EIN 85-0354965

Center for Action and Contemplation (CAC)

IRS 501(c) type
501(c)(3)
Num. employees
54
Year formed
1987
Most recent tax filings
2022-12-01
Description
Center for Action and Contemplation is a center for experiential education, encouraging the transformation of human consciousness through contemplation, equipping people to be instruments of peaceful change in the world.
Total revenues
$10,893,381
2022
Total expenses
$10,609,627
2022
Total assets
$15,140,493
2022
Num. employees
54
2022

Program areas at CAC

Cac had significant growth across multiple program areas in 2022. Cac's daily meditation emails reached over 455,000 daily, weekly, and monthly subscribers by the end of 2022. Just over 33,000 teaching products were distributed from the resource Center. New releases by cac publishing in 2022 were saint john of the cross: luminous darkness by mirabai starr, two editions of the biannual literary journal oneing, and four issues of the mendicant, cac's development newsletter, that is distributed to approximately 48,000 recipients quarterly. Cac's podcast network reached a total of 3,000,000 downloads across our six shows. A total of 7,558 people studied in cac's online courses in 2022 including the top couse, mystical sobriety, with more than 1,296 students. Cac's two-year formation program, the living school, "sent" (graduated} another cohort of 169 students via an online symposium. Cac hosted 8 virtual events in 2022 which collectively had approximately 12,000 attendees. All these programs were done in service to cac's mission to help awaken a more loving world.

Grants made by CAC

GranteeGrant descriptionAmount
Ayni InstituteSupports Development of A New Small Group Model Combining Deep Contemplative Formation and Social Action, Filling A Critical Gap in the Movement, Expanding Support for Diverse Constituencies, and Providing A Model That Complements Existing Cac Programming.$175,000
Wisdom & MoneyBe Present and Wisdom & Money (the Trailblazing Collaborative) Have Co-Created the Trailblazing Institute To Train Trailblazers in A New Way of Being Through the Be Present Empowerment Model, Wisdom Spiritual Practices, and Transformative Money Practices. These Trainings Will Provide the Opportunity for Inner Transformation and More Open Ways To Engage With Others. Be Present Is An Organization With A Long History (1988) and Much Experience in Engaging With Communities and Building Leaders in Movement Building. Their Joint Endeavor, the Trailblazing Collaborative, Can Potentially Engage Cacs Audience Members in Inviting Them To Engage With Money As A Doorway To Spiritual Transformation at the Personal, Communal, and Systemic Levels. Wisdom & Money Is A Cac Partner and Has Supported Cac in Developing Its Financial Philosophy and They Conducted A Partner Session at Conspire. Through Their Participation With Conspire and With Rose Feericks Article in the Mendicant, Wisdom and Money$100,000
Center for the Working PoorCenter for the Working Poor Is An Interfaith Intentional Community Inspired By the the Catholic Worker Movement and New Monasticism, Which Is Committed To Strategic Non-Violent Social Change.$87,500
...and 20 more grants made totalling $681,000

Who funds Center for Action and Contemplation (CAC)

Grants from foundations and other nonprofits
GrantmakerDescriptionAmount
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundFor Grant Recipient's Exempt Purposes$234,349
Schwab Charitable FundArts, Culture & Humanities$164,764
Rainwater Charitable FoundationGeneral Operations$50,000
...and 59 more grants received totalling $794,361

Personnel at CAC

NameTitleCompensation
Doug MurrellChief Operating Officer / Cheif Operating Officer$59,773
Michael PoffenbergerExecutive Director$165,831
Kirsten Oates ManagingDirector of Planning and Programs$108,164
Wally GouletVice Chair / Director / Board Member$0
Richard RohrFounder / Vice Chair$0
...and 8 more key personnel

Financials for CAC

RevenuesFYE 12/2022
Total grants, contributions, etc.$7,928,575
Program services$879,909
Investment income and dividends$218,205
Tax-exempt bond proceeds$0
Royalty revenue$219,965
Net rental income$0
Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets$-386
Net income from fundraising events$0
Net income from gaming activities$0
Net income from sales of inventory$1,646,719
Miscellaneous revenues$394
Total revenues$10,893,381

Form 990s for CAC

Fiscal year endingDate received by IRSFormPDF link
2022-122023-11-03990View PDF
2021-122022-11-01990View PDF
2020-122021-11-11990View PDF
2019-122021-03-02990View PDF
2018-122019-06-19990View PDF
...and 8 more Form 990s
Data update history
February 4, 2024
Received grants
Identified 18 new grant, including a grant for $50,000 from Rainwater Charitable Foundation
December 31, 2023
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2022
December 31, 2023
Updated personnel
Identified 2 new personnel
October 25, 2023
Received grants
Identified 3 new grant, including a grant for $50,000 from Holmes Family Foundation
August 19, 2023
Received grants
Identified 25 new grant, including a grant for $50,000 from Outrageous Foundation
Nonprofit Types
SchoolsCharities
Issues
EducationArts, cultural, and humanitiesReligion
Characteristics
ReligiousChristianOperates internationallyProvides scholarshipsTax deductible donations
General information
Address
PO Box 12464
Albuquerque, NM 87195
Metro area
Albuquerque, NM
County
Bernalillo County, NM
Website URL
cac.org/ 
Phone
(505) 247-1636
Facebook page
CenterforActionandContemplation 
Twitter profile
@cacradicalgrace 
IRS details
EIN
85-0354965
Fiscal year end
December
Taxreturn type
Form 990
Year formed
1987
Eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions (Pub 78)
Yes
Categorization
NTEE code, primary
B50: Graduate, Professional Schools
NAICS code, primary
813110: Religious Organizations
Parent/child status
Independent
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