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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by INDIJ PUBLIC MEDIA.

Totals

Total revenue
$4,827,647
Total expenses
$4,014,329
Contributions and grants received
$4,244,999
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$519,643
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$63,005
Total assets, end of year
$2,560,425
Total liabilities, end of year
$777,138
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,783,287
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,262,148
Management and general expenses
$1,274,582
Fundraising expenses
$477,599
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,262,148

Program services were 56.4% 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

    $4,244,999

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Program Service Fee

    total $53,128 · unrelated business $53,128 · excluded $0

  • 2b · Program service revenue: Digital Ad Revenue

    total $466,515 · unrelated business $214,400 · excluded $0

  • 11a · Other revenue: Other Revenue

    total $12,005 · related or exempt $12,005 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11b · Other revenue: Underwriting Sales

    total $51,000 · related or exempt $51,000 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $63,005

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $935,193 · program services $521,853 · management and general $279,937 · fundraising $133,403

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,637,986 · program services $917,296 · management and general $476,534 · fundraising $244,156

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $44,052 · program services $24,670 · management and general $12,816 · fundraising $6,566

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $267,769 · program services $144,389 · management and general $101,328 · fundraising $22,052

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $202,983 · program services $122,366 · management and general $49,327 · fundraising $31,290

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $12,981 · program services $0 · management and general $12,981 · fundraising $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $71,419 · program services $0 · management and general $71,419 · fundraising $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $501,257 · program services $371,541 · management and general $116,716 · fundraising $13,000

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $2,450 · program services $0 · management and general $200 · fundraising $2,250

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $28,152 · program services $10,051 · management and general $15,097 · fundraising $3,004

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $99,770 · program services $35,672 · management and general $49,792 · fundraising $14,306

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $90,000 · program services $90,000 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 17 · Travel

    total $42,059 · program services $23,408 · management and general $17,494 · fundraising $1,157

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $2,387 · program services $0 · management and general $2,293 · fundraising $94

  • 20 · Interest

    total $14,749 · program services $0 · management and general $14,749 · fundraising $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $33,173 · program services $0 · management and general $33,173 · fundraising $0

  • 24a · Other expenses: Bad Debts

    total $9,730 · program services $0 · management and general $9,730 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: Dues and Subscription

    total $2,659 · program services $902 · management and general $1,732 · fundraising $25

  • 24c · Other expenses: Bank Charges

    total $15,560 · program services $0 · management and general $9,264 · fundraising $6,296

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $453,458 · end of year $624,960

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $75,913

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $888,267 · end of year $1,931,533

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

    $16,650

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

    $12,718

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $3,932 · end of year $3,932

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $317,976 · end of year $264,684

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $273,222 · end of year $512,454

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $221,472

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $433,609 · end of year $455,093

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $175,291 · end of year $1,328,194

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

INDIJ Public Media is an independent, nonprofit, multimedia news enterprise. We reach audiences through our digital platform and as a broadcast carried via public television stations. The mission is to serve Indigenous communities with news, entertainment, and opinion.

  • Digital: The digital newsroom INDIJ produces the news site that reaches 800,000 people each month with 1.3 million pageviews. The digital newsroom is virtual with reporters and editors across the country.

    Expenses $1,340,126 · Revenue $466,515

  • Broadcast: The INDIJ Newscast with Aliyah Chavez, which is broadcasted daily by 40 public television stations across the country. The Broadcast covers Indigenous news from across the country.

    Expenses $922,022 · Revenue $53,128

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Derrick Beetso

    Board Chairman

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Natasha Affia Moore

    Board Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rhonda LeValdo

    Board Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Holly Cook Macarro

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jeanne Givens

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jessica Skye Paul

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jourdan Bennett-Begaye

    Managing Editor

    Total calculated
    $114,259
    From this org
    $100,120
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,139
    Hours/week
    40

  • Karen Michel

    CEO/President/Board Member

    Total calculated
    $161,123
    From this org
    $152,048
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,075
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $152,048
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,082
    Nontaxable benefits
    $2,993
    Filer's total
    $161,123

  • Mark Trahant

    Managing Innovator

    Total calculated
    $168,731
    From this org
    $144,223
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,508
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $144,223
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,058
    Nontaxable benefits
    $18,450
    Filer's total
    $168,731

  • William Roberts

    Development Director

    Total calculated
    $128,924
    From this org
    $107,483
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,441
    Hours/week
    40

  • Little Sky Vasquez

    Chief Operating Officer

    Total calculated
    $131,231
    From this org
    $115,385
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,846
    Hours/week
    40

  • Heather Donovan

    Sr Director of Revenue

    Total calculated
    $230,926
    From this org
    $211,245
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,681
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $131,305
    Bonus
    $79,940
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,450
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,231
    Filer's total
    $230,926

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 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 3 · Written employment contract

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
5 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202533219349328288

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