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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by AMERICAN INDEPENDENT FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$26,134,884
Total expenses
$22,550,443
Contributions and grants received
$26,126,383
Grants paid
$18,255,000
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$8,501
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$4,810,446
Total liabilities, end of year
$160,359
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$4,650,087
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$21,576,566
Management and general expenses
$323,077
Fundraising expenses
$650,800
Program service expenses (Part III)
$21,576,566

Program services were 95.7% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $17,019

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $26,109,364

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $1,774,200

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $86 · excluded $86

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $1,782,699

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

    securities $1,774,284

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $8,415

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $8,415 · excluded $8,415

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $18,220,000 · program services $18,220,000

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $35,000 · program services $35,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $501,195 · program services $371,330 · management and general $129,865

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,582,125 · program services $1,552,088 · management and general $30,037

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $175,100 · program services $171,924 · management and general $3,176

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $163,019 · program services $150,975 · management and general $12,044

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $195,413 · program services $189,622 · management and general $5,711 · fundraising $80

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $16,684 · program services $15,477 · management and general $1,207

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $600,000 · fundraising $600,000

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $28,333 · management and general $28,333

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $654,120 · program services $543,120 · management and general $96,000 · fundraising $15,000

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $51,073 · program services $43,477 · management and general $4,654 · fundraising $2,942

  • 17 · Travel

    total $48,563 · program services $15,090 · management and general $6,895 · fundraising $26,578

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $61,776 · program services $57,308 · management and general $4,468

  • 24a · Other expenses: MEDIA COMMUNICATIONS

    total $205,000 · program services $205,000

  • 24b · Other expenses: REGISTRATION FEES

    total $3,779 · fundraising $3,779

  • 24c · Other expenses: DUES & SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $3,407 · program services $3,198 · management and general $209

  • 24d · Other expenses: PAYROLL FEES

    total $2,577 · program services $2,391 · management and general $186

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $3,279 · program services $566 · management and general $292 · fundraising $2,421

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,145,664 · end of year $4,559,305

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $76,645 · end of year $132,150

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    end of year $17,443

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $101,548

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $139,644 · end of year $160,359

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $17,019

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,031,337 · end of year $4,650,087

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $34,309 · end of year $0

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

THE MISSION OF THE ORGANIZATION IS TO FOSTER STRONG, INDEPENDENT JOURNALISM THAT HELPS CREATE POSITIVE SOCIETAL CHANGE THROUGH INCREASED PUBLIC AWARENESS OF PROGRESSIVE ISSUES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

SEE PART III, LINE 1.

  • THE ORGANIZATION FUNDS FACTUAL JOURNALISM THAT ARMS THE PUBLIC WITH THE TRUTHS NEEDED TO HOLD INDIVIDUALS AND GROUPS ACCOUNTABLE FOR ACTIONS OR POLICIES THAT RUN COUNTER TO PROGRESSIVE VALUES.

    Expenses $21,576,566 · Grants $18,255,000

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • David Bennahum

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Scott Nielson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Marissa McBride

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jill Aper

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Matt Fuehrmeyer

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $159,750
    From this org
    $159,750
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $159,750
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $159,750
  • Pilar Martinez

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $24,829
    From this org
    $24,406
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $423
    Hours/week
    3
  • Jessica McCreight

    VP & EXECUTIVE EDITOR (FROM 4/13/22)

    Total calculated
    $102,841
    From this org
    $96,999
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,842
    Hours/week
    40
  • Bradley Beychok

    SENIOR ADVISOR (FROM 5/2/22)

    Total calculated
    $213,775
    From this org
    $213,775
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $51,000
    Bonus
    $162,775
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $213,775

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 · Compensation survey or study
  • 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
BRADLEY BEYCHOK RECEIVED A BONUS IN THE AMOUNT OF $162,775.

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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
15 November 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202343199349323364

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