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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by SAHAN JOURNAL.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,753,535
Total expenses
$2,870,128
Contributions and grants received
$1,324,602
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$424,725
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$4,208
Total assets, end of year
$3,031,285
Total liabilities, end of year
$140,797
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,890,488
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,087,964
Management and general expenses
$287,952
Fundraising expenses
$494,212
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,087,964

Program services were 72.7% 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

    $1,324,602

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Advertising

    total $388,116 · unrelated business $388,116

  • 2b · Program service revenue: Content licensing

    total $36,609 · related or exempt $36,609

  • 11a · Other revenue: Miscelleanous income

    total $4,208 · related or exempt $4,208

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $4,208

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $839,264 · program services $658,475 · management and general $41,772 · fundraising $139,017

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,126,801 · program services $887,003 · management and general $56,325 · fundraising $183,473

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $59,003 · program services $46,447 · management and general $2,949 · fundraising $9,607

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $77,052 · program services $57,282 · management and general $3,574 · fundraising $16,196

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $144,282 · program services $113,814 · management and general $7,192 · fundraising $23,276

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $4,840 · management and general $4,840

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $59,760 · program services $9,553 · management and general $50,207

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $87,151 · program services $25,770 · management and general $637 · fundraising $60,744

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $52,280 · program services $11,512 · management and general $5,613 · fundraising $35,155

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $2,723 · program services $161 · management and general $825 · fundraising $1,737

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $60,084 · program services $57,470 · management and general $1,319 · fundraising $1,295

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $43,511 · program services $35,575 · management and general $4,386 · fundraising $3,550

  • 17 · Travel

    total $24,978 · program services $14,055 · management and general $1,576 · fundraising $9,347

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $19,311 · program services $15,717 · management and general $2,845 · fundraising $749

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $16,292 · management and general $16,292

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $20,353 · program services $15,663 · management and general $3,952 · fundraising $738

  • 24a · Other expenses: Newroom expense

    total $119,482 · program services $119,482 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: Professional developmen

    total $78,110 · program services $943 · management and general $77,167

  • 24c · Other expenses: Dues and subscriptions

    total $20,825 · program services $16,526 · management and general $4,110 · fundraising $189

  • 24d · Other expenses: Bank/credit card fees

    total $13,589 · program services $2,435 · management and general $2,015 · fundraising $9,139

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $437 · program services $81 · management and general $356

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $2,856,129 · end of year $2,217,109

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $1,202,171 · end of year $762,798

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $53,203 · end of year $42,024

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $8,409 · end of year $9,354

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

    $34,306

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

    $34,306

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $16,292 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $115,273 · end of year $122,322

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $13,850 · end of year $18,475

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,020,520 · end of year $1,335,027

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,986,561 · end of year $1,555,461

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

Sahan Journal provides immigrants and communities of color with free, fair, and responsive journalism that shows everyone the way to a more equitable Minnesota.

  • Sahan Journal published more than 700 news stories about Minnesota's immigrants and communities of color, attracting more than 1 million readers on our website, 2.1 million Instagram views, 11,000-plus newsletter subscribers, and large audiences through news partnerships and other distribution channels.

    Expenses $2,087,964 · Revenue $40,817

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Laura Yuen

    Board Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Fred de Sam Lazaro

    Board member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Nusheen Ameenuddi

    Board member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Nancy Cassutt Ison

    Board member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Eva McLarty

    Board member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mukhtar Ibrahim

    Publisher and CEO 1/1-9/3/24

    Total calculated
    $198,984
    From this org
    $175,586
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,398
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $135,586
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $40,000
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $23,398
    Filer's total
    $198,984

  • Gokulavanan Murugesan

    Executive Director 9/3/24- present

    Total calculated
    $59,808
    From this org
    $59,808
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Michael Tortorello

    Chief Growth Officer

    Total calculated
    $113,173
    From this org
    $113,173
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Chao Xiong

    Director of Editorial

    Total calculated
    $105,926
    From this org
    $97,740
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,186
    Hours/week
    40

  • Sally Waterman

    Director of Advertising and Sponsorship

    Total calculated
    $140,910
    From this org
    $121,899
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,011
    Hours/week
    40

  • Dawn Flinsch

    Director of Development

    Total calculated
    $118,236
    From this org
    $91,687
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $26,549
    Hours/week
    40

  • Mayuri Utturkar

    Director of Operations and Finance

    Total calculated
    $102,224
    From this org
    $91,315
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,909
    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

  • 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
2024
Filed
22 May 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.1
Source object
202531639349301423

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