Totals
- Total revenue
- $4,581,747
- Total expenses
- $3,798,094
- Contributions and grants received
- $4,429,255
- Grants paid
- $2,577,239
- Program service revenue
- $53,703
- Investment income
- $93,222
- Other revenue
- $5,567
- Total assets, end of year
- $6,396,418
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $86,344
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $6,310,074
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $3,404,128
- Management and general expenses
- $299,369
- Fundraising expenses
- $94,597
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $3,404,128
Program services were 89.6% 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.
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$4,429,255
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1g · Noncash contributions included above
$122,867
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2a · Program service revenue: Membership Dues
total $53,703 · related or exempt $53,703
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3 · Investment income
total $93,222 · excluded $93,222
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $0
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11a · Other revenue: Miscellaneous
total $5,567 · related or exempt $5,567
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11e · Other revenue, total
$5,567
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $2,577,239 · program services $2,577,239
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $181,107 · program services $105,893 · management and general $49,384 · fundraising $25,830
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $316,505 · program services $237,923 · management and general $63,549 · fundraising $15,033
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $15,691 · program services $10,607 · management and general $3,809 · fundraising $1,275
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $33,459 · program services $10,809 · management and general $21,583 · fundraising $1,067
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $41,720 · program services $27,988 · management and general $10,340 · fundraising $3,392
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $44,900 · management and general $44,900
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11g · Fees: other
total $543,043 · program services $419,677 · management and general $75,366 · fundraising $48,000
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $2,695 · management and general $2,695
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13 · Office expenses
total $21,097 · program services $11,147 · management and general $9,950
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17 · Travel
total $16,437 · program services $2,845 · management and general $13,592
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $1,535 · management and general $1,535
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23 · Insurance
total $2,666 · management and general $2,666
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $2,636,920 · end of year $528,952
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $1,516,146 · end of year $4,014,310
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4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $1,555,100 · end of year $864,000
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $1,042 · end of year $2,273
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
end of year $986,883
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $85,741 · end of year $86,344
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $896,526 · end of year $1,508,155
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $4,726,941 · end of year $4,801,919
Mission and programs · 2025
Mission
We provide the tools, resources and commonwealth of knowledge to help people build sustainable news organizations that reflect and serve their communities. We support voices historically excluded from media and media ownership.
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In 2025, Tiny News Collective supported a growing number of small and early-stage media entrepreneurs with coaching, infrastructure and shared services. Primary programs focused on fiscal sponsorship to members and clients, and member services, tech support and consulting to new and existing members, as well as monthly collective calls, workshops and open office hours. TNC worked on research and development projects related to advertising and a data/metrics program specifically for small and early stage news media entrepreneurs.
Expenses $3,404,128 · Grants $2,577,239 · Revenue $53,703
As filed on the 2025 return.
Listed in Part VII
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Amy Kovac Ashley
Executive Director
- Total calculated
- $186,539
- From this org
- $181,106
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $5,433
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us · ignoring case and punctuation
- Base
- $181,106
- Bonus
- not reported
- Other
- not reported
- Deferred
- $5,433
- Nontaxable benefits
- not reported
- Filer's total
- $186,539
-
Erica Beshears Perel
Business Operations Director
- Total calculated
- $122,197
- From this org
- $118,638
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $3,559
- Hours/week
- 40
-
Jillian Bauer-Reese
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Kara Meyberg Guzman
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Lillian Ruiz
Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Tyler Fisher
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Amy Austin
Director
- 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. 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
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Silver News LLC
$231,531
Support for Journalism Projects
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The New Jersey Center for Nonprofit
$200,549
Support for Journalism Projects
-
The Triibe Inc
$150,955
Support for Journalism Projects
-
AC Joseph Media
$142,015
Support for Journalism Projects
-
Atlantic City Focus
$140,111
Support for Journalism Projects
-
$128,847
Support for Journalism Projects
-
Five Wards Media
$114,424
Support for Journalism Projects
-
The Optimist LLC
$103,660
Support for Journalism Projects
-
AB&C Bilingual Resources LLC
$94,532
Support for Journalism Projects
-
$94,458
Support for Journalism Projects
The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2025
- Filed
- 4 August 2026
- IRS schema version
- 2025v4.2
- Source object
- 202632189349301508
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