Totals
- Total revenue
- $227,692
- Total expenses
- $271,317
- Contributions and grants received
- $227,692
- Grants paid
- $268,567
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $0
- Other revenue
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $5,000
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $0
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $5,000
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $271,067
- Management and general expenses
- $250
- Fundraising expenses
- $0
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $271,067
Program services were 99.9% 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
$227,692
-
3 · Investment income
total $0
-
4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds
total $0
-
5 · Royalties
total $0
-
6d · Net rental income or loss
total $0
-
7d · Net gain or loss
total $0
-
8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $0
-
9c · Net income from gaming
total $0
-
10c · Net income from sales of inventory
total $0
-
11e · Other revenue, total
$0
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
-
1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $268,567 · program services $268,567
-
2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $0
-
3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals
total $0
-
4 · Benefits paid to or for members
total $0
-
5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $0
-
6 · Compensation of disqualified persons
total $0
-
7 · Other salaries and wages
total $0
-
8 · Pension plan contributions
total $0
-
9 · Other employee benefits
total $0
-
10 · Payroll taxes
total $0
-
11a · Fees: management
total $0
-
11b · Fees: legal
total $0
-
11c · Fees: accounting
total $0
-
11d · Fees: lobbying
total $0
-
11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $0
-
11f · Fees: investment management
total $0
-
11g · Fees: other
total $0
-
12 · Advertising and promotion
total $0
-
13 · Office expenses
total $0
-
14 · Information technology
total $0
-
15 · Royalties
total $0
-
16 · Occupancy
total $0
-
17 · Travel
total $0
-
18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials
total $0
-
19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $0
-
20 · Interest
total $0
-
21 · Payments to affiliates
total $0
-
22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $0
-
23 · Insurance
total $0
-
24a · Other expenses: Dues and Subscriptions
total $2,500 · program services $2,500
-
24b · Other expenses: Bank Charges
total $250 · management and general $250
-
24e · All other expenses
total $0
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $56,317 · end of year $5,000
-
2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
end of year $0
-
3 · Pledges and grants receivable
end of year $0
-
4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year -$7,692 · end of year $0
-
5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people
end of year $0
-
6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons
end of year $0
-
7 · Other notes and loans receivable
end of year $0
-
8 · Inventories for sale or use
end of year $0
-
9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
end of year $0
-
10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$29,000
-
10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$29,000
-
10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
end of year $0
-
11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
end of year $0
-
12 · Investments: other securities
end of year $0
-
13 · Investments: program-related
end of year $0
-
14 · Intangible assets
end of year $0
-
15 · Other assets
end of year $0
-
27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $48,625 · end of year $5,000
Mission and programs · 2025
Mission
THE MARKUP IS A NONPROFIT NEWSROOM THAT CHALLENGES TECHNOLOGY TO SERVE THE PUBLIC GOOD. THE MARKUP UTILIZES AN UNPARALLELED ROSTER OF ENGINEERS AND JOURNALISTS WHO PURSUE MEANINGFUL, DATA-DRIVEN INVESTIGATIONS AND DEVELOP DIGITAL TOOLS.
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EDITORIAL & GRAPHICS - THE MARKUP PUBLISHED INVESTIGATIONS, REPORTS, AND GUIDES THAT REVEALED HARMS CAUSED BY TECHNOLOGY AND HOW PEOPLE USE IT. THEIR JOURNALISM WAS ACTIONABLE AND DROVE REAL-WORLD IMPACT. THEY EXPOSED AND OUTLAWED DIGITAL DISCRIMINATION WITH THE HELP OF READERS. THEY LAUNCHED LANGUAGES OF MISINFORMATION SERIES, ABOUT THE INFORMATION NEEDS AND STRUGGLES OF VIETNAMESE IMMIGRANT ENCLAVES, WHICH WON AN AAJA JOURNALISM OF EXCELLENCE AWARD FOR WORKING DIRECTLY WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS, BRIDGED GENERATIONAL GAPS, AND TAUGHT PRACTICAL WORKSHOPS. IN PARALLEL WITH THEIR REPORTING WORK, THEY CREATED DIGITAL TOOLS THAT ALLOWED READERS TO REPORT WITH THEM.
Expenses $271,067
-
PRODUCT & TECHNOLOGY - THE MARKUP STARTED WITH A COMPREHENSIVE REDESIGN OF THE HOMEPAGE, ACCOMPANIED BY THE CREATION OF NEW CMS FEATURES TO SUPPORT THE STRUCTURE OF THE NEW HOMEPAGE AND MAKE IT EASY FOR EDITORS TO CHANGE IT EXTENSIVELY IF NEEDED. THEY MADE EXTENSIVE FEATURE UPDATES TO THEIR PREMIERE TOOL BLACKLIGHT. THEY UTILIZED SUMMER INTERNS TO HELP MANAGE THE WORKLOAD AND THE END RESULT IS A PLETHORA OF NEW FEATURES INCLUDING THE ABILITY TO "SPOOF" SITE SCANS FROM GERMANY, SCAN AS A DESKTOP BROWSER IN ADDITION TO A MOBILE BROWSER, BYPASS CACHE OF ALREADY SCANNED SITES, AND A HOST OF PERFORMANCE UPGRADES.
-
AUDIENCE - IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE LAUNCH OF THEIR WEBSITE REDESIGN, THE MARKUP CONTINUED TO GROW THE OVERALL BRAND IMPACT. THEIR WORK WAS REPUBLISHED ACROSS OTHER NEWS NETWORKS 1,223 TIMES AND LOCALIZED BY OTHER NEWSROOMS 8 TIMES. THEIR TOOLS CONTINUE TO HAVE IMPACT WITH THEIR AUDIENCE AS WELL: OVER 13 MILLION PEOPLE HAVE USED THE BLACKLIGHT TOOL. THEY WERE ALSO RECOGNIZED BY LEADERS IN THE INDUSTRY. THEY WON 18 INDUSTRY AWARDS, INCLUDING SEVERAL FROM SOCIETY FOR NEWS DESIGN, SIGMA, SCRIPPS HOWARD, NATIONAL PRESS CLUB, AND THE ONLINE JOURNALISM ASSOCIATION.
As filed on the 2025 return.
Listed in Part VII
-
John Boland
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Hema Sareen Mohan
Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Leo Wolinsky
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Neil Chase
CEO
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40 + 40 related
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.
Grants on this return
-
$260,875
funding to support operations
Related organizations on this return
Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.
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501(c)(3) · improve democracy · CA
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2025
- Filed
- 18 August 2026
- IRS schema version
- 2025v4.1
- Source object
- 202642309349302909
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