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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by UNDERSCORE MEDIA COLLABORATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$917,472
Total expenses
$739,324
Contributions and grants received
$917,051
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$421
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$411,003
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$411,003
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$621,964
Management and general expenses
$97,227
Fundraising expenses
$20,133
Program service expenses (Part III)
$621,964

Program services were 84.1% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $917,051

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $421 · related or exempt $421

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $397,353 · program services $298,015 · management and general $79,471 · fundraising $19,867

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $49,851 · program services $49,851

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $33,219 · program services $33,219

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $3,625 · program services $3,625

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $77,293 · program services $77,027 · fundraising $266

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $2,155 · program services $1,724 · management and general $431

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $3,351 · program services $2,681 · management and general $670

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $44,778 · program services $35,822 · management and general $8,956

  • 17 · Travel

    total $35,853 · program services $35,853

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $2,083 · program services $2,083

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $22,132 · program services $22,132

  • 24a · Other expenses: Apps and Subscriptions

    total $30,819 · program services $24,655 · management and general $6,164

  • 24b · Other expenses: Payroll Service Fee

    total $2,100 · program services $2,100

  • 24c · Other expenses: Business Registration Fees

    total $547 · management and general $547

  • 24d · Other expenses: Telephone and Internet

    total $4,941 · program services $3,953 · management and general $988

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $29,224 · program services $29,224

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $223,760 · end of year $397,217

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

    $18,727

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

    $4,941

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $9,095 · end of year $13,786

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $232,855 · end of year $411,003

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

Underscore produces indigenous-centered journalism that illuminates the intersections of sovereignty and justice and portrays the rich diversity of Native communities in the Pacific Northwest.

  • Our journalism from 2024 won 19 Indigenous Media Awards, the most in the U.S., and additional honors from institutions such as the Society of Professional Journalists.

    Expenses $305,643

  • Our work was widely republished (to date, more than 70 outlets and sites have featured our work nationwide), and we also built out co-reporting partnerships with key partners, such as a story that was featured on the cover of High Country News magazine and a story that appeared on the Sunday front page of The Seattle Times, which were both reported and published in collaboration with those respective outlets.

    Expenses $305,643

  • We hosted our third Indigenous Journalism Fellow for an immersive 10-week internship that included fully paid housing and scholarship funding. The fellows work produced during their internship won three national journalism awards.

    Expenses $10,678

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Marcella Miller

    Vice Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Stone Hudson

    Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Casey Pearlman

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Mago Torres

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Erin Dysart

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Joseph Bull

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

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
2024
Filed
16 October 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202533159349303443

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