Form 990 for tax year 2022

Totals

Total revenue

$965,038

Total expenses

$590,235

Contributions and grants received

$964,987

Grants paid

$98,800

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$51

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$919,874

Total liabilities, end of year

$23,615

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$896,259

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$413,481

Management and general expenses

$138,132

Fundraising expenses

$38,622

Program service expenses (Part III)

$413,481

Program services were 70.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Mission and programs · 2022

• IJNR RETURNED TO IN-PERSON PROGRAMMING IN 2022 AFTER TWO YEARS OF COVID-DRIVEN HIATUS. WE KEPT OUR FOUR IN-PERSON PROGRAMS SHORTER, MINDFUL THAT THE PANDEMIC WAS STILL WITH US, AND WE CONTINUED TO OFFER VIRTUAL PROGRAMS. OVERALL WE CONDUCTED SEVEN PROGRAMS.PROGRAMMING REFLECTED OUR COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION IN OUR PROGRAM DESIGN, RECRUITMENT OF JOURNALISTS AND RECRUITMENT OF SPEAKERS: OUR SOUTH TEXAS AND WATER QUALITY WORKSHOPS WERE BOTH OPEN TO MEMBERS OF THE UPROOT PROJECT, A THIRD WORKSHOP FOCUSED ON INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS IN THE GREAT LAKES, AND A VIRTUAL WORKSHOP FOCUSED ON CLIMATE JUSTICE AND ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM.IN PERSON PROGRAMMING:SEJ POST-CONFERENCE TOUR: SOUTH TEXAS COAST 2022IJNR, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE SOCIETY OF ENVIRONMENTAL JOURNALISTS, PRESENTED THE 2022 SEJ POST-CONFERENCE TOUR ON THE SOUTH TEXAS COAST FROM APRIL 3-5. THE GROUP SPENT TWO AND A HALF DAYS IN AND AROUND CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, EXPLORING A VARIETY OF TOPICS INCLUDING GULF ECOLOGY, CLIMATE CHANGE, FISHERIES, PETROCHEMICAL IMPACTS, AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE.WILDFIRE ON THE RANGE 2022IN MAY, WE HOSTED A TWO-DAY IN-PERSON WORKSHOP IN BOISE, FOCUSED ON WILDFIRE IN RANGELAND. FIFTEEN JOURNALISTS HAD THE CHANCE TO MEET WITH EXPERTS, TRAVEL INTO THE FIELD, AND HEAR FIRST-HAND FROM THOSE TASKED WITH MANAGING FIRE AND MITIGATING ITS IMPACTS.TRADITIONAL ECOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE 2022IJNR HOSTED A TWO-DAY, THREE-NIGHT WORKSHOP ON TRADITIONAL ECOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE AND GREAT LAKES RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, FROM JUNE 26-28 IN DULUTH, MINN., WITH EXCURSIONS TO VISIT WITH AND LEARN FROM TRIBAL RESOURCE MANAGERS AND THEIR FEDERAL, STATE AND ACADEMIC COUNTERPARTS. THE WORKSHOP OFFERED PARTICIPANTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE FIRSTHAND HOW BOTH ANCIENT KNOWLEDGE AND NEW RESEARCH ARE SHAPING OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE GREAT LAKES AND THE LANDS AROUND THEM.REPORTING ON WATER 2022IJNR, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE UPROOT PROJECT, HOSTED A TWO-DAY, THREE-NIGHT PROGRAM AUGUST 21-23 FOR 14 JOURNALISTS OF COLOR INTERESTED IN LEARNING ABOUT COVERING THE ENVIRONMENT. PRIORITY WAS GIVEN TO EARLY CAREER JOURNALISTS, AS WELL AS VETERAN JOURNALISTS WHO HAVE RECENTLY SWITCHED TO THE ENVIRONMENT BEAT. PARTICIPATING JOURNALISTS STAYED AT STONE LABORATORY, OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY'S ISLAND CAMPUS ON LAKE ERIE, WHILE THEY LEARNED ABOUT REPORTING ON WATER FROM LEADING FRESHWATER SCIENTISTS AND VETERAN ENVIRONMENT JOURNALISTS.VIRTUAL PROGRAMMING:GREAT LAKES RESTORATION INITIATIVEA TWO-DAY VIRTUAL WORKSHOP JAN. 26-27 THAT INTRODUCED JOURNALISTS TO THE INS AND OUTS OF THE GREAT LAKES RESTORATION INITIATIVE, A MULTI-AGENCY PROGRAM CHARGED WITH CONSERVING AND RESTORING THE SYSTEM THAT HOLDS 84 PERCENT OF ALL THE FRESH SURFACE WATER IN NORTH AMERICA. BOLSTERED BY BIPARTISAN SUPPORT, THE INITIATIVE WILL RECEIVE MORE THAN $2 BILLION IN SUPPORT OVER THE NEXT 4 YEARS - BEGGING THE QUESTION OF HOW AND WHERE THAT MONEY SHOULD BE ALLOCATED. THE GROUP HEARD FROM SCIENTISTS, TRIBAL LEADERS, INDUSTRY REPRESENTATIVES, CITIZENS AND POLICYMAKERS ABOUT SOME POSSIBILITIES - TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND AREAS OF CONCERN, INVASIVE SPECIES, NON-POINT SOURCE POLLUTION'S IMPACT ON HEALTH, AND HOW TO PLAN FOR THE RESTORATION OF HABITATS AND SPECIES. TWENTY-FIVE JOURNALISTS FROM THROUGHOUT THE GREAT LAKES BASIN PARTICIPATED, AND HEARD FROM 14 EXPERT SPEAKERS.OCEAN + CLIMATE IN ALASKA - FEBRUARY 23-24A TWO-DAY VIRTUAL WORKSHOP FEB. 23-24 CONTINUED AND COMPLETED THE SERIES OF OCEAN AND CLIMATE-RELATED PROGRAMS WE HELD IN 2021, FOCUSING ON THE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON ALASKA'S OCEAN, WHERE WARMING WATERS AND DECREASING SEA ICE ARE HAVING A PROFOUND IMPACT ON THE ANIMALS THAT CALL THE PLACE HOME, THE FISHERY THAT PRODUCES HALF OF THE FISH CAUGHT IN THE U.S. EACH YEAR, AND THE INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES THAT CONTINUE TO RELY ON THESE FOOD SOURCES. THE GROUP LEARNED ABOUT THE LOSS OF BERING SEA ICE, SHIFTING FISH DISTRIBUTION, THE CHALLENGES OF MANAGING A RAPIDLY CHANGING FISHERY, EFFORTS TO INCLUDE INDIGENOUS REPRESENTATION IN STATE AND FEDERAL DECISION MAKING, THE SCIENCE BEHIND ALASKA'S ERRATIC SALMON RUNS, ATTEMPTS TO ADDRESS BY-CATCH, AND AND THE INDIGENOUS-LED PRIBILOF ISLANDS MARINE ECOSYSTEM INITIATIVE. TWENTY-SEVEN JOURNALISTS FROM ACROSS THE U.S. PARTICIPATED, AND HEARD FROM 15 EXPERT SPEAKERS.CLIMATE JUSTICE + ENVIRONMENTAL RACISMA TWO-DAY VIRTUAL WORKSHOP NOVEMBER 17-18 FOCUSED ON THE WAYS A CHANGING CLIMATE EXACERBATES HISTORIC INJUSTICES, AS EXTREME STORMS, EXTENDED DROUGHTS AND RISING SEAS LEAVE DISENFRANCHISED AND NEGLECTED COMMUNITIES SCRAMBLING TO ADAPT. WHILE HIGHLIGHTING LONGSTANDING PROBLEMS, THE WORKSHOP ALSO PROVIDED EXAMPLES OF THE PEOPLE AND PLACES WORKING TOWARD A MORE JUST AND EQUITABLE FUTURE. THE GROUP LEARNED ABOUT FEDERAL EFFORTS TO ADDRESS INEQUALITIES AND PROMOTE SOCIAL JUSTICE, THE IMPACTS OF EXTREME PRECIPITATION ON CITIES WITH INADEQUATE INFRASTRUCTURE, HOW SOME COMMUNITIES ARE STRUGGLING TO ACCESS CLEAN DRINKING WATER, HOW HEAT WAVES ARE BECOMING A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS, CLIMATE IMPACTS ON FOOD SYSTEMS, AND HOW TO EQUITABLY DISTRIBUTE THE RISK ASSOCIATED WITH SEA LEVEL RISE. TWENTY-FIVE JOURNALISTS FROM THROUGHOUT THE U.S. AND CANADA PARTICIPATED, AND HEARD FROM THIRTEEN EXPERT SPEAKERS. AS THIS WORKSHOP ONLY JUST HAPPENED LAST MONTH, WE HAVE YET TO SEE ANY POST-PROGRAM STORIES.

  Expenses $413,481 · Grants $98,800

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2022

Filed

11 April 2023

IRS schema version

2022v5.0

Source object

202341029349301629

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