Bell Tower Counseling: Nonprofit Profile, Financials & Form 990 (EIN 86-1728621)

Caewyn Barnett’s $84K as Vice President & Counselor is at the 38th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1636 $1–10M 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 · 4 named individuals · Part VII

Name	FY2025	FY2024	FY2023	FY2022	FY2021
Caewyn Barnett	$84,189	$75,426	$38,844	$47,324	$550
Katherine Ribera	$41,798	$63,001	—	—	$18,855
Katie Ribera	—	—	$46,011	$41,569	—
Jared Michonski	$2,457	—	—	—	—

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

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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

Programs and updates

Provides affordable, accessible mental, emotional, and spiritual counseling in the Puget Sound Region.

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3 programs · $951K · in their own filed words · FY2025

01

Counseling

Provided more than 5,650 hours of mental health counseling to 362 individuals and families, utilizing scholarship funds to assist in providing affordable and sustainable access to these services for clients in need of mental healthcare.

$942Kprogram expense

02

Education

Provided practicum and internship opportunities for 2 graduate students needing practical experience as part of their educational programs. Students were able to participate in staff meetings and case consultation, professional training, observation of senior clinicians, and weekly meetings with experienced supervisors.

$10Kprogram expense

03

Conference Activities

Hosted two educational conferences open to the community for about 85 attendees to learn about mental health topics and useful skills for managing these concerns in an affordable and more accessible format than what weekly individual counseling is able to provide. For 2025, conference activities were inactive.

Pt IX · col B

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

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundFY2024$42K

Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$42K

By the numbers

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1The main four

Money inPt VIII

$1.1M

Ln 12

Fees for servicesLn 2g$903K

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$160K

Investment incomeLn 3$5K

Money outPt IX

$987K

Ln 25

Programscol B$951K

Managementcol C$32K

Fundraisingcol D$4K

Owns and owesPt X

$332K

net assets · Ln 32

Cash and savingsLn 1–2$334K

Total assetsLn 16$334K

LiabilitiesLn 26$2K

PeoplePt VI, VII

9

listed · VII A

PaidVII A3

Voting boardVI 1a8

IndependentVI 1b7

2In more detail

Revenue in detailPt VIII

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$160K

Government grantsLn 1e$0

Noncash giftsLn 1g$0

Fundraising eventsLn 1c$69K

Fees for servicesLn 2g$903K

Investment incomeLn 3$5K

Total revenueLn 12$1.1M

Assets in detailPt X, end of year

CashLn 1$139K

SavingsLn 2$195K

Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$334K

Total assetsLn 16$334K

LiabilitiesLn 26$2K

Net assetsLn 32$332K

OperationsPt I, VI

EmployeesI 512

VolunteersI 630

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 FY25	End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2	$260K	$334K
Total assetsLn 16	$260K	$334K
LiabilitiesLn 26	$49	$2K
Net assetsLn 32	$260K	$332K

4Every line

Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line

Line	Total	Programs	Management	Fundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2	$165K	$165K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5	$128K	$116K	$10K	$2K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7	$555K	$550K	$4K	$1K
Other employee benefitsLn 9	$5K	$5K	$32	$10
Payroll taxesLn 10	$56K	$54K	$1K	$282
Management feesLn 11a	$0
Legal feesLn 11b	$360		$360
Accounting feesLn 11c	$2K		$2K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g	$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12	$3K	$3K
Office expensesLn 13	$29K	$27K	$2K
Information technologyLn 14	$19K	$12K	$7K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19	$3K		$3K
InsuranceLn 23	$2K		$2K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24	$19K	$19K	$374	$0
Total functional expensesLn 25	$987K	$951K	$32K	$4K

Filing history

Year	Money in	Money out	In minus out	Net assets	Download
FY2025 Latest Viewing	$1.1M	$987K	$74K	$332K	990 PDF
FY2024	$1.0M	$945K	$57K	$260K	990 PDF
FY2023	$724K	$672K	$52K	$202K	990 PDF
FY2022	$544K	$480K	$64K	$150K	990 PDF
FY2021	$131K			$85K	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

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Part I · Summary $1,061,037 revenue, 12 lines filed

I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $142,005$160,173

I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $865,461$902,735

I-10 Investment incomePrior year $443$5,082

I-11 Other revenuePrior year −$5,674−$6,953

I-12 Total revenuePrior year $1,002,235$1,061,037

I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $174,686$164,908

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

I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $691,840$744,757

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

I-17 Other expensesPrior year $78,326$77,798

I-18 Total expensesPrior year $944,852$987,463

I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $57,383$73,574

Part VI · Governance 7 of 8 board members independent, no flags

VI-1a Voting members of the governing body8

VI-1b Independent voting members7

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 $1,061,037 across 13 lines filed

VIII-1a Federated campaigns$0

VIII-1b Membership dues$0

VIII-1c Fundraising events$68,861

VIII-1d Related organizations$0

VIII-1e Government grants$0

VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$91,312

VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$0

VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$160,173

VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $902,735 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$902,735

VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $5,082$5,082

VIII-5 RoyaltiesRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0

VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsUnrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax −$6,953−$6,953

VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $902,735 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax −$1,871$1,061,037

Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $987,463 across 15 lines filed

IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $164,908$164,908

IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $115,905 · Management $10,450 · Fundraising $2,090$128,445

IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $549,997 · Management $4,081 · Fundraising $1,360$555,438

IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $4,957 · Management $32 · Fundraising $10$4,999

IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $54,399 · Management $1,194 · Fundraising $282$55,875

IX-11a Management fees$0

IX-11b Legal feesManagement $360$360

IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $1,583$1,583

IX-11g Other fees for services$0

IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $3,450$3,450

IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $26,601 · Management $2,279$28,880

IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $12,387 · Management $7,107$19,494

IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsManagement $3,304$3,304

IX-23 InsuranceManagement $1,517$1,517

IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $18,836 · Management $374 · Fundraising $0$19,210

IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $951,440 · Management $32,281 · Fundraising $3,742$987,463

Part X · Balance sheet $334,223 assets, 9 lines filed

X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $159,085$138,982

X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $100,467$195,241

X-16 Total assetsStart of year $259,552$334,223

X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $49$2,121

X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $49$2,121

X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $255,629$317,982

X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $3,874$14,120

X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $259,503$332,102

X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $259,552$334,223

Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $332,102 net assets at year end

XI-1 Total revenue$1,061,037

XI-2 Total expenses$987,463

XI-3 Revenue less expenses$73,574

XI-4 Net assets at start of year$259,503

XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$0

XI-6 Donated services and use of facilities$0

XI-7 Investment expenses$0

XI-8 Prior period adjustments−$975

XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0

XI-10 Net assets at end of year$332,102

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

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