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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by PRISON JOURNALISM PROJECT INCORPORATED.

What the amendment changed

Compared with the return it replaced , filed 22 May 2024. matched by us Only the Part I totals and the names listed in Part VII are compared. We relate returns by organization, tax year and form, and order them by each return's own timestamp; the filer's own "amended return" checkbox is a separate fact.

Total expenses
$1,188,463 changed to $1,172,983
Total assets, end of year
$853,312 changed to $863,043
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$830,914 changed to $840,645
Program services expenses
$628,529 changed to $827,864
Management and general expenses
$275,509 changed to $114,420
Fundraising expenses
$284,425 changed to $230,699
Program service expenses (Part III)
$628,529 changed to $827,864

Totals

Total revenue
$1,920,847
Total expenses
$1,172,983
Contributions and grants received
$914,123
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$1,006,648
Investment income
$76
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$863,043
Total liabilities, end of year
$22,398
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$840,645
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$827,864
Management and general expenses
$114,420
Fundraising expenses
$230,699
Program service expenses (Part III)
$827,864

Program services were 70.6% 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.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $914,123

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM REVENUE

    total $1,005,348 · related or exempt $1,005,348

  • 2b · Program service revenue: OTHER REVENUE

    total $1,300 · related or exempt $1,300

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $76 · excluded $76

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $114,583 · program services $98,542 · management and general $4,583 · fundraising $11,458

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $553,773 · program services $376,799 · management and general $46,734 · fundraising $130,240

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $11,807 · program services $8,617 · management and general $400 · fundraising $2,790

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $82,734 · program services $58,691 · management and general $9,753 · fundraising $14,290

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $55,659 · program services $40,940 · management and general $3,541 · fundraising $11,178

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $537 · management and general $537

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $13,551 · management and general $13,551

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $224,940 · program services $156,903 · management and general $11,483 · fundraising $56,554

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $28,160 · program services $23,045 · management and general $4,491 · fundraising $624

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $34,310 · program services $28,794 · management and general $5,414 · fundraising $102

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $2,234 · program services $1,532 · management and general $702

  • 17 · Travel

    total $17,039 · program services $8,089 · management and general $6,482 · fundraising $2,468

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $3,717 · program services $1,179 · management and general $2,538

  • 24a · Other expenses: HONORARIUMS

    total $17,970 · program services $17,970

  • 24b · Other expenses: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMEN

    total $10,374 · program services $6,753 · management and general $2,626 · fundraising $995

  • 24c · Other expenses: TAXES AND LICENSES

    total $1,595 · program services $10 · management and general $1,585

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $89,877 · end of year $184,272

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $50 · end of year $10,036

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $550,884

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $84,658

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $11,872 · end of year $33,193

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $9,018 · end of year $22,398

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $92,781 · end of year $840,645

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

PRISON JOURNALISM PROJECT (PJP) IS AN INDEPENDENT, NONPROFIT, NATIONAL ORGANIZATION, HEADQUARTERED IN CHICAGO, THAT TRAINS INCARCERATED WRITERS TO BECOME JOURNALISTS AND PUBLISHES THEIR STORIES. IN FURTHERANCE OF ITS TAX-EXEMPT PURPOSES UNDER SECTION 501(C)(3) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE, PJP IS DEDICATED TO 1) EDUCATING INCARCERATED WRITERS IN JOURNALISM, 2) OPERATING A DIGITAL PUBLICATION TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT INCARCERATION, THE PRISON SYSTEM, AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE, AND 3) CREATING AND PUBLISHING EDUCATIONAL PRINT MATERIALS AND A TEXTBOOK. WE AIM TO DEVELOP THE FIRST NATIONAL NETWORK OF PRISON CORRESPONDENTS AND HELP SHAPE FREEDOM OF THE PRESS BEHIND WALLS.

  • PRISON JOURNALISM PROJECT (PJP) IS DEDICATED TO 1) EDUCATING INCARCERATED WRITERS IN JOURNALISM, 2) OPERATING A DIGITAL PUBLICATION TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT INCARCERATION, THE PRISON SYSTEM, AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE, AND 3) CREATING AND PUBLISHING EDUCATIONAL PRINT MATERIALS AND A TEXTBOOK. WE AIM TO DEVELOP THE FIRST NATIONAL NETWORK OF PRISON CORRESPONDENTS AND HELP SHAPE FREEDOM OF THE PRESS BEHIND WALLS.

    Expenses $827,864 · Revenue $1,006,648

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • WESLEY LOWERY

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MELODY DRUMMOND HANSEN

    SECTRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • JENNAIR RENNIE

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.25

  • LAWRENCE BARTLEY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • MEI FONG

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • EMILY GALVIN-ALMANZA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • CRISTI HEGRANES

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • YUKARI KANE

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $103,044
    From this org
    $91,667
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,377
    Hours/week
    40

  • LYNN OBERLANDER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • SHAHEEN PASHA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $24,071
    From this org
    $23,607
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $464
    Hours/week
    10

  • STEVE SELEZNOW

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • LOUISE STORY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ALY TAMBOURA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • DAVEEN TRENTMAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • CINDY WENIG

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • MARCIA MAZIARZ

    CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $145,347
    From this org
    $126,417
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,930
    Hours/week
    40

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
2023
Filed
12 July 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202401979349301450

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