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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by ALTERNATIVE NEWSWEEKLY FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,818,603
Total expenses
$895,139
Contributions and grants received
$2,640,050
Grants paid
$351,538
Program service revenue
$178,553
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$2,046,058
Total liabilities, end of year
$104,278
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,941,780
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$866,934
Management and general expenses
$27,524
Fundraising expenses
$681
Program service expenses (Part III)
$866,934

Program services were 96.8% 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

    $2,640,050

  • 2a · Program service revenue: FISCAL SPONSORSHIP

    total $178,553 · related or exempt $178,553

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $351,538 · program services $351,538

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $51,343 · program services $51,343

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $15,076 · management and general $15,076

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,494 · program services $958 · management and general $536

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $1,181 · management and general $500 · fundraising $681

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $2,107 · management and general $2,107

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $212,815 · program services $212,815

  • 17 · Travel

    total $2,675 · management and general $2,675

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $539 · management and general $539

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROJECT SPONSORSHIP

    total $178,553 · program services $178,553

  • 24b · Other expenses: CONTENT PRODUCTION

    total $65,631 · program services $65,631

  • 24c · Other expenses: CONSULTANT

    total $8,470 · program services $2,379 · management and general $6,091

  • 24d · Other expenses: MEALS

    total $3,209 · program services $3,209

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $508 · program services $508

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    end of year $1,340,932

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $23,210 · end of year $4,265

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $700,000

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    end of year $861

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $4,894 · end of year $104,278

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $18,316 · end of year $49,501

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    end of year $1,892,279

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

THE ALTERNATIVE NEWSWEEKLY FOUNDATION IS DEDICATED TO THE PROMOTION AND SUPPORT OF INDEPENDENT JOURNALISM.ANF SERVES AS A FISCAL SPONSOR TO ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE BUILDING AND SUSTAINING NEWS AND INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE ACROSS THE COUNTRY. AS PART OF ITS AFFILIATION WITH AAN PUBLISHERS (AAN.ORG), ANF SUPPORTS THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF JOURNALISTS AND CONNECTS YOUNG JOURNALISTS WITH MENTORS. ANF WORKS SIDE BY SIDE WITH AAN TO SUPPORT THE CORE PRINCIPLES OF THE ALTERNATIVE PRESS: SPEAKING TRUTH TO POWER, TELLING STORIES THAT WOULD OTHERWISE GO UNTOLD, AND GIVING VOICE TO THOSE WHO WOULD OTHERWISE GO UNHEARD.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE ALTERNATIVE NEWSWEEKLY FOUNDATION IS DEDICATED TO THE PROMOTION OF INDEPENDENT JOURNALISM.

  • THE ALTERNATIVE NEWSWEEKLY FOUNDATION SUPPORTS THE CORE PRINCIPLES OF THE ALTERNATIVE PRESS; SERVES AS A FISCAL SPONSOR TO INDEPENDENT ENTITIES BUILDING LOCAL NEWS AND INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE; AND COLLABORATES WITH PARTNERS TO ADVANCE THE MISSION BEHIND THE FUND FOR EQUITY IN LOCAL NEWS.

    Expenses $97,715 · Grants $91,538 · Revenue $5,921

  • THE FUND FOR EQUITY IN LOCAL NEWS (FELN) PARTNERED WITH THE GOOGLE NEWS INITIATIVE (GNI) TO LAUNCH THE TRANSFORMATION TECH PROGRAM. THE PURPOSE OF THE TRANSFORMATION TECH LAB PROGRAM IS TO EQUIP PUBLISHERS WITH COACHING AND CURRICULA TO AID THEIR TRANSITION FROM PRINT TO DIGITAL REVENUE STREAMS. THE PROGRAM WILL DELIVER THE LAB TO 150 - 240 UNIQUE MEMBER PARTICIPANTS DURING THE PERIOD OF JUNE 2023 - DECEMBER 2024.

    Expenses $656,566 · Grants $260,000 · Revenue $165,000

  • THE FOUNDATION WORKED TO CREATE AND DIGITIZE JOURNALISTIC CONTENT FOR DONOR SPONSORED FOUNDATIONS/NEWS ORGANIZATIONS. THE FOUNDATION IS FOCUSED ON INCREASING VISIBILITY TO NEWS ORGANIZATIONS TO ASSIST THEM WITH OBTAINING THE FUNDING AND USING THE FUNDS FOR THIS SPECIFIC PURPOSE AT THE SPONSORED PROJECT ORGANIZATIONS.

    Expenses $75,758 · Revenue $6,906

  • Expenses $36,895 · Revenue $726

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Blair Barna

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Ron Burke

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Evelyn Castro

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jason Pramas

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Jimmy Boegle

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Ellen J Meany

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8

  • Graham Jarret

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • George Thurlow

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Kevin Goldberg

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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

  • BEAT MEDIA INC (TRIAD CITY BEAT)

    $0

    PROJECT FUFILLMENT

  • MONTEREY COUNTY WEEKLY

    $0

    PROJECT FUFILLMENT

  • ARKANSAS TIMES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

    $0

    PROJECT FUFILLMENT

  • OMAHA STAR INSTITUTE

    $0

    TRANSFORMATION TECH PARTICIPANT

  • FLAGSHIP MULTIMEDIA INC

    $0

    TRANSFORMATION TECH PARTICIPANT

  • NEW TIMES INC

    $0

    TRANSFORMATION TECH PARTICIPANT

  • TRUMPET ENTERPRISES

    $0

    TRANSFORMATION TECH PARTICIPANT

  • C-VILE HOLDINGS LLC

    $0

    TRANSFORMATION TECH PARTICIPANT

  • LA MEGA MEDIA INC

    $0

    TRANSFORMATION TECH PARTICIPANT

  • CENTRAL ILLINOIS COMMUNICATIONS

    $0

    TRANSFORMATION TECH PARTICIPANT

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
15 August 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202432289349301048

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