 · Fundraising $5,418$59,921
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $121,245 · Management $2,189 · Fundraising $49,881$173,315
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $55,948 · Management $6,619 · Fundraising $29,849$92,416
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $1,720,547 · Management $184,164 · Fundraising $243,812$2,148,523
Part X · Balance sheet $5,678,577 assets, 11 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $54,340$1,185,544
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $4,840,536$3,609,501
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $888,042$862,283
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $7,527$12,359
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $8,890$8,890
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $5,799,335$5,678,577
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $1,288$258
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $1,288$258
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $5,798,047$5,678,319
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $5,798,047$5,678,319
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $5,799,335$5,678,577
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $5,678,319 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$2,029,809
XI-2 Total expenses$2,148,523
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$118,714
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$5,798,047
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments−$1,014
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$5,678,319

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

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