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← PULITZER CENTER ON CRISIS REPORTING

Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by PULITZER CENTER ON CRISIS REPORTING.

Totals

Total revenue
$12,102,444
Total expenses
$10,781,809
Contributions and grants received
$11,142,101
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$386,223
Investment income
$562,975
Other revenue
$11,145
Total assets, end of year
$31,801,807
Total liabilities, end of year
$948,970
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$30,852,837
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$7,817,302
Management and general expenses
$2,546,996
Fundraising expenses
$417,511
Program service expenses (Part III)
$7,817,302

Program services were 72.5% 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)

    $20,000

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $11,122,101

  • 2a · Program service revenue: CAMPUS CONSORTIUM FEES

    total $386,223 · related or exempt $386,223

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $632,202 · excluded $632,202

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $2,973,115

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

    securities $3,042,342

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$69,227

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$69,227 · excluded -$69,227

  • 11a · Other revenue: CREDIT CARD REWARDS

    total $5,870 · related or exempt $5,870

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $5,275 · related or exempt $5,275

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $11,145

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $766,004 · program services $444,306 · management and general $249,519 · fundraising $72,179

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $94,707 · program services $54,933 · management and general $30,850 · fundraising $8,924

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $2,248,564 · program services $1,304,234 · management and general $732,453 · fundraising $211,877

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $94,120 · program services $54,592 · management and general $30,659 · fundraising $8,869

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $936,633 · program services $543,275 · management and general $305,101 · fundraising $88,257

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $239,580 · program services $138,964 · management and general $78,041 · fundraising $22,575

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $9,975 · program services $5,421 · management and general $4,554

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $166,571 · program services $90,517 · management and general $76,054

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $89,649 · management and general $89,649

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $4,041,148 · program services $3,825,278 · management and general $215,870

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $465,077 · program services $119,884 · management and general $344,437 · fundraising $756

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $213,510 · program services $121 · management and general $213,389

  • 17 · Travel

    total $871,683 · program services $818,204 · management and general $51,039 · fundraising $2,440

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $47,549 · management and general $47,549

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $69,761 · program services $1,123 · management and general $68,638

  • 24a · Other expenses: EVENT EXPENSES

    total $427,278 · program services $416,450 · management and general $9,194 · fundraising $1,634

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,032,762 · end of year $1,306,710

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $4,233,509 · end of year $2,673,924

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $3,812,613 · end of year $1,806,064

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $1,420,480

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $64,793 · end of year $71,278

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

    $298,014

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

    $183,632

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $161,931 · end of year $114,382

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $26,171,501 · end of year $24,400,190

  • 15 · Other assets

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

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $169,455 · end of year $155,372

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $747,555 · end of year $793,598

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,542,377 · end of year $1,350,842

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $32,026,501 · end of year $29,501,995

Mission and programs · 2022

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 2022 THE PULITZER CENTER COMMISSIONED 275 REPORTING PROJECTS BY 389 JOURNALISTS AND 68 REPORTING FELLOWS FROM 40 PARTNER UNIVERSITIES. OTHER PROGRAMING INCLUDED: 250 OUTREACH EVENTS REACHING 14,000 PEOPLE. K12 EVENTS IN THE US REACHING 21,396 STUDENTS AND 4,456 TEACHERS; AND AN INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION AND OUTREACH PROGRAM REACHED HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS MORE ACROSS THE GLOBE, VIA K12 AND UNIVERSITY EVENTS AS WELL AS ART EXHIBITS, COMMUNITY RADIO, AND SOCIAL-MEDIA ENGAGEMENT.

    Expenses $7,817,302 · Revenue $397,368

As filed on the 2022 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
    $336,822
    From this org
    $286,800
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $50,022
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $285,800
    Bonus
    $1,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $28,680
    Nontaxable benefits
    $21,342
    Filer's total
    $336,822
  • 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
  • William Bush

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mouhamad Alem

    CHIEF FINANCE AND OPREATIO

    Total calculated
    $208,290
    From this org
    $188,339
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,951
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $187,339
    Bonus
    $1,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,794
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,157
    Filer's total
    $208,290
  • Marina Walker Guevara

    EXECUTIVE EDITOR

    Total calculated
    $220,893
    From this org
    $187,113
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $33,780
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $186,113
    Bonus
    $1,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $11,604
    Nontaxable benefits
    $22,176
    Filer's total
    $220,893
  • Ann S Peters

    UNIVERSITY AND COMMUNITY O

    Total calculated
    $153,160
    From this org
    $114,098
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $39,062
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $113,098
    Bonus
    $1,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,158
    Nontaxable benefits
    $31,904
    Filer's total
    $153,160
  • Mark N Schulte

    EDUCATION DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $132,717
    From this org
    $117,965
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,752
    Hours/week
    40
  • Nathalie Applewhite

    STRATEGIC DIRECTOR OF DEVE

    Total calculated
    $189,218
    From this org
    $159,190
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $30,028
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $158,190
    Bonus
    $1,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $12,975
    Nontaxable benefits
    $17,053
    Filer's total
    $189,218
  • Sarah Swan

    DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATION

    Total calculated
    $116,819
    From this org
    $111,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,819
    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
THERE WERE EMPLOYEE RENTION BONUSES AWARDED BY THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AS A FIXED AMOUNT ACROSS ALL FULL TIME STAFF IN 2022.

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
15 November 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202323199349327497

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