Form 990 for tax year 2025

Totals

Total revenue

$5,513,903

Total expenses

$5,355,930

Contributions and grants received

$5,488,882

Grants paid

$4,396,752

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$25,021

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$4,689,625

Total liabilities, end of year

$2,908,326

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$1,781,299

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$4,925,853

Management and general expenses

$309,594

Fundraising expenses

$120,483

Program service expenses (Part III)

$4,925,853

Program services were 92.0% 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.

Mission and programs · 2025

• THE CONSORTIUM PROVIDES GRANTS FOR PROJECTS THAT ACHIEVE THE FOLLOWING GOALS. IMPROVE THE QUANTITY AND QUALITY OF CIVIC INFORMATION IN NEW JERSEY COMMUNITIES. GIVE RESIDENTS ENHANCED ACCESS TO USEFUL GOVERNMENT DATA AND PUBLIC INFORMATION THROUGH INNOVATIVE APPLICATIONS, PLATFORMS, AND TECHNOLOGIES. TRAIN STUDENTS, PROFESSIONALS, AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN THE PRACTICE OF COMMUNITY STORYTELLING, JOURNALISM, AND MEDIA PRODUCTION. NURTURE BETTER CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND DIALOGUE INSIDE AND BETWEEN NEW JERSEY COMMUNITIES. BETTER MEET THE INFORMATION NEEDS OF LOW-INCOME COMMUNITIES AND RACIAL AND ETHNIC COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE BEEN UNDERSERVED BY THE MEDIA. INVEST IN RESEARCH AND PRACTICES THAT CAN HELP MEDIA OUTLETS BECOME MORE CLOSELY CONNECTED TO THEIR AUDIENCES AND MORE SUSTAINABLE WITHOUT GOVERNMENT SUPPORT.

  Expenses $4,925,853 · Grants $4,396,752

As filed on the 2025 return.

Listed in Part VII

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

• NEW JERSEY MONITOR

  $210,000

  TO SUPPORT A DEDICATED HEALTH CARE REPORTER, STRENGTHENING COVERAGE OF HEALTH POLICY, PUBLIC HEALTH, AND THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM ACROSS NEW JERSEY.

• NEW JERSEY URBAN NEWS

  $183,300

  TO ADDRESS NEWS DESERTS IN SOUTH JERSEY WITH PRESS FORWARD FUNDING

• HAMMONTON GAZETTE

  $173,300

  TO ADDRESS NEWS DESERTS IN SOUTH JERSEY WITH PRESS FORWARD FUNDING

• COLAB ARTS

  $160,000

  TO SUPPORT THE CONTINUED RECRUITING AND TRAINING OF DOCUMENTERS, SCHEDULING ASSIGNMENTS, PROVIDING NECESSARY RESOURCES AND SUPPORT, ENSURING CONSISTENT ATTENDANCE AND NOTE-TAKING AT PUBLIC MEETINGS, EDITING AND POSTING CONTENT, AND PROMOTING AWARENESS ABOUT THE PROGRAM. GRANT AMOUNT INCLUDES A $25,000 ADMIN FEE TO CITY BUREAU.

• NJ ALLIANCE FOR IMMIGRANT JUSTICE

  $160,000

  TO SUPPORT THE CONTINUED RECRUITING AND TRAINING OF DOCUMENTERS, SCHEDULING ASSIGNMENTS, PROVIDING NECESSARY RESOURCES AND SUPPORT, ENSURING CONSISTENT ATTENDANCE AND NOTE-TAKING AT PUBLIC MEETINGS, EDITING AND POSTING CONTENT, AND PROMOTING AWARENESS ABOUT THE PROGRAM. GRANT AMOUNT INCLUDES A $25,000 ADMIN FEE TO CITY BUREAU.

• ATLANTIC CITY FOCUS

  $150,000

  TO SUPPORT THE PRODUCTION OF THE ATLANTIC CITY FOCUS CIVIC ENGAGEMENT GUIDE, WHICH SERVES AS A COMPREHENSIVE DIRECTORY OFFERING INFORMATION ON LOCAL ELECTIONS, COMMUNITY RESOURCES, AND CIVIC LEADERSHIP.

• THE JERSEY BEE

  $133,300

  TO SUPPORT THE JERSEY BEE IN DELIVERING ACCESSIBLE, COMMUNITY-CENTERED NEWS AND INFORMATION THAT ENCOURAGES CIVIC PARTICIPATION AND REFLECTS THE NEEDS OF BIPOC AND WORKING-CLASS RESIDENTS.

• CIVIC NEWS COMPANY (CHALKBEAT)

  $130,000

  TO SUPPORT CHALKBEATS NEWARK NEWSROOM IN PROVIDING IN-DEPTH EDUCATION REPORTING THAT INFORMS FAMILIES, EDUCATORS, AND COMMUNITY LEADERS.

• FRONT RUNNER NEW JERSEY

  $123,300

  TO SUPPORT FRONT RUNNER NEW JERSEY.COM IN AMPLIFYING THE VOICES OF BLACK, LATINO, AND OTHER MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES IN SOUTH JERSEY THROUGH ORIGINAL REPORTING AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.

• CENTRAL DESI

  $120,000

  TO SUPPORT CENTRAL DESI IN ITS MISSION TO PROVIDE RELIABLE, HIGH-QUALITY JOURNALISM FOR SOUTH ASIAN COMMUNITIES IN NEW JERSEY.

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

• ROWAN UNIVERSITY

  UNIVERSITY EDUCATION · NJ

• MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY

  UNIVERSITY EDUCATION · NJ

• THE COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY

  UNIVERSITY EDUCATION · NJ

• NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

  UNIVERSITY EDUCATION · NJ

• RUTGERS THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NJ

  UNIVERSITY EDUCATION · NJ

• KEAN UNIVERSITY

  UNIVERSITY EDUCATION · NJ

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2025

Filed

28 July 2026

IRS schema version

2025v4.2

Source object

202622099349300532

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