Kansas · Nonprofit
RECOVERING FROM RELIGION
RECOVERING FROM RELIGION (Kansas) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $236,701 to it, the largest being NETWORK FOR GOOD ($117,903). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 76% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $162k
- Funders on record
- 8
- Grants received
- $237k
- Net assets
- $142k
What Recovering From Religion does
Mission
We provide mental health and peer support to people who have lost family and community income and other support due to a change in beliefs We also provide support for people who are exploring doubt or coping with their own changing beliefs Our programs include a call and chat support line where people may talk with trained volunteers a network of support groups who meet up in person and are facilitated by a trained volunteer Secular Therapy Project which allows clients to find licensed mental health professionals who only use evidence-based practices and are vetted by our own team of volunteers online programming that provides educational content and virtual support for clients and the Fall Excursion which is an intensive weekend workshop for those exploring other beliefs
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Support Groups provides a meetup membership and trained volunteer facilitator for each support group Support Groups meet monthly and discuss mental wellness techniques as well as share struggles in the process of adjusting to changing beliefs There were approximately 47 virtual and in person support group meetings per month supported by 76 volunteer facilitators An average of 301 clients were served by the monthly meetings occurring throughout the year
$12,105 spent31% of program spendingThe Fall Excursion is a weekend-long intensive program to help people learn about forming healthy relationships and pursuing happiness without religion in its entirety or within their changed belief structure Meals and lodging are included The program workshops and events are led by both peer support volunteers and licensed mental health professionals 85 clients and volunteers including volunteer workers and speakers attended the Fall Excursion The program was held from Friday evening to Sunday morning and included workshops on Identifying Values Religious Trauma and Sexual Identity a musical performance and a song writers workshop and healing through movement and dance Other activities included guided meditation sessions support group meetings games and outdoor activities a guided nature hike bonfire and Karaoke as well as childrens programming
$22,412 spent58% of program spendingThe Helpline Project provides callers with a trained callchat taker to listen empathetically to caller needs and refer them to relevant programs and resources The Helpline has implemented the ability to schedule calls and chats in advance so that they can be handled at a time that suits both client and agent resulting in improvements in call handling The Helpline is supported by 13 trained agents who answer calls and 12 trained agents who answer chats
$599 spent2% of program spendingThe Secular Therapy Project helps connect non-religious or secular persons who need mental health services with outstanding mental health professionals such as psychologists psychiatrists counselors and others who are screened to ensure that they are appropriately licensed in their state or country are secular in nature as well as practice and use evidence-based treatments which have been shown to be effective at helping improve mental health problems in controlled clinical trials As of December 2024 a total of 33976 clients and 957 therapists had registered to participate in the service
$1,093 spent3% of program spendingOnline Programming provides weekly live-streamed educational and informational content such as the weekly RfRx Talks which feature a wide variety of speakers including experts in religious trauma relationship issues community building grieving science-communication critical thinking and more The RfRx talks take place on Zoom and are also livestreamed to YouTube Each show begins with our guests presentation or interview which is allocated up to an hour Next comes a QA session utilizing questions the co-hosts collect from the chat After the show attendees may stay to enjoy a moderated video hangout with the guest and co-hosts where additional questions can be asked and any topic of interest can be discussed In 2024 a total of 53 live RfRx Talks were recorded serving an average of 64 live attendees each week
$680 spent2% of program spendingRecovering from Religion RfR Ambassadors are trained volunteers who represent the organization in local communities and online offering peer support to those navigating doubts or leaving faith They raise awareness of religious trauma promote resources like the Helpline Project and Support Groups and help connect individuals with community rather than engaging in religious debates In 2024 trained RfR Ambassador volunteers attended a total of 64 events and maintained a total of 46 trained volunteer ambassadors
$2,001 spent5% of program spendingThe Recovering From Religion Blog is called ExCommunications The blog serves as an extension of the organizations mission by allowing doubters and ex-believers to share their own experiences or read about others Writing about a personal journey can help bring a sense of peace and resolution and it reassures those who have been down a similar road that they are not alone In 2024 the blog published 96 new stories and received 12014 reads of blog stories
$50 spent0% of program spending
The 7 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $38,940.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $91k to $142k (+56%).
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.
89% of RECOVERING FROM RELIGION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.
Leadership and staff
Chief executive
Gayle Jordan
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $11k → $43k.
6 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 76% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of RECOVERING FROM RELIGION’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.
How concentrated its funding is
RECOVERING FROM RELIGION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 50% of grant income and the top three 81%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
76% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund RECOVERING FROM RELIGION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2020 88% · 2021 56% · 2022 55% · 2023 98% — broadly stable.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. 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.
How long its funders stay
25% of RECOVERING FROM RELIGION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 63% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
76% of RECOVERING FROM RELIGION's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $57k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Kansas, across 2 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $180k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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.
Against its field
RECOVERING FROM RELIGION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 12,816 religion nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 12,816 religion nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like RECOVERING FROM RELIGION
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 Kansas
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
98%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for RECOVERING FROM RELIGION: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds RECOVERING FROM RELIGION?
- RECOVERING FROM RELIGION (Kansas) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $236,701 to it, the largest being NETWORK FOR GOOD ($117,903). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 76% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does RECOVERING FROM RELIGION have?
- IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $236,701 in grants to RECOVERING FROM RELIGION, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of RECOVERING FROM RELIGION?
- NETWORK FOR GOOD is the largest funder on record, with $117,903 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like RECOVERING FROM RELIGION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Kansas. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2019–2024), and the filings of 8 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