RUTH V K PAKALUK FOUNDATION DBA IMAGO DEI INSTITUTE
EIN 93-4427898 · Cultural & Ethnic Awareness (A23)
What they do
IMAGO DEI INSTITUTE (THE INSTITUTE) is A TENNESSEE NONPROFIT PUBLIC BENEFIT CORPORATION THAT WAS ORIGINALLY INCORPORATED UNDER THE NAME THE RUTH V.K. PAKALUK FOUNDATION. THE INSTITUTES CHARITABLE MISSION and PRIMARY PURPOSES ARE (I) to AID, ENCOURAGE and STRENGTHEN SOCIAL JUSTICE and CIVIC WELL-BEING and HUMANITY THROUGH THE PROMOTION and ADVANCEMENT of EDUCATION, AWARENESS, and UNDERSTANDING of THE TRANSCENDENT DIGNITY of THE HUMAN PERSON, (II) to MAKE KNOWN THE LIFE of RUTH V.K. PAKALUK, WHO THROUGH HER SELFLESS ACTS and DECISIONS SERVED AS THE EXEMPLAR ANDEMBODIMENT of HONORING and RESPECTING THE TRANSCENDENT DIGNITY of THE HUMAN PERSON, and (III) to ADVANCE THE CAUSE for RUTH V.K. PAKALUKS BEATIFICATION and CANONIZATION BY THE CATHOLIC CHURCH.
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Leadership and board
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Board and leadership roster (5)
JAN-HEIN CREMERSDIRECTOR
JOHN CHEFFERSDIRECTOR
MARK CHEFFERSPRESIDENT
MICHAEL PAKALUKSECR., TREAS. & DIRECTOR
PAUL SWOPEDIRECTOR
About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 2026
- Location
- 6505 JOCELYN HOLLOW RD, NASHVILLE, TN 37205-3908
- County
- Davidson
- In care of
- % MARK CHEFFERS
- Primary officer
- MARK CHEFFERS, PRESIDENT
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Filing and classification
- Latest tax year
- 2024
- Tax period began
- January 1, 2024
- Return type
- 990
- Tax preparer
- LBMC PC
- NTEE classification
- Cultural & Ethnic Awareness (A23)
- IRS tax category
- Cultural & Ethnic Awareness