Skip to content
Nonprofiteer
← HACKS HACKERS

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by HACKS HACKERS.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,036,524
Total expenses
$2,634,136
Contributions and grants received
$1,977,368
Grants paid
$1,078,336
Program service revenue
$270
Investment income
$58,886
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$1,094,304
Total liabilities, end of year
$3,839
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,090,465
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,570,726
Management and general expenses
$51,785
Fundraising expenses
$11,625
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,570,726

Program services were 97.6% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,977,368

  • 2a · Program service revenue: EVENT INCOME

    total $270 · related or exempt $270

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $58,886 · excluded $58,886

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $1,053,923 · program services $1,053,923

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $6,500 · program services $6,500

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $17,913 · program services $17,913

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $211,481 · program services $183,490 · management and general $16,866 · fundraising $11,125

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $716,767 · program services $703,461 · management and general $13,306

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $4,000 · program services $3,450 · management and general $550

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $24,750 · program services $23,629 · management and general $1,121

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $72,114 · program services $70,598 · management and general $1,516

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $51,166 · program services $51,323 · management and general -$157

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $5,400 · program services $4,590 · management and general $810

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $220,414 · program services $205,733 · management and general $14,681

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $123,590 · program services $122,440 · management and general $1,150

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $7,955 · program services $7,550 · management and general $405

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $22,221 · program services $22,634 · management and general -$413

  • 17 · Travel

    total $1,324 · program services $668 · management and general $156 · fundraising $500

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $71,938 · program services $71,898 · management and general $40

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $14,728 · program services $13,756 · management and general $972

  • 24a · Other expenses: PAYROLL FEE

    total $7,952 · program services $7,170 · management and general $782

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $2,051 · end of year $3,379

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,683,738 · end of year $1,083,003

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $8,980 · end of year $7,922

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $8,962 · end of year $3,839

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $814,801 · end of year $219,459

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $871,006 · end of year $871,006

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE ORGANIZATION EXISTS TO BRING TOGETHER JOURNALISTS (HACKS) AND TECHNOLOGISTS (HACKERS) WHO ARE LEADERS IN THEIR SECTORS TO ADVANCE MEDIA INNOVATION AND FOSTER PUBLIC TRUST IN THE INFORMATION ECOSYSTEM. WE DO THAT BY A)CONVENING SUMMITS, HACKATHONS, IDEATHONS AND WORKSHOPSTHAT BRING TOGETHER TALENT FROM CROSS-DISCIPLINARY BACKGROUNDS, INCLUDING JOURNALISM, TECHNOLOGY AND ACADEMIA TO IDEATE AND INNOVATE. B) CREATE INNOVATION LABS WHERE WE DIRECTLY WORK WITH JOURNALISTS TO PROTOTYPE AND TEST NEWTECHNOLOGIES, C) SPREAD KNOWLEDGE THROUGH OUR NEWSLETTERS, WEBINARS AND OTHER FORUMS FOR LEARNING ABOUT TECHNOLOGY AND MEDIA, (D) SOLICIT AND RECEIVE FUNDS FOR THE ACCOMPLISHMENT OF THE ABOVE PURPOSES, AND (E) PURSUE ANY OTHER PURPOSE PERMITTED TO BE PURSUED BY A CHARITY (OR, BY A PRIVATE FOUNDATION SHOULD THIS ORGANIZATION EVER BECOME A PRIVATE FOUNDATION), AS THAT TERM IS DEFINED IN 26 USC 501(A) AND (C)(3) AND ASSOCIATED REGULATIONS, AS EACH MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE AMENDED.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE MISSION OF HACKS/HACKERS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING: (CONT. ON SCH O)A. TO FOSTER, ENCOURAGE AND PROMOTE THE EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC, LITERARY, AND CHARITABLE PURPOSES OF HACKS/HACKERS.B. PROMOTE PHILANTHROPY IN SUPPORT OF HACKS/HACKERS.C. PROVIDE FIDUCIARY OVERSIGHT AS TO THE INVESTMENT OF ASSETS MANAGED FOR HACKS/HACKERSD. APPROVE HACKS/HACKERS' ANNUAL OPERATING BUDGET.E. CREATE A NETWORK OF JOURNALISTS AND TECHNOLOGISTS WHO RETHINK THE FUTURE OF NEWS AND INFORMATION AND SPREAD KNOWLEDGE, INFORMATION AND IDEAS TO THAT NETWORK.F. CREATE A DIGITAL COMMUNITY OF PEOPLE WHO SEEK TO INSPIRE EACH OTHER, SHARE INFORMATION, AND COLLABORATE TO INVENT THE FUTURE OF MEDIA AND JOURNALISM.G. ENGAGE IN AND CARRY ON ANY OTHER ACTIVITY IN ANY MANNER CONNECTEDWITH OR INCIDENTAL TO, OR CALCULATED TO PROMOTE, ASSIST, AID, ORACCOMPLISH ANY OF THE AFORESAID PURPOSES.

  • ANALYSIS AND RESPONSE TOOLKIT FOR TRUST: SUPPORTING PUBLIC CONVERSATIONS THAT BUILD TRUST BY HELPING PEOPLE WORK THROUGH DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND INFORMATION, HELPING TO SUPPORT TRUSTED, EXPERT SOURCES. BUILDING TOOLS TO SUPPORT PROFESSIONALS ENGAGING IN SOCIAL MEDIA AND OTHER ONLINE FORUMS.

    Expenses $2,177,996 · Grants $1,059,923

  • INFORMATION INTEGRITY: STRENGTHENING THE TRUSTWORTHINESS OF ONLINE INFORMATION THROUGH INNOVATION AND COLLABORATION. WE BRING TOGETHER JOURNALISTS, TECHNOLOGISTS, RESEARCHERS, AND CIVIC LEADERS TO DEVELOP AND SCALE PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS THAT ENHANCE CONTENT QUALITY AND CREDIBILITY ACROSS THE DIGITAL MEDIA ECOSYSTEM. THROUGH CAREFULLY DESIGNED CONVENINGS AND TARGETED SUPPORT, WE HELP SURFACE PROMISING APPROACHES TO BUILDING TRUST IN MEDIA, FACILITATE THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW TOOLS AND METHODOLOGIES, AND CONNECT INNOVATORS WITH THE RESOURCES THEY NEED TO IMPLEMENT SOLUTIONS.

    Expenses $293,804 · Grants $15,163

  • MEDIA INNOVATION: BRINGING TOGETHER CROSS-DISCIPLINARY TALENT FROM JOURNALISM, TECHNOLOGY, ACADEMIA, AND CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS TO SPARK AND SCALE INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS FOR TODAY'S MEDIA CHALLENGES. THE PROGRAM FOCUSES ON ACCELERATING MEDIA INNOVATION THROUGH STRATEGIC CONVENING, SUPPORT AND PARTNERSHIP BUILDING. WE DESIGN AND HOST GATHERINGS THAT DELIBERATELY MIX DIFFERENT TYPES OF EXPERTISE - JOURNALISTS, TECHNOLOGISTS, DESIGNERS AND RESEARCHERS - CREATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR CROSS-POLLINATION OF IDEAS AND NEW COLLABORATIONS THAT WOULDN'T HAPPEN OTHERWISE. THROUGH STRUCTURED SUPPORT AND RESOURCES, WE HELP TEAMS MOVE FROM CONCEPT TO PROTOTYPE, TRANSFORMING THEORETICAL SOLUTIONS INTO PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS.

    Expenses $54,310 · Grants $3,250 · Revenue $270

  • Expenses $44,616

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Burt Herman

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $86,167
    From this org
    $80,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,167
    Hours/week
    40

  • Anika Gupta

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $5,000
    From this org
    $5,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Jennifer Lee

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Deborah L Rotman

    DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $114,000
    From this org
    $104,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,000
    Hours/week
    40

  • Connie M Sehat

    RESEARCHER-AT-LARGE

    Total calculated
    $138,914
    From this org
    $132,600
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,314
    Hours/week
    40

  • Heather Santana

    OPERATIONS LEAD

    Total calculated
    $105,000
    From this org
    $105,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Mark Coatney

    BUSINESS PRODUCT LEAD

    Total calculated
    $132,000
    From this org
    $132,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $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.

Grants on this return

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
17 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202523219349317552

Check it against the return as filed: the GivingTuesday Data Lake hosts a public copy of the original XML.

The source document this was parsed from is served over the API, which is where bulk and document access live.