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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by ALTERNATIVE NEWSWEEKLY FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$5,467,227
Total expenses
$6,060,414
Contributions and grants received
$5,208,899
Grants paid
$4,654,874
Program service revenue
$258,328
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$1,428,426
Total liabilities, end of year
$79,833
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,348,593
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$5,841,601
Management and general expenses
$175,749
Fundraising expenses
$43,064
Program service expenses (Part III)
$5,841,601

Program services were 96.4% 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

    $5,208,899

  • 2a · Program service revenue: FISCAL SPONSORSHIP

    total $258,328 · related or exempt $258,328

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $4,554,874 · program services $4,554,874

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $100,000 · program services $100,000

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $258,600 · program services $258,600

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $298 · management and general $298

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $80,922 · management and general $80,922

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $3,926 · program services $3,267 · management and general $659

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $43,064 · fundraising $43,064

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $6,314 · management and general $6,314

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $377,692 · program services $377,692

  • 17 · Travel

    total $5,161 · management and general $5,161

  • 24a · Other expenses: CONTENT PRODUCTION

    total $278,879 · program services $278,879

  • 24b · Other expenses: PROJECT SPONSORSHIP

    total $258,113 · program services $258,113

  • 24c · Other expenses: CONSULTING

    total $79,207 · management and general $79,207

  • 24d · Other expenses: MEALS

    total $8,072 · program services $8,072

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $5,292 · program services $2,104 · management and general $3,188

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,340,932 · end of year $668,297

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

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

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $700,000 · end of year $725,000

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $30,000

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $861 · end of year $864

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $104,278 · end of year $79,833

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $49,501 · end of year $98,435

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,892,279 · end of year $1,250,158

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE ALTERNATIVE NEWSWEEKLY FOUNDATION IS DEDICATED TO THE PROMOTION AND SUPPORT OF INDEPENDENT JOURNALISM.ANF SERVES AS A FISCAL SPONSOR TO ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE BUILDING AND SUSTAINING NEWS AND INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE ACROSS THE COUNTRY. AS PART OF ITS AFFILIATION WITH AAN PUBLISHERS (AAN.ORG), ANF SUPPORTS THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF JOURNALISTS AND CONNECTS YOUNG JOURNALISTS WITH MENTORS. ANF WORKS SIDE BY SIDE WITH AAN TO SUPPORT THE CORE PRINCIPLES OF THE ALTERNATIVE PRESS: SPEAKING TRUTH TO POWER, TELLING STORIES THAT WOULD OTHERWISE GO UNTOLD, AND GIVING VOICE TO THOSE WHO WOULD OTHERWISE GO UNHEARD.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE ALTERNATIVE NEWSWEEKLY FOUNDATION IS DEDICATED TO THE PROMOTION OF INDEPENDENT JOURNALISM.

  • FELN: FUND FOR EQUITY IN LOCAL NEWS, A FISCALLY SPONSORED PROJECT OF ANF, RECEIVED GRANT FUNDING FROM GOOGLE NEWS INITIATIVE TO PRODUCE THE TRANSFORMATION TECH LAB SERIES, WHICH DELIVERED TRAINING AND GRANT FUNDING TO 240 NEWS OUTLETS OVER A TWO-YEAR PERIOD (JUNE 2023-DEC 2024).

    Expenses $4,846,015 · Grants $4,040,000 · Revenue $165,000

  • COAZ: CONECTA ARIZONA, A FISCALLY SPONSORED PROJECT OF ANF, IS AN INDEPENDENT NEWS ORGANIZATION THAT USES GRANT FUNDING AND SMALL DONATIONS TO PRODUCE A NEWS WEBSITE, NEWS PODCASTS, AND NEWS EVENTS IN ARIZONA. GRANT FUNDING PERIODS ARE SPREAD OVER MULTIPLE YEARS. COAZ HAS NOT YET SPENT ALL OF ITS GRANT FUNDING.

    Expenses $245,386 · Grants $42,493 · Revenue $42,090

  • CNWM: CHICAGO NEWS WEEKLY MEDIA, A FISCALLY SPONSORED PROJECT OF ANF, IS AN INDEPENDENT NEWS ORGANIZATION THAT USES GRANT FUNDING AND SMALL DONATIONS TO SUPPLEMENT ITS REVENUE FOR PRODUCING A NEWS WEBSITE, PODCASTS AND OTHER INFORMATION, AND FOR TRAINING ASPIRING JOURNALISTS IN THE CHICAGO AREA.

    Expenses $187,500 · Grants $174,375 · Revenue $13,125

  • Expenses $562,700 · Grants $398,006 · Revenue $38,113

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Blair Barna

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Ron Burke

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Evelyn Castro

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jason Pramas

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Jimmy Boegle

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Justin Rushing

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Ellen J Meany

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND SEC

    Total calculated
    $20,188
    From this org
    $20,188
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Graham Jarret

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • George Thurlow

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Kevin Goldberg

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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

  • AB&C BILINGUAL RESOURCES LLC

    $0

    TRANSFORMATION TECH PARTICIPANT

  • ADAMS STREET PUBLISHING CO

    $0

    TRANSFORMATION TECH PARTICIPANT

  • AFRO AMERICAN CO OF BALTIMORE CITY

    $0

    TRANSFORMATION TECH PARTICIPANT

  • AL DIA EN AMERICA LLC

    $0

    TRANSFORMATION TECH PARTICIPANT

  • ALIANZA METROPOLIAN NEWS LLC

    $0

    TRANSFORMATION TECH PARTICIPANT

  • AMERICAN PUBLISHING CORPORATION

    $0

    TRANSFORMATION TECH PARTICIPANT

  • ARIZONA INFORMANT NEWSPAPER

    $0

    TRANSFORMATION TECH PARTICIPANT

  • ARKANSAS TIMES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

    $0

    PROJECT FUFILLMENT AND TRANSFORMATION TECH PARTICIPANT

  • ATLANTA INQUIRER

    $0

    TRANSFORMATION TECH PARTICIPANT

  • AUSTIN CHRONICLE CORPORATION

    $0

    TRANSFORMATION TECH PARTICIPANT

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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
20 February 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202540519349301539

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