by nicolaou 13 Replies latest jw friends
There are useful bits and pieces to be gleaned from these links.
This organization is not required to file an annual return with the IRS because it is a church. It makes its audited financial statements available to the public upon request.edited to remove duplicate link
Interesting. Thanks!
"...if there is a hell, I'll see you there." (NIN - Downward Spiral)
I'll be the one providing the fire.
They seem a bit confused:
Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York, Inc.
25 Columbia Hts
Brooklyn, NY 11201
http://www.watchtower.org
Goals and Results
Accomplishments for Fiscal Year Ending 12/31/1999
1. We reached nearly 1 million kingdom publishers in the United States of America!
2. We reached nearly 6 million kingdom publishers in the United States of America!
3. We were proclaimed a full religion in Russia after months of trials.
Objectives for Fiscal Year Beginning 01/01/2000
1. To reach 1 million publishers in the United States
I guess that is what happens when you have a 6 million-member organization operated by a total of 13 people:
Chief Executive: Mr. Milton Henschel
No. of Board Members: 13
No. of Full Time Employees: 0
No. of Part-Time Employees: 0
No. of Volunteers: 0
"As every one knows, there are mistakes in the Bible" - The Watchtower, April 15, 1928, p. 126
Believe in yourself, not mythology.
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Good catch, Elsewhere! It shows that their progress goes backward.
Another question would be, why does it say 'No. of Volunteers: 0'? Every JW is a volunteer! They even say so in their own literature. What hypocrites!
"...if there is a hell, I'll see you there." (NIN - Downward Spiral)
I'll be the one providing the fire.
Elsewhere, doesn't the number 13 strike you strangely? And their location 'Columbia' Heights?
Guest 77
Quite a bit of "charity" work going on there!
Like standing on the side of the alaskan highway handing out maps of aussie land to raise money to print more maps. Because there are so many bogus maps out there you need the one and only real map. Fine charitable work, the aleuts need the hope of warm sunshine to endure the harsh winter. They need conventions to get more volunteers to hand out more maps. The more maps we give out the more we can print!
If we change the routes every once in a while EVERYONE will have to get new maps again, then we can print more maps. I should have a job indefinitly! Not many can say that these days!
Very good information, Nic!
This, in particular, is great info:
Board of DirectorsLove, Scully
Mr. Milton G. Henschel,President; Governing Body
Mr. Lyman A. Swingle,Secretary-Treasurer; Governing Body
Mr. Samuel F. Herd,Governing Body
Mr. Daniel Sydlik,Governing Body
Mr. M. Stephen Lett,Governing Body
Mr. David H. Splane,Governing Body
Mr. Theodore Jaracz,Governing Body
Mr. John E. Barr,Governing Body
Mr. Albert D. Schroeder,Governing Body
Mr. Karl F. Klein,Governing Body
Mr. Carey W. Barber,Governing Body
Mr. G. Losch,Governing Body
Mr. Guy H. Pierce,Governing Body
Mr. Jerry Simonis,Treasurer
Mr. Donald A. Adams,Treasurer
Mr. Harold J. Dies,Treasurer
Mr. George M. Couch,Vice-President
Mr. Max H. Larson,Vice President
Mr. Alan Browning,Finance
Mr. Anthony Johnson,Associate Director
Haven't they always said that the world wide brotherhood was responsibile for making the appropriate conributions to the organization?
Isn't that why the don't have bake sales or any fundraisers, because they say that would be asking for charity from Satan's world?
Isn't this asking for charity from Satan World as well?
INTERESTING!!! Thanks for the great investigative work Nic!
Darn!
Although this free information is interesting, they also have "Charity Check" and "Analyst Report" but you must have a subscription to get the information.
It would be interesting to see what these two reports say about their finaces.
This might be worth the $59. From the GuideStar website:
About GuideStar Analyst Reports===========================
GuideStar Analyst Reports offer detailed analyses of individual public charities. With the aid of illustrations and narrative content, the reports present clear pictures of all nonprofits you select. GuideStar Analyst Reports are perfect for research, benchmarking, due diligence, sector scans, and reporting.Every GuideStar Analyst Report provides a summary of the organization's financial performance in the most recent fiscal year. All financial information is taken from the nonprofit's IRS Form 990. Easy-to-read graphs and charts summarize the nonprofit's revenue, expenses, assets, and liabilities. You'll also see ratios for fund-raising, contributions, programs, debt, and investment income.
Each GuideStar Analyst Report also provides a historical snapshot of the most complete, accurate, and current financial information available anywhere. This shows important trends in income, assets, and expenses, allowing you to gauge an individual nonprofit's performance over time.
Well we know that they collected 941 million in 99
but also spent exactly 941 million in the same year
because there was no profit.
