Program areas at Westar Institute
Collaborative Academic Research, Seminars, Workshops, Lectures and other academic programs that promote collaborative research among religion scholars from accredited universities these events that turn into publications are made available to the general public as well as the academic community
Book publishing, polebridge press. The publishing imprint of Westar publishes and makes available books which help communicate the results of scholarship in religion to the general public and scholarly books in support of collaborative scholarship
Public educational outreachh, seminars online public lectures and other outreach programs like Think Tank are conducted on a variety of topics in a variety of mediums providing public accessibility to the results of westar's research. Westar is in the process of developing an online academy to offer classes, course and education events
Who funds Westar Institute
Grants from foundations and other nonprofits
Personnel at Westar Institute
| Name | Title | Compensation | Date of data |
|---|
| Maria Finlinson | Chief Financial Officer | | 2023-01-12 |
| David Galston | Executive Director | $49,703 | 2023-01-12 |
| Linda Hodges | Communications Director and Assistant To the Executive Director | $0 | 2023-01-12 |
| Jarmo Tarkki | Past Treasurer / Director X | $300 | 2021-12-31 |
| Sarah Brubaker | President | $0 | 2024-05-24 |
| ...and 7 more key personnel |
Financials for Westar Institute
| Revenues | FYE 12/2023 | FYE 12/2022 | % Change |
|---|
| Total grants, contributions, etc. | $438,191 | $374,380 | 17% |
| Program services | $0 | $0 | - |
| Investment income and dividends | $2,031 | $14,126 | -85.6% |
| Tax-exempt bond proceeds | $0 | $0 | - |
| Royalty revenue | $0 | $0 | - |
| Net rental income | $0 | $0 | - |
| Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets | $0 | $0 | - |
| Net income from fundraising events | $0 | $0 | - |
| Net income from gaming activities | $0 | $0 | - |
| Net income from sales of inventory | $46,084 | $51,024 | -9.7% |
| Miscellaneous revenues | $0 | $0 | - |
| Total revenues | $486,306 | $439,530 | 10.6% |
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Data update history
July 20, 2024
Used new vendors
Identified 1 new vendor, including
November 25, 2023
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2021
July 9, 2023
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2022
July 1, 2023
Updated personnel
Identified 3 new personnel
Nonprofit Types
Social advocacy organizationsResearch centersCharities
Issues
Social sciencesEducation
Characteristics
ChristianReligiousMembershipsConducts researchFundraising eventsTax deductible donationsAccepts online donations
General information
- Address
- 41877 Enterprise Cir N Ste 200
- Temecula, CA 92590
- Metro area
- Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
- County
- Riverside County, CA
- Website URL
- westarinstitute.org/Â
- Phone
- (855) 490-0454
IRS details
- EIN
- 94-3181460
- Fiscal year end
- December
- Taxreturn type
- Form 990
- Year formed
- 1993
- Eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions (Pub 78)
- Yes
Categorization
- NTEE code, primary
- V00: Social Science Research: General
- NAICS code, primary
- 813319: Social Advocacy Organizations
- Parent/child status
- Independent
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