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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by INDIJ PUBLIC MEDIA.

Totals

Total revenue
$4,105,741
Total expenses
$4,472,262
Contributions and grants received
$3,614,026
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$408,191
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$83,524
Total assets, end of year
$1,421,570
Total liabilities, end of year
$812,670
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$608,900
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,601,318
Management and general expenses
$1,011,168
Fundraising expenses
$859,776
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,601,318

Program services were 58.2% 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

    $3,614,026

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Program Service Fee

    total $32,656 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2b · Program service revenue: Digital Ad Revenue

    total $375,535 · unrelated business $215,274 · excluded $0

  • 11a · Other revenue: Other Revenue

    total $23,193 · related or exempt $23,193 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11b · Other revenue: Underwriting Sales

    total $19,125 · related or exempt $19,125 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11c · Other revenue: Advertising Revenue

    total $41,206 · related or exempt $41,206 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $83,524

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $392,701 · program services $244,314 · management and general $61,303 · fundraising $87,084

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $2,255,894 · program services $1,376,113 · management and general $357,632 · fundraising $522,149

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $26,155 · program services $15,955 · management and general $4,146 · fundraising $6,054

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $325,658 · program services $220,059 · management and general $47,349 · fundraising $58,250

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $209,572 · program services $123,487 · management and general $39,970 · fundraising $46,115

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $14,753 · program services $0 · management and general $14,753 · fundraising $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $66,939 · program services $0 · management and general $66,939 · fundraising $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $528,586 · program services $274,299 · management and general $190,849 · fundraising $63,438

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $8,165 · program services $0 · management and general $4,450 · fundraising $3,715

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $38,049 · program services $12,719 · management and general $8,680 · fundraising $16,650

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $87,621 · program services $34,029 · management and general $37,006 · fundraising $16,586

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $180,000 · program services $180,000 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 17 · Travel

    total $173,426 · program services $84,912 · management and general $70,406 · fundraising $18,108

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $4,749 · program services $0 · management and general $133 · fundraising $4,616

  • 20 · Interest

    total $7,627 · program services $0 · management and general $7,627 · fundraising $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $3,330 · program services $0 · management and general $3,330 · fundraising $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $23,941 · program services $0 · management and general $23,941 · fundraising $0

  • 24a · Other expenses: Professional Development

    total $15,192 · program services $1,163 · management and general $14,029 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: Dues and Subscription

    total $3,061 · program services $1,336 · management and general $1,252 · fundraising $473

  • 24c · Other expenses: Bank Charges

    total $14,794 · program services $236 · management and general $6,602 · fundraising $7,956

  • 24d · Other expenses: Equipment

    total $46,979 · program services $32,696 · management and general $5,701 · fundraising $8,582

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $45,070 · program services $0 · management and general $45,070 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,086,353 · end of year $453,458

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $75,833 · end of year $75,913

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $829,141

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $212,425 · end of year $888,267

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

    $16,650

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

    $12,718

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $7,263 · end of year $3,932

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $269,752 · end of year $317,976

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $173,149 · end of year $273,222

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $200,203 · end of year $221,472

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year -$160,625 · end of year $433,609

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,728,536 · end of year $175,291

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

INDIJ Public Media is an independent, nonprofit, multimedia news enterprise. We reach audiences through our digital platform and as a broadcast carried via public television stations. The mission is to serve Indigenous communities with news, entertainment, and opinion.

  • Digital: The digital newsroom INDIJ produces the news site that reaches 800,000 people each month with 1.3 million pageviews. The digital newsroom is virtual with reporters and editors across the country.

    Expenses $1,277,407 · Revenue $375,535

  • Broadcast: The INDIJ Newscast with Aliyah Chavez, which is broadcasted daily by 40 public television stations across the country. The Broadcast covers Indigenous news from across the country.

    Expenses $1,323,911 · Revenue $32,656

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Karen Michel

    Chief Executive Officer and Chair

    Total calculated
    $196,370
    From this org
    $157,211
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $39,159
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $157,211
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $10,402
    Nontaxable benefits
    $28,757
    Filer's total
    $196,370
  • Wayne Ducheneaux II

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rhonda LeValdo

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jeanne Givens

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jessica Skye Paul

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Derrick Beetso

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Holly Cook Macarro

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mark Trahant

    Editor at Large

    Total calculated
    $196,330
    From this org
    $157,211
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $39,119
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $157,211
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $25,154
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,965
    Filer's total
    $196,330
  • Heather Donovan

    Revenue Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Jourdan Bennett-Begaye

    Editor

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Michael Kellog

    Chief Revenue Officer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

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 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 3 · Written employment contract

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
2023
Filed
27 March 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202413209349320181

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