Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$16,768,514

Total expenses

$17,610,645

Contributions and grants received

$14,770,282

Grants paid

$192,500

Program service revenue

$1,006,846

Investment income

$285,424

Other revenue

$705,962

Total assets, end of year

$17,155,967

Total liabilities, end of year

$3,665,641

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$13,490,326

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$12,767,283

Management and general expenses

$2,291,746

Fundraising expenses

$2,551,616

Program service expenses (Part III)

$12,767,283

Program services were 72.5% 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.

Mission and programs · 2023

• IN 2023, STORYCORPS PARTNERED WITH HUNDREDS OF ORGANIZATIONS TO CONDUCT OVER 19,500 INTERVIEWS WITH OVER 35,000 PARTICIPANTS IN TOWNS AND CITIES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES, 35% OF WHOM SELF-IDENTIFIED AS COMING FROM AN HISTORICALLY-UNDERREPRESENTED GROUP. IN ADDITION TO THE INTERVIEWS FACILITATED DIRECTLY BY STORYCORPS, PARTICIPANTS UPLOADED 17,114 CONVERSATIONS USING STORYCORPS CONNECT OR OUR FREE MOBILE APP. MILLIONS MORE PEOPLE EXPERIENCED STORYCORPS' MULTIMEDIA CONTENT THROUGH ITS WEEKLY NPR BROADCASTS, ANIMATIONS, PODCASTS, AND DIGITAL PLATFORMS, AND ITS COMMUNICATION EFFORTS AND DISTRIBUTION PARTNERSHIPS HELPED INCREASE STORYCORPS' EXPOSURE WITH NEW AUDIENCES. BELOW IS A DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF STORYCORPS' WORK IN 2023 TO: (1) COLLECT AND PRESERVE AUTHENTIC STORIES FROM ACROSS THE NATION; (2) SHARE AND AMPLIFY VOICES THAT OFTEN GO UNHEARD; (3) SERVE DIVERSE COMMUNITIES WITH STORYCORPS CONTENT, TOOLS, AND TRAININGS; AND (4) BUILD A CULTURE OF LISTENING TO FOSTER GREATER AWARENESS, EMPATHY, AND INCLUSION. (1) COLLECT AND PRESERVE AUTHENTIC STORIES FROM ACROSS THE NATIONGUIDED BY STORYCORPS-TRAINED FACILITATORS, PARTICIPANTS ARE INVITED TO RECORD A 40-MINUTE CONVERSATION WITH A FRIEND OR LOVED ONE TO SPEAK ABOUT THE THINGS THAT MATTER MOST TO THEM. PARTICIPANTS RECEIVE A DIGITAL COPY OF THEIR INTERVIEW; WITH THEIR PERMISSION, RECORDINGS ARE ADDED TO STORYCORPS' ONLINE ARCHIVE AND COLLECTION AT THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS. IN 2023, STORYCORPS CONDUCTED APPROXIMATELY 19,500 INTERVIEWS WITH OVER 35,000 PARTICIPANTS. THIS INCLUDES 2,369 "SIGNATURE" INTERVIEWS (THOSE CONDUCTED BY TRAINED STORYCORPS FACILITATORS WHO GUIDE PARTICIPANTS THROUGH THE PROCESS, SUPPORT THE INTERVIEW EXPERIENCE, AND ARCHIVE THESE CONVERSATIONS), AND 17,114 USER-GENERATED INTERVIEWS COLLECTED VIA STORYCORPS' FREE DIGITAL PLATFORMS (THE STORYCORPS APP AND STORYCORPS CONNECT). STORYCORPS' HAS VISITED OVER 190 CITIES AND TOWNS ACROSS 49 STATES THROUGH OUR FLAGSHIP MOBILE TOURAN ANNUAL PROGRAM THAT VISITS 10 CITIES PER YEAR WITH THE "MOBILEBOOTH," OUR BRANDED AIRSTREAM TRAILER-TURNED-RECORDING STUDIO. DURING EACH VISIT, STAFF COLLABORATE WITH LOCAL COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS TO COLLECT STORIES THAT REFLECT THE REGION'S DEMOGRAPHICS. IN 2023, WE RECORDED 942 TOTAL INTERVIEWS WITH PARTICIPANTS IN EL PASO, TX; MARFA, TX; ALBUQUERQUE & TAOS, NM; LOGAN, UT; COLORADO SPRINGS, CO; KALAMAZOO, MI; GREEN BAY, WI; ST. LOUIS, MO; MOBILE, AL; AND LAFAYETTE, LA.(2) SHARE AND AMPLIFY VOICES THAT OFTEN GO UNHEARDIN 2023, STORYCORPS PRODUCED 58 AUDIO SEGMENTS FOR NATIONAL BROADCAST ON NPR'S MORNING EDITION (11 MILLION ESTIMATED LISTENERS) AND WEEKEND EDITION (OVER 3 MILLION ESTIMATED LISTENERS). THESE SEGMENTS FEATURED PARTICIPANTS FROM DIVERSE AND UNDERREPRESENTED GROUPS, INCLUDING 34% BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN; 10% LATINE; 6% INDIGENOUS; 1% ASIAN AMERICAN OR PACIFIC ISLANDER; AND 13% LGBTQ+ (NOTE: PARTICIPANTS MAY IDENTIFY WITH MORE THAN ONE GROUP). STORYCORPS ALSO RELEASED 20 NEW PODCAST EPISODES AS THEMED MINI-SEASONS THAT INCLUDED ADDITIONAL INTERVIEWS, BEHIND-THE-SCENES CONTENT, AND A LOOK AT STORYCORPS' HISTORY OVER THE PAST 20 YEARS.STORYCORPS RELEASED 13 NEW ANIMATIONS IN 2023, WHICH WERE ORGANIZED AS TWO THEMED MINI-SEASONS AND A SPECIAL COLLECTION COMMEMORATING STORYCORPS' 20TH ANNIVERSARY. THESE ANIMATIONS FEATURED DIVERSE STORYTELLERS AND WIDE-RANGING TOPICS, FROM REFLECTIONS ON SIGNIFICANT EVENTS, SUCH AS A COUPLE WHO WORKED TO PASS LANDMARK SAME-SEX MARRIAGE LEGISLATION WITHIN TRIBES OF THE OCETI SAKOWIN, ALSO KNOWN AS THE SIOUX NATION, TO STORIES RECALLING STORYCORPS' EARLY DAYS AND REFLECTIONS ON OUR FIRST EVER STORY THAT WAS BROADCAST ON NPR.(3) SERVE DIVERSE COMMUNITIES WITH STORYCORPS CONTENT, TOOLS, AND TRAININGSSTORYCORPS' WORK IS DEPENDENT UPON STRONG COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPSFROM COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS IN THE CITIES WHERE IT TOURS AND RECORDS, TO ORGANIZATIONS THAT LEVERAGE STORYCORPS' METHODS AND BEST PRACTICES FOR THEIR OWN INTERVIEW COLLECTION PROJECTS. STORYCORPS COLLABORATED WITH 218 ORGANIZATIONS IN 2023 TO REACH DIVERSE COMMUNITIES NATIONWIDE THROUGH ITS INITIATIVES, INCLUDING SPECIALIZED TRAINING AND ONLINE RESOURCES TO HELP PEOPLE RECORD VIRTUAL INTERVIEWS ON THE APP AND STORYCORPS CONNECT. STORYCORPS PROVIDES AN INNOVATIVE WAY FOR STUDENTS TO UTILIZE DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY TO STRENGTHEN SPEAKING AND LISTENING SKILLS, DEEPEN SELF- AND SOCIAL- AWARENESS, AND ENCOURAGE INTERGENERATIONAL CONVERSATIONS THROUGH THE GREAT THANKSGIVING LISTEN (TGTL)AN ANNUAL CAMPAIGN THAT INVITES STUDENTS AND PEOPLE OF ALL AGES TO INTERVIEW AN ELDER OR LOVED ONE DURING THE HOLIDAY SEASON, FROM THANKSGIVING THROUGH THE END OF DECEMBER. SINCE ITS LAUNCH IN 2015, THE CAMPAIGN HAS REACHED CLASSROOMS AND COMMUNITIES IN ALL 50 STATES AND PUERTO RICO, WITH 183,000 TGTL INTERVIEWS RECORDED WITH OVER 367,000 PEOPLE, INCLUDING OVER 15,000 PARTICIPANTS RECORDING OVER 7,900 CONVERSATIONS IN 2023.(4) BUILD A CULTURE OF LISTENING TO FOSTER GREATER AWARENESS, EMPATHY, AND INCLUSIONIN ADDITION TO ITS CORE PROGRAMMING, STORYCORPS DEVELOPS SPECIAL INITIATIVES THAT ELEVATE THE VOICES OF HISTORICALLY-UNDERREPRESENTED POPULATIONS, OR THAT ENGENDER CONVERSATION AROUND THE KEY SOCIAL ISSUES OF OUR TIME. STORYCORPS' ONE SMALL STEP IS A MULTI-YEAR EFFORT TO REDUCE ANIMOSITY AND DEHUMANIZATION ACROSS POLITICAL DIVIDES BY FORGING NEW BONDS OF CONNECTION AND TRUST, REVEALING WE CAN OVERCOME TOXIC POLARIZATION. STORYCORPS WORKED LOCALLY IN RICHMOND, VA, WICHITA, KS, AND FRESNO/CENTRAL VALLEY, CA, AND LAUNCHED OUR WORK IN COLUMBUS, GA, TO COLLECT 585 INTERVIEWS.STORYCORPS CONTINUED ITS MILITARY VOICES INITIATIVE, WHICH SHARES STORIES OF VETERANS, ACTIVE DUTY SERVICE MEMBERS, AND THEIR FAMILIES, TO HONOR THEIR SERVICE AND SACRIFICE, AMPLIFY THEIR STORIES, AND LET THEM KNOW THAT WE, AS A NATION, ARE LISTENING. IN 2023, WE RECORDED AND PRESERVED 109 INTERVIEWS WITH 192 VETERANS IN PORTLAND, ME, ANCHORAGE, AK, AND SAVANNAH, GA.

  Expenses $12,767,283 · Grants $192,500 · Revenue $1,006,846

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. 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

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

• KUOW PUGET SOUND PUBLIC RADIO

  $38,000

  GENERAL SUPPORT

• JACKSON HOLE COMMUNITY RADIO INC (KHOL)

  $38,000

  GENERAL SUPPORT

• SALT POND COMMUNITY BROADCASTING COMPANY DBA WERU COMMUNITY RADIO

  $38,000

  GENERAL SUPPORT

• RURAL CALIFORNIA BROADCASTING CORPORATION (KRCB)

  $38,000

  GENERAL SUPPORT

• WVPE

  $38,000

  GENERAL SUPPORT

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

16 October 2024

IRS schema version

2023v5.1

Source object

202432979349300548

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