Skip to content
Nonprofiteer
← SAHAN JOURNAL

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by SAHAN JOURNAL.

Totals

Total revenue
$4,635,135
Total expenses
$2,454,540
Contributions and grants received
$4,196,908
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$436,475
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$1,752
Total assets, end of year
$4,136,204
Total liabilities, end of year
$129,123
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$4,007,081
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,742,719
Management and general expenses
$357,455
Fundraising expenses
$354,366
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,742,719

Program services were 71.0% 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

    $4,196,908

  • 2a · Program service revenue: ADVERTISING

    total $392,789 · unrelated business $392,789

  • 2b · Program service revenue: CONTENT LICENSING

    total $43,686 · related or exempt $43,686

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $1,752 · related or exempt $1,752

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $1,752

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $772,589 · program services $484,693 · management and general $89,814 · fundraising $198,082

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $784,214 · program services $663,793 · management and general $48,203 · fundraising $72,218

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $106,903 · program services $87,171 · management and general $10,044 · fundraising $9,688

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $108,815 · program services $82,001 · management and general $9,488 · fundraising $17,326

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $97,118 · program services $7,048 · management and general $90,070

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $271,807 · program services $259,261 · management and general $2,297 · fundraising $10,249

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $41,509 · program services $29,142 · fundraising $12,367

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $38,164 · program services $16,208 · management and general $7,803 · fundraising $14,153

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $37,623 · program services $34,518 · management and general $2,506 · fundraising $599

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $36,663 · program services $31,201 · management and general $2,185 · fundraising $3,277

  • 17 · Travel

    total $40,603 · program services $22,979 · management and general $1,924 · fundraising $15,700

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $6,861 · management and general $6,861

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $17,562 · program services $16,262 · management and general $1,001 · fundraising $299

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMEN

    total $88,894 · program services $3,310 · management and general $85,176 · fundraising $408

  • 24b · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $5,215 · program services $5,132 · management and general $83

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,734,385 · end of year $2,856,129

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $177,359 · end of year $1,202,171

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $63,101 · end of year $53,203

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $7,940 · end of year $8,409

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

    $34,306

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

    $18,014

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $23,153 · end of year $16,292

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $129,077 · end of year $115,273

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $50,375 · end of year $13,850

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $861,236 · end of year $1,020,520

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $965,250 · end of year $2,986,561

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

"TO PROVIDE FAIR, GROUNDBREAKING NEWS COVERAGE THAT ILLUMINATES ISSUES AFFECTING MINNESOTA IMMIGRANTS & REFUGEES & TOCHRONICLE HOW THESE COMMUNITIES ARE CHANGING & REDEFINING WHAT IT MEANS TO BE AMINNESOTAN."

Activities or mission (Part I)

SAHAN JOURNAL IS AN INDEPENDENT NONPROFIT DIGITAL NEWSROOM FULLY DEDICATED TO PROVIDING AUTHENTIC NEWS REPORTING FOR AND ABOUT IMMIGRANTS AND COMMUNITIES OF COLOR IN MINNESOTA. THE ORGANIZATION AIMS TO CHRONICLE THE STRUGGLES, SUCCESSES AND TRANSFORMATIONS OF MINNESOTA'S IMMIGRANTS AND COMMUNITIES OF COLOR, WHOSE STORIES ARE OFTEN OVERLOOKED BY TRADITIONAL NEWS ORGANIZATIONS.

  • SAHAN JOURNAL PUBLISHES NEWS & INFORMATIO0N ABOUT & FOR IMMIGRANT & REFUGEE COMMUNITEES IN MINNESOTA. ON AVERAGE, 150,000 UNIQUE READERS VISIT WWW.SAHANJOURNAL.COM PER MONTH.

    Expenses $1,742,719 · Revenue $45,438

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Laura Yuen

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Fred De Sam Lazaro

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dr Nusheen Ameenuddin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tu Tong

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Hussein Farah

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mukhtar Ibrahim

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $216,186
    From this org
    $184,615
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $31,571
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $184,615
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,562
    Nontaxable benefits
    $25,009
    Filer's total
    $216,186

  • Michael Tortorello

    CHIEF GROWTH OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $114,100
    From this org
    $109,712
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,388
    Hours/week
    40

  • Sally Waterman

    DIRECTOR OF ADVERTISING AND SPONSORSHIP

    Total calculated
    $139,332
    From this org
    $121,880
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,452
    Hours/week
    40

  • Dawn Flinsch

    DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $111,607
    From this org
    $94,715
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,892
    Hours/week
    40

  • Chao Xiong

    DIRECTOR OF EDITORIAL

    Total calculated
    $101,550
    From this org
    $91,055
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,495
    Hours/week
    40

  • Mayuri Utturkar

    DIRECTOR OF OPS AND FINANCE

    Total calculated
    $89,814
    From this org
    $80,204
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,610
    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

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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
11 July 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202412119349301321

Check it against the return as filed: the GivingTuesday Data Lake hosts a public copy of the original XML.

The source document this was parsed from is served over the API, which is where bulk and document access live.