Totals
- Total revenue
- $263,073
- Total expenses
- $359,953
- Contributions and grants received
- $263,073
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $0
- Other revenue
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $378,835
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $0
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $378,835
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $289,818
- Management and general expenses
- $70,135
- Fundraising expenses
- $0
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $289,818
Program services were 80.5% 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.
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$263,073
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3 · Investment income
total $0
-
4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds
total $0
-
5 · Royalties
total $0
-
6d · Net rental income or loss
total $0
-
7d · Net gain or loss
total $0
-
8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $0
-
9c · Net income from gaming
total $0
-
10c · Net income from sales of inventory
total $0
-
11e · Other revenue, total
$0
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
-
1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $0
-
2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $0
-
3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals
total $0
-
4 · Benefits paid to or for members
total $0
-
5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $65,763 · management and general $65,763
-
6 · Compensation of disqualified persons
total $0
-
7 · Other salaries and wages
total $148,526 · program services $148,526
-
8 · Pension plan contributions
total $0
-
9 · Other employee benefits
total $14,306 · program services $14,306
-
10 · Payroll taxes
total $16,863 · program services $16,863
-
11a · Fees: management
total $0
-
11b · Fees: legal
total $0
-
11c · Fees: accounting
total $5,342 · program services $5,342
-
11d · Fees: lobbying
total $0
-
11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $0
-
11f · Fees: investment management
total $0
-
11g · Fees: other
total $0
-
12 · Advertising and promotion
total $2,564 · program services $2,564
-
13 · Office expenses
total $4,595 · program services $223 · management and general $4,372
-
14 · Information technology
total $0
-
15 · Royalties
total $0
-
16 · Occupancy
total $14,164 · program services $14,164
-
17 · Travel
total $8,170 · program services $8,170
-
18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials
total $0
-
19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $0
-
20 · Interest
total $0
-
21 · Payments to affiliates
total $0
-
22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $0
-
23 · Insurance
total $1,911 · program services $1,911
-
24a · Other expenses: CONTRACT LABOR
total $31,911 · program services $31,911
-
24b · Other expenses: STIPENDS
total $17,030 · program services $17,030
-
24c · Other expenses: MEALS - PROGRAM MEALS
total $12,816 · program services $12,816
-
24d · Other expenses: VENUE RENTAL
total $4,159 · program services $4,159
-
24e · All other expenses
total $11,833 · program services $11,833
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $475,715 · end of year $378,835
-
2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
end of year $0
-
3 · Pledges and grants receivable
end of year $0
-
4 · Accounts receivable
end of year $0
-
5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people
end of year $0
-
6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons
end of year $0
-
7 · Other notes and loans receivable
end of year $0
-
8 · Inventories for sale or use
end of year $0
-
9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
end of year $0
-
10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
end of year $0
-
11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
end of year $0
-
12 · Investments: other securities
end of year $0
-
13 · Investments: program-related
end of year $0
-
14 · Intangible assets
end of year $0
-
15 · Other assets
end of year $0
-
27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $475,715 · end of year $378,835
Mission and programs · 2025
Mission
Lede New Orleans is a community media hub that trains emerging Black and Brown storytellers,produces community-centered journalism, and creates trusted spaces for civic dialogue.Founded in 2020, Lede works to advance information equity in New Orleans by shifting whotells local stories and increasing access to accurate, contextual, and representative information.
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A NEWS INITIATIVE THAT BRINGS TOGETHER YOUNG ADULTS, JOURNALISTS AND ARTISTS TO PRODUCE EQUITABLE, COMMUNITY-DRIVEN MEDIA IN NEW ORLEANS.
Expenses $289,818
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In 2025, Lede New Orleans focused the majority of itsCommunity Reporting Fellowship efforts on a comprehensive program redesign to better meetthe needs of emerging storytellers and the communities they serve.? Lede extended the fellowship duration from 16 weeks to up to 24 weeks to allow fordeeper skill-building, reporting, and editorial support.? The organization enhanced training and coaching infrastructure and leveraged grantfunding to engage experienced media professionals to lead key aspects of the program,including editorial workflow oversight by a Senior Editor.? These changes were designed to strengthen reporting quality, reduce time pressure onfellows, and align program pacing more closely with community-centered journalismpractices.Following this redesign, the Community Reporting Fellowship relaunched in September 2025with a cohort of five fellows.? Fellows are currently receiving training and producing original reporting focused on localhousing issues in New Orleans.? Training will conclude in March 2026, with stories scheduled for publication in spring2026.While the fellowship was undergoing redesign, Lede marked its programmatic legacy bypartnering with The Front Gallery to present Five Years Forward, a live public exhibithighlighting five years of Community Reporting Fellowship work.? The exhibit featured journalism produced by past fellows on topics including mentalhealth, food access, and Black maternal health.? This project celebrated the growth of emerging storytellers and highlighted the long-termimpact of community-based reporting in New Orleans.
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In 2025, Lede New Orleans expanded its publicengagement work by hosting four community events, engaging more than 225 New Orleansresidents through documentary screenings, panel discussions, and a public storytelling exhibit.? Events centered Black and Brown New Orleanians and created accessible, trustedspaces for civic dialogue and learning.? Evaluation data showed:? 75% of attendees reported learning new, useful information.? 50% of Community Reporting Fellows reported forming meaningful newcommunity connections through their reporting and public engagement work.This work was supported by a $75,000 grant from the Walton Family Foundation, awarded in2024, which Lede leveraged in 2025 to pilot new engagement models.As part of this investment, Lede launched Co-Lede, its first-ever community journalismcommunity of practice open to residents of all ages.? Through monthly sessions, participants explored issues affecting their neighborhoodswhile learning foundational journalism skills such as interviewing, fact-checking, andresearch.? Co-Lede expanded access to the information-making process and advanced Ledesvision of a participatory, community-powered local media ecosystem.
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In 2025, Lede New Orleans invested in organizationalstability and editorial quality by retaining and strengthening key program staff and contractorroles critical to its mission.? Lede retained core roles including its Fellowship Coordinator, Engagement Coordinatorand Operations Coordinator ensuring continuity in program design and support, and inadministrative and financial processes and oversight.? The organization hired a part-time Senior Editor to provide additional editorial oversightand strengthen the quality, accuracy, and rigor of content produced through theCommunity Reporting Fellowship.? Lede also engaged three professional mentors to support fellows reporting andmultimedia production, providing subject-matter expertise, coaching, and feedbackthroughout the fellowship cycle.These capacity-building investments strengthened Ledes ability to deliver high-qualityjournalism, support emerging storytellers, and sustain its programs with consistency and care.
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In November 2025, Lede piloted a new live storytelling event featuring five localspeakers sharing stories of home to an audience of more than 50 locals.? Lede was awarded a $100,000 grant from Press Forward in 2024, recognizing theorganizations role in addressing gaps in local news coverage and strengtheningcommunity-led journalism in New Orleans.? Lede and two of our fellowship alumni were featured on the Voices of I Am New Orleansaudio series funded by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation.? Lede and five fellowship alumni partnered with Be Loud Studios to support editing andmentorship for local high schoolers working on audio stories about their perspectives onHurricane Katrina and its impact.
As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
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Jennifer LarinoJENNIFER LARINO
President & CEO
- Total calculated
- $65,763
- From this org
- $65,763
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 20
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Shaneika Dabney-HendersonSHANEIKA DABNEY-HENDERSON
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
E'Jaaz MasonE'JAAZ MASON
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
Lana KimayevaLANA KIMAYEVA
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
Michele GarvalMICHELE GARVAL
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
Jasmine HendersonJASMINE HENDERSON
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
Megan Braden-PerryMEGAN BRADEN-PERRY
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
Nic WeinfeldNIC WEINFELD
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
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
- 2025
- Filed
- 12 March 2026
- IRS schema version
- 2025v4.0
- Source object
- 202640719349300134
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