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We exist to vindicate a simple but frequently neglected principle that because the religious impulse is natural to human beings, religious expression is natural to human culture. 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Becket has communicated with officials regarding the Religious Freedom Restoration Act and how it functions in federal courts, constitutional and legal protections for religious student groups at public institutions of higher education, constitutional rights of religious exercise for military service members, religious protections for medical service providers, and religious hiring exemptions and protections under federal law for religious employers and employees. 0 0 241713 116772 124941 450033 361156 88877 213818 Lease payable 48203 Refundable Advances - Canterbury Medal Gala 11000 Deferred rent 1658722 1717925 14330737 14330737 -357124 -357124 13973613 9804857 357124 357124 9447733 9447733 Pt XI, Line 4b Special event expenses Pt XII, Line 2d Special event expenses Dinner 569050 397281 171769 171769 58702 298422 569050 397281 171769 171769 58702 298422 528893 -357124 false false false false false false false false false Mark Rienzi 275348 0 2537 0 0 0 8451 0 35311 0 321647 0 0 0 Montse Alvarado 222888 0 1963 0 0 0 6784 0 5818 0 237453 0 0 0 Eric Rassbach 202717 0 1130 0 0 0 6143 0 34998 0 244988 0 0 0 Luke Goodrich 202531 0 1083 0 0 0 0 0 32567 0 236181 0 0 0 Eric Baxter 199976 0 1963 0 0 0 6171 0 48519 0 256629 0 0 0 Daniel Blomberg 177508 0 1115 0 0 0 5393 0 31592 0 215608 0 0 0 Lori Windham 176006 0 1191 0 0 0 5398 0 26667 0 209262 0 0 0 Eric Hines 148386 0 1278 0 0 0 4530 0 19694 0 173888 0 0 0 Katherine Geary Daughter of Board Chair 69104 Salary and benefits false X 3 125456 FMV false false false Pt VI, Line 11b A copy of the 990 is emailed to the members of the governing body. Pt VI, Line 12c The conflict of interest policy is completed as part of the organization's annual audit. Pt VI, Line 15a The organization reviews the compensation paid by similar organizations. Pt VI, Line 15b The organization reviews the compensation paid by similar organizations. Pt VI, Line 19 No documents are available to the public at this time. Other Page 9 Part VIII line 8 and Schedule G page 2 Other NET ECONOMIC BENEFIT FROM CANTERBURY MEDAL GALA: Canterbury Medal Gala revenue $569,050 Canterbury Medal Gala expenses (528,893) NET ECONOMIC BENEFIT FROM CANTERBURY MEDAL GALA 40,157 Less contributions included on page 1 line 8 (397,281) Net loss reported on schedule G page 2 line 11 (357,124) Other Page 1 line B - Amended return because the PDF files for page 2 part III line 4a and page 6 part VI line 4 did not attach to the original tax return. They are now attached below on Schedule O. Pt VI, Line 4 Compensation of Officers. Officers of the Corporation other than the President shall not receive any compensation soley by virtue of their performance of the obligations set forth in these Bylaws, except that any Officer of the Corporation shall be entitled to reimbursement of expenses for those services. Nothing herein contained shall preclude any Officer from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor. Compensation and performance of the President shall be fixed and evaluated from time to time. Other Page 2 Part III Line 4a: Agudath Israel v. Cuomo: We represent Agudath Israel of America, an Orthodox Jewish advocacy organization. On the eve of several sacred Jewish holidays, New York Governor Cuomo issued a "cluster action initiative," which placed strict 10- and 25-person caps on worship services in areas of New York City. Agudath Israel and affiliated synagogues sued the Governor in federal court for violations of their First Amendment Free Exercise rights. A federal court concluded that Cuomo's plan "targeted" the Orthodox Jewish community. We are not charging any fees, but are in the process of seeking fees and costs from the opposing party. Other Page 2 Part III Line 4a: Apache Stronghold v. United States: We represent Apache Stronghold, a nonprofit coalition of Native peoples and allies, who are challenging the impending transfer and destruction of Oak Flat, an Apache sacred site. We are not charging any fees, but will seek fees and costs from the opposing party if the suit is successful. Other Page 2 Part III Line 4a: Archdiocese of Washington v. Bowser: We represent the Archdiocese of Washington in a worship restriction suit against the mayor of D.C., Muriel Bowser. We did not charge any fees but sought a fee award from the opposing party, which was granted and disbursed. Other Page 2 Part III Line 4a: Belya v. Kapral: We represent the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia in a suit by a now-defrocked priest because they refused to make him a bishop. The Church is arguing that the ministerial exception and broader church autonomy doctrine bar civil courts from hearing this suit. We are not charging any fees and will not seek fees and costs from the opposing party. Other Page 2 Part III Line 4a: Berken v. St. John Paul II Catholic Academy: We represent the Diocese of Marquette in a suit against a Catholic high school employee who entered a same-sex relationship contrary to Catholic teachings. We are not charging any fees and will not seek fees and costs from the opposing party. Other Page 2 Part III Line 4a: Billard v. Diocese of Charlotte: We represent the Diocese of Charlotte in a suit against a retired Charlotte Catholic high school teacher when he was removed as a substitute because he entered into a same-sex union. We are not charging any fees and will not seek fees and costs from the opposing party. Other Page 2 Part III Line 4a: Buck v. Gordon: We represent St. Vincent Catholic Charities, a foster and adoption placement agency whose contract was terminated due to its religious beliefs on marriage and family. We are not charging any fees, but will seek fees and costs from the opposing party if the suit is successful. Other Page 2 Part III Line 4a: Business Leaders in Christ v. University of Iowa: We represent Business Leaders in Christ, a religious student group at the University of Iowa, defending the students' right to organize and be treated on equal terms as any other student group. We are not charging any fees but sought a fee award from the opposing party, which was granted and disbursed. Other Page 2 Part III Line 4a: California v. Azar: We represent the Little Sisters of the Poor, defending a regulatory religious accommodation to the HHS contraception mandate issued under the Affordable Care Act, which has been challenged by the State of California, among other states. We are not charging any fees and will not have opportunity to seek fees from the opposing party. Other Page 2 Part III Line 4a: Chung v. WIAA: We represented Seventh-day Adventist student athletes against Washington Interscholastic Activities Association who were barred from participating in athletic competitions due to religious Sabbath observance. A settlement agreement was reached and our Motion for court approval of settlement was granted. The disbursement of funds is complete. Other Page 2 Part III Line 4a: Demkovich v. St. Andrew the Apostle Parish: We represent St. Andrew the Apostle Parish in a ministerial and church autonomy case involving an employee who sued the church regarding his termination. The Seventh Circuit ruled in our favor and the opposing side did not appeal to the Supreme Court, thus securing our victory. We did not charge any fees or seek a fee award from the opposing party. Other Page 2 Part III Line 4a: Di Liscia v. Austin: We represent Edmund Di Liscia, an Orthodox Jewish sailor who requested an accommodation from the Navy to allow him to keep his beard as required by his religious faith. His commanding officer then ordered him to shave in 24 hours, so we filed a lawsuit on his behalf as well as three other Muslim sailors, asking the Navy to allow them to grow their beards in accordance with their faith. We are not charging any fees, but will seek fees and costs from the opposing party if the suit is successful. Other Page 2 Part III Line 4a: Diocese of Albany v. Emami: We represent the Diocese of Albany and a coalition of religious groups that provide critical community services to people of all faiths, including an order of Carmelite Sisters who run nursing homes for the poor. They filed suit against the NY State Department of Financial Services to protect their right to serve the needy without having to provide or pay for abortions. In October of 2021, the Supreme Court granted, vacated, and remanded the case for further proceedings in the lower courts. We are not charging any fees, but will seek fees and costs from the opposing party if the suit is successful. Other Page 2 Part III Line 4a: Doe v. San Diego Unified School District: We represent parents and students in a challenge against their school district's student vaccine mandate. We are not charging any fees, but will seek fees and costs from the opposing party if the suit is successful. Other Page 2 Part III Line 4a: Dr. A v. Hochul: We represent several health care workers in a challenge against New York's COVID healthcare worker mandate. We are not charging any fees, but will seek fees and costs from the opposing party if the suit is successful. Other Page 2 Part III Line 4a: Fellowship of Christian Athletes v. San Jose Unified School District: We represent a chapter of Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) in a suit against the school district. The student chapter at a public school in California was targeted, bullied, and ultimately kicked off campus due to their religious beliefs. We are not charging any fees, but will seek fees and costs from the opposing party if the suit is successful. Other Page 2 Part III Line 4a: Fitzgerald v. Archdiocese of Indianapolis: We represent the Archdiocese of Indianapolis in a suit involving nonrenewal of employment contracts for Catholic high school teachers who violated Catholic teachings by entering into a same-sex marriage. We are not charging any fees or seeking fees from the opposing party. Other Page 2 Part III Line 4a: Franciscan Alliance v. Price: We represent Franciscan Alliance, Specialty Physicians of Illinois, and the Christian Medical and Dental Associations in a Texas lawsuit against the HHS medical transition mandate issued under the Affordable Care Act. We are not charging any fees, but will seek fees and costs from the opposing party if the suit is successful. Other Page 2 Part III Line 4a: Fulton v. City of Philadelphia: We represented Catholic Social Services' right to provide services to foster families and children in a manner consistent with its religious beliefs. The Supreme Court reversed the decision of the Third Circuit in favor of CSS. We did not charge any fees but sought fees and costs from the opposing party. The disbursement of funds is complete. Other Page 2 Part III Line 4a: Guerrero v. Diocese of Lubbock: We represent the Diocese of Lubbock, TX, which was sued for defamation for publicizing the name of a deacon credibly accused of sexual abuse. The US Supreme Court declined to take the case, solidifying our victory at the Texas Supreme Court. We did not charge any fees and did not seek fees from the opposing party. Other Page 2 Part III Line 4a: EEOC v. Walmart: We represent Edward Hedican, a Jehovah's Witness, who received a job offer at Walmart only to have it rescinded due to his request for a religious accommodation for him to observe his sabbath. We moved to intervene for the purpose of appealing to the Supreme Court, but the Supreme Court declined to take the case. We did not charge any fees and did not seek fees from the opposing party. Other Page 2 Part III Line 4a: InterVarsity v. University of Iowa: We represented InterVarsity Christian Fellowship/USA and its student chapter at the University of Iowa, defending the organization's right to equal treatment in terms of its ability to select leaders who support its mission. IVCF received a unanimous victory in July 2021. We did not charge any fees, but sought fees and costs from the opposing party. The disbursement of funds is complete. Other Page 2 Part III Line 4a: InterVarsity v. Wayne State: We represent InterVarsity Christian Fellowship/USA and its student chapter at Wayne State University, defending the organization's right to equal treatment in terms of its ability to select leaders who support its mission. In April of 2021, the district court ruled in favor of IVCF. We did not charge any fees, but sought fees and costs from the opposing party. The disbursement of funds is complete. Other Page 2 Part III Line 4a: Lebovits v. Cuomo: We are representing two Jewish families in New York City, who sought (and obtained) a temporary restraining order against former Governor Cuomo's COVID executive order to shut down schools in Jewish neighborhoods. The Governor announced a change of policy thereafter, allowing Jewish schools to reopen. We are not charging any fees, but will seek fees and costs from the opposing party if the suit is successful. Other Page 2 Part III Line 4a: Maxon v. Fuller Theological Seminary: We represent Fuller Theological Seminary, which was sued by a student for violating the school's religious beliefs agreement. The district court ruled in favor of the Seminary and on appeal the Ninth Circuit upheld that ruling. We did not charge any fees and did not seek fees from the opposing party. Other Page 2 Part III Line 4a: New York v. HHS: We represent Dr. Frost and Christian Medical and Dental Associations arguing that no healthcare professional should be forced to choose between violating her conscience or providing compassionate medical care. We are not charging any fees, but will seek fees and costs from the opposing party if the suit is successful. Other Page 2 Part III Line 4a: Oakwood Adventist Academy v. Alabama HS Athletic Association: We represent Oakwood Adventist Academy in a suit against the HS Athletic Association due to their failure to accommodate religious sabbath in the basketball season. We did not charge any fees but are in the process of working out division of fees from the opposing party. Other Page 2 Part III Line 4a: Payne-Elliott v. Archdiocese of Indianapolis: We represent the Archdiocese of Indianapolis in a suit involving nonrenewal of employment contracts for Catholic high school teachers who violated Catholic teachings by entering into a same-sex marriage. We won at the Indiana Supreme Court. We did not charge any fees and did not seek fees from the opposing party. Other Page 2 Part III Line 4a: Pennsylvania v. Trump: We represent the Little Sisters of the Poor, defending a regulatory religious accommodation to the HHS contraception mandate issued under the Affordable Care Act, which has been challenged by the State of Pennsylvania, among other states. In July of 2020, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Little Sisters. The case is back at the district court. We are not charging any fees or seeking fees from the opposing party. Other Page 2 Part III Line 4a: Ricks v. State of Idaho Contractors Board: We represent George Ricks who asked for exemption from Idaho's requirement that he provide his Social Security Number on his application for a contractor's license, as doing so violates his religious beliefs. In June of 2021, the Supreme Court denied hearing the case. We did not charge any fees or seek a fee award from the opposing party. Other Page 2 Part III Line 4a: Scott v. St. Louis University Hospital: We represent St. Louis University Hospital against a suit brought on by a former employee who claimed that the hospital violated the Affordable Care Act by declining to insure gender-transition procedures for the employee's child. We are not charging any fees and will not be seeking fees and costs from the opposing party. Other Page 2 Part III Line 4a: Seattle Pacific University v. Ferguson: We represent Seattle Pacific University in a challenge to the Washington Attorney General's investigation of SPU's employment practices. We are not charging any fees, but will seek fees and costs from the opposing party if the suit is successful. Other Page 2 Part III Line 4a: Sisters of Life: We represented the Sisters of Life in a pre-enforcement challenge against New York's pregnancy center regulations. We are not charging any fees, but will seek fees and costs from the opposing party if the suit is successful. Other Page 2 Part III Line 4a: St. Vincent Catholic Charities v. Ingham County: We represent St. Vincent Catholic Charities regarding Ingham County's termination of their refugee services contract because they disapproved of St. Vincent's religious beliefs. The district court ruled for St. Vincent Catholic Charities, protecting its ministry. We are not charging any fees, but are in the process of seeking fees and costs from the opposing party. Other Page 2 Part III Line 4a: Steffen v. Moody Bible Institute of Chicago: We represented Moody Bible Institute in a Title IX lawsuit involving disciplining a student who engaged in conduct in violation of school policies. We did not charge any fees or seek fees from the opposing party. Other Page 2 Part III Line 4a: Slockish v. U.S. Federal Highway Administration: We represent several members of the Klickitat and Cascade Tribes of the Yakima Nation, located in Washington State, in a suit seeking damages after a highway project demolished sacred burial sites. The case is currently pending appellate review at the Supreme Court. We are not charging any fees, but will seek fees and costs from the opposing party if the suit is successful. Other Page 2 Part III Line 4a: Smith v. Ward: We represented a Muslim prisoner in a RLUIPA case. The Supreme Court denied a petition for rehearing. We did not charge any fees or seek fees from the opposing party. Other Page 2 Part III Line 4a: Starkey v. Archdiocese of Indianapolis: We represent the Archdiocese of Indianapolis in a suit involving nonrenewal of employment contracts for Catholic high school teachers who violated Catholic teachings by entering into a same-sex marriage. The Seventh Circuit awarded complete victory to the Archdiocese. We are not charging any fees or seeking fees from the opposing party. Other Page 2 Part III Line 4a: Toor v. United States Marine Corps: We represent current and potential Marines who are seeking a beard accommodation in accordance with their faith. We are not charging any fees, but will seek fees and costs from the opposing party if the suit is successful. Other Page 2 Part III Line 4a: Tucker v. Faith Bible Chapel: We represent Faith Bible Chapel in a ministerial exception and church autonomy case involving a former chaplain suing the church over his termination. We are not charging any fees or seeking fees from the opposing party. Other Page 2 Part III Line 4a: University of Mary v. Azar: We represent the University of Mary; the Religious Sisters of Mercy: the Sacred Heart Mercy Health Care Center of Jackson, MN; the Sacred Heart Mercy Health Care Center of Alma, MI; and SMP Health System in a North Dakota lawsuit against the HHS medical transition mandate issued under the Affordable Care Act. We are not charging any fees, but will seek fees and costs from the opposing party if the suit is successful. Other Page 2 Part III Line 4a: University of Minnesota Chi Alpha: We represented the University of Minnesota's Chi Alpha chapter in an investigation over alleged gender and sexual orientation discrimination from 5 years ago against a former member of the organization. We did not charge any fees or seek fees from the opposing party. Other Page 2 Part III Line 4a: Young Israel of Tampa: We represent Young Israel of Tampa's challenge to public transportation advertising regulations that discriminate against religious content and viewpoint. We are not charging any fees, but will seek fees and costs from the opposing party if the suit is successful. Other Page 2 Part III Line 4a: YU Pride v. Yeshiva University: We represent Yeshiva University which was sued by a group of current and former students at the university under the New York City Human Rights Law ("NYCHRL") to try to force the university to officially recognize their club, YU Pride Alliance. We are not charging any fees or seeking fees from the opposing party. The Becket Reserve 1200 New Hampshire Ave NW Washington DC 20036 522193473 Dormant DC 501(c)(3) I NA false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false