Totals
- Total revenue
- $8,595,247
- Total expenses
- $8,930,092
- Contributions and grants received
- $8,232,699
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $129,527
- Other revenue
- $233,021
- Total assets, end of year
- $10,278,613
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $758,183
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $9,520,430
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $6,877,233
- Management and general expenses
- $947,774
- Fundraising expenses
- $1,105,085
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $6,877,233
Program services were 77.0% 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
$8,232,699
-
1g · Noncash contributions included above
$1,998
-
3 · Investment income
total $129,527 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $129,527
-
4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds
total $0
-
5 · Royalties
total $0
-
6c · Rental income or loss
real property $0 · personal property $0
-
6d · Net rental income or loss
total $0
-
7d · Net gain or loss
total $0
-
8a · Fundraising events: gross income
$0
-
8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses
$0
-
8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $0
-
9a · Gaming: gross income
$0
-
9b · Gaming: direct expenses
$0
-
9c · Net income from gaming
total $0
-
10a · Gross sales of inventory
$0
-
10b · Cost of goods sold
$0
-
10c · Net income from sales of inventory
total $0
-
11a · Other revenue: ADVERTISING
total $219,246 · unrelated business $219,246
-
11b · Other revenue: REIMBURSEMENTS
total $12,700 · excluded $12,700
-
11c · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS
total $75 · excluded $75
-
11d · All other revenue
total $1,000 · excluded $1,000
-
11e · Other revenue, total
$233,021
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
-
1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $0
-
2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $0
-
3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals
total $0
-
4 · Benefits paid to or for members
total $0
-
5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $1,089,288 · program services $811,632 · management and general $105,932 · fundraising $171,724
-
6 · Compensation of disqualified persons
total $0
-
7 · Other salaries and wages
total $4,505,039 · program services $3,369,489 · management and general $427,879 · fundraising $707,671
-
8 · Pension plan contributions
total $139,895 · program services $99,961 · management and general $17,029 · fundraising $22,905
-
9 · Other employee benefits
total $534,147 · program services $381,671 · management and general $65,021 · fundraising $87,455
-
10 · Payroll taxes
total $445,040 · program services $344,884 · management and general $43,797 · fundraising $56,359
-
11a · Fees: management
total $0
-
11b · Fees: legal
total $48,008 · program services $42,679 · management and general $5,329
-
11c · Fees: accounting
total $63,594 · management and general $63,594
-
11d · Fees: lobbying
total $0
-
11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $0
-
11f · Fees: investment management
total $0
-
11g · Fees: other
total $985,703 · program services $895,802 · management and general $89,151 · fundraising $750
-
12 · Advertising and promotion
total $40,917 · program services $39,073 · management and general $1,844
-
13 · Office expenses
total $62,808 · program services $49,038 · management and general $12,014 · fundraising $1,756
-
14 · Information technology
total $281,017 · program services $268,352 · management and general $12,665
-
15 · Royalties
total $0
-
16 · Occupancy
total $221,669 · program services $166,251 · management and general $27,709 · fundraising $27,709
-
17 · Travel
total $199,084 · program services $167,170 · management and general $15,743 · fundraising $16,171
-
18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials
total $0
-
19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $0
-
20 · Interest
total $0
-
21 · Payments to affiliates
total $0
-
22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $30,570 · program services $25,984 · management and general $2,293 · fundraising $2,293
-
23 · Insurance
total $32,939 · program services $19,764 · management and general $9,881 · fundraising $3,294
-
24a · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS
total $150,770 · program services $117,716 · management and general $28,840 · fundraising $4,214
-
24b · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS
total $87,188 · program services $68,073 · management and general $16,678 · fundraising $2,437
-
24c · Other expenses: BOARD EXPENSES
total $12,416 · program services $9,694 · management and general $2,375 · fundraising $347
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
-
1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $3,810,824 · end of year $4,172,563
-
2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $84,029 · end of year $19,736
-
3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $2,923,959 · end of year $2,536,240
-
4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $127,400 · end of year $99,116
-
5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
7 · Other notes and loans receivable
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
8 · Inventories for sale or use
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $146,027 · end of year $118,153
-
10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$293,303
-
10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$233,469
-
10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $42,767 · end of year $59,834
-
11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
beginning of year $2,960,639 · end of year $3,272,971
-
12 · Investments: other securities
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
13 · Investments: program-related
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
14 · Intangible assets
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
15 · Other assets
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $662,529 · end of year $758,183
-
18 · Grants payable
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
19 · Deferred revenue
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
21 · Escrow or custodial account liability
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $4,945,245 · end of year $7,072,570
-
28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $4,487,871 · end of year $2,447,860
Mission and programs · 2022
Mission
GRIST MAGAZINE, INC. ("GRIST") (WWW.GRIST.ORG) IS AN INFLUENTIAL AND IRREVERENT GREEN MEDIA PLATFORM. GRIST MAKES THE STORY OF A BETTER WORLD SO IRRESISTIBLE, YOU WANT IT RIGHT NOW. WE ARE AN INDEPENDENT, NONPROFIT MEDIA ORGANIZATION DEVOTED TO EYE-OPENING ENVIRONMENTAL JOURNALISM THAT EXPLORES SOLUTIONS, EXPOSES INJUSTICE, AND EMBOLDENS READERS TO ACT. WE GO BEYOND THE PAGE TO FOSTER AN UNLIKELY NETWORK OF LEADERS TO BRING ABOUT A SUSTAINABLE WORLD THAT WORKS FOR EVERYONE.
Activities or mission (Part I)
See Schedule O
-
AMONG GRIST'S PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN FY2023 WERE: 1. PUBLISHING CLIMATE AND SUSTAINABILITY NEWS AND COMMENTARY. GRIST PUBLISHED MORE THAN 900 ARTICLES ON CLIMATE AND SUSTAINABILITY TOPICS DURING THE FISCAL YEAR, RANGING FROM SHORT NEWS ITEMS TO IN-DEPTH INTERVIEWS AND FEATURES. THE ORGANIZATION REACHED BETWEEN 1,200,000 - 1,500,000 READERS PER MONTH, INCLUDING WEBSITE VISITORS, EMAIL SUBSCRIBERS, AND OFFSITE (PRIMARILY SOCIAL-MEDIA) AUDIENCES. 2. FOSTERING CIVIC ENGAGEMENT. GRIST'S GOAL IS TO CREATE A VIBRANT COMMUNITY OF PEOPLE WHO SUPPORT SUSTAINABILITY; MAKE SUSTAINABLE CHOICES AND ENCOURAGE THEIR COMMUNITIES TO DO THE SAME; AND ENCOURAGE READERS TO USE SOCIAL MEDIA AND OTHER TOOLS TO ACTIVATE THEIR PERSONAL NETWORKS AND TO CREATE LASTING CHANGE. GRIST ON-SITE SURVEYS INDICATE THAT 65-70 PERCENT OF USERS TAKE ACTION BASED ON GRIST CONTENT, MAKING MORE SUSTAINABLE CHOICES IN THEIR HOMES AND COMMUNITIES. 3. TRAIN A NEW GENERATION OF JOURNALISTS. BY PROVIDING HANDS-ON JOURNALISM EXPERIENCE AS WELL AS EXPOSURE TO LEADING ENVIRONMENTAL THINKERS, THE GRIST FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM TRAINS EARLY-CAREER JOURNALISTS TO BECOME EFFECTIVE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMUNICATORS. GRIST HOSTS GROUPS OF FIVE FELLOWS FOR SIX-MONTH TERMS. FELLOWS PARTICIPATE IN RESEARCH AND STORY GENERATION, CRAFTING INVESTIGATIVE STORIES AND GROUND BREAKING MULTIMEDIA PROJECTS. 4. SERVING AS A RESOURCE FOR OTHER MEDIA. GRIST INFORMS AND INFLUENCES COVERAGE OF CLIMATE AND ENERGY IN MAJOR MEDIA INCLUDING THE NEW YORK TIMES, WASHINGTON POST, HUFFINGTON POST, MSNBC, POLITICO, AND VOX, AND HAS SERVED AS AN EXPERT SOURCE FOR MSNBC, ABC, NBC, CNN, AND OTHER NETWORKS. ACROSS THE COUNTRY, JOURNALISTS AND OTHER INFLUENCERS TURN TO GRIST FOR ENLIGHTENMENT AND ELABORATION.
Expenses $6,877,233
As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
-
Nikhil Swaminathan
CEO
- Total calculated
- $241,958
- From this org
- $232,652
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $9,306
- Hours/week
- 45
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $232,652
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $9,306
- Nontaxable benefits
- $0
- Filer's total
- $241,958
-
Natasha Berman
COO
- Total calculated
- $237,575
- From this org
- $225,109
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $12,466
- Hours/week
- 45
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $225,109
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $9,004
- Nontaxable benefits
- $3,462
- Filer's total
- $237,575
-
Jess Stahl
Editor, Creative Storytelling
- Total calculated
- $213,154
- From this org
- $196,819
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $16,335
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $196,819
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $7,873
- Nontaxable benefits
- $8,462
- Filer's total
- $213,154
-
Rebekah Cardwell
Director of Finance
- Total calculated
- $166,584
- From this org
- $150,857
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $15,727
- Hours/week
- 45
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $150,857
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $6,034
- Nontaxable benefits
- $9,693
- Filer's total
- $166,584
-
Patrick
Director of Fundraising
- Total calculated
- $160,676
- From this org
- $146,360
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $14,316
- Hours/week
- 45
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $146,360
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $5,854
- Nontaxable benefits
- $8,462
- Filer's total
- $160,676
-
Lisa Jurras-Buchanan
Director Content Operations
- Total calculated
- $155,850
- From this org
- $128,205
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $27,645
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $128,205
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $5,128
- Nontaxable benefits
- $22,517
- Filer's total
- $155,850
-
Kat Bagley
Executive Editor
- Total calculated
- $153,818
- From this org
- $126,251
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $27,567
- Hours/week
- 45
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $126,251
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $5,050
- Nontaxable benefits
- $22,517
- Filer's total
- $153,818
-
Jess Alvarado Lepine
Membership Director
- Total calculated
- $137,032
- From this org
- $113,017
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $24,015
- Hours/week
- 40
-
Teresa Chin
Deputy Editor
- Total calculated
- $130,938
- From this org
- $125,902
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $5,036
- Hours/week
- 40
-
Tristan Ahtone
Editor at Large
- Total calculated
- $129,822
- From this org
- $121,360
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $8,462
- Hours/week
- 40
-
Charles Giller
Founder
- Total calculated
- $128,677
- From this org
- $115,602
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $13,075
- Hours/week
- 40
-
Susan L Kaufman
Board Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 10
-
Donna Moodie
Board Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Elise Hu
Board Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
John Alderman
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Trenton Allen
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Dana Bourland
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Susan Chira
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Michelle DePass
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
C'Ardiss Gardner Glsser
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Kristin Grimm
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Max Moinian
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
Rachel Morello-Frosch
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Julian Brave NoiseCat
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
Kavita Ramdas
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Nathaniel Smith
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
Brady Walkinshaw
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
John Vechey
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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 committee
- 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
- 3 · Compensation survey or study
- 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
Answered no
- 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
- 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
- 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
- 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
The filer's explanations (Part III)
- Part I, Line 5a:
- The CEO and Founder's bonus amount is calculated and awarded by the Board Compensation Committee based on actual performance against budgetary and objective goals for the organization. For other employees, discretionary bonuses are awarded at year-end by the CEO based on progress and achievement of program/organizational objectives.
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
- 2022
- Filed
- 14 August 2024
- IRS schema version
- 2022v5.0
- Source object
- 202402289349302260
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