2024-03-26T10:55:45-04:00 2023-12-31 341819328 INNER CIRCLE ADVISORS 3 SUMMIT PARK DR STE 520 INDEPENDENCE OH 441312180 990 2023-01-01 366109830 SCEPTER PUBLISHERS INC SCEP 11925 PEARL ROAD SUITE 309 STRONGSVILLE OH 44136 ROBERT SINGERLINE CEO 8003228773 2024-03-25 true ROBERT SINGERLINE XXX-XX-XXXX false HINA ARORA CPA P01608631 8338360330 2024-03-25 2023 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z ROBERT SINGERLINE 19523 TROTWOOD PARK STRONGSVILLE OH 44149 9687209 false X WWW.SCEPTERPUBLISHERS.ORG X 1952 IL RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL PUBLICATIONS. SCEPTER'S PROGRAM SERVICE REVENUE FROM SALES OF ITS BOOK INVENTORY IS REPORTED ON LINES 10A, B AND C AND LINE 11. 5 4 5 0 0 1916831 1809315 -461781 332538 0 1455050 2141853 0 0 369685 396659 0 0 1512975 1380064 1882660 1776723 -427610 365130 5393426 6158630 232593 260008 5160833 5898622 X PUBLICATION OF RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS. 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ANOTHER IS INSIDE THE MIND OF THOMAS MORE, BY DAVID OAKLEY. ST. THOMAS MORE IS THE PATRON SAINT FOR LAWYERS AND THIS BOOK RENDERS EXAMPLES OF HOW THIS GREAT SAINT WAS ABLE TO LIVE HIS FAITH FOR THE COMMON GOOD OF OTHERS IN VERY SPECIFIC CIRCUMSTANCES. HOLINESS IN A SECULAR AGE, FR. JUAN VALEZ RELATES WHAT THE 19TH CENTURY CARDINAL NEWMAN WOULD SUGGEST REGARDING THE STATE OF AFFAIRS WE FIND OURSELVES IN OUR CURRENT TIMES. TEAM BABY, BY JULIA DEE AND IDA GAZZOLA IS A BOOK THAT HELPS YOUNG MOTHERS TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE SPIRITUAL BEAUTY OF MOTHERHOOD WITH PARTICULAR ADVICE FOR NEW MOMS. 339747 SCEPTER OFFERS FREE BOOKS TO PRISONERS UPON REQUEST. IT IS THE ORGANIZATION'S BELIEF THAT SOCIETY GREATLY BENEFITS WHEN PRISONERS HAVE ACCESS TO THESE BOOKS. SCEPTER BOOKS AID GREATLY IN THE REFORMATION OF THEIR CHARACTER, WHICH IS IMPORTANT TO THEIR EVENTUAL REINTEGRATION INTO SOCIETY. EXAMPLES INCLUDE MATTHEW PARADISE AT SAN QUENTIN PENITENTIARY IN CALIFORNIA. HE REQUESTED "THE HISTORY OF MODERN PHILOSOPHY- AND "THE HOLY ROSARY-; MICHAEL ESTEP, IN PRISON IN JACKSBORO, TEXAS, WHO REQUESTED A COPY OF "THE WAY" BY ST JOSEMARIA; MARTIN SCHAFER, WHO IS IN PRISON IN AVENAL, CALIFORNIA, REQUESTING "THE NAVARRE BIBLE. MATHEW AND MARK", "THE WAY, FURROW, FORGE- AND "THE HANDBOOK OF PRAYER". SCEPTER HAS DEVELOPED MOST OF OUR BOOKS INTO ELECTRONIC BOOKS AND HAS IMPLEMENTED A DIGITAL ELECTRONIC BOOK DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM GIVING ACCESS TO EBOOKS DIRECTLY FROM THE SCEPTER WEBSITE. THESE ELECTRONIC BOOKS ARE ESPECIALLY HELPFUL AS THEY ARE OF LOWER COSTS AND GREATER CONVENIENCE TO READERS. 339747 1659459 true false false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false 48 0 5 false false false false false false false false false X 5 4 false false false false false false false true true false false false false false false true false false IL X ROBERT SINGERLINE 2164968274 19523 TROTWOOD PARK STRONGSVILLE OH 44149 ROBERT SINGERLINE CEO 30.00 X X 95000 0 0 MICHAEL AQUILINA DIRECTOR 0.50 X 0 0 0 RALPH ARESTE DIRECTOR 0.50 X 0 0 0 JOHN B HALEY DIRECTOR 0.50 X 0 0 0 MARK SMITH DIRECTOR 0.50 X 0 0 0 95000 false false false SALES OF BOOKS 511130 1808098 1808098 OTHER INCOME 1217 1217 1809315 99841 99841 7768503 9550 7545356 223147 9550 232697 232697 2141853 2141853 95000 95000 172535 172535 76390 76390 30180 30180 22554 22554 80451 72976 7475 31273 31273 139826 139826 58478 44185 14293 120000 120000 14375 13896 479 11181 11181 772 772 3986 3969 17 COST OF GOODS SOLD 609758 609758 STORAGE/FULFILLMENT/ SHIP 252557 252557 BOOK DEVELOPMENT 43656 43656 FULFILLMENT EXPENSE 9962 9962 3789 3789 1776723 1659459 117264 0 419624 916218 167717 136938 1167897 1141276 71135 133114 156882 154918 15827 1964 3548726 3829120 2500 5393426 6158630 232593 260008 232593 260008 X 5160833 5898622 5160833 5898622 5393426 6158630 X 365130 384601 -11942 X X false false X 62500 62500 1566032 1601538 1916878 1916738 1809315 8810501 1566032 1601538 1979378 1916738 1809315 8873001 8873001 62233 33128 38060 43450 99841 276712 62233 33128 38060 43450 99841 276712 1628265 1634666 2017438 1960188 1909156 9149713 0.96980 0.97460 0.03000 0.03000 X 156882 154918 1964 1964 FORM 990 SCEPTER'S SELECTION OF BOOK TITLES EMPHASIZES THE FUNDAMENTAL ASPECTS OF RELIGIOUS LIFE, PRAYER, SINCERITY, SELF-DENIAL, AND A SPIRIT OF SERVICE TO OTHERS. SINCE ITS PUBLISHING FOCUS IS RELATED TO A MESSAGE THAT REMAINS OUTSIDE THE MAINSTREAM, IT MUST MAKE A GREATER EFFORT TO PROMOTE THESE MATERIALS WITH BETTER MARKETING IN ORDER TO REACH INDIVIDUALS ALREADY RECEPTIVE TO THIS MESSAGE AS WELL AS THOSE WHO MIGHT BE LED TO GREATER AWARENESS OF THEIR IMPORTANCE. ALL OF OUR TITLES EMPHASIZE A UNIVERSAL CALL TO HOLINESS. WE ACCOMPLISH THIS BY PUBLISHING BOOKS THAT SUPPORT SPIRITUAL GROWTH, DOCTRINAL FORMATION WITH PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS OF FAITH WITHIN FAMILY, WORK COLLEAGUES AND FRIENDSHIPS THAT OUR READERS ENCOUNTER DURING ORDINARY DAILY LIFE. IN ADDITION WE SUPPLY PRISONERS UPON REQUEST WITH COPIES OF THESE BOOK TITLES. HERE ARE A FEW EXAMPLES OF THE TITLES THAT WE RELEASED IN 2023, ST. AMBROSE'S SPIRITUAL GROWTH TITLE GIVEN TO LOVE. FR. GEORGE CHEVROIT'S TITLE ON THE BEATITUDES. ST PETER OF ALCANTARA'S BOOK ON PRAYER AND MEDITATION. ALEX HAVARD'S BOOK ON VIRTUOUS LEADERSHIP. FR. JOSEPH THOMAS' BOOK THEOLOGY OF GRACE HELPS TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE IMPACT OF LIVING IN A STATE OF GRACE POSITIVELY IMPACTS OUR LIVES. HERE IS A SAMPLING OF THOSE BOOKS. LETTERS II THE SECOND IN A SERIES OF NEVER PUBLICLY RELEASED SPIRITUALLY UPLIFTING LETTERS BY ST. JOSEMARIA. BIBLE PORTICO WILL TAKE YOU ON A JOURNEY THROUGH MAPS, TIMELINES, AND GRAPHICS INTO THE ANCIENT WORLD THAT OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST LIVED IN BRINGING THE GOSPELS AND NEW TESTAMENT LETTERS TO LIFE. ALEX HAVARD INTRODUCES A THIRD EDITION OF HIS BOOK VIRTUOUS LEADERSHIP, WITH ADDED INSIGHTS DEVELOPED THROUGH HIS STUDENTS WHILE TEACHING THE CONCEPT OF LEADERSHIP THROUGH VIRTUES. FR JOSEPH THOMAS, ONE OF SCEPTER'S NEWER AUTHORS, IN HIS THIRD SCEPTER TITLE TAKES US DEEP INTO THE THEOLOGY OF GRACE HELPING US TO BETTER UNDERSTAND HOW THIS POSITIVELY IMPACTS OUR DAILY LIVES. THE BOOK HELPS READERS TO LEVERAGE THEIR THEOLOGY TO REMAIN IN A CONSISTENT STATE OF GRACE. SCEPTER IS INTRODUCING A NEW SERIES OF LARGE PRINT BOOKS BEGINNING WITH THE MOST REQUESTED WAY, FURROW FORGE. THIS WILL HELP THE ELDERLY TO BETTER RELATE TO THE TEACHINGS OF THE CHURCH IN A VERY PRACTICAL WAY. SPANISH TITLES: SCEPTER HIRED A OUR BI-LINGUAL MANAGER OF SCEPTER ESPAOLA. THIS WILL HELP IN OUR EFFORT TO REACH THE GROWING HISPANIC US POPULATION WITH SPANISH TITLES AT REASONABLE PRICES IN THE US. NEW SPIRITUALLY ENRICHING TITLES BY ST AMBROSE , GIVEN TO LOVE, EDWARD LEEN'S PROGRESS THROUGH MENTAL PRAYER, FR CHEVIOT'S BOOK ON THE BEATITUDES AND ST PETER OF ALCANTARA'S BOOK ON PRAYER AND MEDITATION. OTHER ACCOMPLISHMENTS: SCEPTER OFFERS FREE BOOKS TO PRISONERS UPON REQUEST. IT IS THE ORGANIZATIONS BELIEF THAT SOCIETY GREATLY BENEFITS WHEN PRISONERS HAVE ACCESS TO THESE BOOKS. SCEPTER BOOKS AID GREATLY IN THE REFORMATION OF THEIR CHARACTER, WHICH IS IMPORTANT TO THEIR EVENTUAL REINTEGRATION INTO SOCIETY. HERE ARE SOME EXAMPLES: AN INMATE AT OREGON DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, WROTE I CONVERTED TO CATHOLICISM ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO. YOUR BOOKS ARE A GODSEND. HE FINDS THEM A SOURCE OF GRACE, BEAUTY, AND TRUTH. HE HOPES THAT THE BOOKS WILL SERVE AS AN INSPIRATION TO EMULATE CHRIST IN HIS LOVE FOR OTHERS. ANOTHER INMATE AT TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE IN GATESVILLE TEXAS WRITES THAT HE WAS RECENTLY CONFIRMED AS A CATHOLIC AND REQUESTED A ROMAN CATHOLIC MISSAL THAT WILL SERVE AS A REFERENCE AND HELP HIM IN HIS WALK WITH CHRIST. ANOTHER INMATE AT AVENAL STATE PRISON IN AVENEL CALIFORNIA REQUESTED A SPANISH BIBLE. HE WAS GRATEFUL THAT WE HAD A BIBLE AVAILABLE IN SPANISH. HE INTENDS TO EVANGELIZE WITHIN THE PRISON TO HELP OTHERS TO SPREAD THE LIGHT OF CHRIST TO OTHERS. ANOTHER INMATE AT AVENAL PRISON REQUESTED OUR NAVARRE BIBLE COMMENTARY ON THE BOOKS OF GENESIS. HIS INTENT IS TO HELP TRANSFORM THE LIVES OF MANY FELLOW INMATES IN PRISON. ANOTHER INMATE AT MONTANA STATE PRISON AT DEER LODGE, MT REQUESTED BOOKS THAT WOULD HELP HIM ALONG HIS PATH WE SENT THE PRODIGAL SON, CALL HIM FATHER AND INTERIOR FREEDOM. FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4A SCEPTER'S SELECTION OF TITLES EMPHASIZES THE FUNDAMENTAL ASPECTS OF RELIGIOUS LIFE: PRAYER, SINCERITY, SELF-DENIAL, AND A SPIRIT OF SERVICE TO OTHERS. SINCE ITS PUBLISHING FOCUS IS RELATED TO A MESSAGE THAT REMAINS OUTSIDE THE MAINSTREAM, IT MUST MAKE A GREATER EFFORT TO PROMOTE THESE MATERIALS WITH BETTER MARKETING IN ORDER TO REACH INDIVIDUALS ALREADY RECEPTIVE TO THIS MESSAGE AS WELL AS THOSE WHO MIGHT BE LED TO A GREATER AWARENESS OF ITS IMPORTANCE. DURING 2017 SCEPTER RELEASED SEVERAL NEW BOOKS THAT HELP PEOPLE IN THEIR DAY-TO-DAY STRUGGLES TO IMPROVE BOTH THEIR OWN LIVES AND THE LIVES OF OTHERS. SOME OF THE TITLES INCLUDE ORDINARY LIFE AND HOLINESS THIS WORK COMPILES THE WRITINGS OF ST. JOSEMARIA REGARDING THE UNIVERSAL CALL TO HOLINESS FOR THE LAY FAITHFUL. IT TEACHES US THAT WE ARE ALL CALLED TO BE SAINTS IN WHATEVER OUR OCCUPATION OR STATE OF LIFE. ANOTHER IS INSIDE THE MIND OF THOMAS MORE, BY DAVID OAKLEY. ST. THOMAS MORE IS THE PATRON SAINT FOR LAWYERS AND THIS BOOK RENDERS EXAMPLES OF HOW THIS GREAT SAINT WAS ABLE TO LIVE HIS FAITH FOR THE COMMON GOOD OF OTHERS IN VERY SPECIFIC CIRCUMSTANCES. HOLINESS IN A SECULAR AGE, FR. JUAN VALEZ RELATES WHAT THE 19TH CENTURY CARDINAL NEWMAN WOULD SUGGEST REGARDING THE STATE OF AFFAIRS WE FIND OURSELVES IN OUR CURRENT TIMES. TEAM BABY, BY JULIA DEE AND IDA GAZZOLA IS A BOOK THAT HELPS YOUNG MOTHERS TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE SPIRITUAL BEAUTY OF MOTHERHOOD WITH PARTICULAR ADVICE FOR NEW MOMS. FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4D SCEPTER OFFERS FREE BOOKS TO PRISONERS UPON REQUEST. IT IS THE ORGANIZATION'S BELIEF THAT SOCIETY GREATLY BENEFITS WHEN PRISONERS HAVE ACCESS TO THESE BOOKS. SCEPTER BOOKS AID GREATLY IN THE REFORMATION OF THEIR CHARACTER, WHICH IS IMPORTANT TO THEIR EVENTUAL REINTEGRATION INTO SOCIETY. EXAMPLES INCLUDE MATTHEW PARADISE AT SAN QUENTIN PENITENTIARY IN CALIFORNIA. HE REQUESTED "THE HISTORY OF MODERN PHILOSOPHY- AND "THE HOLY ROSARY-; MICHAEL ESTEP, IN PRISON IN JACKSBORO, TEXAS, WHO REQUESTED A COPY OF "THE WAY" BY ST JOSEMARIA; MARTIN SCHAFER, WHO IS IN PRISON IN AVENAL, CALIFORNIA, REQUESTING "THE NAVARRE BIBLE. MATHEW AND MARK", "THE WAY, FURROW, FORGE- AND "THE HANDBOOK OF PRAYER". SCEPTER HAS DEVELOPED MOST OF OUR BOOKS INTO ELECTRONIC BOOKS AND HAS IMPLEMENTED A DIGITAL ELECTRONIC BOOK DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM GIVING ACCESS TO EBOOKS DIRECTLY FROM THE SCEPTER WEBSITE. THESE ELECTRONIC BOOKS ARE ESPECIALLY HELPFUL AS THEY ARE OF LOWER COSTS AND GREATER CONVENIENCE TO READERS. FORM 990, PART VI PT VI, LINE 11B EACH MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS IS PROVIDED WITH A COPY OF THE FORM 990 BEFORE ITS FILING, WHICH IS REVIEWED FOR ACCURACY AND CONSISTENCY. PT VI, LINE 12C CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY. SCEPTER REGULARLY AND CONSISTENTLY MONITORS AND ENFORCES ITS CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY WHEN NECESSARY THROUGH BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICER INQUIRY. PT VI, LINE 15A COMPENSATION POLICY. COMPENSATION IS APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS WITHOUT THE PRESIDENT OR MANAGING EDITOR BEING PRESENT FOR THE VOTE. INFORMATION REGARDING COMPARABLE COMPENSATION FOR A SIMILARLY QUALIFIED PERSON IS USUALLY SOUGHT AND MAY BE USED. RECORDS OF DELIBERATIONS THAT SUPPORT COMPENSATION DECISIONS ARE MAINTAINED. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B NO REVIEW WAS OR WILL BE CONDUCTED. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 15A COMPENSATION DETERMINED BY BOARD OF TRUSTEES FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19 NO DOCUMENTS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC FORM 990, PART XI, LINE 9 BOOK / TAX DEPRECIATION DIFFERENCE -2,392 BOOK VERSUS TAX DEPRECIATION -9,550 TOTAL -11,942 FORM 990, PART XII PT XII, LINE 2C COMPILATION OVERSIGHT. EACH MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS IS PROVIDED WITH A COPY OF THE COMPILED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND THEY ARE REVIEWED FOR ACCURACY AND CONSISTENCY.