Brn Associates Inc

THE CORPORATION IS ORGANIZED EXCLUSIVELY FOR CHARITABLE, RELIGIOUS, LITERARY, AND EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES, INCLUDING, FOR SUCH PURPOSES, THE MAKING OF DISTRIBUTIONS TO ORGANIZATIONS THAT QUALIFY AS EXEMPT ORGANIZATIONS UNDER SECTION 501(C)(3) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE, OR THE CORRESPONDING SECTION OF ANY FUTURE FEDERAL TAX CODE. ITS CHARITABLE, RELIGIOUS, LITERARY, AND EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES ARE FURTHERED PRINCIPALLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY ACTIVITIES SUCH AS THE FOLLOWING: 1) EDITING AND PUBLISHING AN ONLINE NEWSLETTER PREPARED BY A SENIOR CLERGYMAN ASSOCIATED WITH THE ORGANIZATION; 2) THE PRODUCTION AND SALE OF AUDIO- AND VIDEO-RECORDED LECTURES AND CONFERENCES; 3) THE PROVISION OF INTANGIBLE RELIGIOUS BENEFITS (WORSHIP SERVICES, RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION, SPIRITUAL IMPROVEMENT); AND 4) THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL SUPPORT IN THE FORM OF GRANTS OR DONATIONS TO ORGANIZATIONS BROADLY FURTHERING THE CHARITABLE AND EXEMPT PURPOSE OF THIS ORGANIZATION.

DISTRIBUTED NEWSLETTERS, ONCE PER WEEK, IN SIX LANGUAGE FORMATS (ENGLISH, SPANISH, ITALIAN, GERMAN, FRENCH, AND MULTI-LINGUAL) TO ROUGHLY 10,000 SUBSCRIBERS WORLDWIDE. THE NEWSLETTERS SUPPORT THE ORGANIZATION'S EDUCATIONAL MISSION AND SERVE AS A FUNDRAISING PLATFORM BY PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR CONTRIBUTIONS ONLINE AND BY MAIL. SOLD 65 BOOKS AND 304 COPIES OF LECTURES AND CONFERENCES PERTAINING TO THE ORGANIZATION'S RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL PURPOSE. SOLD 8 PERMANENT NEWSLETTER SUBSCRIPTIONS. EXPENSES ALSO REFLECT THE BULK OF THE ORGANIZATION'S OVERALL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY BUDGET AND EXPENDITURE.

PROVIDED SEVERAL DOZEN MASSES FOR THE INTENTIONS OF BENEFACTORS. SUPPORTED THE CLERGY ASSOCIATED WITH THE ORGANIZATION IN THEIR PROVISION OF INTANGIBLE RELIGIOUS BENEFITS (RELIGIOUS SERVICES, SACRAMENTS, SERMONS, RETREATS, CONFERENCES) ON A WEEKLY BASIS AT THEIR PRINCIPAL PLACE OF RELIGIOUS ACTIVITY AND IN VARIOUS PLACES THROUGHOUT THE WORLD BY REQUEST. SECURED A PERMANENT RESIDENCE FOR SENIOR CLERGY ASSOCIATED WITH THE ORGANIZATION FOR PROVISION OF INTANGIBLE RELIGIOUS BENEFITS TO VISITORS AND PATRONS LOCAL TO THE RESIDENCE. NEARLY ALL PROGRAM EXPENSES FINANCED BY CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS.

NO GRANTS MADE DURING FY2014. ALL FUNDING DEVOTED TO SECURING PERMANENT RESIDENCE FOR ORGANIZATION'S SENIOR AND CHIEF CLERGY.