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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by PULITZER CENTER ON CRISIS REPORTING.

Totals

Total revenue
$15,573,985
Total expenses
$11,766,136
Contributions and grants received
$14,126,654
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$574,305
Investment income
$863,027
Other revenue
$9,999
Total assets, end of year
$40,219,398
Total liabilities, end of year
$2,077,080
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$38,142,318
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$8,418,851
Management and general expenses
$2,839,681
Fundraising expenses
$507,604
Program service expenses (Part III)
$8,418,851

Program services were 71.6% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $45,390

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $14,081,264

  • 2a · Program service revenue: CAMPUS CONSORTIUM FEES

    total $574,305 · related or exempt $574,305

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $781,824 · excluded $781,824

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $4,277,098

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $4,195,895

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $81,203

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $81,203 · excluded $81,203

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $9,999 · related or exempt $9,999

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $9,999

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $730,478 · program services $478,202 · management and general $185,745 · fundraising $66,531

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $99,504 · program services $65,139 · management and general $25,302 · fundraising $9,063

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $2,654,672 · program services $1,737,860 · management and general $675,027 · fundraising $241,785

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $174,984 · program services $114,552 · management and general $44,495 · fundraising $15,937

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $1,551,740 · program services $1,015,833 · management and general $394,575 · fundraising $141,332

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $268,225 · program services $175,591 · management and general $68,204 · fundraising $24,430

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $57,090 · program services $22,756 · management and general $34,334

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $247,734 · program services $98,748 · management and general $148,986

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $93,756 · management and general $93,756

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $3,870,775 · program services $3,650,026 · management and general $220,046 · fundraising $703

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $492,684 · program services $123,172 · management and general $369,512

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $174,243 · management and general $174,243

  • 17 · Travel

    total $991,390 · program services $730,780 · management and general $252,897 · fundraising $7,713

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $43,607 · program services $13,352 · management and general $30,145 · fundraising $110

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $80,961 · management and general $80,961

  • 24a · Other expenses: EVENT EXPENSES

    total $234,293 · program services $192,840 · management and general $41,453

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,306,710 · end of year $3,304,201

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $2,673,924 · end of year $1,479,419

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $1,806,064 · end of year $3,682,094

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $1,420,480 · end of year $1,590,940

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $71,278 · end of year $88,010

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

    $298,014

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $227,239

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $114,382 · end of year $70,775

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $24,400,190 · end of year $30,003,959

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $8,779 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $155,372 · end of year $337,150

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $793,598 · end of year $1,739,930

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,350,842 · end of year $1,149,521

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $29,501,995 · end of year $36,992,797

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE PULITZER CENTER PROMOTES IN-DEPTH ENGAGEMENT WITH GLOBAL AFFAIRS THROUGH ITS SPONSORSHIP OF QUALITY INTERNATIONAL JOURNALISM ACROSS ALL MEDIA PLATFORMS AND AN INNOVATIVE PROGRAM OF OUTREACH AND EDUCATION.

  • IN 2023 THE PULITZER CENTER COMMISSIONED 249 REPORTING PROJECTS BY 389 JOURNALISTS AND 65 REPORTING FELLOWS FROM 40 PARTNER UNIVERSITIES. OTHER PROGRAMING INCLUDED OUTREACH EVENTS. K12 EVENTS AND AN INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION AND OUTREACH PROGRAM REACHING HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS MORE ACROSS THE GLOBE.

    Expenses $8,418,851 · Revenue $584,304

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Azmat Khan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Betsy Karel

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • David Rohde

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Emily Rauh Pulitzer

    CHAIRPERSON

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Joel Motley

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jon Sawyer

    CEO AND PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $331,363
    From this org
    $296,636
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $34,727
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $295,636
    Bonus
    $1,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $26,167
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,560
    Filer's total
    $331,363

  • Joseph Pulitzer V

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Linda Winslow

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Richard W Moore

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Robbie Robinson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sam Dolnick

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tracey Riese

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • William Bush

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mouhamad Alem

    CHIEF FINANCIAL & OPERATING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $202,857
    From this org
    $197,197
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,660
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $196,197
    Bonus
    $1,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $100
    Nontaxable benefits
    $5,560
    Filer's total
    $202,857

  • Marina Walker Guevara

    EXECUTIVE EDITOR

    Total calculated
    $196,259
    From this org
    $196,259
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $195,259
    Bonus
    $1,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $196,259

  • Ann S Peters

    UNIVERSITY AND COMMUNITY O

    Total calculated
    $137,811
    From this org
    $118,993
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,818
    Hours/week
    40

  • Kate Larocque

    DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $135,890
    From this org
    $135,890
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Mark N Schulte

    EDUCATION DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $140,685
    From this org
    $122,464
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,221
    Hours/week
    40

  • Nathalie Applewhite

    STRATEGIC DIRECTOR OF DEVE

    Total calculated
    $164,058
    From this org
    $164,058
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $163,058
    Bonus
    $1,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $164,058

  • Nicole York

    DIRECTOR OF HR

    Total calculated
    $145,672
    From this org
    $125,754
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,918
    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. 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 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments

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
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 7
BONUSES ARE PAID OUT AT THE DISCRETION AND APPROVAL OF THE CEO.

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
2023
Filed
27 March 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202500879349301010

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