NonprofitsAssociation For Research And Enlightenment Inc

Arts, Culture & Humanities

Association For Research And Enlightenment Inc

VIRGINIA BCH, VA

Total revenue

$5.1M

Total expenses

$6.1M

Net assets

$16.3M

Grants received

$685K

19 grants

EIN

540573802

Tax year

2024

Mission

The mission of association for research and enlightenment (a.r.e.) is to create opportunities for profound personal change in body, mind, and spirit through the wisdom found in the edgar cayce material.

Programs

3 programs

Health and spa services: health and spa services provides and administers the health care modalities recommended in the edgar cayce readings while assisting individuals in utilizing their own innate healing abilities. Our goal is to provide application of the edgar cayce health readings in a responsible, caring and professional manner such that these services align with both the spirit and philosophy of the readings. The following services were provided: bodywork (including massage and acupressure), hydrotherapy (including colonics and steams),chiropractic, acupressure, hypnotherapy, counseling and energywork. The health center and spa provided care to a total of 5,991 in services for the year of 2024.

Expenses: $1.1M

Memberships: a.r.e.'s total membership was 10,687 at 12/31/24. Some of our accomplishments in 2024, included: we provided a free annual membership (scholarships) to 124 individuals who were not able to pay for their membership in 2024.website:in 2024, edgarcayce.org had 597,109 visitors with 2,016,139 pageviews.top pages by views included the edgar cayce's association for research and enlightenment homepage, events & programs, seven prophecies yet to come, edgar cayce's life and readings, membership, exclusive member section, akashic records, a.r.e. Health center and spa, resources, therapies: castor oil packs, and the edgar cayce readings.top countries u.s., canada, england, australia, and india.website visitors came primarily from the u.s.here are some stats for our website: top countries producing traffic: (sessions/users)1. United states 753,702/470,1572. Canada 42,914/27,5283. United kingdom 21,651/14,7654. Australia 16,461/10,5245. India 6,861/4,7516. China 6,353/5,9187. Germany 5,776/4,2078. Netherlands 4,981/3,6069. France 4,663/2,99410. Ireland 3,983/2,777top sources of traffic included (in order of ranking): organicdirectsocialreferralpaid user devices were split into these three categories:61.8% mobile34.2% desktop4.0% tablet our facebook page had a total of 201,000 likes in 2024 and a total of 201,000 followers.our instagram page had 31,300 followers in 2024.our tiktok channel has 793 followers.

Expenses: $254K

Publication and dissemination: promotes and sells a.r.e. Press publications. This sales venue is for the convenience of our members, donors, and supporters, including conferees, students, and spiritual / health seekers to assist them in improving their lives physically, mentally, and spiritually. This venue promotes and reaches outside of the local virginia beach demographics to national and international seekers.in-house publications: a.r.e. Press publishes and distributes books and media to wholesale and retail bookstores that are based on and related to the edgar cayce topics and teachings. Certain publications are also offered in spanish. All of a.r.e. Press publications are also available as ebooks and numerous titles are available as audiobooks.

Expenses: $173K

Financials

FY 2024

Revenue

Contributions & grants$1.2M
Program service revenue$2.6M
Investment income$680K
Other revenue$523K
Total revenue$5.1M

Expenses

Grants paid
Salaries & benefits$2.6M
Fundraising$316K
Other expenses$3.5M
Total expenses$6.1M
Total assets$19.4M
Net assets$16.3M

People

24 listed

NameRoleCompensation

NICOLE CHARLES

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR/CEO (RETIRED)

Board

$153K

38.5 hrs/wk

CASSIE MCQUAGGE

CO-EXECUTIVE INTERIM DIRECTOR

Board

$94K

38.5 hrs/wk

PATRICIA LACY

DIRECTOR - CO

Board

$93K

40 hrs/wk

JOHN VAN AUKEN

CO-EXECUTIVE INTERIM DIRECTOR

Board

$84K

38.5 hrs/wk

TIM DUCKWORTH

DIRECTOR

Board

$74K

40 hrs/wk

ZAIRE MCCULLOUGH

DIRECTOR

Board

$65K

40 hrs/wk

JESSICA NEWELL

DIRECTOR

Board

$55K

40 hrs/wk

ANTHONY REDDIN

TRUSTEE

Board

1.25 hrs/wk

KEVIN REGER

TRUSTEE

Board

1.25 hrs/wk

CARA ROMANZO

TRUSTEE

Board

1.25 hrs/wk

JOHN SCHROEDER

TRUSTEE

Board

1.25 hrs/wk

JOY SCOTT

TRUSTEE

Board

1.25 hrs/wk

DOUG KNUEVEN THRU JUNE 2024

TRUSTEE, FORMER BOARD CHAIR

Board

1.25 hrs/wk

ARTHUR P STRICKLAND THRU JUNE 2024

TRUSTEE

Board

1.25 hrs/wk

MARK THURSTON

TRUSTEE

Board

1.25 hrs/wk

KATHLEEN WELSCH

TRUSTEE

Board

1.25 hrs/wk

PEARL B MARIA WILKINSON

TRUSTEE

Board

1.25 hrs/wk

DIANNE STANFORD

TRUSTEE

Board

1.25 hrs/wk

MARIANNE SPLENDA

TRUSTEE, BOARD CHAIR

Board

1.25 hrs/wk

BERNIE COOMES

TRUSTEE

Board

1.25 hrs/wk

DONITA M KING

TRUSTEE

Board

1.25 hrs/wk

ALLISON MILLS-LONG

TRUSTEE

Board

1.25 hrs/wk

DOUG MUHA

TRUSTEE

Board

1.25 hrs/wk

LILIAN H PAILIEN

TRUSTEE

Board

1.25 hrs/wk

Independent contractors

SH FAHRENHEIT ADVISORS LLC

BUSINESS ADVISORY SERVICES

$393K

KAUFMAN & CANOLES

LEGAL SERVICES

$121K

Grants received

Showing 19 of 19

FromAmountPurposeYear
$16K
UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$11K
GENERAL OPERATING
2024
$25K
UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$25K
FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2023
$7K
GENERAL OPERATING
2023
$7K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2023
$200K
UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$26K
FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2022
$14K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2022
$55K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2021
$55K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2021
$14K
GENERAL OPERATING
2021
$10K
TO PROVIDE SPIRITUAL, PHYSICAL & HUMANITARIAN AID TO THOSE IN NEED
2021
$67K
GENERAL OPERATING
2020
$26K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2020
$28K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2019
$55K
GENERAL OPERATING
2018
$34K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2018

Funded by

$685K from 6 funders · 19 grants · 2018–2024

Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc

$241K · 3 grants · 2022–2024

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

$220K · 7 grants · 2018–2023

Association For Research And

$155K · 5 grants · 2018–2024

Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

$51K · 2 grants · 2022–2023

Legacytree Foundation

$10K · 1 grant · 2021

Details

EIN540573802
NTEE codeA33Z
Subsection03
Ruling date1995-11
Formed1931
Employees63
Volunteers93
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