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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by NARRATIVE NATION INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,440,603
Total expenses
$1,692,618
Contributions and grants received
$1,243,248
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$197,355
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$714,973
Total liabilities, end of year
$30,346
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$684,627
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,692,618
Management and general expenses
$0
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,692,618

Program services were 100.0% 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.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $22,500

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $594,843

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $625,905

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Government Contracts

    total $197,355 · related or exempt $197,355

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $0

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $0

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

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 $86,667 · program services $86,667

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $166,050 · program services $166,050

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $288,999 · program services $288,999

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $19,651 · program services $19,651

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $795 · program services $795

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $47,026 · program services $47,026

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $60,154 · program services $60,154

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $132,483 · program services $132,483

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $83,972 · program services $83,972

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $0

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $0

  • 17 · Travel

    total $78,834 · program services $78,834

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $3,864 · program services $3,864

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $487 · program services $487

  • 24a · Other expenses: Programs - IRTH App

    total $355,881 · program services $355,881

  • 24b · Other expenses: Contractors

    total $282,357 · program services $282,357

  • 24c · Other expenses: Fundraising & Event

    total $31,125 · program services $31,125

  • 24d · Other expenses: Operating Expense

    total $16,605 · program services $16,605

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $37,668 · program services $37,668

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $956,644 · end of year $706,743

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $0

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $0

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $0

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    end of year $0

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

    $1,590

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

    $1,227

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $363 · end of year $363

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    end of year $0

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    end of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $7,867 · end of year $7,867

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $15,873 · end of year $30,346

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $949,001 · end of year $684,627

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

NARRATIVE NATION CHAMPIONS HEALTH EQUITY BY DEMOCRATIZING HOW THE STORY OF HEALTHDISPARITIES IS TOLD.. WE CO-CREATE CULTURALLY RELEVANT,NARRATIVE-CENTERED,MULTI-MEDIA COMMUNICATION,BY PEOPLE OF COLOR FOR PEOPLE OF COLOR,TO FOSTER SYSTTMICCHANGE, TRANSFORM CURRENT HEALTH MESSAGING AND COMMUNICATION PRACTICES AND CATALYZEBEHAVIORAL SHIFTS TO ERADICATE HEALTH DISPARITIES. WE ALSO EDUCATE, TRAIN AND MENTORTHE YOUTH TO BECOME THE NEXT GENERATION OF HEALTH STORYTELLERS. OUR UNIQUE, BY US FORUS APPROACH, PUTS MEMBERS OF THE MOST AFFECTED COMMUNITIES AT ,THE CENTER OF OURTHEORY OF CHANGE. ULTIMATELY, WE SHIFT THE NARRATIVE OF HEALTH DISPARITIES BYSHIFTING THE NARRATOR. AND WE MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR A MUCH BROADER GROUP OF PEOPLES'STORIES TO BE HEARD AND VALIDATED; DEMOCRATIZING ACCESS TO DEVELOPING ANDDISSEMINATING THE NARRATIVES THAT SHAPE OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE WORLD AROUND US.WEBELIEVE THAT A CRITICAL ELEMENT TO SHIFTING HEALTH BEHAVIORS IS ULTIMATELY ABOUTHUMAN INTERACTION AND NARRATIVE CO

  • NARRATIVE NATION CHAMPIONS HEALTH EQUITY BY DEMOCRATIZING HOW THE STORY OF HEALTHDISPARITIES IS TOLD.. WE CO-CREATE CULTURALLY RELEVANT,NARRATIVE-CENTERED,MULTI-MEDIA COMMUNICATION,BY PEOPLE OF COLOR FOR PEOPLE OF COLOR,TO FOSTER SYSTTMICCHANGE, TRANSFORM CURRENT HEALTH MESSAGING AND COMMUNICATION PRACTICES AND CATALYZEBEHAVIORAL SHIFTS TO ERADICATE HEALTH DISPARITIES. WE ALSO EDUCATE, TRAIN AND MENTORTHE YOUTH TO BECOME THE NEXT GENERATION OF HEALTH STORYTELLERS. OUR UNIQUE, BY US FORUS APPROACH, PUTS MEMBERS OF THE MOST AFFECTED COMMUNITIES AT ,THE CENTER OF OURTHEORY OF CHANGE. ULTIMATELY, WE SHIFT THE NARRATIVE OF HEALTH DISPARITIES BYSHIFTING THE NARRATOR. AND WE MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR A MUCH BROADER GROUP OF PEOPLES'STORIES TO BE HEARD AND VALIDATED; DEMOCRATIZING ACCESS TO DEVELOPING ANDDISSEMINATING THE NARRATIVES THAT SHAPE OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE WORLD AROUND US.WEBELIEVE THAT A CRITICAL ELEMENT TO SHIFTING HEALTH BEHAVIORS IS ULTIMATELY ABOUTHUMAN INTERACTION AND NARRATIVE COMMUNICATION THE MOST BASIC MODE OF HUMANINTERACTION NOT JUST THE SCIENCE, DATA AND EVIDENCE-BASED APPROACH. PRIMARILY ROOTEDIN AND DICTATED BY DOMINANT CULTURE STANDARDS. MOST IMPORTANTLY, WE BELIEVE WHO ISTELLING THE STORY MATTERS AND THAT HEALTH EQUITY IS AT ITS CORE A RACIAL JUSTICEISSUE. TO THATEND,WE ENGAGE AND CONNECT SKILLED AFRICAN AMERICAN AND LATINOJOURNALISTS WRITERS, FILMMAKERS AND OTHER CREATIVES OF COLOR AND HARNESS THEIRCOLLECTIVE POWER,MEDIA EXPERTISE AND CULTURAL KNOWLEDGE TO ADDRESS THE GREATESTPUBLIC HEALTH CHALLENGE AND MOST PERNICIOUS SOCIAL INJUSTICE OF OUR TIME.

    Expenses $1,692,618 · Revenue $1,440,603

As filed on the 2025 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Kimberly Allers

    President

    Total calculated
    $86,667
    From this org
    $86,667
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
15 May 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.1
Source object
202611359349303136

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