Totals
- Total revenue
- $2,548,176
- Total expenses
- $3,106,313
- Contributions and grants received
- $2,193,357
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $28,599
- Other revenue
- $326,220
- Total assets, end of year
- $816,878
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $41,707
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $775,171
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $1,697,941
- Management and general expenses
- $771,134
- Fundraising expenses
- $637,238
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $1,697,941
Program services were 54.7% 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.
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$2,193,357
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3 · Investment income
total $28,599 · related or exempt $28,599
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5 · Royalties
total $590 · related or exempt $590
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11a · Other revenue: ADVERTISING
total $325,630 · unrelated business $325,630
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11e · Other revenue, total
$325,630
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $415,278 · program services $55,279 · management and general $96,739 · fundraising $263,260
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $1,689,929 · program services $1,165,137 · management and general $286,211 · fundraising $238,581
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $36,735 · program services $27,024 · management and general $7,329 · fundraising $2,382
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $199,252 · program services $128,088 · management and general $39,163 · fundraising $32,001
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $171,835 · program services $95,716 · management and general $38,806 · fundraising $37,313
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $40,250 · management and general $40,250
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11g · Fees: other
total $207,698 · program services $94,980 · management and general $62,838 · fundraising $49,880
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $44,067 · program services $8,967 · management and general $35,100
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13 · Office expenses
total $52,279 · program services $29,869 · management and general $18,804 · fundraising $3,606
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14 · Information technology
total $72,018 · program services $18,531 · management and general $53,402 · fundraising $85
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17 · Travel
total $47,127 · program services $35,017 · management and general $1,980 · fundraising $10,130
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23 · Insurance
total $14,234 · management and general $14,234
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24a · Other expenses: TAXES & LICENSES
total $76,278 · management and general $76,278
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24b · Other expenses: EVENT EXPENSES
total $39,333 · program services $39,333
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $707,471 · end of year $164,013
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4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $25,600 · end of year $11,500
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
beginning of year $712,766 · end of year $641,365
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $112,529 · end of year $41,707
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $1,333,308 · end of year $775,171
Mission and programs · 2025
Mission
WE WILL CHANGE THE FACE OF JOURNALISM IN NEVADA AND ESTABLISH NEW PARADIGMS FOR NONPROFIT, COMMUNITY-SUPPORTED NEWS ORGANIZATIONS.
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THE NEVADA INDEPENDENT IS A NEWS WEBSITE FOUNDED BY VETERAN POLITICAL JOURNALIST JON RALSTON AND FOCUSED ON TRUTHFUL, TRANSPARENT JOURNALISM AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND EDUCATION. THE SITE LAUNCHED ON JAN. 17, 2017 AND IS A PROJECT OF NEVADA NEWS BUREAU, INC., A NONPROFIT FOUNDED IN 2010 BY BLOGGER AND JOURNALIST ELIZABETH THOMPSON, WHO SERVED AS MANAGING EDITOR UNTIL 2024. SHE IS SUCCEEDED BY CO-EDITORS MICHELLE RINDELS AND RILEY SNYDER.
Expenses $1,697,941
As filed on the 2025 return.
Listed in Part VII
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Jon RalstonJON RALSTON
CEO & DIRECT
- Total calculated
- $276,397
- From this org
- $239,650
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $36,747
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $239,650
- Bonus
- not reported
- Other
- not reported
- Deferred
- $9,188
- Nontaxable benefits
- $27,559
- Filer's total
- $276,397
-
Megan RileyMEGAN RILEY
CRO
- Total calculated
- $138,881
- From this org
- $126,467
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $12,414
- Hours/week
- 40
-
Clifford KeeneyCLIFFORD KEENEY
CHIEF TECHNO
- Total calculated
- $197,555
- From this org
- $164,903
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $32,652
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $163,903
- Bonus
- $1,000
- Other
- not reported
- Deferred
- $6,182
- Nontaxable benefits
- $26,470
- Filer's total
- $197,555
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Brett BurkeBRETT BURKE
FORMER CRO
- Total calculated
- $180,012
- From this org
- $154,874
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $25,138
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $154,874
- Bonus
- not reported
- Other
- not reported
- Deferred
- $4,351
- Nontaxable benefits
- $20,787
- Filer's total
- $180,012
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Michelle RindelsMICHELLE RINDELS
CO-EDITOR
- Total calculated
- $134,728
- From this org
- $115,419
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $19,309
- Hours/week
- 40
-
Riley SnyderRILEY SNYDER
CO-EDITOR
- Total calculated
- $117,080
- From this org
- $106,492
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $10,588
- Hours/week
- 40
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Robert StoldalROBERT STOLDAL
PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Paula FrancisPAULA FRANCIS
VICE PRESIDE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Alex De CastroverdeALEX DE CASTROVERDE
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Alex BybeeALEX BYBEE
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Robin GreenspunROBIN GREENSPUN
MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Viridian VidalVIRIDIAN VIDAL
MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Abbi WhitakerABBI WHITAKER
MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Ben KieckheferBEN KIECKHEFER
MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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
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
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2025
- Filed
- 26 February 2026
- IRS schema version
- 2025v4.0
- Source object
- 202620779349301257
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