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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by STUDENT PRESS LAW CENTER INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$714,821
Total expenses
$1,112,980
Contributions and grants received
$460,691
Grants paid
$3,000
Program service revenue
$394
Investment income
$253,736
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$3,891,648
Total liabilities, end of year
$59,202
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$3,832,446
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$682,278
Management and general expenses
$281,284
Fundraising expenses
$149,418
Program service expenses (Part III)
$682,278

Program services were 61.3% 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.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $1,300

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $459,391

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PUBLICATIONS

    total $378 · related or exempt $378

  • 2b · Program service revenue: PRODUCT SALES

    total $16 · related or exempt $16

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $99,824 · excluded $99,824

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $326,486

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

    securities $172,574

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $153,912

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $153,912 · excluded $153,912

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $3,000 · program services $3,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $206,269 · program services $138,344 · management and general $45,426 · fundraising $22,499

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $469,842 · program services $315,121 · management and general $103,471 · fundraising $51,250

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $11,993 · program services $8,044 · management and general $2,641 · fundraising $1,308

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $51,652 · program services $34,643 · management and general $11,375 · fundraising $5,634

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $49,758 · program services $33,372 · management and general $10,959 · fundraising $5,427

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $13,592 · management and general $13,592

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $46,875 · management and general $46,875

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $22,500 · fundraising $22,500

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $11,407 · management and general $11,407

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $82,745 · program services $62,398 · management and general $11,008 · fundraising $9,339

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $33,286 · program services $15,358 · management and general $3,158 · fundraising $14,770

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $2,371 · program services $1,590 · management and general $522 · fundraising $259

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $48,300 · program services $32,395 · management and general $10,637 · fundraising $5,268

  • 17 · Travel

    total $37,241 · program services $27,116 · management and general $6,771 · fundraising $3,354

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $1,840 · program services $1,234 · management and general $405 · fundraising $201

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $10,148 · program services $6,806 · management and general $2,235 · fundraising $1,107

  • 24a · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $8,808 · program services $1,935 · management and general $514 · fundraising $6,359

  • 24b · Other expenses: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMEN

    total $1,243 · program services $848 · management and general $264 · fundraising $131

  • 24c · Other expenses: PUBLICATION

    total $110 · program services $74 · management and general $24 · fundraising $12

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $493,466 · end of year $113,884

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $130,519 · end of year $469,388

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $398,128 · end of year $200,000

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $1,819 · end of year $1,709

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $8,577 · end of year $8,671

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

    $17,412

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

    $14,844

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $2,803 · end of year $2,568

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $4,062,993 · end of year $3,095,428

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $55,068 · end of year $59,202

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $305,244 · end of year $303,367

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $4,737,993 · end of year $3,529,079

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

ADVOCATES FOR STUDENT FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS, FOR FREEDOM OF ONLINE SPEECH, AND FOR OPEN GOVERNMENT ON CAMPUS. THE SPLC PROVIDES INFORMATION, TRAINING AND LEGAL ASSISTANCE AT NO CHARGE TO STUDENT JOURNALISTS AND THE EDUCATORS WHO WORK WITH THEM.

Activities or mission (Part I)

SUPPORTS AND DEFENDS STUDENT FREE PRESS RIGHTS AND PROVIDES EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES AND TRAINING.

  • THE STUDENT PRESS LAW CENTER (SPLC) IS THE NATION'S ONLY LEGAL ASSISTANCE AGENCY DEVOTED EXCLUSIVELY TO EDUCATING HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE JOURNALISTS ABOUT THE RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES EMBODIED IN THE FIRST AMENDMENT, AND SUPPORTING THE STUDENT NEWS MEDIA IN THEIR STRUGGLE TO COVER IMPORTANT ISSUES FREE FROM CENSORSHIP. IN ADDITION, SPLC OPERATES A FORMAL ATTORNEY REFERRAL NETWORK OF MORE THAN 200 LAWYERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY WHO ARE AVAILABLE TO PROVIDE FREE LEGAL REPRESENTATION TO LOCAL STUDENTS WHEN NECESSARY. APPROXIMATELY 2,000 STUDENT JOURNALISTS, TEACHERS AND OTHERS FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY CONTACT THE SPLC FOR ASSISTANCE AND SUPPORT ANNUALLY.

    Expenses $682,278 · Grants $3,000 · Revenue $394

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Hadar Harris

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $206,269
    From this org
    $180,742
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,527
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $180,742
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,790
    Nontaxable benefits
    $19,737
    Filer's total
    $206,269

  • Jane McDonnell

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Logan Aimone

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Amy Sanders

    SECRETARY UNTIL DEC. 2022

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Matthew Cate Director Then

    ACTING SECRETARY AS OF DEC. 2022

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kelly Furnas

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Angela Buonocore

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tracy Schmaler

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lynette Clemetson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Steven Holmes

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ava Lubell

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Andrea Valdez

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Pratika Katiyar

    DIRECTOR AS OF MAR. 2022

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michael Bolden

    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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
16 October 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202312909349300821

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