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← SOLUTIONS JOURNALISM NETWORK INC

Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by SOLUTIONS JOURNALISM NETWORK INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$8,110,721
Total expenses
$10,318,567
Contributions and grants received
$7,770,743
Grants paid
$2,427,444
Program service revenue
$274,460
Investment income
$58,743
Other revenue
$6,775
Total assets, end of year
$12,663,318
Total liabilities, end of year
$784,377
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$11,878,941
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$9,391,733
Management and general expenses
$647,884
Fundraising expenses
$278,950
Program service expenses (Part III)
$9,391,733

Program services were 91.0% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $18,676

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $7,752,067

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM TRAINING

    total $274,460 · related or exempt $274,460

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $58,743 · excluded $58,743

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $18,676

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $0

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER REVENUE

    total $6,775 · related or exempt $6,775

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $6,775

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $1,945,944 · program services $1,945,944

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $161,500 · program services $161,500

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $320,000 · program services $320,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $1,111,182 · program services $951,552 · management and general $88,668 · fundraising $70,962

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $3,104,801 · program services $2,838,200 · management and general $131,049 · fundraising $135,552

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $378,309 · program services $337,138 · management and general $22,612 · fundraising $18,559

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $336,595 · program services $299,963 · management and general $20,119 · fundraising $16,513

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $8,542 · program services $3,752 · management and general $4,790

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $58,401 · program services $4,166 · management and general $54,235

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,690,839 · program services $1,487,813 · management and general $193,835 · fundraising $9,191

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $141,441 · program services $104,184 · management and general $32,886 · fundraising $4,371

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $326,027 · program services $296,798 · management and general $29,203 · fundraising $26

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $91,725 · program services $84,570 · management and general $7,155

  • 17 · Travel

    total $432,100 · program services $366,640 · management and general $42,867 · fundraising $22,593

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $52,041 · program services $51,165 · management and general $876

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $108,695 · program services $100,217 · management and general $8,478

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $25,615 · program services $23,617 · management and general $1,998

  • 24a · Other expenses: SUBSCRIPTIONS LICENSES

    total $18,466 · program services $10,131 · management and general $7,305 · fundraising $1,030

  • 24b · Other expenses: OTHER EXPENSES

    total $6,344 · program services $4,383 · management and general $1,808 · fundraising $153

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,402,002 · end of year $1,376,653

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $5,646,628 · end of year $5,806,415

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $4,868,268 · end of year $5,002,196

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $64,020 · end of year $125,238

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $2,628,984 · end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $207,762 · end of year $352,816

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $139,371 · end of year $399,410

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $794,840 · end of year $384,967

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $4,760,938 · end of year $3,924,273

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $9,122,515 · end of year $7,954,668

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

DEFINE, LEGITIMIZE AND SPREAD "SOLUTIONS JOURNALISM" - RIGOROUS, UNBIASED REPORTING ABOUT CREDIBLE RESPONSES TO SOCIAL PROBLEMS BY ESTABLISHING SOLUTIONS JOURNALISM AS A CORE FUNCTION IN JOURNALISM, CONFORMING TO THE HIGHEST STANDARDS OF INDEPENDENCE AND ACCURACY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

DEFINE AND SPREAD SOLUTIONS JOURNALISM-REPORTING ABOUT CREDIBLE RESPONSES TO SOCIAL PROBLEMS.

  • PRACTICE CHANGE - SEE SCHEDULE OTHE ORGANIZATION LEVERAGES ITS CURRICULUM AND NETWORK TO CATALYZE AND SUSTAIN THE PRACTICE OF SOLUTIONS JOURNALISM IN NEWS ORGANIZATIONS, JOURNALISM SCHOOLS AND WITH INDIVIDUAL JOURNALISTS AROUND THE WORLD. THE ORGANIZATION CULTIVATES RELATIONSHIPS WITH INDIVIDUAL OUTLETS OR WITH GROUPS OF OUTLETS, OFTEN RESULTING IN HIGH-IMPACT SOLUTIONS-FOCUSED REPORTING PROJECTS. THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDES TRAININGS, WEBINARS, AND RESEARCH AND EDITORIAL CONSULTING SUPPORT TO REPORTERS, PRODUCERS, AND EDITORS. IN SOME CASES, THE ORGANIZATION OFFERS MODEST FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR REPORTER TIME AND TRAVEL, AUDIENCE ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES OR OTHER HIGH-VALUE ACTIVITIES IN THE FORM OF SUBGRANTS. IN CERTAIN SPECIAL RELATIONSHIPS -- CASES THAT PROMISE TO GENERATE GREAT VISIBILITY, IMPACT, AND LEARNING -- THE ORGANIZATION INVESTS IN LONGER-TERM, HIGHER-IMPACT NEWSROOM PROJECTS. THE ORGANIZATION COMPLEMENTS ITS DIRECT SERVICE WORK WITH NEWS ORGANIZATIONS BY NETWORK MECHANISMS THAT SEEK TO ADVANCE THE ADOPTION OF THE SOLUTIONS APPROACH BY INDIVIDUAL JOURNALISTS, JOURNALISM SCHOOLS, AND NEWSROOMS, INCLUDING THROUGH WEBINARS, ONLINE AND IN-PERSON COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE, TRAIN THE TRAINERS PROGRAMS, AND ONLINE RESOURCES. SINCE ITS FOUNDING, SJN HAS TRAINED OVER 500 NEWSROOMS AND 20,000 JOURNALISTS IN THE PRACTICE OF SOLUTIONS JOURNALISM.

    Expenses $8,584,852 · Grants $2,427,444 · Revenue $281,235

  • KNOWLEDGE DISSEMINATION - - SEE SCHEDULE OTHE ORGANIZATION GROWS AND MANAGES THE SOLUTIONS STORY TRACKER, A CURATED DATABASE OF SOLUTIONS JOURNALISM STORIES THAT HAVE BEEN REVIEWED, EVALUATED AND TAGGED BY A TEAM OF SOLUTIONS SPECIALISTS. SEARCHABLE BY ISSUE, LOCATION, AUTHOR, NEWSROOM AND STRATEGIC INSIGHTS, THIS DATABASE GREW IN 2021 TO INCLUDE MORE THAN 13,000 STORIES BY 6,000 JOURNALISTS ABOUT RESPONSES TO PROBLEMS IN 187 COUNTRIES. THE ORGANIZATION ALSO SUPPORTS UNIVERSITY FACULTY IN DEVELOPING AND SHARING TEACHING MATERIALS BASED ON SOLUTIONS JOURNALISM STORIES IN A RANGE OF DISCIPLINES, AS WELL AS CONNECTING JOURNALISTS TO THESE EDUCATORS AND BRINGING THE FORMER TO CLASSROOMS TO SHARE THEIR WORK. SINCE THE FALL OF 2020, THE ORGANIZATION HAS HOSTED 46 SESSIONS FOR OVER 1,300 HIGH SCHOOL, COLLEGE AND GRADUATE STUDENTS.

    Expenses $806,881

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • DAVID N BORNSTEIN

    CEO/CO-FOUNDER

    Total calculated
    $237,650
    From this org
    $223,627
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,023
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $223,627
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,023
    Filer's total
    $237,650

  • TINA ROSENBERG VARENIK

    SECRETARY/CO-FOUNDER

    Total calculated
    $193,312
    From this org
    $193,047
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $265
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $193,047
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $265
    Filer's total
    $193,312

  • COURTNEY MARTIN

    BOARD MEMBER/CO-FOUNDER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • DEAN FURBUSH

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • DAVID BOARDMAN

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • BARNABY MARSH

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • TRABIAN SHORTERS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • MORGAN DIXON

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • MARSHA COOKE

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • RON NIXON

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • MAURISSE JOHNSON

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $191,192
    From this org
    $190,648
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $544
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $190,648
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $544
    Filer's total
    $191,192

  • SAMANTHA MCCANN

    CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $172,046
    From this org
    $171,894
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $152
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $171,894
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $152
    Filer's total
    $172,046

  • SARA CATANIA

    CHIEF PROGRAM OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $155,792
    From this org
    $155,792
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $155,792
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $155,792

  • ELIZABETH ANN SHARE

    CHIEF OF STRATEGIC RELATIONS

    Total calculated
    $191,781
    From this org
    $176,176
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,605
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $176,176
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,605
    Filer's total
    $191,781

  • CAROLYN ROBINSON

    BROADCAST DIRECTOR AND MIDWEST

    Total calculated
    $108,618
    From this org
    $108,540
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $78
    Hours/week
    40

  • LINDA SHAW

    DIRECTOR OF BEACONS AND ADVANCED PRACTICE

    Total calculated
    $117,792
    From this org
    $112,079
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,713
    Hours/week
    40

  • MARIA ELISA GROSS

    SENIOR ADVISER COLLABORATIVES

    Total calculated
    $117,368
    From this org
    $116,893
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $475
    Hours/week
    40

  • FARA WARNER

    DIRECTOR OF CLIMATE

    Total calculated
    $139,206
    From this org
    $139,206
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • JEFFERSON CUEVAS

    CONTROLLER

    Total calculated
    $116,908
    From this org
    $116,274
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $634
    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 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 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

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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
9 November 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202303149349301660

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