Nonprofit · EIN 52-1628303
INSTITUTE ON RELIGION AND PUBLIC LIFE
Tax-exempt · NEW YORK, NY 10016
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2024 | 990 | $4,431,915 | $4,397,118 | $34,797 | $3,330,300 | $2,907,698 | $422,602 |
| December 31, 2023 | 990 | $3,981,684 | $4,135,542 | -$153,858 | $3,469,112 | $3,081,353 | $387,759 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $3,395,849
- Program service revenue
- $1,025,567
- Investment income
- -$208
- Royalties
- $10,707
- Net gain from sales of assets
- -$289
- Other revenue
- $10,707
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $606,034
- Other salaries and wages
- $564,119
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $1,566,584
- Professional fundraising fees
- $113,953
- Accounting fees
- $22,500
- Depreciation
- $33,925
- Program services (functional)
- $3,425,788
- Management and general (functional)
- $265,830
- Fundraising (functional)
- $705,500
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $3,469,112
- Total assets, end of year
- $3,330,300
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $2,907,698
- Net assets, end of year
- $422,602
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $125,861
- Publicly traded securities
- $21,915
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- -$98,996
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $521,598
- Gross unrelated business income
- $106,032
- Gross receipts
- $4,489,318
- Employees
- 18
- Volunteers
- 8
- Year formed
- 1989
- State of legal domicile
- NY
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 December 31, 2024, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RUSSELL R RENO | EXECUTIVE DIR Officer | 40 | $250,008 | $27,359 |
| CARTER SKEEL | DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT Highest-paid employee | 40 | $147,090 | $39,713 |
| VICTOR CHONG | TREASURER, MGR Officer | 40 | $131,000 | $44,162 |
| DAVIDA GOLDMAN | SECRETARY, MGR Officer | 40 | $45,000 | $724 |
| CLAIRE GIUNTINI | DIRECTOR OF EC Officer | 40 | $42,936 | $0 |
| COLIN MORAN | CHAIRMAN & PRES Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| DAVID NOVAK | VICE PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| FREDERIC CLARK | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ELIZABETH COREY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ROBERT WILKEN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| RUSSELL HITTINGER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| GEORGE WEIGEL | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| BRUCE R SHAW | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JAMES PERRY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| LARRY A SMITH | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
1 more people on this return
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| JAMES HANKINS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 15 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RUSSELL R RENO | EXECUTIVE DIR Officer | 40 | $250,008 | $40,117 |
| CARTER SKEEL | DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT Highest-paid employee | 40 | $125,536 | $51,096 |
| VICTOR CHONG | TREASURER, MGR Trustee or director, Officer | 40 | $121,296 | $46,736 |
| DAVIDA GOLDMAN | SECRETARY, MGR Trustee or director, Officer | 40 | $0 | $0 |
| COLIN MORAN | CHAIRMAN & PRES Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| DAVID NOVAK | VICE PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| FREDERIC CLARK | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ELIZABETH COREY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ROBERT WILKEN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| RUSSELL HITTINGER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| GEORGE WEIGEL | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| BRUCE R SHAW | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JAMES PERRY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| LARRY A SMITH | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JAMES HANKINS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 9 E 40TH ST FL 10, NEW YORK, NY 10016-0402
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- RUSSELL R RENO, 9 E 40TH ST FL 10, NEW YORK, NY 10016
- Signed the 990
- VICTOR CHONG, TREASURER
- Phone
- (212) 627-2288
- Website
- WWW.FIRSTTHINGS.COM
- Return prepared by
- BLACKMAN & ASSOCIATES PC
Mission
THE INSTITUTE ON RELIGION AND PUBLIC LIFE IS AN INTERRELIGIOUS, NONPARTISAN RESEARCH AND EDUCATIONAL 501(C)(3) ORGANIZATION. THE INSTITUTE'S MISSION IS TO ARTICULATE A GOVERNING CONSENSUS THAT SUPPORTS: (SEE SCHEDULE O)- A RELIGIOUSLY PLURALISTIC SOCIETY THAT DEFENDS HUMAN DIGNITY FROM CONCEPTION TO NATURAL DEATH.- A DEMOCRATIC, CONSTITUTIONALLY ORDERED FORM OF GOVERNMENT SUPPORTED BY A RELIGIOUSLY AND MORALLY SERIOUS CULTURE.- A VISION OF FREEDOM THAT ENCOURAGES A CULTURE OF PERSONAL AND COMMUNAL RESPONSIBILITY.-LOYALTY TO THE WESTERN TRADITION THAT PROVIDES A BASIS FOR RESPONSIBLE GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP.THE INSTITUTE'S FLAGSHIP PROGRAM, FIRST THINGS MAGAZINE, IS THE LEADING INTELLECTUAL JOURNAL OF ITS KIND IN THE UNITED STATES. IN ADDITION TO PUBLISHING TEN ISSUES OF FIRST THINGS EACH YEAR, THE INSTITUTE HOSTS EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS THAT PROMOTE RELIGIOUSLY INFORMED ANALYSIS OF CULTURE, SOCIETY, THEOLOGY, AND POLITICS.
Program accomplishments
- FIRST THINGS MAGAZINE, THE INSTITUTE'S FLAGSHIP PROGRAM, SEEKS TO REACH A BROAD PUBLIC AUDIENCE OF RELIGIOUS BELIEVERS AND OTHERS CONCERNED WITH THE INTERSECTION OF RELIGION, CULTURE, POLITICS, AND SOCIETY IN THE PUBLIC SQUARE. THE MAGAZINE HAS A DIVERSE AND INFLUENTIAL READERSHIP; FROM POLITICAL LEADERS IN WASHINGTON DC AND INDUSTRY EXECUTIVES IN NEW YORK, TO OFFICIALS AT THE VATICAN, PROTESTANT CLERGY, COLLEGE STUDENTS, TEACHERS, AND FAMILIES AROUND THE COUNTRY.WHILE OUR PRIMARY AUDIENCE IS IN THE UNITED STATES, THE MAGAZINE HAS A INTERNATIONAL FOLLOWING THROUGH FIRSTHINGS.COM. IN THE PAST TWELVE MONTHS, OVER 859,000 WEB SESSIONS ORIGINATED FROM OUTSIDE THE US, REPRESENTING 26% OF TOTAL WEB TRAFFIC FOR THE YEAR. FIRST THINGS ALSO HELD SEVERAL INTERNATIONAL ACADEMIC SYMPOSIA IN EUROPE AND ASIA.FIRST THINGS MAGAZINE IS PUBLISHED TEN TIMES A YEAR, WITH AN AVERAGE CIRCULATION OF OVER 26,000. FIRSTTHINGS.COM COMPLEMENTS AND EXTENDS THE REACH OF THE PRINT MAGAZINE. IN THE PAST TWELVE MONTHS, FIRSTTHINGS.COM RECEIVED OVER 8.7 MILLION PAGE VIEWS FROM 3.1 MILLION UNIQUE VISITORS AND SERVED OVER 1.8 MILLION PODCAST LISTENS. FIRST THINGS ALSO MAINTAINS AN ACTIVE SOCIAL MEDIA PRESENCE, WITH NEW CONTENT POSTED MULTIPLE TIMES EACH DAY. THE MAGAZINE CURRENTLY HAS OVER 150,000 FACEBOOK AND TWITTER FOLLOWERS.WHILE OUR PRIMARY AUDIENCE IS IN THE UNITED STATES, THE MAGAZINE HAS AN INTERNATIONAL FOLLOWING THROUGH FIRSTTHINGS.COM. IN THE PAST TWELVE MONTHS, OVER 750,000 WEB SESSIONS ORGINATED FROM OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES, REPRESENTING 25.7% OF TOTAL WEB TRAFFIC FOR THE YEAR.Expenses $3,124,033 · revenue $835,871
- EDUCATION PROGRAMS:BEYOND PRINT AND ONLINE PUBLICATIONS, FIRST THINGS EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS ARE A LONG STANDING, AND EVER GROWING, COMMITMENT. THE INSTITUTE BELIEVES STRONGLY THAT CREATING A VISIBLE COMMUNITY OF BELIEVERS IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF ACCOMPLISHING THE MISSION. EACH YEAR THE INSTITUTE SPONSORS AND HOSTS A VARIETY OF EDUCATIONAL EVENTS AND ACADEMIC COLLOQUIA IN ORDER TO ENGAGE OUR FRIENDS, SUBSCRIBERS, NATIONAL INFLUENCERS, AS WELL AS NOTED SCHOLARS AND PROMISING STUDENTS.SOME EXAMPLES OF FIRST THINGS' EDUCATIONAL OFFERINGS ARE:1. THE FIRST THINGS SEMINAR PROGRAM IN NEW YORK.THE INAUGURAL FIRST THINGS INTELLECTUAL RETREAT WAS HELD IN NEW YORK CITY IN 2015, TITLED "THE PARADOX OF FREEDOM." INTEREST IN THE SEMINAR WAS REMARKABLY STRONG AND ENROLLMENT WAS AT CAPACITY. GIVEN THE SUCCESS OF THE FIRST RETREAT THE PROGRAM EXPANDED EVERY YEAR SINCE TO OTHER CITIES IN THE US. IN ADDITION TO THE NEW ANNUAL RETREAT IN NEW YORK CITY, FIRST THINGS HAS RETREATS IN LOS ANGELES, WACO, PHILADELPHIA, AND WASHINGTON DC TO MEET THE DEMAND AMONG READERS IN THOSE REGIONS OF THE COUNTRY. THE THEMES AND ASSIGNED READINGS FOR THE RETREATS VARY AND HAVE COVERED TOPICS SUCH AS ECONOMICS AND THE HUMAN PERSON, THE LIFE OF THE MIND, THE POLITICAL LIFE, THE GOOD OF MARRIAGE, LOVE AND FRIENDSHIP, THE COMMON GOOD AND THE SEARCH FOR HAPPINESS. THE RETREATS COMMONLY GATHER TOGETHER 60 TO 100 IN-PERSON PARTICIPANTS.2. THE ANNUAL ERASMUS LECTURE IN NEW YORK CITY, NOW IN ITS 37TH YEAR. THE 2024 ERASMUS LECTURE WAS DELIVERED BY PAUL KINGSNORTH, AN ENGLISH WRITER AND THINKER AND THE AUTHOR OF NINE BOOKS OF FICTION, NON-FICTION AND POETRY, INCLUDING THE NOVEL THE WAKE, LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE. HIS TALK WAS ENTITLED "AGAINST CHRISTIAN CIVILIZATION". THE LECTURE WAS THE LATEST IN THE PRESTIGIOUS SERIES HELD IN NEW YORK, EACH YEAR PRESENTING AN EXCEPTIONAL THOUGHT LEADER. PREVIOUS ERASMUS LECTURERS HAVE INCLUDED POPE BENEDICT XVI (THEN CARDINAL JOSEF RATZINGER), ARCHBISHOP TIMOTHY DOLAN, RABBI JONATHAN SACKS, DANA GIOIA, ROSS DOUTHAT, RUSSELL MOORE, BISHOP ROBERT BARRON, REMI BRAGUE, AND N. T. WRIGHT, AMONG MANY OTHER NOTEWORTHY SPEAKERS. 3. ADDITIONALLY, THE INSTITUTE HOSTS A NUMBER OF ACADEMIC COLLOQUIA THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AIMED AT BROADENING UNDERSTANDING AND PROMOTING HIGH LEVEL DISCUSSIONS AMONG SCHOLARS OF THE IDEAS TREATED IN THE PAGES OF FIRST THINGS.Expenses $301,755 · revenue $83,664
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 December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | December 31, 2025 | May 15, 2026 | Not on file |
| 2024 | December 31, 2024 | May 15, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | December 31, 2023 | May 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 52-1628303
- 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
- 1994
- Accounting year ends
- December
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $3,330,300
- Income (IRS master file)
- $4,489,318
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | December 2024 | $4,431,915 | $4,397,118 | $3,330,300 | IRS |
| 990-T | December 2024 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2023 | $3,981,684 | $4,135,542 | $3,469,112 | XML |
| 990-T | December 2023 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2022 | $3,607,393 | $3,974,463 | $3,841,937 | IRS |
| 990-T | December 2022 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990-T | December 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990-T | December 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2018 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2017 | – | – | – | 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 52-1628303).
Questions about INSTITUTE ON RELIGION AND PUBLIC LIFE
- What is the EIN of INSTITUTE ON RELIGION AND PUBLIC LIFE?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of INSTITUTE ON RELIGION AND PUBLIC LIFE is 52-1628303.
- Is INSTITUTE ON RELIGION AND PUBLIC LIFE tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1994.
- Are donations to INSTITUTE ON RELIGION AND PUBLIC LIFE tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does INSTITUTE ON RELIGION AND PUBLIC LIFE 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 INSTITUTE ON RELIGION AND PUBLIC LIFE due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending December 31, 2025) is due May 15, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did INSTITUTE ON RELIGION AND PUBLIC LIFE last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2024.
- Who is the principal officer of INSTITUTE ON RELIGION AND PUBLIC LIFE?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 names RUSSELL R RENO.
- Who are the officers and directors of INSTITUTE ON RELIGION AND PUBLIC LIFE?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 lists 16 people; 5 received compensation from the organization, the highest $250,008 (RUSSELL R RENO, EXECUTIVE DIR).
- How much revenue does INSTITUTE ON RELIGION AND PUBLIC LIFE have?
- On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 it reported revenue of $4,431,915, expenses of $4,397,118 and total assets of $3,330,300 at year end.
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