Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$2,020,113

Total expenses

$1,466,400

Contributions and grants received

$1,935,874

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$58,715

Investment income

$25,524

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$1,288,101

Total liabilities, end of year

$785

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$1,287,316

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$1,457,113

Management and general expenses

$9,287

Fundraising expenses

$0

Program service expenses (Part III)

$1,457,113

Program services were 99.4% 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.

Mission and programs · 2023

• DOCUMENTING THE NOW IS ONE OF OUR CORE PROGRAMS. FUNDED PRIMARILY BY THE MELLON FOUNDATION AND NOW IN ITS FOURTH YEAR, DOCNOW DEVELOPS TOOLS AND BUILDS COMMUNITY PRACTICES THAT SUPPORT THE ETHICAL COLLECTION, USE, AND PRESERVATION OF SOCIAL MEDIA CONTENT. THIS PROJECT IS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA, PRINCETON UNIVERSITY, AND OTHERS.

  Expenses $309,684 · Revenue $350,000

• HISTORYPIN IS A FREE-TO-USE DIGITAL PLATFORM AND ENGAGEMENT METHODOLOGY NOW SERVING THE PUBLIC FOR OVER A DECADE. DESIGNED TO SHARE STORIES AROUND LOCAL HISTORY IN ORDER TO STRENGTHEN COMMUNITY, THE PLATFORM HAS BEEN UTILIZED BY OVER 4,000 CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS AROUND THE WORLD. WITH SUPPORT FROM THE FILECOIN FOUNDATION FOR THE DECENTRALIZED WEB, WE ARE EMBARKING ON A RESEARCH PROJECT TO EXAMINE THE ETHICS AND TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS OF DECENTRALIZED STORAGE WITH A FOCUS ON THE NEEDS OF COMMUNITY-BASED ARCHIVES.

  Expenses $404,834 · Revenue $755,417

• BEGINNING IN 2023 SHIFT COLLECTIVE WILL SUPPORT THE ARCHIVING THE BLACK WEB (ATBW) PROJECT ON A THREE AND HALF YEAR 2.5 MILLION INVESTMENT FROM THE MELLON FOUNDATION TO DEVELOP WARC SCHOOL, A WEB ARCHIVING TRAINING PROGRAM FOR ARCHIVISTS AND MEMORY WORKERS AT BLACK COLLECTING ORGANIZATIONS, A RESEARCH PROJECT THAT WILL ATTEMPT TO MAP AND DEFINE THE BLACK WEB, AND CREATE SEVERAL OPPORTUNITIES TO INCREASE WEB ARCHIVING COLLECTIONS DOCUMENTING THE BLACK EXPERIENCE.

  Expenses $335,050 · Revenue $520,940

• IN NOVEMBER OF 2023, WE RECONVENED ARCHITECTING SUSTAINABLE FUTURES AT FIVE (ASF@5), A CELEBRATION, ASSESSMENT, AND AGENDA SETTING CONVENING FOR COMMUNITY-BASED ARCHIVES, THANKS TO GENEROUS SUPPORT FROM THE MELLON FOUNDATION. FIVE YEARS AGO, WE CONVENED 40 COMMUNITY-BASED ARCHIVES PROFESSIONALS AND FUNDERS TO LOOK AT HOW THESE ORGANIZATIONS COULD WORK TOGETHER FOR LONG-TERM FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY. THE FINDINGS HELPED SET THE STAGE FOR INCREASED COLLABORATION AND PEER NETWORKS, IMPORTANT CHANGES IN FUNDING TRANSPARENCY, AND NEW AND STREAMLINED FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES DIRECT TO SMALLER CULTURAL MEMORY ORGANIZATIONS DOING CRITICAL WORK IN THEIR COMMUNITIES. THIS YEAR, WE'LL TAKE THE TIME TO LOOK AT WHAT'S BEEN ACHIEVED AND LOOK AT HOW WE CAN WORK TOGETHER TO FURTHER THIS WORK IN THE NEXT 5-10 YEARS. WE ANTICIPATE LAUNCHING A NEW AND IMPROVED VERSION OF HISTORYPIN.ORG IN 2023. ONE OF OUR CORE FREE DIGITAL TOOLS, HISTORYPIN STRENGTHENS COMMUNITY THROUGH LOCAL HISTORY AND ENCOURAGES DIVERSE DIGITAL STORYTELLING FROM COMMUNITIES AROUND THE WORLD. THANKS TO A GRANT FROM THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES OFFICE OF DIGITAL HUMANITIES, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DEEPLY EXPLORE USER NEEDS AND TAKE ON THE MASSIVE PROJECT OF FINDING A NEW PLATFORM FOR A DECADE-OLD DIGITAL HUMANITIES PROJECT IN USE BY OVER FOUR THOUSAND CULTURAL MEMORY ORGANIZATIONS AROUND THE WORLD. IN 2023 WE ARE SUPPORTING PROJECT STAND TO HOST FIVE WEB ARCHIVING WORKSHOPS FOR STUDENT ORGANIZERS AND ACTIVISTS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN BUILDING WEB ARCHIVES THAT CAN LATER BE USED FOR RESEARCH, REFLECTION, OR ACTIVATION ACTIVITIES, AMONG OTHER USES. THE PARTICIPATING ORGANIZATIONS FOR THE WORKSHOPS ARE THE UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY, THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, AND THE ATLANTA UNIVERSITY CENTER. THERE IS A GROWING LIST OF TOOLS TO ARCHIVE DIGITAL CONTENT FROM THE WEB AND SOCIAL MEDIA AND THESE TOOLS ARE BECOMING MORE ACCESSIBLE EVERYDAY, ALLOWING MANY PEOPLE, INCLUDING STUDENTS, TO UTILIZE THESE TOOLS FOR DOCUMENTATION PURPOSES. WE CONTINUE OUR STRATEGIC CONSULTING WORK THIS YEAR WITH A NUMBER OF AMAZING LOCAL AND NATIONAL COMMUNITY MEMORY PROJECTS, INCLUDING THE MANILATOWN HERITAGE FOUNDATION, AND THE NATIONAL INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE & LANGUAGE ALLIANCE / ALLIANCE NATIONALE DES CONNAISSANCES ET DES LANGUES AUTOCHTONES.

  Expenses $407,545 · Revenue $368,232

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

Listed in Part VII

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

22 October 2024

IRS schema version

2023v5.0

Source object

202413209349315371

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