Beloved Builders inspires, supports and nourishes our network of spiritual leaders who are creating spaces of sacred belonging for the 21st century.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
89¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 3 volunteers and 19 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
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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 $396K a year · 20% 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
89%
of spending
Looks good: 89% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$50K
to officers and key staff · 2% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 2% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
7 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 6.9 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $195K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$9K
0.4% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 0% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
3
of 3 voting members
Looks good: 3 of 3 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$3.8M
+33% vs prior year
Spent
$3.2M
To programs
89%
Net assets
$2.1M
By yearFY2021–FY2025
Revenue
$3.8M
FY2025▲ +33%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2021$657K
FY2022$953K
FY2023$1.8M
FY2024$2.9M
FY2025$3.8M
Expenses
$3.2M
FY2025▲ +40%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2021$474K
FY2022$783K
FY2023$1.4M
FY2024$2.3M
FY2025$3.2M
Net assets
$2.1M
FY2025▲ +48%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2021$222K
FY2022$411K
FY2023$783K
FY2024$1.4M
FY2025$2.1M

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 Sep 2015.

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Where the money goes

89 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 89% · $2.8M Management & general 8% · $264K Fundraising 2% · $73K

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

3 people listed on the 990; $50K 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
Executive Director, Treasurer
$50,440Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Sara Luria’s $50K as Executive Director, Treasurer is at the 5th percentile of top reported officer pay among 3869 $1–10M human services 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
Rabbi Sara Luria————$105,050
Sara Luria$50,440$47,720$48,583$32,500—
Elan Babchuk——$1,000——

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

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

Programs and updates

Supports spiritual leaders building sacred spaces for community.

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3 programs · $2.7M · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Fiscal Sponsorships

Beloved provides fiscal sponsorship to approximately 70 projects of various sizes across the country, all of whom fit within our overall mission of supporting the creation of new spaces of sacred belonging.

$2.6Mprogram expense
02

Spiritual Leader Cohorts

Beloved blossoms, our core programmatic offering, is a year-long cohort-based journey designed to propel leaders and their projects forward with mentorship, learning, access to resources, and peer to peer support.

$92Kprogram expense
03

The beloved festival is a multi-modal experience designed to foster connections, offer spiritual nourishment, and showcase beloveds' gifts with one another and the wider community.

$9Kprogram 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 · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$195K
Grants paid · 35 grants · $2.6M · 2021–2024
TischpdxMA · FY2024$50,000
Modern Jewish CouplesFY2024$40,000
Gender Equity in Hiring ProjectFY2024$28,500
SanctuaryFY2024$10,000
Synagogue Village NetworkMA · FY2024$7,000
MalkhutFY2023$226,866
Individual RecipientFY2023$72,500
SanctuaryFY2023$70,000
Modern Jewish CouplesFY2023$40,000
Individual RecipientFY2023$30,000
Gender Equity in Hiring ProjectFY2023$26,500
Kohenet Hebrew Priestess InstituteFY2023$23,281
Nolita MinyanFY2023$12,835
Synagogue Village NetworkFY2023$10,019
Individual RecipientFY2023$7,050
Individual RecipientFY2023$5,313
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By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$3.8M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$3.3M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$551K
Investment incomeLn 3$8K
Money outPt IX
$3.2M
Ln 25
Programscol B$2.8M
Managementcol C$264K
Fundraisingcol D$73K
Owns and owesPt X
$2.1M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.8M
Total assetsLn 16$2.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$9K
PeoplePt VI, VII
3
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a3
IndependentVI 1b3
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$3.3M
Government grantsLn 1e$0
Noncash giftsLn 1g$0
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$0
Fees for servicesLn 2g$551K
Investment incomeLn 3$8K
Gains on assetsLn 7$969
Total revenueLn 12$3.8M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$1.8M
SavingsLn 2$5K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$1.8M
Total assetsLn 16$2.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$9K
Net assetsLn 32$2.1M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 519
VolunteersI 63
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$1.4M$1.8M
Total assetsLn 16$1.5M$2.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$92K$9K
Net assetsLn 32$1.4M$2.1M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$1.1M$1.1M
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$1K$1K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$113K$85K$18K$9K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$724K$548K$115K$61K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$18K$10K$8K
Payroll taxesLn 10$48K$41K$5K$2K
Management feesLn 11a$5K$5K
Legal feesLn 11b$3K$3K
Accounting feesLn 11c$67K$616$66K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$617K$604K$13K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$3K$3K
Office expensesLn 13$139K$110K$29K
Information technologyLn 14$7K$6K$1K
OccupancyLn 16$69K$69K$473
TravelLn 17$64K$62K$1K$707
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$9K$9K
InsuranceLn 23$3K$483$3K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$210K$209K$1K$0
All other expensesLn 24e$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$3.2M$2.8M$264K$73K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $3.8M$3.2M$670K$2.1M 990 PDF
FY2024 $2.9M$2.3M$620K$1.4M 990 PDF
FY2023 $1.8M$1.4M$336K$783K 990 PDF
FY2022 $953K$783K$171K$411K 990 PDF
FY2021 $657K$474K$183K$222K 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
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Part I · Summary $3,844,330 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $2,714,608$3,285,197
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $171,466$550,691
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $2,043$8,442
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $2,888,117$3,844,330
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $1,440,170$1,075,868
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $472,534$903,117
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $355,715$1,195,812
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $2,268,419$3,174,797
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $619,698$669,533
Part VI · Governance 3 of 3 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body3
VI-1b Independent voting members3
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 $3,844,330 across 13 lines filed
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$0
VIII-1b Membership dues$0
VIII-1c Fundraising events$0
VIII-1d Related organizations$0
VIII-1e Government grants$0
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$3,285,197
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$0
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$3,285,197
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $550,691 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$550,691
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $7,473$7,473
VIII-5 RoyaltiesRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsRelated to mission $969 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$969
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $551,660 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $7,473$3,844,330
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $3,174,797 across 21 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $1,074,607$1,074,607
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $1,261$1,261
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $85,222 · Management $17,848 · Fundraising $9,481$112,551
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $548,441 · Management $114,868 · Fundraising $61,018$724,327
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $10,248 · Management $7,946$18,194
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $41,057 · Management $4,968 · Fundraising $2,020$48,045
IX-11a Management feesPrograms $5,200$5,200
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $3,095$3,095
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $616 · Management $66,418$67,034
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $603,623 · Management $12,881$616,504
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $3,372$3,372
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $109,940 · Management $28,888$138,828
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $5,810 · Management $1,381$7,191
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $68,545 · Management $473$69,018
IX-17 TravelPrograms $61,584 · Management $1,272 · Fundraising $707$63,563
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $8,732$8,732
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $483 · Management $2,771$3,254
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $208,682 · Management $1,339 · Fundraising $0$210,021
IX-24e All other expenses$0
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $2,837,423 · Management $264,148 · Fundraising $73,226$3,174,797
Part X · Balance sheet $2,078,943 assets, 11 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $1,369,775$1,824,727
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $4,998$5,035
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $101,178$245,100
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $15,355$4,081
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $1,494,657$2,078,943
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $92,114$9,118
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $92,114$9,118
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $118,357$785,640
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $1,284,186$1,284,185
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $1,402,543$2,069,825
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $1,494,657$2,078,943
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $2,069,825 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$3,844,330
XI-2 Total expenses$3,174,797
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$669,533
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$1,402,543
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$0
XI-6 Donated services and use of facilities$0
XI-7 Investment expenses$0
XI-8 Prior period adjustments−$2,251
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$2,069,825

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