Program areas at WAU
The Word Among us(twau) publishes magazines, books, pamphlets, and digital resources that help catholics in every stage of discipleship. The english "the Word Among Us- and spanish "lapalabra entre nosotros" magazines touch the lives of over 600,0000 catholics in north america every month. Pastors in more than 5,000 parishes offer "the Word Among Us" to their parishioners as a way to grow as mature disciples of jesus. Twau press offers books, pamphlets that help catholics who may attend mass inconsistently to come to a living with the lord and begin to grow in catholic discipleship. In 2022 twau helped 223,000 catholic in the pews and groups grow in their faith. Over 2 million people use our digital and other non-print resources found at wau.org or in our digital magazine edition(ios, android, kindle) in both english and spanish.
Who funds Word Among Us (WAU)
Grants from foundations and other nonprofits
Personnel at WAU
| Name | Title | Compensation | Date of data |
|---|
| Jamie Smith | Chief Financial Officer | $158,164 | 2023-11-13 |
| Patrick Sullivan | Chief Financial Officer and Secretary and Treasurer | $215,525 | 2021-12-31 |
| Michael Difato | Chief Marketing Officer | $152,412 | 2021-12-31 |
| John Difato | Chief Information Officer / Chief Technology Officer | $126,521 | 2021-12-31 |
| Joseph M Difato | Vice President Operations and Technology / Vice President Operation / Director - Operations and Technology / Marketing and Operations Assistant Manager / Publisher and Director | $12,755 | 2022-12-31 |
| ...and 8 more key personnel |
Financials for WAU
| Revenues | FYE 12/2022 | FYE 12/2021 | % Change |
|---|
| Total grants, contributions, etc. | $0 | $417 | -100% |
| Program services | $15,334,761 | $15,080,278 | 1.7% |
| Investment income and dividends | $227,768 | $235,213 | -3.2% |
| 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 | $0 | $0 | - |
| Miscellaneous revenues | $0 | $0 | - |
| Total revenues | $15,562,529 | $15,315,908 | 1.6% |
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Data update history
January 23, 2024
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2022
January 3, 2024
Used new vendors
Identified 1 new vendor, including
July 17, 2023
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2021
July 5, 2023
Updated personnel
Identified 2 new personnel
June 29, 2023
Updated personnel
Identified 5 new personnel
Nonprofit Types
Grantmaking organizationsHeadquarter / parent organizationsCharities
Issues
Religion
Characteristics
ReligiousChristianTax deductible donationsAccepts online donations
General information
- Address
- 715 Guilford Dr Suite 100
- Frederick, MD 21704
- Metro area
- Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
- County
- Frederick County, MD
- Website URL
- wau.org/Â
- Phone
- (301) 874-1700
- Facebook page
- wordamongusÂ
- Twitter profile
- @wordamongusÂ
IRS details
- EIN
- 52-1320592
- Fiscal year end
- December
- Taxreturn type
- Form 990
- Year formed
- 1982
- Eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions (Pub 78)
- Yes
Categorization
- NTEE code, primary
- X20: Christian
- NAICS code, primary
- 813110: Religious Organizations
- Parent/child status
- Central organization
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