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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by NEW PUBLIC.

Totals

Total revenue
$9,839,509
Total expenses
$6,406,076
Contributions and grants received
$9,737,388
Grants paid
$1,000
Program service revenue
$5,000
Investment income
$60,430
Other revenue
$36,691
Total assets, end of year
$8,657,746
Total liabilities, end of year
$493,404
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$8,164,342
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$4,781,657
Management and general expenses
$1,435,121
Fundraising expenses
$189,298
Program service expenses (Part III)
$4,781,657

Program services were 74.6% 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

    $9,737,388

  • 2a · Program service revenue: CONSULTING REVENUE

    total $5,000 · related or exempt $5,000

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $60,430 · excluded $60,430

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS INCOME

    total $36,691 · related or exempt $36,691

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $36,691

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $1,000 · program services $1,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $882,546 · program services $678,730 · management and general $182,972 · fundraising $20,844

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $3,220,070 · program services $2,461,907 · management and general $680,627 · fundraising $77,536

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $305,815 · program services $230,679 · management and general $67,362 · fundraising $7,774

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $324,560 · program services $249,590 · management and general $67,099 · fundraising $7,871

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $149,434 · program services $107,994 · management and general $41,440

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $182,311 · management and general $182,311

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $834,424 · program services $668,298 · management and general $104,336 · fundraising $61,790

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $7,960 · program services $1,309 · management and general $6,651

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $402 · program services $328 · management and general $74

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $122,282 · program services $94,446 · management and general $27,836

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $10,865 · program services $7,010 · management and general $3,855

  • 17 · Travel

    total $271,974 · program services $198,752 · management and general $59,739 · fundraising $13,483

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $19,808 · program services $11,011 · management and general $8,797

  • 24a · Other expenses: STIPENDS AND HONORARIA

    total $54,662 · program services $48,788 · management and general $5,874

  • 24b · Other expenses: RECRUITMENT

    total $21,774 · program services $4,286 · management and general $17,488

  • 24c · Other expenses: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMEN

    total $14,906 · program services $6,537 · management and general $8,369

  • 24d · Other expenses: DUES & FEES

    total $5,108 · program services $129 · management and general $4,979

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total -$23,825 · program services $10,863 · management and general -$34,688

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $4,329,359 · end of year $5,138,753

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $5,056 · end of year $5,108

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $855,235 · end of year $3,493,376

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    end of year $20,509

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $0

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $453,741 · end of year $493,404

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $5,000

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,680,525 · end of year $2,170,973

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,050,384 · end of year $5,993,369

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

THE ORGANIZATION'S MISSION IS TO ENSURE THAT EVERY COMMUNITY HAS A HEALTHY DIGITAL PUBLIC SPACE BY HELPING LOCAL COMMUNITIES ACROSS AMERICA CREATE MORE FLOURISHING DIGITAL SPACES AND DEVELOPING PROTOTYPES FOR DIGITAL CONVERSATION WITH PUBLIC SERVICE MEDIA ORGANIZATIONS.

  • ROUNDABOUT IS A STEWARD-LED LOCAL COMMUNITY PLATFORM, DESIGNED TO HELP NEIGHBORS CONNECT AND BUILD HEALTHY LOCAL DIGITAL SPACES. IN FY25, NEW_ PUBLIC LAUNCHED CLOSED BETA PILOTS IN FIVE U.S. COMMUNITIES, SPANNING URBAN, SUBURBAN, AND RURAL CONTEXTS AND REPRESENTING A COMBINED POPULATION OF ROUGHLY 200,000 RESIDENTS. ROUNDABOUT RECRUITED STEWARDS WITH DEEP LOCAL TIES, AND BUILT AND SHIPPED AN MVP APP IN SIX MONTHS WITH A SMALL, FOCUSED TEAM. EARLY RESULTS EXCEEDED BENCHMARKS FOR RETURNING MEMBERS, ORIGINAL CONTENT, AND NO HARASSMENT OR SPAM.

    Expenses $2,215,141 · Revenue $36,691

  • PUBLIC SPACES INCUBATOR (PSI) IS AN INTERNATIONAL CONSORTIUM OF PUBLIC SERVICE MEDIA ORGANIZATIONS REPRESENTING OVER 80 MILLION MONTHLY USERS ACROSS FIVE COUNTRIES COLLABORATING WITH NEW_ PUBLIC TO DESIGN TOOLS AND PRACTICES FOR HEALTHIER ONLINE DIALOGUE. IN FY25, PSI WELCOMED GERMAN BROADCASTER ARD AND DEEPENED CBC/RADIO-CANADA'S PARTICIPATION, ADDED OPEN-SOURCE CONTRIBUTORS, AND EXPANDED TOOLS FOR MODERATION, AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION, AND EDITORIAL WORKFLOWS. PSI'S INFLUENCE HELPED ESTABLISH PUBLIC CONVERSATION AS A CORE LEGAL RESPONSIBILITY OF PUBLIC SERVICE MEDIA IN GERMANY.

    Expenses $2,466,417

  • RESEARCH AND EXPLORATIONS IS NEW_ PUBLIC'S EFFORT TO IDENTIFY AND SUPPORT THE NEXT GENERATION OF DIGITAL PUBLIC SPACE PRODUCTS AND THE ENTREPRENEURS WHO WILL BUILD THEM. IN FY25, THE PROGRAM ESTABLISHED ITS FOUNDATIONAL FOCUS ON TWO TRACKS: DEEPENING RESEARCH IN AREAS OF HIGHEST PROMISE AND DEVELOPING PROGRAMMING TO SUPPORT EXTERNAL ENTREPRENEURS BUILDING IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST. THE WORK REFLECTS NEW_ PUBLIC'S CORE BELIEF THAT A HEALTHIER DIGITAL PUBLIC LIFE WILL REQUIRE MANY DIFFERENT STEWARD-LED SPACES OPERATING ACROSS DIVERSE COMMUNITIES AND CONTEXTS.

    Expenses $100,099 · Grants $1,000 · Revenue $5,000

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Keri Putnam

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Natalia Stroud

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $16,900
    From this org
    $16,900
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Anand Gandhi

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Scott Heiferman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Angela Glover Blackwell

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Elijah Pariser

    CO-DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $320,331
    From this org
    $285,903
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $34,428
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $285,903
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,089
    Nontaxable benefits
    $25,339
    Filer's total
    $320,331
  • Deepti Doshi

    CO-DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $307,852
    From this org
    $300,333
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,519
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $300,333
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,633
    Nontaxable benefits
    $886
    Filer's total
    $307,852
  • Elizabeth Luna

    COO

    Total calculated
    $237,462
    From this org
    $218,080
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,382
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $218,080
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,408
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,974
    Filer's total
    $237,462
  • Min Li Chan

    SR PRODUCT DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $210,543
    From this org
    $182,800
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $27,743
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $182,800
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,090
    Nontaxable benefits
    $22,653
    Filer's total
    $210,543
  • Corey Chao

    MANAGING DIRECTOR, PSI

    Total calculated
    $200,455
    From this org
    $185,126
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,329
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $185,126
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,522
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,807
    Filer's total
    $200,455
  • Angelica Quicksey

    MANAGING DIRECTOR OF STRATEGIC INITIATIVES

    Total calculated
    $215,647
    From this org
    $196,903
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,744
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $196,903
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,023
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,721
    Filer's total
    $215,647
  • Robert Ennals

    PRINCIPAL SOFTWARE ENGINEE

    Total calculated
    $195,491
    From this org
    $189,353
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,138
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $189,353
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,462
    Nontaxable benefits
    $676
    Filer's total
    $195,491
  • Gale Brundett

    FOUNDER IN RESIDENCE, ROUNDABOUT

    Total calculated
    $198,110
    From this org
    $175,627
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,483
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $175,627
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,940
    Nontaxable benefits
    $17,543
    Filer's total
    $198,110

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
18 September 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.2
Source object
202602629349300405

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