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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by INFORMING AMERICA INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$6,587,356
Total expenses
$8,908,592
Contributions and grants received
$6,550,000
Grants paid
$5,504,301
Program service revenue
$35,271
Investment income
$2,085
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$956,990
Total liabilities, end of year
$12,395
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$944,595
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$8,498,085
Management and general expenses
$189,730
Fundraising expenses
$220,777
Program service expenses (Part III)
$8,498,085

Program services were 95.4% 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

    $6,550,000

  • 2a · Program service revenue: AD REVENUE - MEDIA PUB

    total $35,271 · unrelated business $35,271

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $2,085 · excluded $2,085

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $5,504,301 · program services $5,504,301

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $18,892 · program services $9,446 · management and general $4,723 · fundraising $4,723

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $11,700 · program services $5,850 · management and general $2,925 · fundraising $2,925

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,241,257 · program services $855,225 · management and general $177,266 · fundraising $208,766

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $43,562 · program services $43,562

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $6,303 · program services $4,090 · management and general $1,106 · fundraising $1,107

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $100,977 · program services $100,755 · management and general $222

  • 17 · Travel

    total $86,621 · program services $86,621

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $5,933 · program services $2,966 · management and general $1,484 · fundraising $1,483

  • 24a · Other expenses: MEDIA

    total $1,286,951 · program services $1,286,951

  • 24b · Other expenses: MESSAGE HOUSE

    total $543,575 · program services $543,575

  • 24c · Other expenses: VIDEOS

    total $39,368 · program services $39,368

  • 24d · Other expenses: SPEAK 4

    total $9,000 · program services $9,000

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $10,152 · program services $6,375 · management and general $2,004 · fundraising $1,773

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $792,259 · end of year $654,281

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,000,266 · end of year $302,351

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $1,500,000 · end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $358 · end of year $358

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $27,052 · end of year $12,395

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,265,831 · end of year $944,595

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

ORGANIZED FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROMOTING THE GATHERING AND DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION ABOUT IMPORTANT PUBLIC-POLICY ISSUES FACING THE US THROUGH INVESTIGATIVE, EXPLANATORY, DATA-DRIVEN AND MULTIMEDIA JOURNALISM, AND OTHER FORMS OF PUBLIC-INTEREST INFORMATION.

  • PROVIDE GRANTS TO INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISTIC ENTITIES OR OTHER ORGANIZATIONS ENGAGED IN THE SIMILAR DISSEMINATION OF PUBLIC INTEREST, ACCOUNTABILITY, AND POLICY INFORMATION.

    Expenses $5,693,578 · Grants $5,504,301

  • MAINTAIN OFF THE PRESS WEBSITE TO DISSEMINATE IMPORTANT PUBLIC-POLICY ISSUES FACING THE US.

    Expenses $2,804,507 · Revenue $35,271

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • JEFF BIRNBAUM

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $36,000
    From this org
    $36,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • STEVE HANTLER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DIANA DAVIS SPENCER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARK MEADOWS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DEBORAH MYERS

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $251,613
    From this org
    $251,613
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $251,613
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $251,613

  • PHIL WILLARD

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $84,000
    From this org
    $84,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • DAVID BLAIR

    COO

    Total calculated
    $120,144
    From this org
    $120,144
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • JOSEPH CURL

    CHIEF EDITOR

    Total calculated
    $180,000
    From this org
    $180,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $180,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $180,000

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

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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
6 July 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202311949349300936

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