To supply, furnish, and pay for the installation of electronic bells or chimes to Roman Catholic institutions, and secondarily, to assist in the needs of the Archdiocese of New Orleans.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
86¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$14K 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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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
1 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $8K a year · 4% of revenue · last 6 filings
Concern: a surplus in 1 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
86%
of spending
Looks good: 86% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$14K
to officers and key staff · 4% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 4% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
<1 mo
of spending, in cash
Plus $4.4M in investments, Pt X · Ln 11–13
Fine: 0.1 months of spending in cash, plus $4.4M in investments.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Liabilities
$82K
2% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 2% 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
$345K
-2% vs prior year
Spent
$353K
To programs
86%
Net assets
$4.3M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$345K
FY2025▼ -2%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$144K
FY2021$199K
FY2022$183K
FY2023$148K
FY2024$351K
FY2025$345K
Expenses
$353K
FY2025▲ +61%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$164K
FY2021$203K
FY2022$280K
FY2023$202K
FY2024$220K
FY2025$353K
Net assets
$4.3M
FY2025▲ +3%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$3.9M
FY2021$4.7M
FY2022$3.8M
FY2023$3.9M
FY2024$4.2M
FY2025$4.3M

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending June 2025) · see the original

990 PDF Claim

Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Mar 1946.

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

Where the money goes

86 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 86% · $302K Management & general 14% · $51K

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; $14K 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
$7,000Pt VII · Sec A
$7,000Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

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

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
John X Wegmann III$7,000$6,000$6,000$6,000$6,000$6,000
Msgr Harry Bugler$7,000$6,000$6,000———
Very Rev Paul S Hart Vf———$4,500$6,000$6,000

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

Provides and installs electronic bells or chimes for Catholic churches.

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1 program · $302K · in their own filed words · FY2024
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To supply, furnish, and fund the installation of electronic bells AND/OR chimes, and to assist with the needs of institutions of the roman catholic church of the archdiocese of new orleans.

$302Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · this organization's grantmaking
Grants paid · 137 grants · $1.1M · 2019–2024
Individual RecipientFY2024$8,500
Individual RecipientFY2024$8,500
Individual RecipientFY2024$8,500
Individual RecipientFY2024$8,500
Individual RecipientFY2024$8,500
Individual RecipientFY2024$8,500
Individual RecipientFY2024$8,500
St Joan of ArcFY2024$8,500
Individual RecipientFY2024$8,500
St Hilary of PoitiersFY2024$8,500
Individual RecipientFY2024$8,500
Individual RecipientFY2024$8,500
Individual RecipientFY2024$8,500
Individual RecipientFY2024$8,500
Individual RecipientFY2024$8,500
Individual RecipientFY2024$8,500
Individual RecipientFY2024$8,500
Individual RecipientFY2024$8,500
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By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$345K
Ln 12
Investment incomeLn 3$345K
Money outPt IX
$353K
Ln 25
Programscol B$302K
Managementcol C$51K
Owns and owesPt X
$4.3M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$3K
Total assetsLn 16$4.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$82K
PeoplePt VI, VII
3
listed · VII A
PaidVII A2
Voting boardVI 1a3
IndependentVI 1b0
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Investment incomeLn 3$345K
Gains on assetsLn 7$84K
Total revenueLn 12$345K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$3K
SavingsLn 2$60
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$3K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$4.4M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$0
Other assetsLn 15$0
Total assetsLn 16$4.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$82K
Net assetsLn 32$4.3M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 50
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
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 FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$5K$3K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$4.3M$4.4M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$0
Total assetsLn 16$4.3M$4.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$70K$82K
Net assetsLn 32$4.2M$4.3M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$302K$302K
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$14K$14K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$0
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$0
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$19K$19K
Accounting feesLn 11c$8K$8K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$9K$9K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$0
Office expensesLn 13$0
Information technologyLn 14$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$0
TravelLn 17$0
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$0
InsuranceLn 23$0
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$36$36
All other expensesLn 24e$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$353K$302K$51K$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $345K$353K−$8K$4.3M 990 PDF
FY2024 $351K$220K$132K$4.2M 990 PDF
FY2023 $148K$202K−$54K$3.9M 990 PDF
FY2022 $183K$280K−$97K$3.8M 990 PDF
FY2021 $199K$203K−$4K$4.7M 990 PDF
FY2020 $144K$164K−$19K$3.9M 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 FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $344,857 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grants$0
I-9 Program service revenue$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $351,356$344,857
I-11 Other revenue$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $351,356$344,857
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $174,800$302,000
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $12,000$14,000
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $33,016$36,988
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $219,816$352,988
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $131,540−$8,131
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 $344,857 across 7 lines filed
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$0
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $261,007$261,007
VIII-5 Royalties$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or loss$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $83,850$83,850
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$0
VIII-12 Total revenueExcluded from tax $344,857$344,857
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $352,988 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $302,000$302,000
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 staffManagement $14,000$14,000
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wages$0
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$0
IX-9 Other employee benefits$0
IX-10 Payroll taxes$0
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $19,252$19,252
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $8,400$8,400
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesManagement $9,300$9,300
IX-12 Advertising and promotion$0
IX-13 Office expenses$0
IX-14 Information technology$0
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 Occupancy$0
IX-17 Travel$0
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 amortization$0
IX-23 Insurance$0
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Management $36$36
IX-24e All other expenses$0
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $302,000 · Management $50,988 · Fundraising $0$352,988
Part X · Balance sheet $4,400,693 assets, 19 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $2,572$2,623
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $2,843$60
X-3 Pledges and grants receivable$0
X-4 Accounts receivable$0
X-8 Inventories for sale or use$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred charges$0
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, net$0
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $4,272,903$4,398,010
X-12 Other securities$0
X-13 Program-related investments$0
X-14 Intangible assets$0
X-15 Other assets$0
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $4,278,318$4,400,693
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $11,256$5,032
X-18 Grants payableStart of year $58,300$76,500
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $69,556$81,532
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $4,208,762$4,319,161
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $4,208,762$4,319,161
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $4,278,318$4,400,693
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $4,319,161 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$344,857
XI-2 Total expenses$352,988
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$8,131
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$4,208,762
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$118,530
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$4,319,161

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