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Religion News Foundation

Fiscal year ending 2025. Filed on November 4, 2025.

PO Box 1808
Columbia, Missouri 65205

Religion News Foundation (EIN: 31-1650883) has filed an IRS Form 990 between fiscal years 2016 and 2025. In its fiscal year 2025 IRS Form 990 filing, Religion News Foundation, a 501(c)(3) charitable organization, reported compensation for 7 employees. Among the employees shown here, the average compensation is $144,302. The highest compensated employee at Religion News Foundation is Deborah Caldwell with fiscal year 2025 compensation of $203,877.

Revenue, expenses, and employee compensation

Revenue

$9,440,759

Expenses

$4,473,937

Employee compensation

$2,433,700
Revenue, expenses, and employee compensation over time

Reported Compensated Employees

Deborah Caldwell
CEO and Publisher
$203,877
$192,500 No related comp$11,377
Paul O'Donnell
Editor in Chief
$177,784
$135,965 No related comp$41,819
Tyler Borchers
Operations Director
$154,474
$140,875 No related comp$13,599
Robert Smietana
National Reporter
$146,437
$115,068 No related comp$31,369
Roxanne Stone
Managing Editor
$135,320
$120,080 No related comp$15,240
Patricia Terrell
Chief Development Officer
$105,139
$93,750 No related comp$11,389
Laura Wilson
Finance Director
$87,086
$81,631 No related comp$5,455

Benchmark Employee Compensation

Non-Employee Board Members

Ken Chitwood
Former Vice Chair
$7,200
$7,200 No related compNo other comp
Dave Roberson
Chair
No compensation reported
Thomas Levinson
Board Member
No compensation reported
John Terrill
Former Board Chair
No compensation reported
Sean Coughlin
Treasurer
No compensation reported
Shahed Amanullah
Vice Chair
No compensation reported
Betsy Shirley
Board Member
No compensation reported
Robyn Tomlin
Secretary
No compensation reported
Elaine Justice
Board Member
No compensation reported
Ju-Don Marshall
Board Member
No compensation reported
Steve Waldman
Board Member
No compensation reported
Won Kim
Board Member
No compensation reported

Contractors

Design Park Inc.
90Th Anniversary Program and Annual Repo
$125,768
Allison Musmand
Marketing Consulting
$102,900
Techdynamism
Tech Support
$102,864

Mission Statement

TO ADVANCE THE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF RELIGION AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF RELIGION JOURNALISM.

Revisions to this organization profile

November 4, 2025:
2025 Religion News Foundation 990 filed
November 14, 2024:
2024 Religion News Foundation 990 filed
November 10, 2023:
2023 Religion News Foundation 990 filed

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