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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by INTERNATIONAL JOURNALISM DEFENSE.

Totals

Total revenue
$5,793,406
Total expenses
$3,909,436
Contributions and grants received
$5,792,886
Grants paid
$3,800,000
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$500
Other revenue
$20
Total assets, end of year
$5,576,651
Total liabilities, end of year
$3,692,681
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,883,970
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$3,897,434
Management and general expenses
$12,002
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$3,897,434

Program services were 99.7% 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.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $76

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $3,800,000

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,992,810

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $500 · excluded $500

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER REVENUE

    total $20 · excluded $20

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $20

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $3,800,000 · program services $3,800,000

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $22,500 · program services $22,500

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $383 · program services $345 · management and general $38

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $26,651 · program services $26,651

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $9,954 · management and general $9,954

  • 24a · Other expenses: MEMBER NETWORK

    total $29,850 · program services $29,850

  • 24b · Other expenses: REIMBURSED EXPENSE

    total $17,406 · program services $15,665 · management and general $1,741

  • 24c · Other expenses: SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $2,692 · program services $2,423 · management and general $269

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $741,549

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $178

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    end of year $4,690,924

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $144,000

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    end of year $9,456

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    end of year $27,225

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $3,656,000

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    end of year $597

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    end of year $1,883,373

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC BY SUPPORTING SECTION 501(C)(3) ORGANIZATIONS AND PUBLIC INTEREST NEWS AND REPORTING ORGANIZATIONS THAT EDUCATE THE PUBLIC AND OPERATE IN A NONCOMMERCIAL MANNER, BY SUBSIDIZING INSURANCE FOR THEM FOR THE COSTS OF DEFENSE AGAINST LIBEL AND SLANDER LAWSUITS AND PROVIDING THEM WITH TRAINING, AND LEGAL RESOURCES (INCLUDING PREPUBLICATION REVIEW), TO REDUCE THE RISK AND IMPACT OF STRATEGIC LAWSUITS AGAINST PUBLIC PARTICIPATION (SLAPP) THREATS AND LAWSUITS AND ENABLE THEM TO PURSUE NONPARTISAN, PUBLIC INTEREST JOURNALISM FREELY AND INDEPENDENTLY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

SEE PART III, LINE 1.

  • REPORTERS SHIELD, AN INDEPENDENT MEMBERSHIP PROGRAM THAT DEFENDS INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING AROUND THE WORLD FROM LEGAL THREATS MEANT TO SILENCE CRITICAL VOICES.

    Expenses $3,897,434 · Grants $3,800,000

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Andrew Sullivan

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $173,403
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $156,375
    Other
    $17,028
    Hours/week
    2 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $153,367 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $3,008 related
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $17,028 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $173,403 related

  • Oliver Rivers

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $134,450
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $134,450
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 40 related

  • Chad Milton

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Paul Radu

    BOARD TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $176,115
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $159,615
    Other
    $16,500
    Hours/week
    2 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $156,392 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $3,223 related
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $16,500 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $176,115 related

  • Robert Cusumano

    BOARD TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Clothilde Redfern

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (BEG. 05/24)

    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

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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 3
INTERNATIONAL JOURNALISM DEFENSE DOES NOT HAVE ANY EMPLOYEES. THE COMPENSATION INCLUDED ON PART VII IS FROM A RELATED ORGANIZATION, JOURNALISM DEVELOPMENT NETWORK, THAT USES THE FOLLOWING METHOD'S TO DETERMINE ITS TOP MANAGEMENT OFFICIAL COMPENSATION: - INDEPENDENT COMPENSATION CONSULTANT - COMPENSATION SURVEY OR STUDY - FORM 990 OF OTHER ORGANIZATIONS - APPROVAL BY THE BOARD OR COMPENSATION COMMITTEE

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

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.

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 corporations and trusts

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

  • IJD VERMONT I LLC

    C · INSURANCE · VT · 100% owned · share of income -$23,827 · share of assets $4,795,080 · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by INTERNATIONAL JOURNALISM DEFENSE

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
12 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202443179349301239

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