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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by WIKITONGUES INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$230,663
Total expenses
$242,568
Contributions and grants received
$218,439
Grants paid
$42,000
Program service revenue
$11,935
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$289
Total assets, end of year
$144,728
Total liabilities, end of year
$58,438
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$86,290
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$160,123
Management and general expenses
$56,139
Fundraising expenses
$26,306
Program service expenses (Part III)
$160,123

Program services were 66.0% 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.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $0

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $0

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $0

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $0

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $0

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $218,439

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $0

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM SALES AND FEES

    total $11,935 · related or exempt $11,935 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

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

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $0 · other assets $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $0

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $289 · related or exempt $289 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $289

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $2,000 · program services $2,000

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $6,000 · program services $6,000

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $34,000 · program services $34,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $112,525 · program services $52,313 · management and general $38,011 · fundraising $22,201

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $9,289 · program services $4,321 · management and general $3,136 · fundraising $1,832

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $856 · management and general $856

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $13,298 · program services $8,465 · management and general $2,560 · fundraising $2,273

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $5,110 · management and general $5,110

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $52,286 · program services $50,396 · management and general $1,890

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $3,350 · program services $1,565 · management and general $1,785

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $574 · management and general $574

  • 17 · Travel

    total $1,063 · program services $1,063

  • 20 · Interest

    total $2,217 · management and general $2,217

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $90,911 · end of year $142,948

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $70,630 · end of year $1,780

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $5,046 · end of year $167

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $58,300 · end of year $58,271

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $98,195 · end of year $56,290

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $30,000

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE PRIMARY EXEMPT PURPOSE OF WIKITONGUES IS TO SAFEGUARD LINGUISTIC DIVERSITY BY SUPPORTING GRASSROOTS LINGUISTIC DOCUMENTATION EFFORTS, INCLUDING THE CREATION OF VIDEO ORAL HISTORIES, AUDIO RECORDINGS, AND DICTIONARIES, ARCHIVING AND PUBLISHING LANGUAGE DOCUMENTATION, AND SUPPORTING COMMUNITY-LED LANGUAGE REVITALIZATION INITIATIVES.

  • LANGUAGE REVITALIZATION - WIKITONGUES SUPPORTS LANGUAGE REVITALIZATION BY INVESTING IN LANGUAGE ACTIVISTS AND ACCELERATING LANGUAGE REVITALIZATION PROJECTS. OUR LANGUAGE REVITALIZATION FELLOWSHIP PROVIDES FUNDING, TRAINING, AND IN-KIND VOLUNTEER SUPPORT TO THE LEADERS OF NEW AND EARLY-STAGE LANGUAGE REVITALIZATION PROJECTS, AND OUR LANGUAGE REVITALIZATION TOOLKIT (ALSO: THE LANGUAGE SUSTAINABILITY TOOLKIT) IS A FREE RESOURCE THAT GUIDES USERS THROUGH THE PROCESS OF LAUNCHING A COMMUNITY-BASED AND COMMUNITY-LED LANGUAGE PROJECT.

    Expenses $81,834 · Grants $42,000 · Revenue $4,000

  • LANGUAGE LINGUISTICS - WIKITONGUES CONTRIBUTES TO LINGUISTICS BY MAINTAINING FREE TEMPLATES FOR LINGUISTIC DOCUMENTATION AND MAINTAINING A CROWDSOURCED ARCHIVE OF LANGUAGE MATERIALS, PRIMARILY VIDEO ORAL HISTORIES. TO DATE, WE HAVE SAFEGUARDED OVER A THOUSAND ORAL HISTORY VIDEOS IN OVER 715 LANGUAGES. IN 2023, 101 VIDEOS REPRESENTING 31 UNIQUE LANGUAGES WERE ADDED. IN PARALLEL, WE COLLABORATED WITH THE JEWISH LANGUAGE PROJECT AT HEBREW UNION COLLEGE TO RECORD ORAL HISTORIES OF CRITICAL ENDANGERED JEWISH DIASPORA LANGUAGES, OUR FIRST TARGETED DOCUMENTATION PROJECT SO FAR.

    Expenses $49,399

  • LANGUAGE ACTIVISM - WIKITONGUES PROMOTES LANGUAGE DIVERSITY THROUGH CONTENT, PUBLIC SPEAKING, AND EVENTS. IN 2023, WIKITONGUES STAFF SPOKE AT AN INTERNATIONAL MOTHER LANGUAGE DAY EVENT IN CORSICA, FRANCE AND AT TEDXGATEWAY IN MUMBAI, INDIA. OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL, WHICH TEACHES VIEWERS ABOUT LINGUISTIC DIVERSITY, RECEIVED 4.1 MILLION VIEWS FROM 130,000+ SUBSCRIBERS ACROSS 50 COUNTRIES.

    Expenses $12,389 · Revenue $1,000

  • OTHER PROGRAMS - LANGUAGE ARCHIVING AND GENERAL PROGRAMS.

    Expenses $16,501

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Daniel Udell

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $59,796
    From this org
    $59,796
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Kristen Tcherneshoff

    PROGRAMS DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $52,729
    From this org
    $52,729
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Frederico Andrade

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jamie Joyce

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kamal El-Wattar

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Casson Trenor

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Menghis Bairu

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
21 October 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.0
Source object
202432969349301773

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