Society for Promoting Theological Education

EIN 04-6092557 • 501(c)3 • Dublin, NH

Profile

The Organization exists to assist youths of moral character in preparing themselves for faith-based ministry and to promote theological education. The Society fulfills its mission through supporting the President and Fellows of Harvard College.

PO Box 4Dublin, NH 03444

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Siviq Scores

Precomputed percentiles relative to similar nonprofits. These scores are descriptive rather than judgmental.

0.00x

Tied with the lowest-debt nonprofits in its peer group.

501(c)3 • $5M-$10M nonprofits • Source year 2025

0.00x

Tied with the lowest-debt nonprofits in its peer group.

501(c)3 • $5M-$10M nonprofits • Source year 2025

-434%

Higher net margin than 1% of similar nonprofits.

501(c)3 • $5M-$10M nonprofits • Source year 2025

$125,436

Higher top officer pay than 48% of similar nonprofits.

Top officer pay equals 337.1% of source-year revenue.

501(c)3 • $5M-$10M nonprofits • Source year 2025

3.9%

Faster asset growth than 49% of similar nonprofits.

501(c)3 • $5M-$10M nonprofits • Annualized from 2024 to 2025

-68%

Faster revenue growth than 3% of similar nonprofits.

501(c)3 • $5M-$10M nonprofits • Annualized from 2024 to 2025

Balance Sheet

Liabilities / Assets9th percentile

Assets

$5,076,906

Up $190,560 (+3.9%) from 2024

Liabilities

Flat

Flat from 2024

Net Assets

$5,076,906

Up $190,560 (+3.9%) from 2024

Operations

Liabilities / Revenue10th percentile Net Margin1st percentile

Revenue

Down

$37,214

Down $80,287 (-68%) from 2024

Expenses

$198,758

Up $4,189 (+2.2%) from 2024

Net Income

Down

-$161,544

Down $84,476 (-110%) from 2024

Trend Graphs

Balance Sheet Trend

Asset Growth49th percentile

Grouped bars show assets, liabilities, and net assets across loaded filings.

Highlighted filing

2025

Assets$5,076,906

Liabilities$0

Net Assets$5,076,906

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Operations Trend

Revenue Growth3rd percentile

Revenue, expenses, and net income by year, with the latest filing highlighted.

Highlighted filing

2025

Revenue$37,214

Expenses$198,758

Net Income-$161,544

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Filings

Most recent year

2025 • Form 990Facts available. Structured filing facts are available, but richer extracted sections are limited.

Open filing

Assets: $5,076,906
Liabilities: $0
Net assets: $5,076,906
Revenue: $37,214
Expenses: $198,758
Net income: -$161,544

	Balance Sheet			Operations
Year	Assets	Liabilities	Net Assets	Revenue	Expenses	Net Income
2025Facts available. Structured filing facts are available, but richer extracted sections are limited.	$5.08	$0.00	$5.08	$0.04	$0.20	$0.16
2024Detailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year.	$4.89	$0.00	$4.89	$0.12	$0.19	$0.08
2023Detailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year.	$4.22	$0.00	$4.22	$0.09	$0.19	$0.10
2022Facts available. Structured filing facts are available, but richer extracted sections are limited.	$4.68	$0.00	$4.68	$0.15	$0.19	$0.04
2021Summary only. Only limited summary data is available for this year.	$4.39	$0.00		$0.00	$0.17	$0.18
2020Summary only. Only limited summary data is available for this year.	$3.47	$0.00		$0.08	$0.15	$0.07
2015Summary only. Only limited summary data is available for this year.	$3.69	$0.00		$0.12	$0.10	$0.02
2014Summary only. Only limited summary data is available for this year.	$3.51	$0.00	$3.51	$0.75	$0.10	$0.65
2013Summary only. Only limited summary data is available for this year.	$2.86	$0.00	$2.86	$0.16	$0.10	$0.06
2012Summary only. Only limited summary data is available for this year.	$2.79	$0.00	$2.79	$0.12	$0.10	$0.03

Latest Filing Detail

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Filing Snapshot

Filing Period: Apr 1, 2024 to Mar 31, 2025
Signed: Nov 19, 2025
Return Version: 2024v5.2
Gross Receipts: $279,448

Mission and Program Overview

Mission

To support the operations and functions of the Harvard Divinity School.

Balance Sheet Detail

Line	Beginning	End	Change
Assets
Cap Stk Tr Prin Current Funds	$4,886,346	$5,076,906	▲ $190,560
Investments in Publicly Traded Securities	$4,733,876	$5,000,471	▲ $266,595
Investments Other Securities	$52,524	$61,452	▲ $8,928
Savings and Temporary Cash Investments	$99,946	$14,983	▼ $84,963
Pd in Cap Srpls Land Bldg Eqp Fund	$0	$0	→ $0
Rtn Earn Endowment Incm Other Fnds	$0	$0	→ $0
Total Assets	$4,886,346	$5,076,906	▲ $190,560
Liabilities
Total Liabilities	$0	$0	→ $0
Net Assets / Fund Balance
Total Net Assets Fund Balance	$4,886,346	$5,076,906	▲ $190,560
Total Liabilities and Net Assets / Fund Balance	$4,886,346	$5,076,906	▲ $190,560

Compensation and Service Providers

Top Officer Pay48th percentile

Employees

Name	Title	Other	Total
Rev Laura Tuach	Director	$125,436	$125,436

Board Members and Trustees

Name	Title
Rev Mark J T Caggiano	President
Harold Babcock	Director
Rev Catie Scudera	Director
Rev John E Gibbons	Director
Rev Judy Brain	Director
Samuel Perry	Director
Rev Dudley Rose	Secretary
Rev Kenneth A Clarke Esq	Treasurer

Revenue and Support

Revenue Composition

Contributions and Grants: $0
Program Service Revenue: $0
Investment Income: $37,324
Other Revenue: $-110
Change in Net Assets: $-161,544

Expenses and Functional Allocation

Major Expense Lines

Line Item	Amount
Grants and Similar Amounts Paid	$145,000
Other Expenses	$53,758
Professional Fundraising Fees	$0
Salaries, Compensation, and Employee Benefits	$0
Total Fundraising Expense	$0

Functional Expense Allocation

Line Item	Program	Management	Fundraising	Total
Grants to Domestic Orgs	$145,000	-	-	$145,000
Fees for Services Other	$12,055	$36,164	-	$48,219
Fees for Services Accounting	$2,195	$2,195	-	$4,390
Fees for Services Legal	$1,149	-	-	$1,149
Total Functional Expenses	$160,399	$38,359	$0	$198,758

International Activity

Grant and Assistance Recipients

Recipient	Location	Category	Purpose	Amount
President and Fellows of Harvard College	Cambridge, MA	501(c)(3)	Funding for the Harvard Divinity School to promote religious and theological education	$145,000

Fundraising, Events, and Gaming

Fundraising activities: No
Gaming activities: No
Professional fundraiser used: No

Fundraising and Gaming Totals

Line Item	Amount
Professional Fundraising Fees	$0

Political and Lobbying Activity

Political campaign activity: No
Lobbying activity: No
Subject to proxy tax: No

Related Organizations and Partnerships

Related Tax-Exempt Organizations

Organization	Location	Activity	Code	Public Charity	Controlled
President and Fellows of Harvard College	Cambridge, MA	University education	501(c)(3)	Line 2	No

Governance and Compliance

Governance Checklist

Compiled or reviewed by an accountant: No
Backup withholding compliance: Yes
Business relationship with 35% controlled entity: No
Business relationship with family members: No
Business relationship with organization members: No
Material changes to governing documents: No
Compensation from other sources disclosed: No
CEO compensation reviewed: No
Other officer compensation reviewed: No
Conflict-of-interest policy: No
Audited financial statements prepared: No
Key decisions subject to board approval: No
Management duties delegated: No

Governance Explanations

Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11B

“The Organization engages an independent public accounting firm to prepare and review its annual Form 990. The tax return is then submitted to the Board and its legal and fiduciary advisors for their own review and consideration prior to filing.”

Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19

“The Organization makes its governing documents, policies, and statements available to the public as required by the applicable laws and regulations under which the Organization operates.”

Form 990, Part VII, Compensation from Related Organizations:

“The Society for Promoting Theological Education (the "Society") is related to and a supporting organization of the President and Fellows of Harvard College ("Harvard"), itself a 501(c)(3) public charity. So that it may have a significant voice in the Society's activities and to better assist the Society's mission to support the Harvard Divinity School, the Society's board of directors is comprised of one or more individuals that may be or have been employed by Harvard. Per IRS Form 990 instructions, the Society is to report compensation and benefit information paid by related organizations to its officers, directors, trustees, and/or key employees who also serve on the Society's board during the year. During the applicable tax period covered by this Form 990, Rev. Laura Tauch served as a director on the Society's board and was employed by Harvard. Accordingly, Ms. Tauch's compensation, as reported on her 2024 Form W-2, has been presented on this Form 990, Part VII.”

Filing and Contact Details

Filer

Filer Name: Society for Promoting
EIN: 04-6092557
Phone: 6032336102
Address: PO Box 4, Dublin, NH 03444

Signing Officer

Name: Rev Kenneth A Clarke Esq
Title: Treasurer
Phone: 6032336102
Signed: 2025-11-19
Discuss with paid preparer: Yes

Organization Details

Principal Officer: Rev Kenneth A Clarke E
Formed: 1831
Legal Domicile: Ma
Voting Board Members: 9
Independent Board Members: 8
Employees: 0
Volunteers: 8

Preparer

Firm: Baker Newman & Noyes
Address: PO Box 507, Portland, ME 04112
Preparer: Connor Smart
Phone: 2078792100

Supplemental Narrative

Additional Explanations

Form 990, Part IX, line 11G

“Fiduciary fees: Program service expenses 12,055. Management and general expenses 36,164. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 48,219.”

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IRS990ScheduleA/Form990ScheduleAPartVIGrp/ExplanationTxt	0	Under Treasury Regulation 1.509(a)-4(d)(2)(iv), a supporting organization will meet the specification requirement of Treasury Regulation 1.509(a)-4(d)(1) if (1) there has been an historic and continuing relationship between the supporting organization and the supported organization, and (2) by reason of such relationship, there has developed a substantial identity of interests between the two organizations. For reasons explained below, there has been an historic and continuing relationship between the Society for Promoting Theological Education (the Organization")and the President and Fellows of Harvard College ("Harvard"),and by reason of such relationship, there has developed a substantial identity of interests between the two organizations. Over the past nearly 200 years, since the early 1800s, the Organization and Harvard have worked closely together. The Organization was instrumental in the funding and establishment of the Harvard Divinity School ("HDS"), a constituent school of Harvard. Among other connections, the Organization has made grants to HDS since the 1850s, has helped to raise the funds for the construction of the HDS library, and the members of the Board of Directors of the Organization are largely graduates of Harvard University or HDS. Furthermore, the Organization's annual meetings have in recent years been held at HDS, the Organization's archives are stored in the HDS library, and, as reflected in the Organization's bylaws, each person who is designated to be a Williams Scholar of HDS automatically becomes a member of the Organization, upon receipt of a degree from HDS. It follows that, clearly, there has been a longstanding historic and continuing relationship between the Organization and Harvard. According to its website, the mission of HDS includes the following: "To help in building a world in which people can live and work together across religious and cultural dividends, we strive to be a primary resource in religious and theological studies for the academy, for religious communities, and in the public sphere." The Organization, according to the act by the Massachusetts Legislature that formed it, was created "for the purpose of assisting young men of competent talents, pure morals, and piety, in preparing themselves for the Christian ministry, and to promote theological education." Clearly, over the past nearly 200 years, the Organization and Harvard, and in particular, HDS, have worked towards a common purpose of promoting theological education. This shared identity can be traced back to the early 1800s, and the Organization continues to carry-out its charitable purpose by making grants to HDS. Therefore, by reason of the historic and continuing relationship between the Organization and Harvard, there has developed a substantial identity of interests between the two organizations.
IRS990ScheduleA/Form990ScheduleAPartVIGrp/ExplanationTxt	1	The Organization makes direct cash grants to its supported organization, the President and Fellows of Harvard College, typically for the purposes of the Harvard Divinity School. The Organization also incurs routine and reasonable costs related to accounting, legal, and fund management and fiduciary services. But for these services and their associated costs, the Organization would not be able to function or remain compliant with applicable reporting standards. As the Organization exists to provide support to Harvard College (especially the Divinity School), and because these expenses are considered necessary to the Organization's continued operations and existence, a portion of these costs have been allocated to Program Service Expenses on Form 990, Part IX, and are also considered Other Support on Schedule A, Part I.
IRS990ScheduleA/Form990ScheduleAPartVIGrp/ExplanationTxt	2	The officers and directors of the Organization maintain a close and continuous working relationship with the officers and directors of HDS. Furthermore, as outlined in Treasury Regulation 1.509(a)-4(i)(3)(v), because the Organization has been supporting and benefitting Harvard, and more specifically, HDS, since well before November 20, 1970, additional facts and circumstances, such as an historic and continuing relationship between the two organizations, may be taken into account in establishing the responsiveness test of Treasury Regulation 1.509(a)-4(i)(3). Please also refer to Section A, All Supporting Organizations, Line 1, above.
IRS990ScheduleA/Form990ScheduleAPartVIGrp/ExplanationTxt	3	In its tax year ending March 31, 2025, the Society for Promoting Theological Education (the Organization) paid direct grants of $145,000 to the President and Fellows of Harvard College (Harvard) to support religious and theological education, and to especially fund the Harvard Divinity School. The Organization did not have any contribution-revenue over the past three years, based on the Organization's available tax returns. Therefore, the Organization's 2024 grants to Harvard naturally exceed 10% of the Organization's three year average contribution-revenues and thus satisfies the attentiveness test as described in Regulations Section 1.509(a)-4(i)(5)(iii)(B)(1). The Organization's operations and relationship with Harvard also pass the attentiveness test for the following reasons: (1) The Organization's original founding documents date back as far as the first half of the 1800s. While Harvard may not be explicitly named in the Organization's earliest governing documents, the Organization was instrumental in the funding and establishment of the Harvard Divinity School ("HDS"), a constituent school of Harvard. Additionally, a member of the Harvard Divinity School (HDS) senior administration faculty is on the Board of Directors of the Organization. Furthermore, the Organization makes grants to HDS, and HDS, in turn, determines the selection of the grant recipients. (2) The Organization and Harvard have a consistent and historic relationship dating back over 200 years, over the course of which the Society has regularly provided support to Harvard College for religious education and theological studies. As the Organization has operated exclusively to provide support to Harvard for over 200 years, the Organization's supportive activities pre-date the Service's modern interpretation of the attentiveness test, as established in 1970 and described in the Instructions for Schedule A. For many decades, the Organization has worked in coordination Harvard, and has been a reliable, continuous, historic, and valuable source of funding. Without the Organization's assistance, many of Harvard Divinity School's key program-services would be at risk of funding shortfalls. As addressed in the supplementary disclosure for the Organization's Form 990, Schedule A, Part IV, Section D, Lines 2-3, the Organization's operations and relationship with Harvard also satisfy the Responsiveness Test. Therefore, the Organization satisfies both the Responsiveness and the Attentiveness Tests. Accordingly, 100% of the Organization annual grants paid to Harvard have been shown on the Organization's Schedule A, Part V, Section D, Line 8, distributions to attentive supported organizations to which the organization is responsive.
IRS990ScheduleA/Form990ScheduleAPartVIGrp/ExplanationTxt	4	The member of the HDS senior administration faculty is on the Board of Directors of the Organization. Furthermore, the Organization makes grants to HDS, and HDS, in turn, determines the selection of the grant recipients. Please also refer to Section A, All Supporting Organizations, Line 1, above, and Section D, All Type III Supporting Organizations, Line 2, above.
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IRS990ScheduleA/Form990ScheduleAPartVIGrp/FormAndLineReferenceDesc	4	Schedule A, Part IV, Section D, Line 3:
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IRS990ScheduleI/SupplementalInformationDetail/ExplanationTxt	0	The Society exists primarily to raise funds in support of the President and Fellows of Harvard College, the Organization's supported organization. Over the past nearly 200 years, since the early 1800s, the Organization and Harvard have worked closely together. The Organization was instrumental in the funding and establishment of the Harvard Divinity School ("HDS"), a constituent school of Harvard. The Organization's annual meetings have in recent years been held at HDS, the Organization's archives are stored in the HDS library, and, as reflected in the Organization's bylaws, each person who is designated to be a Williams Scholar of HDS automatically becomes a member of the Organization, upon receipt of a degree from HDS. Additionally, a member of the HDS senior administration faculty is on the Board of Directors of the Organization. Furthermore, the Organization makes grants to HDS, and HDS, in turn, determines the selection of the grant recipients. Over the past nearly 200 years, the Organization and Harvard, and in particular, HDS, have worked towards a common purpose of promoting theological education. This shared identity can be traced back to the early 1800s, and the Organization continues to carry-out its charitable purpose by making grants to HDS.
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IRS990ScheduleO/SupplementalInformationDetail/ExplanationTxt	0	The Organization engages an independent public accounting firm to prepare and review its annual Form 990. The tax return is then submitted to the Board and its legal and fiduciary advisors for their own review and consideration prior to filing.
IRS990ScheduleO/SupplementalInformationDetail/ExplanationTxt	1	The Organization makes its governing documents, policies, and statements available to the public as required by the applicable laws and regulations under which the Organization operates.
IRS990ScheduleO/SupplementalInformationDetail/ExplanationTxt	2	The Society for Promoting Theological Education (the "Society") is related to and a supporting organization of the President and Fellows of Harvard College ("Harvard"), itself a 501(c)(3) public charity. So that it may have a significant voice in the Society's activities and to better assist the Society's mission to support the Harvard Divinity School, the Society's board of directors is comprised of one or more individuals that may be or have been employed by Harvard. Per IRS Form 990 instructions, the Society is to report compensation and benefit information paid by related organizations to its officers, directors, trustees, and/or key employees who also serve on the Society's board during the year. During the applicable tax period covered by this Form 990, Rev. Laura Tauch served as a director on the Society's board and was employed by Harvard. Accordingly, Ms. Tauch's compensation, as reported on her 2024 Form W-2, has been presented on this Form 990, Part VII.
IRS990ScheduleO/SupplementalInformationDetail/ExplanationTxt	3	Fiduciary fees: Program service expenses 12,055. Management and general expenses 36,164. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 48,219.
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IRS990ScheduleO/SupplementalInformationDetail/FormAndLineReferenceDesc	2	Form 990, Part VII, Compensation from Related Organizations:
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