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Filing year 2023

WORD ON FIRE CATHOLIC MINISTRIES

Elk Grove Village, Illinois·EIN 26-1448551·NTEE X81 · Religion-Related·3
Total revenue
$26.9M
Total assets
$51.8M
Total expenses
$19.2M
Reported officers
16
Mission

WORD ON FIRE CATHOLIC MINISTRIES IS A GLOBAL MEDIA APOSTOLATE THAT SUPPORTS THE WORK OF BISHOP ROBERT BARRON AND REACHES MILLONS OF INDIVIDUALS TO DRAW THEM BACK TO OR INTO THE CATHOLIC FAITH.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 8 reported individuals · Filing year 2023

Base salaryBonusOther compensationBenefits
Base salaryBonusOther compensationBenefitsExecutive compensation
Senior Director of the Word Fire Institute
highest compensated employee
$235k
$260k
Senior Director of Marketing & Sales
director (operational)
$195k
$216k
Senior Development Director
$184k
$204k
Senior Publishing Director
highest compensated employee
$169k
$187k
Senior Director of Technology
highest compensated employee
$156k
$173k
Fellow for Persons With Intellectual & Development Disabilities
highest compensated employee
$156k
$173k
CEO & Executive Producer
$105k
$116k
Director
board member
$59k
$66k

Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.

Estimated with Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Plus 8 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Religion-Related

Down 5%
from 2022

From $246k in 2022 to $235k in 2023.

$246k
2022
$235k
2023
In today's dollarsEst.
Down 8% in real terms$282k to $260k

Estimated with Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Highest reported compensation in each year. Volunteer board members and partial-year payouts are filtered out.
Financial trend

Revenue and expenses over time

WORD ON FIRE CATHOLIC MINISTRIES reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$21.6M
$14.6M
2022
$26.9M
$19.2M
2023
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
Sector benchmark

What Religion-Related executives earn in Illinois

Comparable religion-related organizations in Illinois pay their highest-earning executive a median of $53,410.

25th percentile
$24k
Median
$53,410
75th percentile
$96k
90th percentile
$147k

These are religion-related sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 347 organizations across 347 filings (2021 – 2024).

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