B. H. Roberts Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
854089386
IRS 990-T coverage
2025–2025
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2020, Form 990-T 2025
Location
Holladay, UT, USA
Phone
8017995829
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Religious Media, Communications
Affiliation
Religious (unspecified)

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$-1,021
Expenses
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-T. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Overview

Mission

The B. H. Roberts Foundation supports education and research related to the culture, doctrine, and history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Roberts Foundation (BHR) is a 501c3 non-profit corporation that supports education and research related to the culture, doctrine, and history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. BHR has a bias toward faith and believes that open research can support a healthy, mature and justified belief in the gospel. The foundation supports various projects including an archival database of primary sources related to difficult topics in Mormonism, original research articles, and research grants for academic and independent researchers and artists. Josh Coates is the Executive Director at BHR. Josh studied large scale parallel systems at the University of California, Berkeley and s.

B. H. Roberts Foundation (BHR) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that supports education and research related to the culture, doctrine, and history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, including open archival and research projects focused on primary sources and academic inquiry (e.g., its BHR Archive and broader research/projects work).

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 90% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

- This return only reports unrelated business income. Use the main filing to assess the organization as a whole.

Rating breakdown

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    • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
    • Activities: Unrelated business income -$1K · Business deductions $0
    • Consistency: 5 of 5 current checks pass
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    • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
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    • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.