Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$1,644,060

Total expenses

$1,192,753

Contributions and grants received

$1,594,301

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$350

Investment income

$49,409

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$1,738,623

Total liabilities, end of year

$0

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$1,738,623

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$1,182,191

Management and general expenses

$10,562

Fundraising expenses

$0

Program service expenses (Part III)

$1,182,191

Program services were 99.1% 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.

Mission and programs · 2024

• DOCUMENTING THE NOW IS ONE OF OUR CORE PROGRAMS. FUNDED PRIMARILY BY THE MELLON FOUNDATION AND NOW IN ITS FIFTH 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 $223,993

• 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 $557,778

• SHIFT COLLECTIVE CONTINUES TO SUPPORT THE ARCHIVING THE BLACK WEB (ATBW) PROJECT ON A THREE-AND-A-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 INITIATIVE THAT WILL ATTEMPT TO MAP AND DEFINE THE BLACK WEB; AND CREATE SEVERAL OPPORTUNITIES TO INCREASE WEB ARCHIVING COLLECTIONS DOCUMENTING THE BLACK EXPERIENCE. ARCHIVING THE BLACK WEB IS DRIVEN BY AN URGENT CALL TO ACTION TO ESTABLISH A MORE EQUITABLE AND ACCESSIBLE WEB ARCHIVING PRACTICE TO EFFECTIVELY DOCUMENT THE BLACK EXPERIENCE ONLINE. IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COLLEGE OF WOOSTER, SPELMAN COLLEGE ARCHIVES, THE AUBURN AVENUE RESEARCH LIBRARY ON AFRICAN AMERICAN CULTURE AND HISTORY, AND (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O) THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA LIBRARY. IN 2024, SHIFT COLLECTIVE CONTINUED ITS WORK ON A TWO-YEAR RESEARCH PROJECT WITH THE COUNCIL ON LIBRARY AND INFORMATION RESOURCES (CLIR) TO RETROSPECTIVELY ASSESS CLIR'S RECORDINGS AT RISK PROGRAM. RECORDINGS AT RISK IS A NATIONAL REGRANTING PROGRAM FUNDED BY THE MELLON FOUNDATION AND ADMINISTERED BY CLIR TO HELP PRESERVE "RARE AND UNIQUE AUDIO, AUDIOVISUAL, AND OTHER TIME-BASED MEDIA OF HIGH SCHOLARLY VALUE THROUGH DIGITAL REFORMATTING," ACCORDING TO CLIR. OVER THE PAST YEAR, SHIFT COLLECTIVE HAS DESIGNED AND ADMINISTERED A COMPREHENSIVE SURVEY TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE EXPERIENCES OF THOSE WHO HAVE CONSIDERED APPLYING FOR, APPLIED FOR, OR RECEIVED A RECORDINGS AT RISK (RAR) GRANT. WE HAVE ALSO CONDUCTED INTERVIEWS WITH GRANT RECIPIENTS AND OTHER APPLICANTS, THE PROGRAM'S INDEPENDENT REVIEW PANEL, CLIR'S STAFF, AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS TO EVALUATE THE PROGRAM'S IMPACT ON COLLECTING ORGANIZATIONS AND THE COMMUNITIES THEY SERVE. OUR RESEARCH AIMS TO SHED LIGHT ON THE PERSISTENT CHALLENGES FACED BY STEWARDS OF FRAGILE AND OBSOLETE AUDIOVISUAL MEDIA AND HELP GUIDE FUTURE ENDEAVORS BY CLIR AND OTHERS "COMMITTED TO THE SAFEKEEPING OF RARE AND UNIQUE AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS." IN 2025, SHIFT COLLECTIVE WILL PUBLISH A PUBLIC-FACING REPORT DOCUMENTING OUR FINDINGS.

  Expenses $330,070

• Expenses $70,350 · Revenue $350

As filed on the 2024 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

2024

Filed

13 November 2025

IRS schema version

2024v5.2

Source object

202513189349313801

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