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CENTER FOR CATHOLIC AND EVANGELICAL THEOLOGY

CENTER FOR CATHOLIC AND EVANGELICAL THEOLOGY (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $8,000 to it, the largest being THE JAZZBIRD FOUNDATION ($8,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2022
$31k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$8k
Net assets
$80k
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 5%
01What it does

What Center for Catholic and Evangelical Theology does

Mission

The Center for Catholic and Evangelical Theology is an ecumenical organization that seeks to cultivate faithfulness to the gospel of jesus christ throughout the churches. The center nurtures theology that is catholic and evangelical, obedient to holy scripture and committed to the dogmatic, liturgical, ethical and institutional continuity of the church.the center challenges the churches to claim their identity as members of the one, holy, catholic and apostolic church. It affirms the great tradition and seeks to stimulate fresh thinking and passion for mission. To achieve this goal the center sponsors projects, conferences and publications.

As stated on its FY2022 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Theology conferences & related materials

    $27,648 spent$13,192 earned by the program
    100% of program spending
  2. Publication of "the church's bible"

    $0 spent
    0% of program spending
  3. Pro ecclesia expenses

    $0 spent$98 earned by the program
    0% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2022 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $27,648.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($52k) Expenses 100 ($49k) Net assets 100 ($64k)2018 Revenue 77 ($40k) Expenses 76 ($37k) Net assets 105 ($67k)2019 Revenue 110 ($57k) Expenses 106 ($51k) Net assets 114 ($73k)2020 Revenue 50 ($26k) Expenses 33 ($16k) Net assets 129 ($82k)2021 Revenue 46 ($24k) Expenses 57 ($28k) Net assets 122 ($78k)2022 Revenue 60 ($31k) Expenses 60 ($29k) Net assets 125 ($80k)
201720182019202020212022
Revenue (60)Expenses (60)Net assets (125)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $73k to $82k (+13%).

$64k
$67k
$73k
$82k
$78k
$80k
201720182019202020212022
Total assetsTotal liabilities

How it's funded, over time

Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

41% of CENTER FOR CATHOLIC AND EVANGELICAL THEOLOGY’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (100% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 14,623 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.

$3k
’17
$3k
’18
$6k
’19
$10k
’20
−$4k
’21
$2k
’22
23
months of
reserve

Leadership and staff

The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.

Chief executive

Steve Shipman

Executive director

As listed on its FY2022 Form 990.

The chief executive listed changed between the FY2020 and FY2021 filings.

201720182019202020212022
Listed181515151619
Joined·+1+2+0+4+3
No longer listed·42030
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2018 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $2k → $1k.

Funder
'18
'19
'21
'22
'23
'24*
'25*
total
funders
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

From the IRS filings of CENTER FOR CATHOLIC AND EVANGELICAL THEOLOGY’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

Where its funders are

CENTER FOR CATHOLIC AND EVANGELICAL THEOLOGY draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Pennsylvania, across 1 state in all.

AZ

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’18
’19
’21
’22
’23
Pennsylvania out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

CENTER FOR CATHOLIC AND EVANGELICAL THEOLOGY runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 9,731 religion nonprofits its size.

Operating margin6% · above the median
Months of reserve23.4mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)−10% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,731 religion nonprofits under $100k, FY2022

Organizations like CENTER FOR CATHOLIC AND EVANGELICAL THEOLOGY

Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.

In Pennsylvania

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

95% of spending goes to programs.

Program 95%Management 5%Fundraising 0%

Governance

18
board members
0%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

53%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

MN

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Questions and answers

Who funds CENTER FOR CATHOLIC AND EVANGELICAL THEOLOGY?
CENTER FOR CATHOLIC AND EVANGELICAL THEOLOGY (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $8,000 to it, the largest being THE JAZZBIRD FOUNDATION ($8,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does CENTER FOR CATHOLIC AND EVANGELICAL THEOLOGY have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $8,000 in grants to CENTER FOR CATHOLIC AND EVANGELICAL THEOLOGY, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of CENTER FOR CATHOLIC AND EVANGELICAL THEOLOGY?
THE JAZZBIRD FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $8,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like CENTER FOR CATHOLIC AND EVANGELICAL THEOLOGY find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2022 (financials across 2017–2022), and the filings of 1 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing