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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,750,835
Total expenses
$3,248,587
Contributions and grants received
$3,839,132
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$91,931
Other revenue
-$180,228
Total assets, end of year
$3,992,333
Total liabilities, end of year
$49,993
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$3,942,340
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,345,630
Management and general expenses
$500,551
Fundraising expenses
$402,406
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,345,630

Program services were 72.2% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $209,000

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $3,630,132

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $111,900

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $91,931 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $91,931

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $0

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

    $209,000

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $180,228

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$180,228 · unrelated business $0 · excluded -$180,228

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $302,308 · program services $253,757 · management and general $14,964 · fundraising $33,587

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,598,792 · program services $1,342,026 · management and general $79,140 · fundraising $177,626

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $73,258 · program services $61,493 · management and general $3,626 · fundraising $8,139

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $149,003 · program services $125,073 · management and general $7,376 · fundraising $16,554

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $59,445 · program services $0 · management and general $59,445 · fundraising $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $39,770 · program services $0 · management and general $39,770 · fundraising $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $1,250 · program services $0 · management and general $1,250 · fundraising $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $118,879 · program services $84,881 · management and general $32,915 · fundraising $1,083

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $277,597 · program services $103,109 · management and general $92,961 · fundraising $81,527

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $175,318 · program services $144,483 · management and general $15,308 · fundraising $15,527

  • 17 · Travel

    total $56,526 · program services $40,743 · management and general $9,674 · fundraising $6,109

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $2,867 · program services $2,867 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $96,000 · program services $0 · management and general $96,000 · fundraising $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $100,326 · program services $100,326 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24a · Other expenses: POSTAGE AND DELIVERY

    total $149,024 · program services $51,041 · management and general $40,112 · fundraising $57,871

  • 24b · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $48,224 · program services $35,831 · management and general $8,010 · fundraising $4,383

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $2,950,306 · end of year $344,020

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $2,999,031

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $324,509 · end of year $152,645

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $269 · end of year $50,786

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

    $253,906

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

    $157,906

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $192,000 · end of year $96,000

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    end of year $349,851

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $56,674 · end of year $49,993

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,898,176 · end of year $3,942,340

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,512,234 · end of year $0

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

FORMED WITH A MISSION TO TRAIN UP-AND-COMING REPORTERS AND EDITORS,TO CARRY OUT INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING, AND TO PERFORM DEEP POLICY REPORTING WITH A PURPOSE OF CONSUMER AWARENESS AND EDUCATION.

  • FELLOWS (AMERICAN JOURNALISM INSTITUTE): OUR FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM TRAINS YOUNG REPORTERS AND EDITORS THROUGH A TWO-YEAR ON THE JOB TRAINING PROGRAM.

    Expenses $1,509,616

  • INVESTIGATIVE GROUP: WE HOST AN EXPERIENCED TEAM OF INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISTS WITH A STRONG RECORD OF BREAKING ORIGINAL NEWS STORIES

    Expenses $585,944

  • COMMENTARY: OUR POLICY REPORTING TEAM REPORTS ON NUMEROUS DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN POLICY MATTERS INCLUDING ENERGY, EDUCATION, ONLINE VIDEO JOURNALISM, AND NATIONAL SECURITY.

    Expenses $160,513

  • WE HOST AN ANNUAL AWARDS DINNER FOR OUR JOURNALIST AND SPECIAL GUESTS.

    Expenses $89,557

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Christopher Bedford

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1
  • William Cerveny

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $10,000
    From this org
    $10,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1
  • Marcus Sterne

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $10,000
    From this org
    $10,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1
  • Buckley Carlson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1
  • Neil Patel

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $150,000
    From this org
    $150,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    20
  • Adele Malpass

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $152,308
    From this org
    $152,308
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $142,308
    Bonus
    $10,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $152,308
  • Laurie Dugan

    CHIEF DEV. OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $165,000
    From this org
    $165,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $155,000
    Bonus
    $10,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $165,000

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

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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
11 April 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202441719349300424

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