Becket Fund: Nonprofit Profile, Financials & Form 990 (EIN 52-1858532)

Mark Rienzi’s $367K as President & CEO is at the 51st percentile of top reported officer pay among 41 $10–100M social science 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	FY2025	FY2024	FY2023	FY2022	FY2021	FY2020
Mark Rienzi	$366,875	$360,000	$334,551	$277,885	$276,327	$274,180
Eric Rassbach	$297,500	$294,792	$250,414	$203,847	$200,030	$195,307
Luke Goodrich	$297,500	$294,792	$250,234	$203,614	$199,912	$195,229
Eric Baxter	$297,500	$294,792	$247,624	$201,939	$198,838	$193,476
Daniel Blomberg	$292,500	$283,750	$233,743	$178,623	$174,850	$168,785
Lori Windham	$292,500	$283,750	$227,439	$177,197	$172,027	$170,842
Montse Alvarado	—	$120,833	$270,609	$224,851	$220,919	$215,843
Eric Hines	$222,500	$219,583	$161,787	$149,664	$127,936	—

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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1 program · $11.7M · in their own filed words · FY2024

01

Public Interest Legal Activities

Our mission is to protect the free expression of all faiths. We exist to vindicate a simple but frequently neglected principle that because the religious impulse is natural to human beings, religious expression is natural to human culture. See attached for case litigation list.

$11.7Mprogram expense

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Grants

Schedule I · funders on record

Grants received · FY2025

Napa Institute Support FoundationFY2025$56K

Roman Catholic Foundation of Eastern MissouriFY2025$28K

Raynier Institute & FoundationFY2025$10K

World Faith FoundationFY2025$1K

Total grants receivedfrom 4 funders$95K

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By the numbers

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1The main four

Money inPt VIII

$17.5M

Ln 12

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$14.9M

Fees for servicesLn 2g$2.4M

Investment incomeLn 3$690K

Money outPt IX

$13.5M

Ln 25

Programscol B$11.7M

Managementcol C$824K

Fundraisingcol D$1.0M

Owns and owesPt X

$28.9M

net assets · Ln 32

Cash and savingsLn 1–2$23.9M

Total assetsLn 16$36.1M

LiabilitiesLn 26$7.2M

PeoplePt VI, VII

22

listed · VII A

PaidVII A7

Voting boardVI 1a16

IndependentVI 1b14

2In more detail

Revenue in detailPt VIII

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$14.9M

Noncash giftsLn 1g$797K

Fundraising eventsLn 1c$618K

Fees for servicesLn 2g$2.4M

Investment incomeLn 3$690K

Gains on assetsLn 7$4K

Total revenueLn 12$17.5M

Assets in detailPt X, end of year

CashLn 1$1.3M

SavingsLn 2$22.6M

Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$23.9M

InvestmentsLn 11–13$400

Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$153K

Other assetsLn 15$5.8M

Total assetsLn 16$36.1M

LiabilitiesLn 26$7.2M

Net assetsLn 32$28.9M

OperationsPt I, VI

EmployeesI 555

VolunteersI 60

Fiscal year endsHeaderSeptember

Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes

Whistleblower policyVI 13No

Records policyVI 14Yes

3Year over year

Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B

Line	Start FY25	End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2	$20.0M	$23.9M
InvestmentsLn 11–13	$886	$400
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c	$145K	$153K
Total assetsLn 16	$33.4M	$36.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26	$8.7M	$7.2M
Net assetsLn 32	$24.7M	$28.9M

4Every line

Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line

Line	Total	Programs	Management	Fundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5	$779K	$724K	$30K	$25K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7	$7.1M	$6.0M	$465K	$615K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8	$208K	$177K	$14K	$18K
Other employee benefitsLn 9	$1.5M	$1.3M	$99K	$128K
Payroll taxesLn 10	$577K	$493K	$36K	$47K
Management feesLn 11a	$55K	$47K	$3K	$5K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g	$101K	$86K	$6K	$8K
Office expensesLn 13	$61K	$42K	$16K	$4K
Information technologyLn 14	$248K	$212K	$16K	$20K
OccupancyLn 16	$898K	$774K	$56K	$69K
TravelLn 17	$266K	$190K	$57K	$19K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19	$53K	$42K	$0	$10K
InterestLn 20	$49K	$42K	$3K	$4K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22	$49K	$42K	$3K	$4K
InsuranceLn 23	$85K	$73K	$5K	$7K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24	$1.4M	$1.4M	$14K	$32K
All other expensesLn 24e	$15K	$13K	$920	$1K
Total functional expensesLn 25	$13.5M	$11.7M	$824K	$1.0M

Filing history

Year	Money in	Money out	In minus out	Net assets	Download
FY2025 Latest Viewing	$17.5M	$13.5M	$4.0M	$28.9M	990 PDF
FY2024	$18.8M	$12.3M	$6.6M	$24.7M	990 PDF
FY2023	$17.3M	$10.7M	$6.6M	$18.1M	990 PDF
FY2022	$14.0M	$9.4M	$4.5M	$11.5M	990 PDF
FY2021	$11.2M	$8.1M	$3.1M	$9.8M	990 PDF
FY2020	$7.5M	$7.3M	$217K	$6.6M	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 $17,543,941 revenue, 12 lines filed

I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $14,683,920$14,888,089

I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $3,988,006$2,350,338

I-10 Investment incomePrior year $623,376$690,300

I-11 Other revenuePrior year −$445,630−$384,786

I-12 Total revenuePrior year $18,849,672$17,543,941

I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0

I-14 Benefits paid to members$0

I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $8,990,139$10,187,955

I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0

I-17 Other expensesPrior year $3,288,958$3,310,093

I-18 Total expensesPrior year $12,279,097$13,498,048

I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $6,570,575$4,045,893

Part VI · Governance 14 of 16 board members independent, 1 to look at

VI-1a Voting members of the governing body16

VI-1b Independent voting members14

VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo

VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo

VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes

VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes

VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes

Part VIII · Statement of revenue $17,543,941 across 10 lines filed

VIII-1c Fundraising events$618,219

VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$14,269,870

VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$797,335

VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$14,888,089

VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$2,350,338

VIII-3 Investment incomeUnrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $686,288$686,288

VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $4,012$4,012

VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsUnrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax −$400,697−$400,697

VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $15,911 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$15,911

VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $2,366,249 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $289,603$17,543,941

Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $13,498,048 across 17 lines filed

IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $724,070 · Management $29,693 · Fundraising $25,368$779,131

IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $6,027,320 · Management $464,883 · Fundraising $615,463$7,107,666

IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $176,627 · Management $13,637 · Fundraising $18,062$208,326

IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $1,288,854 · Management $98,853 · Fundraising $128,312$1,516,019

IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $493,136 · Management $36,433 · Fundraising $47,244$576,813

IX-11a Management feesPrograms $47,208 · Management $3,468 · Fundraising $4,524$55,200

IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $86,401 · Management $6,346 · Fundraising $8,281$101,028

IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $41,667 · Management $15,562 · Fundraising $3,993$61,222

IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $211,956 · Management $15,570 · Fundraising $20,314$247,840

IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $773,815 · Management $55,635 · Fundraising $68,606$898,056

IX-17 TravelPrograms $189,723 · Management $57,266 · Fundraising $19,181$266,170

IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $42,181 · Management $0 · Fundraising $10,500$52,681

IX-20 InterestPrograms $42,243 · Management $3,103 · Fundraising $4,049$49,395

IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $41,660 · Management $3,060 · Fundraising $3,993$48,713

IX-23 InsurancePrograms $72,765 · Management $5,345 · Fundraising $6,974$85,084

IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $1,384,422 · Management $14,074 · Fundraising $31,570$1,430,066

IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $12,518 · Management $920 · Fundraising $1,200$14,638

IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $11,656,566 · Management $823,848 · Fundraising $1,017,634$13,498,048

Part X · Balance sheet $36,134,017 assets, 17 lines filed

X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $385,213$1,300,694

X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $19,577,968$22,566,235

X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $5,814,032$6,126,925

X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $510,972$7,695

X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $301,103$225,854

X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $145,388$152,700

X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $886$400

X-15 Other assetsStart of year $6,698,598$5,753,514

X-16 Total assetsStart of year $33,434,160$36,134,017

X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $59,587$43,274

X-18 Grants payableStart of year $725,000$0

X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $7,929,709$7,145,215

X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $8,714,296$7,188,489

X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $18,702,857$22,822,876

X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $6,017,007$6,122,652

X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $24,719,864$28,945,528

X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $33,434,160$36,134,017

Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $28,945,528 net assets at year end

XI-1 Total revenue$17,543,941

XI-2 Total expenses$13,498,048

XI-3 Revenue less expenses$4,045,893

XI-4 Net assets at start of year$24,719,864

XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$179,771

XI-10 Net assets at end of year$28,945,528

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

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