Advancing the catholic faith through education & dissemination of information by operation of websites.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
88¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$90K 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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FY2021 · 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 $2K a year · under 1% 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
88%
of spending
Looks good: 88% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$90K
to officers and key staff · 20% of spending
Fine: pay to officers and key staff is 20% of spending; 15% to 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
5 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 5.0 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
3
named funders · $21K
Looks good: 3 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$528
0.3% 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
$452K
+10% vs prior year
Spent
$446K
To programs
88%
Net assets
$189K
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$452K
FY2021▲ +10%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$413K
FY2021$452K
FY2022$414K
FY2023$432K
FY2024$490K
Expenses
$446K
FY2021▲ +11%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$403K
FY2021$446K
FY2022$460K
FY2023$444K
FY2024$457K
Net assets
$189K
FY2021▲ +3%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$183K
FY2021$189K
FY2022$143K
FY2023$130K
FY2024$163K

From the FY2021 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 Jun 1985.

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

Where the money goes

88 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 88% · $392K Management & general 7% · $29K Fundraising 5% · $24K

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; $90K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
$45,800Pt VII · Sec A
$44,000Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 3 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Thomas V Mirus$71,992$52,130$45,531$45,800$44,400
James Majewski$66,713$56,880———
Jeffrey a Mirus$24,000$24,000$44,000$44,000$44,000

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

Educates and shares Catholic faith information through websites.

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1 program · $392K · in their own filed words · FY2021
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Catholicculture.org

Trinity communications owns and operates WWW.CATHOLICCULTURE.ORG to provide information about the catholic faith, catholic religious instruction, aids to catholic devotional life, access to catholic documents and texts, a library of catholic texts, four catholic podcasts, daily news of interest to catholics and catholic commentary and…

$392Kprogram 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 · FY2024
Total grants receivedfrom 3 funders$21K
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By the numbers

The FY2021 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$452K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$452K
Money outPt IX
$446K
Ln 25
Programscol B$392K
Managementcol C$29K
Fundraisingcol D$24K
Owns and owesPt X
$189K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$185K
Total assetsLn 16$189K
LiabilitiesLn 26$528
PeoplePt VI, VII
3
listed · VII A
PaidVII A2
Voting boardVI 1a3
IndependentVI 1b0
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$452K
Government grantsLn 1e$20K
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$452K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$185K
SavingsLn 2$0
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$185K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$2K
Other assetsLn 15$0
Total assetsLn 16$189K
LiabilitiesLn 26$528
Net assetsLn 32$189K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 53
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aNo
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY21End FY21
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$200K$185K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$2K$2K
Total assetsLn 16$203K$189K
LiabilitiesLn 26$21K$528
Net assetsLn 32$183K$189K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$90K$81K$4K$4K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$75K$75K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$22K$18K$2K$2K
Payroll taxesLn 10$13K$12K$336$336
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$25$25
Accounting feesLn 11c$10K$10K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$124K$124K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$932$466$466
Office expensesLn 13$8K$8K
Information technologyLn 14$50K$50K
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$0
TravelLn 17$773$773
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$0
InterestLn 20$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$2K$1K$652
InsuranceLn 23$0
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$50K$29K$3K$17K
All other expensesLn 24e$1K$937$137
Total functional expensesLn 25$446K$392K$29K$24K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest $490K$457K$33K$163K 990 PDF
FY2023 $432K$444K−$13K$130K 990 PDF
FY2022 $414K$460K−$46K$143K 990 PDF
FY2021 Viewing $452K$446K$6K$189K 990 PDF
FY2020 $413K$403K$10K$183K 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 FY2021 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $452,172 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $408,585$452,172
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $4,227$0
I-10 Investment income$0
I-11 Other revenue$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $412,812$452,172
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $123,173$199,321
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $279,643$246,599
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $402,816$445,920
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $9,996$6,252
Part VI · Governance 0 of 3 board members independent, 4 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body3
VI-1b Independent voting members0
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyNo
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $452,172 across 9 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$20,400
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$431,772
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$452,172
VIII-3 Investment income$0
VIII-5 Royalties$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or loss$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assets$0
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$0
VIII-12 Total revenue$452,172
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $445,920 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizations$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individuals$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipients$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for members$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $81,000 · Management $4,400 · Fundraising $4,400$89,800
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $74,990$74,990
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$0
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $18,170 · Management $1,857 · Fundraising $1,857$21,884
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $11,975 · Management $336 · Fundraising $336$12,647
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $25$25
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $10,305$10,305
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $124,236$124,236
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $466 · Fundraising $466$932
IX-13 Office expensesManagement $8,251$8,251
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $49,629$49,629
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 Occupancy$0
IX-17 TravelPrograms $773$773
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetings$0
IX-20 Interest$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $1,000 · Management $652$1,652
IX-23 Insurance$0
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $29,234 · Management $3,476 · Fundraising $17,012$49,722
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $937 · Management $137$1,074
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $392,410 · Management $29,439 · Fundraising $24,071$445,920
Part X · Balance sheet $189,414 assets, 18 lines filed
Asset lines not itemized here account for $3,120; see the IRS return.
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $199,962$184,676
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investments$0
X-3 Pledges and grants receivable$0
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year −$4−$4
X-8 Inventories for sale or use$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred charges$0
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $2,274$1,622
X-11 Publicly traded securities$0
X-12 Other securities$0
X-13 Program-related investments$0
X-14 Intangible assetsStart of year $1,000$0
X-15 Other assets$0
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $203,232$189,414
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $198$528
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $20,598$528
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $182,634$188,886
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $182,634$188,886
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $203,232$189,414
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $188,886 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$452,172
XI-2 Total expenses$445,920
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$6,252
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$182,634
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$188,886

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