Sharing Sacred Spaces builds community between diverse religious communities by Sharing the sacredness of space, tradition and practice of hospitality, in order to engender a spirit of trust, friendship, and solidarity.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
$80K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Pay: Part VII

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FY2021 · Form 990-EZIndependent: 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-EZ
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
4 of 4
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $79K a year · 22% of revenue · last 4 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 4 of the last 4 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 4 filings
Pay to officers and key staff
$80K
to officers and key staff
No data yet: the filing does not give pay as a share of spending.
Pt VII · Sec A
Named funders
5
named funders · $234K
Looks good: 5 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
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Revenue
$184K
-15% vs prior year
Net assets
$96K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$184K
FY2021▼ -15%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$217K
FY2021$184K
FY2022$118K
FY2023$255K
FY2024$410K
FY2025$577K
Expenses
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FY2021
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$162K
FY2021Not on file
FY2022Not on file
FY2023$206K
FY2024$289K
FY2025$488K
Net assets
$96K
FY2021▲ +71%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$56K
FY2021$96K
FY2022$72K
FY2023$121K
FY2024$245K
FY2025$337K

From the FY2021 Form 990 (year ending June 2021) · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Feb 2020.

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

Who runs it and what they're paid

7 people listed on the 990-EZ; $80K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2020); the FY2021 filing did not itemize Part VII
Executive Di
$80,000Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
President &
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Vanessa Avery’s $128K as Executive Director is at the 95th percentile of top reported officer pay among 2133 $100K–1M religion 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 · 1 named individual · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Vanessa Avery$127,500$107,708$100,000$100,000$80,000

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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Programs and updates

Connects diverse religious groups through shared sacred spaces, fostering trust and friendship.

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1 program · $90K · in their own filed words · FY2019
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The interreligious communities project (icp) brings together religious and spiritual communities to visit one another's sacred spaces, learn about each other, extend hospitality, equip themselves with some of the tools of interfaith dialogue, and build an interfaith community.

$90Kprogram 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
Unrival NfpFY2024$300
Total grants receivedfrom 5 funders$234K
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By the numbers

The FY2021 990-EZ, line by line.

1The main four
Money in
$184K
Other income$184K
Owns and owes
$96K
net assets
People
7
listed
Paid1
2In more detail
Revenue in detail
Other income$184K
Total revenue$184K
Assets in detailEnd of year
Net assets$96K
Operations
Employees0
Volunteers3
Fiscal year endsJune

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $577K$488K$90K$337K 990 PDF
FY2024 $410K$289K$121K$245K 990 PDF
FY2023 $255K$206K$49K$121K 990 PDF
FY2022 $118K$72K 990 PDF
FY2021 Viewing $184K$96K 990 PDF
FY2020 $217K$162K$56K$56K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support

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

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