Totals
- Total revenue
- $215,185
- Total expenses
- $73,191
- Contributions and grants received
- $200,859
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $14,299
- Investment income
- $27
- Other revenue
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $151,311
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $4,039
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $147,272
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $6,394
- Management and general expenses
- $59,986
- Fundraising expenses
- $6,811
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $6,394
Program services were 8.7% 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.
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1c · Fundraising events
$9,299
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$191,560
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2a · Program service revenue: CONTRACT WRITING
total $11,697 · related or exempt $11,697
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2b · Program service revenue: ADVERTISING
total $2,602 · related or exempt $2,602
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3 · Investment income
total $27 · related or exempt $27
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8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c
$9,299
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $0
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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11b · Fees: legal
total $40 · management and general $40
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $2,285 · management and general $2,285
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11g · Fees: other
total $39,875 · management and general $36,375 · fundraising $3,500
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $5,860 · program services $384 · management and general $5,035 · fundraising $441
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13 · Office expenses
total $1,467 · program services $128 · management and general $1,132 · fundraising $207
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14 · Information technology
total $11,971 · management and general $9,903 · fundraising $2,068
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $1,770 · program services $1,500 · fundraising $270
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23 · Insurance
total $2,756 · management and general $2,756
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24a · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS
total $2,424 · program services $450 · management and general $1,974
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24b · Other expenses: RENTAL FEES
total $840 · program services $515 · fundraising $325
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24c · Other expenses: PHOTOGRAPHY VIDEOGRAPHY
total $3,417 · program services $3,417
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24d · Other expenses: LICENSES PERMITS AND FOIA
total $167 · management and general $167
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24e · All other expenses
total $319 · management and general $319
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $5,444 · end of year $150,023
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $25 · end of year $77
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$1,211
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
end of year $1,211
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $191 · end of year $4,039
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $5,278 · end of year $147,272
Mission and programs · 2025
Mission
THE PURPOSE OF MSS IS TO PROVIDE OBJECTIVE, NON-PARTISAN INFORMATION TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT AFFECTS THE UNDERSTANDING AND ENGAGEMENT OF MATANUSKA-SUSITNA BOROUGH RESIDENTS AND OTHER INTERESTED IN LOCAL DEMOCRACY, CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND HEALTHY COMMUNITIES.
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NEWS REPORTING & CIVIC EVENTS TO SERVE THE PUBLIC INTEREST THROUGH EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC BY INQUIRING INTO CRITICAL PROBLEMS AND OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN THE MAT-SU RELATING TO GOVERNMENTAL, SOCIAL, CULTURAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS. TO FOCUS PARTICULAR ATTENTION ON RESEARCH AND REPORTING ABOUT GOVERNMENT, EDUCATION, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND OPPORTUNITY. TO FURTHER SUCH RESEARCH, STUDY AND ANALYSIS BY FUNDING RECRUITMENT AND TRAINING OF EXPERIENCED AND DEVELOPING JOURNALIST AND OTHERS WITH EXPERIENCE OR PROMISE IN INVESTIGATING AND REPORTING ON SUCH MATTERS. TO PUBLISH THE RESULTS OF NON-PARTISAN INQUIRY, STUDY, ANALYSIS AND RESEARCH FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC, INCLUDING FINDINGS ABOUT SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS AND POTENTIAL OPPORTUNITIES. TO MAINTAIN A WEBSITE TO PUBLISH AND DISSEMINATE SUCH RESEARCH AND INFORMATION.
Expenses $6,394 · Revenue $215,185
As filed on the 2025 return.
Listed in Part VII
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Steven MerrittSTEVEN MERRITT
PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
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Kevin ThompsonKEVIN THOMPSON
TRESURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
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Megan EarnstMEGAN EARNST
VICE PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
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Kristi SheaKRISTI SHEA
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
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Amy BushatzAMY BUSHATZ
EXECUTIVE EDITOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
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
- 2025
- Filed
- 6 March 2026
- IRS schema version
- 2025v4.0
- Source object
- 202620779349300437
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