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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by KNIGHT FIRST AMENDMENT INSTITUTE AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY.

Totals

Total revenue
$6,674,632
Total expenses
$5,953,165
Contributions and grants received
$5,836,955
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$31,949
Investment income
$805,728
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$13,438,110
Total liabilities, end of year
$7,055
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$13,431,055
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$5,953,165
Management and general expenses
$0
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$5,953,165

Program services were 100.0% 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.

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $2,816,735

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $3,020,220

  • 2a · Program service revenue: EDUCATIONAL REVENUE

    total $31,949 · related or exempt $31,949

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $529,961 · excluded $529,961

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $2,974,115

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

    securities $2,698,348

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $275,767 · other assets $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $275,767 · excluded $275,767

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $3,712,256 · program services $3,712,256

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $1,208,408 · program services $1,208,408

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $459,344 · program services $459,344 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $40,179 · program services $40,179

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $46,763 · program services $46,763

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $167,775 · program services $167,775

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $8,202 · program services $8,202

  • 17 · Travel

    total $124,682 · program services $124,682

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $84,047 · program services $84,047

  • 24a · Other expenses: Essay Series Expenses

    total $80,500 · program services $80,500

  • 24b · Other expenses: DUES & SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $13,868 · program services $13,868

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $7,141 · program services $7,141 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $3,482,066 · end of year $2,370,005

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

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

    $0

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

    $0

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $9,541,162 · end of year $11,068,105

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $2,391 · end of year $7,055

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $0

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $13,020,837 · end of year $13,431,055

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

The Knight First Amendment Institute defends the freedoms of speech and the press in the digital age through strategic litigation, research, and public education. Our aim is to promote a system of free expression that is open and inclusive, that broadens and elevates public discourse, and that fosters creativity, accountability, and effective self-government.

  • The Knight First Amendment Institute was established in 2016 by Columbia University and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation to defend the freedoms of speech and the press in the digital age. Our Litigation, Research, and Public Education efforts are currently focused on these three areas: 1. Free Speech and Social Media (Safeguarding the vitality and integrity of public discourse online) Conversations that once took place in parks, sidewalks, and public squares now take place largely online, and often on privately owned social media platforms. As a society, we are just beginning to grapple with the question of how the First Amendment and free speech principles should apply in these digital spaces. Our work in this area seeks to illuminate the forces that are shaping public discourse online, and to ensure the inclusivity and integrity of digital spaces that are increasingly important to our democracy. 2. Privacy and Surveillance (Protecting the privacy vital to free thought and expression) Our laws restricting surveillance and data collection are struggling to keep pace with new technology that can track and reveal our expressive lives in ever more detail, and with new business models that rely on the aggregation and exploitation of this information. Our work in this area is meant to illuminate the scope and impact of surveillance by government and private corporations, promote stronger legal protections for privacy, and enrich public understanding of the interplay between privacy and the freedoms of inquiry, speech, and association. 3. Transparency and Democracy (Ensuring access to information necessary for self-government) The First Amendment embraces the public's right to access the information needed to hold the powerful accountable and participate fully in the process of self-government. Our aim in defending and promoting transparency is not simply to compel the disclosure of information that the public is entitled to know, but to broaden public access to information through changes in government policy and the law.

    Expenses $5,953,165 · Revenue $31,949

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Alberto Ibarguen

    TRUSTEE (EX-OFFICIO)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1

  • Deb Roy

    TRUSTEE AS OF 9/23/22

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1

  • Eve Burton

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1

  • Gerald Rosberg

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $1,083,372
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $1,022,603
    Other
    $60,769
    Hours/week
    0.1 + 59.9 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $922,603 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $100,000 related
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $33,770 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $26,999 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $1,083,372 related

  • Gillian Lester

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $899,183
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $771,986
    Other
    $127,197
    Hours/week
    0.1 + 59.9 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $721,986 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $50,000 related
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $33,770 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $93,427 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $899,183 related

  • Jelani Cobb

    TRUSTEE AS OF 8/1/22

    Total calculated
    $371,520
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $301,572
    Other
    $69,948
    Hours/week
    0.1 + 59.9 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $291,867 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $9,705 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $33,603 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $36,345 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $371,520 related

  • Lee C Bollinger

    TRUSTEE (EX-OFFICIO)

    Total calculated
    $4,994,815
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $4,449,336
    Other
    $545,479
    Hours/week
    0.1 + 59.9 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $1,704,568 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $1,725,000 related
    Other
    $0 + $1,019,768 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $40,500 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $504,979 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $4,994,815 related

  • Nicholas Lemann

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $567,144
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $455,807
    Other
    $111,337
    Hours/week
    0.1 + 59.9 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $455,807 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $46,025 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $65,312 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $567,144 related

  • Theodore Olson

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1

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

None.

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.

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.

  • THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY

    501(c)(3) · EDUCATION · NY

    Directly controlled by NA

  • COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH CARE INC

    501(c)(3) · HEALTHCARE · NY

    Directly controlled by COLUMBIA

  • COL PRESBYTERIAN MEDICAL CENTER FUND INC

    501(c)(3) · FUNDRAISING · NY

    Directly controlled by NA

  • COLUMBIA UNIV RETIREE MEDICAL & LIFE INS BENEFITS TRUST

    501(c)(3) · BENEFITS SUPP · NY

    Directly controlled by COLUMBIA

  • COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PRESS

    501(c)(3) · ACADEMIC PUB · NY

    Directly controlled by COLUMBIA

  • MORNINGSIDE HEIGHTS LEGAL SERVICES INC

    501(c)(3) · CLINICAL EDUC · NY

    Directly controlled by COLUMBIA

  • REID HALL

    501(c)(3) · EDU/CUL EXCH · NY

    Directly controlled by COLUMBIA

  • Association Reid Hall

    EDUCATION · FR

    Directly controlled by REID HALL

  • COLUMBIA GLOBAL CENTERS I EUROPE (PARIS)

    EDUCATION · FR

    Directly controlled by REID HALL

  • RESEARCH COLLECTIONS AND PRES CONSORTIUM

    501(c)(3) · LIBRARY COLL · NJ

    Directly controlled by NA

  • CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENT ECONOMY & SOCIETY

    RESEARCH · DR

    Directly controlled by CIP

  • CENTER FOR NATL HLTH DEVELP IN ETHIOPIA

    HEALTHCARE · ET

    Directly controlled by COLUMBIA

  • COLUMBIA GLOBAL CENTER IN INDIA

    RESEARCH · IN

    Directly controlled by CGC LLC

  • COLUMBIA UK FUND LTD

    FUNDRAISING · UK

    Directly controlled by COLUMBIA

  • COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HONG KONG FUND

    FUNDRAISING · HK

    Directly controlled by COLUMBIA

  • MSPH SWAZILAND

    HEALTHCARE · WZ

    Directly controlled by CIP

  • FUNDACION COLUMBIA U GLOBAL CTR - CHILE

    RESEARCH · CI

    Directly controlled by COLUMBIA

  • COLUMBIA GLOBAL CENTERS INITIATIVE

    RESEARCH · FR

    Directly controlled by COLUMBIA

  • COL GLOBAL CENTER EASTERN & SOUTH AFRICA

    RESEARCH · KE

    Directly controlled by COLUMBIA

  • CU MIDDLE EAST RESEARCH CENTER

    EDUC SUPPORT · JO

    Directly controlled by COLUMBIA

  • CENTER FOR INTL PROGRAMS ZIMBABWE TRUST

    HLTH/RESEARCH · ZI

    Directly controlled by COLUMBIA

  • Asso Centro Para Programas Inter Brasil

    EDUCATION · BR

    Directly controlled by STUDIOGSAPP

  • CIP NIGERIA LTDGTE

    RESEARCH · NI

    Directly controlled by CIP

  • INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR AIDS CARE AND T

    HEALTHCARE · RP

    Directly controlled by Columbia

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Related partnerships

Part III: related organizations taxable as a partnership, with the filer's share.

  • MERIT ENGY PTR V LP

    Excluded · INVESTMENTS · TX · 0% owned

    Directly controlled by COLUMBIA

  • GCM GRSVNR BLUE LP

    Excluded · INVESTMENTS · DE · 0% owned

    Directly controlled by COLUMBIA

  • CANAAN RSC PTRS DRL

    Excluded · INVESTMENTS · OK · 0% owned

    Directly controlled by COLUMBIA

  • STAR ASIA OP FD III

    Excluded · INVESTMENTS · HK · 0% owned

    Directly controlled by COLUMBIA

  • CALUNIUS LIT RISK

    Excluded · INVESTMENTS · GK · 0% owned

    Directly controlled by COLUMBIA

  • CALUNIUS LIT RISK 2

    Excluded · INVESTMENTS · GK · 0% owned

    Directly controlled by COLUMBIA

  • CALUNIUS LIT RISK 3

    Excluded · INVESTMENTS · GK · 0% owned

    Directly controlled by COLUMBIA

  • CD INVESTORS FUND LP

    Excluded · INVESTMENTS · CT · 0% owned

    Directly controlled by COLUMBIA

  • ALTOS HYBRID CU LLC

    Excluded · INVESTMENTS · DE · 0% owned

    Directly controlled by COLUMBIA

Related corporations and trusts

Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.

  • 16 EAST 60TH STREET CORPORATION

    C Corporation · REAL ESTATE · NY · 0% owned

    Directly controlled by COLUMBIA

  • 2301 12TH AVENUE OWNERS CORP

    C Corporation · REAL ESTATE · NY · 0% owned

    Directly controlled by COLUMBIA

  • COLUMBIA PRESBYTERIAN IPA

    C Corporation · PHYS PRACTICE · NY · 0% owned

    Directly controlled by COLUMBIA

  • FATHOM KNOWLEDGE NETWORK INC

    C Corporation · NEW MEDIA · DE · 0% owned

    Directly controlled by COLUMBIA

  • FREEZER BOX INC

    C Corporation · REAL ESTATE · NY · 0% owned

    Directly controlled by COLUMBIA

  • MORNINGSIDE INC

    C Corporation · REAL ESTATE · NY · 0% owned

    Directly controlled by COLUMBIA

  • COLUMBIA DOCTORS OF NEW JERSEY

    C Corporation · HEALTHCARE · NJ · 0% owned

    Directly controlled by COLUMBIA

  • BEIJING DE GA INTRNTL CONSULTING CTR LTD

    C Corporation · EDUCATION · CH · 0% owned

    Directly controlled by COLUMBIA

  • COLUMBIAPATRON SCOTLAND LP

    C Corporation · INVESTMENTS · UK · 0% owned

    Directly controlled by COLUMBIA

  • CHARITABLE REMAINDER TRUSTS (61)

    Trust · N/A · NY · 0% owned

    Directly controlled by COLUMBIA

  • POOLED INCOME FUNDS (2)

    Trust · N/A · NY · 0% owned

    Directly controlled by COLUMBIA

  • CENTERS FOR INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS

    C Corporation · PROGRAM SERVICES · DE · 0% owned

    Directly controlled by COLUMBIA

  • GLOBAL HEALTH RESEARCH CNTR-CE

    C Corporation · PROGRAM SERVICES · DE · 0% owned

    Directly controlled by COLUMBIA

  • ASSOCIACAO COLUMBIA GLOBAL CENTERBRASIL

    C Corporation · PROGRAM SERVICES · BR · 0% owned

    Directly controlled by CGC LLC

  • UNIVERSITY WOMEN'S REALTY CORPORATION

    C Corporation · REAL ESTATE · NY · 0% owned

    Directly controlled by COLUMBIA

  • COLUMBIA DOCTORS OF BERGEN COUNTY

    C Corporation · HEALTHCARE · NJ · 0% owned

    Directly controlled by COLUMBIA

  • COLUMBIA GLOBAL DANISMANLIK VE ARASTIRMA MERKEZI LIMITED SIRKETI

    C Corporation · PROGRAM SERVICES · TU · 0% owned

    Directly controlled by COLUMBIA

  • COLUMBIA RESEARCH AND CONSULTANCY SERVICES PRIVATE LIMITED

    C Corporation · PROGRAM SERVICES · IN · 0% owned

    Directly controlled by CU INT'L PROJECTS

  • COLUMBIA RADIOLOGY INC

    C Corporation · HEALTHCARE · NY · 0% owned

    Directly controlled by COLUMBIA

  • COLUMBIA DOCTORS OF CONNECTICUT PC

    C Corporation · HEALTHCARE · CT · 0% owned

    Directly controlled by COLUMBIA

  • BLC ENERGY FUND B LP

    C Corporation · INVESTMENTS · CJ · 0% owned

    Directly controlled by COLUMBIA

  • STAR ASIA CAPITAL CORP LTD

    C Corporation · INVESTMENTS · CJ · 0% owned

    Directly controlled by STAR ASIA III

  • CIM (CAYMAN) LLC

    C Corporation · INVESTMENTS · CJ · 0% owned

    Directly controlled by COLUMBIA

  • JAPAN-UP LIMITED PARTNERSHIP II

    C Corporation · INVESTMENTS · CJ · 0% owned

    Directly controlled by COLUMBIA

  • ASARIGAWA ONSEN KAIHATSU KK

    C Corporation · REAL ESTATE · JA · 0% owned

    Directly controlled by COLUMBIA

  • ASHWATER LIMITED

    C Corporation · INVESTMENTS · GK · 0% owned

    Directly controlled by CALUNIUS 3

  • DOVERDALE LIMITED

    C Corporation · INVESTMENTS · GK · 0% owned

    Directly controlled by CALUNIUS 3

  • ELMBRIDGE LIMITED

    C Corporation · INVESTMENTS · GK · 0% owned

    Directly controlled by CALUNIUS 2

  • FOXLEY LIMITED

    C Corporation · INVESTMENTS · GK · 0% owned

    Directly controlled by CALUNIUS 3

  • FRENTORN LIMITED

    C Corporation · INVESTMENTS · GK · 0% owned

    Directly controlled by CALUNIUS

  • GRANTHAM LIMITED

    C Corporation · INVESTMENTS · GK · 0% owned

    Directly controlled by CALUNIUS 3

  • INGLEFIELD LIMITED

    C Corporation · INVESTMENTS · GK · 0% owned

    Directly controlled by CALUNIUS 3

  • INGLETREE LIMITED

    C Corporation · INVESTMENTS · GK · 0% owned

    Directly controlled by CALUNIUS 3

  • KENDELWELL LIMITED

    C Corporation · INVESTMENTS · GK · 0% owned

    Directly controlled by CALUNIUS 3

  • THROWBRIDGE LIMITED

    C Corporation · INVESTMENTS · GK · 0% owned

    Directly controlled by CALUNIUS 3

  • UNDERHILL LIMITED

    C Corporation · INVESTMENTS · GK · 0% owned

    Directly controlled by CALUNIUS 3

  • VALUE THE HOTEL CO LTD

    C Corporation · HOTEL OPERATION · JA · 0% owned

    Directly controlled by STAR ASIA III

  • VINEHALL LIMITED

    C Corporation · INVESTMENTS · GK · 0% owned

    Directly controlled by CALUNIUS 3

  • COLUMBIA GLOBAL CENTER - TEL AVIV

    C Corporation · PROGRAM SERVICES · IS · 0% owned

    Directly controlled by CGC LLC

  • JINGE CHINA A ENHANCEMENT FEEDER FUND

    C Corporation · INVESTMENTS · CJ · 0% owned

    Directly controlled by COLUMBIA

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
14 May 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202411359349303516

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