Catholics for Choice: FY2021 Nonprofit Profile & Form 990 (EIN 52-1154418)

Jamie Manson’s $259K as President is at the 90th percentile of top reported officer pay among 797 $1–10M civil rights & advocacy 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

Name	FY2024	FY2023	FY2022	FY2021	FY2020
Jamie Manson	$259,282	$282,273	$274,309	$238,632	$59,886
Sara Hutchinson Ratcliffe	—	—	—	—	$235,564
Chris Wimbush	$223,076	—	—	—	—
Margaret-Ann Dayspring Cabaniss	$168,646	—	—	—	—
Margaret-Ann Cabaniss	—	$153,052	—	—	—
Ashley Wilson	$134,681	$126,000	$120,000	—	—
Christopher Wimbush	—	$119,217	—	—	—
Elyce Nollete-Alston	$111,606	—	—	—	—

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

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Advocates for reproductive freedom and justice for Catholics worldwide through education and advocacy.

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3 programs · $2.0M · in their own filed words · FY2021

01

Communications

Promotion of the organization's mission through the development, execution and dissemination of research, publications, and other educational materials.

$937Kprogram expense

02

Domestic Programs

Promotion of the organization's mission through activities including research, policy analysis, education, and collaborative efforts on the local, state and federal levels in the united states.

$587Kprogram expense

03

International Programs

Promotion of the organization's mission through a global program of publications, media, public speaking and other communications vehicles.

$512Kprogram 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

The Susan Thompson Buffett FoundationFY2024$151K

Ford FoundationFY2024$100K

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundFY2024$86K

Westwind FoundationFY2024$60K

Prentice Foundation INCFY2024$30K

Marin Community FoundationFY2024$8K

McNeill Charitable Foundation INCFY2024$1K

Total grants receivedfrom 7 funders$437K

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Grants paid · 4 grants · $198K · 2022–2024

Wijngaards Institute for Catholic ResearchFY2024$100,000

National Council of Jewish Women IncorporatedDC · FY2024$38,000

Faith Choice OhioOH · FY2022$40,000

Faith Roots Reproductive ActionNM · FY2022$20,000

By the numbers

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1The main four

Money inPt VIII

$4.0M

Ln 12

Investment incomeLn 3$2.2M

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.8M

Fees for servicesLn 2g$5K

Money outPt IX

$2.8M

Ln 25

Programscol B$2.0M

Managementcol C$444K

Fundraisingcol D$282K

Owns and owesPt X

$16.3M

net assets · Ln 32

Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.6M

Total assetsLn 16$16.6M

LiabilitiesLn 26$323K

PeoplePt VI, VII

12

listed · VII A

PaidVII A1

Voting boardVI 1a10

IndependentVI 1b10

2In more detail

Revenue in detailPt VIII

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.8M

Government grantsLn 1e$478K

Fees for servicesLn 2g$5K

Investment incomeLn 3$2.2M

Other incomeLn 4–11$368

Gains on assetsLn 7$1.9M

Total revenueLn 12$4.0M

Assets in detailPt X, end of year

CashLn 1$353K

SavingsLn 2$1.2M

Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$1.6M

InvestmentsLn 11–13$14.1M

Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$165K

Other assetsLn 15$123K

Total assetsLn 16$16.6M

LiabilitiesLn 26$323K

Net assetsLn 32$16.3M

OperationsPt I, VI

EmployeesI 515

VolunteersI 610

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

Line	Start FY21	End FY21
Cash and savingsLn 1–2	$1.1M	$1.6M
InvestmentsLn 11–13	$14.6M	$14.1M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c	$218K	$165K
Total assetsLn 16	$16.1M	$16.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26	$410K	$323K
Net assetsLn 32	$15.7M	$16.3M

4Every line

Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line

Line	Total	Programs	Management	Fundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1	$4K	$4K
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3	$25K	$25K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5	$251K	$199K	$16K	$36K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7	$1.1M	$860K	$68K	$157K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8	$32K	$25K	$2K	$5K
Other employee benefitsLn 9	$88K	$70K	$6K	$13K
Payroll taxesLn 10	$87K	$69K	$5K	$13K
Legal feesLn 11b	$13K	$5K	$7K
Accounting feesLn 11c	$212K		$212K
Investment management feesLn 11f	$80K		$80K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g	$330K	$295K	$13K	$22K
Advertising and promotionLn 12	$2K	$1K		$551
Office expensesLn 13	$70K	$56K	$4K	$10K
OccupancyLn 16	$231K	$198K	$17K	$16K
TravelLn 17	$937	$781	$98	$58
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19	$81K	$74K	$7K	$204
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22	$59K	$51K	$4K	$4K
InsuranceLn 23	$15K	$13K	$1K	$1K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24	$95K	$90K	$2K	$3K
Total functional expensesLn 25	$2.8M	$2.0M	$444K	$282K

Filing history

Year	Money in	Money out	In minus out	Net assets	Download
FY2024 Latest	$1.2M	$4.1M	−$2.9M	$12.5M	990 PDF
FY2023	$2.7M	$3.2M	−$509K	$14.4M	990 PDF
FY2022	$2.4M	$3.1M	−$757K	$13.4M	990 PDF
FY2021 Viewing	$4.0M	$2.8M	$1.2M	$16.3M	990 PDF
FY2020	$2.9M	$2.9M	−$10K	$15.7M	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 F · Foreign J · Pay O · Explanations

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Part I · Summary $3,960,237 revenue, 12 lines filed

I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $301,324$1,766,582

I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $240$4,660

I-10 Investment incomePrior year $2,577,280$2,188,627

I-11 Other revenuePrior year $445$368

I-12 Total revenuePrior year $2,879,289$3,960,237

I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $41,442$28,786

I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0

I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $1,454,281$1,543,502

I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0

I-17 Other expensesPrior year $1,393,994$1,189,185

I-18 Total expensesPrior year $2,889,717$2,761,473

I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$10,428$1,198,764

Part VI · Governance 10 of 10 board members independent, no flags

VI-1a Voting members of the governing body10

VI-1b Independent voting members10

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 $3,960,237 across 8 lines filed

VIII-1e Government grants$477,524

VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$1,289,058

VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$1,766,582

VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $4,660$4,660

VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $291,679$291,679

VIII-5 RoyaltiesExcluded from tax $368$368

VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $1,896,948$1,896,948

VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $4,660 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $2,188,995$3,960,237

Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $2,761,473 across 19 lines filed

IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $3,735$3,735

IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $25,051$25,051

IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $198,935 · Management $15,683 · Fundraising $36,383$251,001

IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $860,019 · Management $67,799 · Fundraising $157,290$1,085,108

IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $25,328 · Management $1,997 · Fundraising $4,632$31,957

IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $70,093 · Management $5,526 · Fundraising $12,820$88,439

IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $68,951 · Management $5,436 · Fundraising $12,610$86,997

IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $5,395 · Management $7,401$12,796

IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $211,671$211,671

IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $80,277$80,277

IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $295,359 · Management $12,860 · Fundraising $22,275$330,494

IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $1,010 · Fundraising $551$1,561

IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $56,071 · Management $4,208 · Fundraising $10,183$70,462

IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $197,660 · Management $16,891 · Fundraising $16,297$230,848

IX-17 TravelPrograms $781 · Management $98 · Fundraising $58$937

IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $74,020 · Management $6,951 · Fundraising $204$81,175

IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $50,664 · Management $3,959 · Fundraising $4,191$58,814

IX-23 InsurancePrograms $13,057 · Management $1,118 · Fundraising $1,080$15,255

IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $89,765 · Management $1,846 · Fundraising $3,284$94,895

IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $2,035,894 · Management $443,721 · Fundraising $281,858$2,761,473

Part X · Balance sheet $16,637,766 assets, 16 lines filed

X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $155,949$353,226

X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $984,715$1,242,509

X-3 Pledges and grants receivable$360,000

X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $15,829$266,216

X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $22,265$43,593

X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $217,707$164,757

X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $14,573,376$14,084,002

X-15 Other assetsStart of year $130,883$123,463

X-16 Total assetsStart of year $16,100,724$16,637,766

X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $169,600$105,576

X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $240,459$217,898

X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $410,059$323,474

X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $15,252,387$15,555,005

X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $438,278$759,287

X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $15,690,665$16,314,292

X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $16,100,724$16,637,766

Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $16,314,292 net assets at year end

XI-1 Total revenue$3,960,237

XI-2 Total expenses$2,761,473

XI-3 Revenue less expenses$1,198,764

XI-4 Net assets at start of year$15,690,665

XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments−$575,137

XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0

XI-10 Net assets at end of year$16,314,292

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2021 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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