2026-03-04T21:00:08Z 2024-12-31 990EZ 2024-01-01 454000021 RECOVERING FROM RELIGION RECO 0000000000 10940 PARALLEL PKWY STE K PMB 145 KANSAS CITY KS 66109 Kara Griffin Board Treasurer 0000000000 2026-03-04 true 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z X X X X 162132 144235 14941 0 2956 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 162132 0 0 24000 5240 0 1917 79965 111122 51010 91409 0 142419 X 90368 141378 0 0 1041 1041 91409 142419 0 0 91409 142419 X We provide mental health and peer support to people who have lost family and community income and other support due to a change in beliefs We also provide support for people who are exploring doubt or coping with their own changing beliefs Our programs include a call and chat support line where people may talk with trained volunteers a network of support groups who meet up in person and are facilitated by a trained volunteer Secular Therapy Project which allows clients to find licensed mental health professionals who only use evidence-based practices and are vetted by our own team of volunteers online programming that provides educational content and virtual support for clients and the Fall Excursion which is an intensive weekend workshop for those exploring other beliefs Support Groups provides a meetup membership and trained volunteer facilitator for each support group Support Groups meet monthly and discuss mental wellness techniques as well as share struggles in the process of adjusting to changing beliefs There were approximately 47 virtual and in person support group meetings per month supported by 76 volunteer facilitators An average of 301 clients were served by the monthly meetings occurring throughout the year 12105 The Fall Excursion is a weekend-long intensive program to help people learn about forming healthy relationships and pursuing happiness without religion in its entirety or within their changed belief structure Meals and lodging are included The program workshops and events are led by both peer support volunteers and licensed mental health professionals 85 clients and volunteers including volunteer workers and speakers attended the Fall Excursion The program was held from Friday evening to Sunday morning and included workshops on Identifying Values Religious Trauma and Sexual Identity a musical performance and a song writers workshop and healing through movement and dance Other activities included guided meditation sessions support group meetings games and outdoor activities a guided nature hike bonfire and Karaoke as well as childrens programming 22412 The Helpline Project provides callers with a trained callchat taker to listen empathetically to caller needs and refer them to relevant programs and resources The Helpline has implemented the ability to schedule calls and chats in advance so that they can be handled at a time that suits both client and agent resulting in improvements in call handling The Helpline is supported by 13 trained agents who answer calls and 12 trained agents who answer chats 599 The Secular Therapy Project helps connect non-religious or secular persons who need mental health services with outstanding mental health professionals such as psychologists psychiatrists counselors and others who are screened to ensure that they are appropriately licensed in their state or country are secular in nature as well as practice and use evidence-based treatments which have been shown to be effective at helping improve mental health problems in controlled clinical trials As of December 2024 a total of 33976 clients and 957 therapists had registered to participate in the service 1093 Online Programming provides weekly live-streamed educational and informational content such as the weekly RfRx Talks which feature a wide variety of speakers including experts in religious trauma relationship issues community building grieving science-communication critical thinking and more The RfRx talks take place on Zoom and are also livestreamed to YouTube Each show begins with our guests presentation or interview which is allocated up to an hour Next comes a QA session utilizing questions the co-hosts collect from the chat After the show attendees may stay to enjoy a moderated video hangout with the guest and co-hosts where additional questions can be asked and any topic of interest can be discussed In 2024 a total of 53 live RfRx Talks were recorded serving an average of 64 live attendees each week 680 Recovering from Religion RfR Ambassadors are trained volunteers who represent the organization in local communities and online offering peer support to those navigating doubts or leaving faith They raise awareness of religious trauma promote resources like the Helpline Project and Support Groups and help connect individuals with community rather than engaging in religious debates In 2024 trained RfR Ambassador volunteers attended a total of 64 events and maintained a total of 46 trained volunteer ambassadors 2001 The Recovering From Religion Blog is called ExCommunications The blog serves as an extension of the organizations mission by allowing doubters and ex-believers to share their own experiences or read about others Writing about a personal journey can help bring a sense of peace and resolution and it reassures those who have been down a similar road that they are not alone In 2024 the blog published 96 new stories and received 12014 reads of blog stories 50 38940 Darrel Ray President 10.00 0 0 0 Gayle Jordan Executive Director 10.00 24000 0 0 Kara Griffin Treasurer 10.00 0 0 0 Shana Rubio Secretary 10.00 0 0 0 David Klinge Board Member 10.00 0 0 0 Phil Session Board Member 10.00 0 0 0 Rachel Hunt Board Vice President 10.00 0 0 0 Sherrie DSouza Board Member 10.00 0 0 0 false false false false false false false false false KS Aloe Accounting LLC 5955 Sheridan Blvd Arvada CO 80003 7208084045 false false false false false false false false false false false NONE NONE true X 0 0 71403 71436 64096 82477 144235 433647 17286 14485 19952 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Part 2.24 Other Assets: Laptop computer. Part 3: Primary Exempt Purpose: We provide mental health and peer support to people who have lost family and community, income, and other support due to a change in beliefs. We also provide support for people who are exploring doubt or coping with their own changing beliefs. Our programs include a call and chat support line where people may talk with trained volunteers, a network of support groups who meet up in person and are facilitated by a trained volunteer, Secular Therapy Project which allows clients to find licensed mental health professionals who only use evidence-based practices and are vetted by our own team of volunteers, online programming that provides educational content and virtual support for clients, and the Fall Excursion which is an intensive weekend workshop for those exploring other beliefs. Organization changed treasurers and retained a bookkeeper to catch up books in 2024