Nonprofit · EIN 45-3959179
FAITH & GRIEF MINISTRIES INC
Tax-exempt · DALLAS, TX 75230
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 30, 2025 | 990 | $729,617 | $291,999 | $437,618 | $1,004,448 | $5,831 | $998,617 |
| June 30, 2024 | 990 | $41,726 | $116,728 | -$75,002 | $562,683 | $1,684 | $560,999 |
| December 31, 2023 | 990 | $305,795 | $229,573 | $76,222 | $635,711 | $0 | $635,711 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $696,099
- Program service revenue
- $24,190
- Investment income
- $9,328
- Other revenue
- $0
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $69,700
- Other salaries and wages
- $73,638
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $154,286
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Accounting fees
- $2,267
- Occupancy
- $9,400
- Travel
- $1,279
- Depreciation
- $1,224
- Program services (functional)
- $212,152
- Management and general (functional)
- $50,437
- Fundraising (functional)
- $29,410
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $562,683
- Total assets, end of year
- $1,004,448
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $5,831
- Net assets, end of year
- $998,617
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $6,250
- Publicly traded securities
- $503,155
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $993,936
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $4,681
- Gross receipts
- $729,617
- Employees
- 3
- Volunteers
- 167
- Year formed
- 2011
- State of legal domicile
- TX
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELIZABETH HARLING | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR | 30 | $69,700 |
| SHARON BALCH | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 20 | $0 |
| WENDY FENN | Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 |
| FRANCES SHELTON | President Trustee or director, Officer | 20 | $0 |
| TODD ATKINS | Director Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| STACEY MERLIN | Director Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| JAMES PROTHRO | Director Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| JEFF LOGAN | Director Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| SUSAN MCDANIEL | Director Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| LISA O'BRYANT | CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 0 | $0 |
| MONICA RACHEL | Director Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| TENA BURLEY | Director Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| KATHERINE TANG | Director Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| WITEK NOWOSIAD | Director Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended June 30, 2024: 13 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELIZABETH HARLING | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR | 30 | $33,488 |
| SHARON BALCH | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 20 | $0 |
| WENDY FENN | Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 |
| FRANCES SHELTON | President Trustee or director, Officer | 20 | $0 |
| TODD ATKINS | Director Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| STACEY MERLIN | Director Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| JEFF LOGAN | Director Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| SUSAN MCDANIEL | Director Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| LISA O'BRYANT | Director Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| MONICA RACHEL | Director Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| TENA BURLEY | Director Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| KATHERINE TANG | Director Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| WITEK NOWOSIAD | Director Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 14 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELIZABETH HARLING | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR | 30 | $40,167 |
| TODD ATKINS | Director Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| JOHN CUELLAR | Director Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| MARCIA GROSSFELD | Director Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| JEFF LOGAN | Director Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| SUSAN MCDANIEL | Director Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| LISA O'BRYANT | Director Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| MONICA RACHEL | Director Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| TENA BURLEY | Director Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| KATHERINE TANG | Director Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| WITEK NOWOSIAD | Director Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| SHARON BALCH | Treasurer Officer | 20 | $0 |
| WENDY FENN | Secretary Officer | 4 | $0 |
| FRANCES SHELTON | President Officer | 20 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 6614 LAKEHURST AVE, DALLAS, TX 75230-5204
- In care of
- % SHARON BALCH
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- SHARON BALCH, 6614 LAKEHURST AVE, DALLAS, TX 75230
- Signed the 990
- SHARON BALCH, Treasurer
- Phone
- (469) 616-1795
- Website
- www.faithandgrief.org
- Return prepared by
- Lawrence J Beardsley CPA PLLC
Mission
OUR MISSION IS TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR COMFORT AND HOPE TO THOSE THAT HAVE EXPERIENCED THE DEATH OF A LOVED ONE.
Program accomplishments
- Faith & Grief Ministries (Faith & Grief) offers programs and curriculum for a collaborative and inclusive outreach with compassion and connection for persons experiencing the death of a loved one. Faith & Grief is a multi-faith organization providing host sites with the program and materials constituting the gathering model, training leadership teams and facilitators for implementation of the model, providing online registration services and other tools as well as a monthly newsletter and ongoing consultation. Faith & Grief also trains facilitators and provides multi-week workshops and weekend retreats for in-depth grief work for cohorts and grief education for the community. Online resources include the Faith & Grief podcast and regular roundtables on grief issues. Faith & Grief operates the Memorial Arch project with a remembrance opportunity in Dallas each holiday season and the installation of the artwork River of Time throughout the community during the year.Expenses $212,152 · revenue $24,190
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in June, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | June 30, 2026 | November 16, 2026 | Not due yet |
| 2024 | June 30, 2025 | November 17, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | June 30, 2024 | November 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 45-3959179
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 2012
- Accounting year ends
- June
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Human services (P50)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $1,004,448
- Income (IRS master file)
- $729,617
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | June 2025 | $729,617 | $291,999 | $1,004,448 | XML |
| 990 | June 2024 | $41,726 | $116,728 | $562,683 | XML |
| 990 | December 2023 | $305,795 | $229,573 | $635,711 | XML |
| 990 | December 2022 | $281,725 | $206,971 | $557,690 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990-EZ | December 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990-EZ | December 2019 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990-EZ | December 2018 | – | – | – | IRS |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 45-3959179).
Questions about FAITH & GRIEF MINISTRIES INC
- What is the EIN of FAITH & GRIEF MINISTRIES INC?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of FAITH & GRIEF MINISTRIES INC is 45-3959179.
- Is FAITH & GRIEF MINISTRIES INC tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2012.
- Are donations to FAITH & GRIEF MINISTRIES INC tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does FAITH & GRIEF MINISTRIES INC file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of FAITH & GRIEF MINISTRIES INC due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending June 30, 2026) is due November 16, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did FAITH & GRIEF MINISTRIES INC last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended June 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of FAITH & GRIEF MINISTRIES INC?
- The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 names SHARON BALCH.
- Who are the officers and directors of FAITH & GRIEF MINISTRIES INC?
- The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 lists 14 people; 1 received compensation from the organization, the highest $69,700 (ELIZABETH HARLING, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR).
- How much revenue does FAITH & GRIEF MINISTRIES INC have?
- On its 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $729,617, expenses of $291,999 and total assets of $1,004,448 at year end.
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