2026-04-13T18:28:36-07:00 2025-12-31 222947255 Lear & Pannepacker LLP 791 Alexander Road Princeton NJ 08540 990 2025-01-01 550835528 Witherspoon Institute Inc WITH 6096888779 16 Stockton Street Princeton NJ 08540 Luis Tellez President 2026-04-13 true Kenneth L Siegel CPA P00181363 6094522200 2025 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z Luis Tellez 16 Stockton Street Princeton NJ 08540 2685620 false X www.winst.org X 2003 NJ Research, education, and public awareness of the political, moral and philosophical principles of free and democratic societies 12 11 36 13 0 2182675 2102895 54648 62435 746824 520290 0 2984147 2685620 218586 131500 0 1347612 1459128 0 135483 1726717 1180067 3292915 2770695 -308768 -85075 13636026 15367731 674711 757456 12961315 14610275 X Research, education, and public awareness of the political, moral and philosophical principles of free and democratic societies false false 689389 23017 Marriage and Family: This program consists primarily of the activities of CanaVox, a marriage movement founded by mothers to provide the intellectual tools to help people understand deep and complicated issues in contemporary debates about human sexuality. CanaVox facilitates reading groups for professionals, young adults, college students, and teenagers that discuss these issues in 43 states and 43 countries. CanaVoxs website is www.canavox.com. 552702 Other Programs: The Witherspoon Institute occasionally provides advice, grants, or other support for organizations or scholars whose missions are very similar to its own. The Institute does not accept applications for such support. Such support develops out of preexisting relationships that the Institute may have with scholars through the Institutes own programming. In 2025 the Institute provided such advice and support for programs at Princeton University and other institutions. 529249 37900 Academic Programs: These programs consist of seminars and one-on-one mentoring with Princeton University students and with promising students in high school, college, and graduate school at other institutions. These activities seek to form young people to cherish personal virtue and responsibility and the pursuit of truth. 326620 1518 Public Opinion: This program consists primarily of the work of Public Discourse, an online journal located at www.thepublicdiscourse.com. It publishes one short article per weekday by numerous authors on topics of interest to the Institute. Occasionally we also publish longer articles and interviews. Articles are organized around what we consider to be the five pillars of decent and dynamic societies: the dignity of the human person, marriage and the family, the rule of law, higher education and academic research, and business and the market. 326620 1518 2097960 true true false false false false false false false false true false false false false true true false false false false false false false false false false true true true false false false false false true false false false false false false false true false false false true 57 0 false 36 true false false false false false false false 0 false false false false false false false X 12 11 true false false false false false false true true false false true true true true true true true true false CA FL NJ NY PA UT WI X Management 6096888779 16 Stockton Street Princeton NJ 08540 Russell J Snell Director of Academic Programs 40.00 0.00 247433 0 33936 Kelly Hanlon Muncy Dir. of Operations 40.00 0.00 201454 0 28245 James O'Boyle Director of Development 40.00 0.00 217688 0 4429 John Doherty Dir. of Finance 40.00 0.00 X 82665 0 11834 Luis Tellez President 40.00 0.00 X X 60000 0 5305 Brian Mogck Secretary 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Mark Mulholland Treasurer 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Stephen Whelan Chairman 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 John Metzger Trustee 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Mark O'Brien Trustee 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Craig Cardon Trustee 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Frederic Clark Trustee 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Michael Crofton Trustee 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Deborah Garwood Trustee 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Broc Hiatt Trustee 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Michael Maibach Trustee 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Corbin Miller Trustee 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Eugene Zurlo Trustee 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 809240 83749 3 false true false 0 2102895 2102895 Program Income 511190 62435 62435 62435 254031 254031 0 0 0 266259 266259 266259 266259 0 0 0 0 2685620 62435 520290 53500 53500 78000 78000 0 0 167772 65666 70999 31107 0 1082141 945370 58301 78470 24833 17736 4368 2729 88827 70337 15560 2930 95555 78347 9781 7427 0 2996 2996 36324 35674 650 0 0 58324 58324 24121 4312 19809 27601 14641 9125 3835 57942 33000 19918 5024 0 0 29273 6160 23113 0 0 368016 333117 34899 0 0 81648 81648 29584 29584 Program activities 262643 262643 Printing and Publications 135553 132135 107 3311 Deferred compensation 66042 66042 0 2770695 2097960 537252 135483 334702 304175 1995919 4340381 445148 245164 0 0 0 0 0 20465 29100 3046346 1682405 1409389 1363941 9430403 9084970 0 0 0 0 13636026 15367731 155203 156907 15000 519508 585549 674711 757456 X 11736859 13245592 1224456 1364683 12961315 14610275 13636026 15367731 -85075 1734035 X false true X false false X 2633280 3071103 2385288 2182675 2102895 12375241 0 0 2633280 3071103 2385288 2182675 2102895 12375241 3618918 8756323 67195 116980 269102 270727 266259 990263 0 0 13365504 0.65510 0.64740 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 497100 497100 1137494 779141 358353 1254207 745719 508488 157545 157545 1363941 X 4361331 1734035 1734035 2627296 58324 58324 2685620 2712371 2712371 58324 58324 2770695 Part X : FIN48 Footnote The Institute is exempt from income taxes under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and comparable state law. 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In addition, the Institute had no material unrecognized tax benefits or accrued interest and penalties.The Institutes policy is to recognize interest related to unrecognized tax benefits in interest expense and penalties in income tax expense. true Aquinas Inst for CatholicLife 134 Nassau Street Ste 300 Princeton NJ 08542 831005620 501(C)(3) 50000 0 General Operations 1 0 Scholarships 6 78000 Tuition, fees, and living expenses X X false false false false false false false false false James O'Boyle Director of Development 217688 4429 222117 Kelly Hanlon Muncy Dir. of Operations 201454 7237 21008 229699 Russell J Snell Director of Academic Programs 247433 10317 23619 281369 Michael Crofton Trustee 58324 Investment mgnt fees false Schedule L, Part V Supplemental Information Michael Crofton, a trustee of Witherspoon Institute, Inc., serves as Chairman of Philadelphia Trust Company, which manages Witherspoon Institute's investments. Investment fees totalled to $58,325 for 2025. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b Form 990 is provided to the all members of the governing body prior to approval and filing of the form. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c Witherspoon has a written Conflict of Interest policy. Upon their appointments, all officers of this organization and members of the Board of Trustees are required to review the existing conflict of interest policy and disclose any applicable conflicts; they are required to disclose future conflicts as they may arise. Conflicts are reviewed by the organization's Board of Trustees. Trustees are prohibited from voting on any matter in which they have a conflict. Disclosure statements are reviewed for full compliance with Witherspoon's policies. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15b The board and management periodically review the top salaries of the Institute as needed to maintain a stable work environment. Historically those salaries are at or below market rates. 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