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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by HACKS HACKERS.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,639,243
Total expenses
$2,831,325
Contributions and grants received
$3,578,618
Grants paid
$1,134,140
Program service revenue
$3,601
Investment income
$57,024
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$1,694,769
Total liabilities, end of year
$8,962
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,685,807
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,534,741
Management and general expenses
$290,934
Fundraising expenses
$5,650
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,534,741

Program services were 89.5% 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

    $3,578,618

  • 2a · Program service revenue: EVENT INCOME

    total $3,601 · related or exempt $3,601

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $56,301 · excluded $56,301

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $723

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $723

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $723 · excluded $723

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $1,045,752 · program services $1,045,752

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $88,388 · program services $88,388

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $658,020 · program services $513,287 · management and general $144,733

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $277,406 · program services $215,821 · management and general $58,585 · fundraising $3,000

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $3,921 · program services $3,058 · management and general $863

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $37,113 · program services $28,949 · management and general $8,164

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $76,076 · program services $59,339 · management and general $16,737

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $8,026 · program services $7,778 · management and general $248

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $7,300 · management and general $7,300

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $250,271 · program services $244,010 · management and general $6,261

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $94,636 · program services $94,636

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $24,436 · program services $22,317 · management and general $2,119

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $20,068 · program services $13,813 · management and general $6,056 · fundraising $199

  • 17 · Travel

    total $30,159 · management and general $27,708 · fundraising $2,451

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $195,660 · program services $195,660

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $11,585 · management and general $11,585

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMEN

    total $1,319 · program services $1,319

  • 24b · Other expenses: POSTAGE AND SHIPPING

    total $614 · program services $614

  • 24c · Other expenses: BANK AND VENDOR FEES

    total $575 · management and general $575

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $100,432 · end of year $2,051

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $769,379 · end of year $1,683,738

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $75,000

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $1,033

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $6,905 · end of year $8,980

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $194,934 · end of year $8,962

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year -$128,737 · end of year $814,801

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $886,552 · end of year $871,006

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE ORGANIZATION PRINCIPALLY EXISTS TO (A) OPERATE AS AN INTERNATIONAL GRASSROOTS JOURNALISM ORGANIZATION WITH DOZENS OF GROUPS (AND COUNTING) AND THOUSANDS OF MEMBERS ACROSS FOUR CONTINENTS (AND COUNTING), (B) CREATE A NETWORK OF JOURNALISTS ("HACKS") AND TECHNOLOGISTS ("HACKERS") WHO RETHINK THE FUTURE OF NEWS AND INFORMATION, (C) SPREAD KNOWLEDGE. INFORMATION AND IDEAS THROUGH LOCAL TALKS, HACKATHONS AND DEMO DAYS, (D) SOLICIT AND RECEIVE FUNDS FOR THE ACCOMPLISHMENT OF THE ABOVE PURPOSES, AND (E) PURSUE ANY OTHER PURPOSE PERMITTED TO BE PURSUED BY A CHARITY (OR, BY A PRIVATE FOUNDATION SHOULD THIS ORGANIZATION EVER BECOME A PRIVATE FOUNDATION), AS THAT TERM IS DEFINED IN 26 USC 501(A) AND (C)(3) AND ASSOCIATED REGULATIONS, AS EACH MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE AMENDED.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE MISSION OF HACKS/HACKERS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING: (CONT. ON SCH O)A. TO FOSTER, ENCOURAGE AND PROMOTE THE EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC, LITERARY, AND CHARITABLE PURPOSES OF HACKS/HACKERSB. PROMOTE PHILANTHROPY IN SUPPORT OF HACKS/HACKERSC. PROVIDE FIDUCIARY OVERSIGHT AS TO THE INVESTMENT OF ASSETS MANAGED FOR HACKS/HACKERSD. APPROVE HACKS/HACKERS' ANNUAL OPERATING BUDGETE. CREATE A NETWORK OF JOURNALISTS AND TECHNOLOGISTS WHO RETHINK THE FUTURE OF NEWS AND INFORMATION AND SPREAD KNOWLEDGE, INFORMATION AND IDEAS TO THAT NETWORKF. CREATE A DIGITAL COMMUNITY OF PEOPLE WHO SEEK TO INSPIRE EACH OTHER, SHARE INFORMATION, AND COLLABORATE TO INVENT THE FUTURE OF MEDIA AND JOURNALISMG. ENGAGE IN AND CARRY ON ANY OTHER ACTIVITY IN ANY MANNER CONNECTED WITH OR INCIDENTAL TO, OR CALCULATED TO PROMOTE, ASSIST, AID, OR ACCOMPLISH ANY OF THE AFORESAID PURPOSES.

  • NEWSQ: NEWSQ IS AN INITIATIVE OF THE TOW-KNIGHT CENTER FOR ENTREPRENEURIAL JOURNALISM AT THE CRAIG NEWMARK GRADUATE SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM AND SUPPORTED BY HACKS/HACKERS. NEWSQ SEEKS TO ELEVATE QUALITY JOURNALISM WHEN ALGORITHMS RANK AND RECOMMEND NEWS ARTICLES ONLINE. WE APPROACH THIS PROBLEM BY ENGAGING IN DESIGN THINKING ACTIVITIES IN COLLABORATION WITH TECHNOLOGY, JOURNALISM, ACADEMIA AND OTHER COMMUNITIES. THROUGH OUR PARTICIPATORY APPROACH, WE HOPE TO PROMOTE CONSTRUCTIVE STEPS TOWARDS SOLUTIONS THAT DRIVE FINANCIAL SUPPORT TOWARDS QUALITY NEWS AND AWAY FROM DISINFORMATION, AND MISINFORMATION.

    Expenses $133,054 · Grants $133,054

  • MISINFORMATION WORK: HACKS/HACKERS IS COMMITTED TO BEING A THOUGHT LEADER IN INFORMATION INTEGRITY. OUR LARGEST CURRENT PROJECT IS ON VACCINE MISINFORMATION, WHICH HAS RECEIVED SUPPORT FROM THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION. WE ALSO ENGAGE WITH THE WIKIMEDIA COMMUNITY, SUPPORTING ROBUST COLLABORATION IN MAKING ACCURATE INFORMATION FREE AND WIDELY AVAILABLE TO INTERESTED PUBLICS. IN ADDITION, WE INCUBATE PROJECTS IN AREAS SUCH AS FACT-CHECKING (NEWS DETECTIVE) AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (INCLUDING OFFERING WORKSHOPS TO TRAIN AND EDUCATE JOURNALISTS IN ITS USE).

    Expenses $2,313,353 · Grants $912,752

  • LOCAL EVENTS: HACKS/HACKERS IS ONE OF THE LEADING CONVENERS AROUND MISINFORMATION WORK IN THE WORLD COFOUNDING THE CREDIBILITY COALITION, MISINFOCON AND CREDCON, ALL INTERDISCIPLINARY ACTIVITIES THAT DRAW TOGETHER A WORLDWIDE NETWORK TO COMBAT MISINFORMATION BOTH PHYSICALLY AND VIRTUALLY. HACKS/HACKERS AND THE CREDIBILITY COALITION HAVE REGULARLY HELD 150-PERSON CREDCON AND MISINFOCON EVENTS IN CITIES AROUND THE WORLD, INCLUDING LONDON, KYIV, AUSTIN, TEXAS, WASHINGTON, D.C., CAMBRIDGE, AND SCOTLAND. PAST SPONSORS AND PARTNERS HAVE INCLUDED FACEBOOK, MICROSOFT, MOZILLA, THE KNIGHT FOUNDATION, IREX, CRAIG NEWMARK, THE JSK FELLOWSHIP AT STANFORD, THE WIKIPEDIAN COMMUNITY, AND THE NIEMAN FOUNDATION. HACKS/HACKERS EVENTS ARE DIVERSE, GRASSROOTS, OPEN CONFERENCES THAT WELCOME ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE. HACKS/HACKERS HOLDS EVENTS AROUND THE WORLD RANGING FROM PANELS, TALKS, AND "PUB NIGHTS" TO MORE ELABORATE ALL-DAY CONFERENCES AND HACKATHONS.

    Expenses $88,334 · Grants $88,334 · Revenue $3,601

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Connie Moon Sehat

    RESEARCHER-AT-LARGE

    Total calculated
    $180,437
    From this org
    $171,270
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,167
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $171,270
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,167
    Filer's total
    $180,437

  • Mark Coatney

    BUSINESS PRODUCT LEAD

    Total calculated
    $141,167
    From this org
    $132,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,167
    Hours/week
    40

  • Heather Santana

    OPERATIONS LEAD

    Total calculated
    $114,167
    From this org
    $105,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,167
    Hours/week
    40

  • Deborah L Rotman

    DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $113,500
    From this org
    $104,333
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,167
    Hours/week
    40

  • Burt Herman

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $82,500
    From this org
    $73,333
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,167
    Hours/week
    40

  • Jennifer Lee

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $26,250
    From this org
    $26,250
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Anika Gupta

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

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 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
29 October 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202423059349302027

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