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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by MUCKROCK FOUNDATION INCORPORATED.

Totals

Total revenue
$6,347,222
Total expenses
$4,874,595
Contributions and grants received
$5,714,147
Grants paid
$256,307
Program service revenue
$502,342
Investment income
$130,694
Other revenue
$39
Total assets, end of year
$5,572,137
Total liabilities, end of year
$167,709
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$5,404,428
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$4,372,655
Management and general expenses
$501,940
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$4,372,655

Program services were 89.7% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $5,714,147

  • 2a · Program service revenue: REPORTING PROJECTS AND

    total $502,342 · related or exempt $502,342

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $130,694 · excluded $130,694

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $39 · related or exempt $39

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $39

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $193,000 · program services $193,000

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $63,307 · program services $63,307

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $2,735,159 · program services $2,494,361 · management and general $240,798

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $666,383 · program services $603,430 · management and general $62,953

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $124,950 · program services $62,475 · management and general $62,475

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $289,730 · program services $250,202 · management and general $39,528

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $13,662 · program services $12,211 · management and general $1,451

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $129,171 · program services $78,431 · management and general $50,740

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $21,575 · program services $21,575

  • 17 · Travel

    total $69,057 · program services $59,150 · management and general $9,907

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $3,458 · management and general $3,458

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $26,293 · program services $20,602 · management and general $5,691

  • 24a · Other expenses: SPONSORSHIP FEES

    total $233,694 · program services $233,694

  • 24b · Other expenses: DIGITAL HOSTING

    total $149,174 · program services $149,174

  • 24c · Other expenses: SOFTWARE SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $94,846 · program services $69,907 · management and general $24,939

  • 24d · Other expenses: FOI RELATED EXPENSES

    total $61,136 · program services $61,136

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,372,527 · end of year $1,816,795

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $2,634,639 · end of year $3,713,710

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $19,027 · end of year $38,429

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

    $15,767

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

    $12,564

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $4,265 · end of year $3,203

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $98,657 · end of year $167,709

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $794,112 · end of year $1,467,294

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,137,689 · end of year $3,937,134

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

MUCKROCK IS A NON-PROFIT, COLLABORATIVE NEWS SITE THAT BRINGS TOGETHER JOURNALISTS, RESEARCHERS, ACTIVISTS, AND REGULAR CITIZENS TO REQUEST, ANALYZE, AND SHARE GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS, MAKING POLITICS MORE TRANSPARENT

  • MUCKROCK HAS BUILT A GUIDE TO EVERY STATES PUBLIC RECORDS LAW THAT HAS BEEN UTILIZED BY MILLIONS OF READERS. WE DIRECTLY ASSISTED OVER 90,000 USERS AND FILED OVER 125,000 FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT REQUESTS AND PUBLIC FILES

    Expenses $2,375,508 · Revenue $423,140

  • DOCUMENTCLOUD, THE LEADING HOST OF PRIMARY SOURCE MATERIALS FOR NEWSROOM, HAS EXPANDED ITS TOOL TO INCLUDE A RANGE OF AUTOMATED WAYS FOR JOURNALISTS TO MONITOR, ANALYZE AND SHARE INFORMATION WITH THE PUBLIC. DOCUMENTCLOUDS USERS RELIED ON THE SERVICE FOR REPORTING THAT WAS A FINALIST FOR MULTIPLE PULITZER PRIZES, AS WELL AS SERVED COMMUNITIES AROUND THE UNITED STATES IN BETTER UNDERSTANDING THE OPERATIONS OF GOVERNMENT

    Expenses $98,560

  • IN 2024, MLK50 JUSTICE THROUGH JOURNALISM CONTINUED ITS IMPACTFUL WORK IN MEMPHIS, FOCUSING ON ISSUES OF POVERTY, POWER, AND PUBLIC POLICY. AMONG ITS KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS, THE NEWSROOM HELD POWERFUL ENTITIES ACCOUNTABLE BY HIGHLIGHTING UNSAFE WORKING CONDITIONS AT FEDEX AND EXPOSING ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM IMPACTING SOUTH MEMPHIS RESIDENTS. ADDITIONALLY, MLK50 SHED LIGHT ON HOUSING INJUSTICES, COVERING HOW LANDLORDS AND DEVELOPERS WERE DISPLACING RESIDENTS FOR PROFIT. THE ORGANIZATION ALSO CAPTURED THE COMMUNITIES RESILIENCE, DOCUMENTING JOYFUL EVENTS SUCH AS JUNETEENTH CELEBRETION AND PROTEST AGAINST THE EXPULSION OF LOCAL REPRESENTATIVES. FUTHURMORE, MLK50 EXPANDED ITS REPORTING CAPACITY BY RAISING FUNDS TO HIRE NEW REPORTERS FOCUSED ON GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY AND PUBLIC SAFETY

    Expenses $1,898,587 · Revenue $79,241

  • Grants $256,307

As filed on the 2025 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Scott Klein

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mago Torres

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jim Neff

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Freddy Martinez

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Victoria Baranetsky

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jenny Lee

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rebecca Williams

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jim Mintz

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michael Morisy

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $138,911
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $138,911
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    60

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $138,911 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $0 + $138,911 related

  • Marcia Maziarz

    DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $97,715
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $97,715
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $97,715 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $0 + $97,715 related

  • Mitchell Kotler

    CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $131,851
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $131,851
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $131,851 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $0 + $131,851 related

  • Amanda Hickman

    CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $130,698
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $130,698
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $130,698 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $0 + $130,698 related

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

None.

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
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

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
2025
Filed
31 August 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.2
Source object
202642449349300714

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