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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by MUCKROCK FOUNDATION INCORPORATED.

What the amendment changed

Compared with the return it replaced , filed 17 November 2025. matched by us Only the return's totals, a 990-PF's accounting method and the names listed in Part VII (Part VIII on a 990-PF) are compared. We relate returns by organization, tax year and form, and order them by each return's own timestamp; the filer's own "amended return" checkbox is a separate fact.

Grants paid
$0 changed to $133,406

Listed under a different title

  • Amanda Hickman: CHEIF EXECUTIVE OFFICER then CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
  • Michael Morisy: EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR then CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
  • Mitchell Kotler: TECHNOLOGY OFFICER then CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER

Totals

Total revenue
$5,277,573
Total expenses
$3,908,683
Contributions and grants received
$4,620,493
Grants paid
$133,406
Program service revenue
$550,961
Investment income
$106,119
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$4,030,458
Total liabilities, end of year
$98,657
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$3,931,801
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$3,611,619
Management and general expenses
$297,064
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$3,611,619

Program services were 92.4% 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

    $4,620,493

  • 2a · Program service revenue: REPORTING PROJECTS AND

    total $550,961 · related or exempt $550,961

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $106,119 · excluded $106,119

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $48,000 · program services $48,000

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $85,406 · program services $85,406

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,902,842 · program services $1,765,756 · management and general $137,086

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $669,211 · program services $628,633 · management and general $40,578

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $36,800 · management and general $36,800

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $411,217 · program services $383,365 · management and general $27,852

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $31,108 · program services $31,108

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $92,393 · program services $80,821 · management and general $11,572

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $15,750 · program services $15,750

  • 17 · Travel

    total $61,436 · program services $46,909 · management and general $14,527

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $4,249 · management and general $4,249

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $36,926 · program services $27,378 · management and general $9,548

  • 24a · Other expenses: SPONSORSHIP FEES

    total $218,221 · program services $218,221

  • 24b · Other expenses: SOFTWARE SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $104,015 · program services $89,163 · management and general $14,852

  • 24c · Other expenses: DIGITAL HOSTING

    total $100,928 · program services $100,928

  • 24d · Other expenses: FOI RELATED EXPENSES

    total $90,181 · program services $90,181

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $357,248 · end of year $1,372,527

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $2,262,034 · end of year $2,634,639

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $29,361 · end of year $19,027

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

    $13,371

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

    $9,106

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $4,700 · end of year $4,265

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $90,432 · end of year $98,657

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $300,877 · end of year $794,112

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,262,034 · end of year $3,137,689

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

MUCKROCK IS A NON-PROFIT, COLLABORATIVE NEWS SITE THAT BRINGS TOGETHER JOURNALISTS, RESEARCHERS, ACTIVISTS, AND REGULAR CITIZENS TO REQUEST, ANALYZE, AND SHARE GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS, MAKING POLITICS MORE TRANSPARENT

  • MUCKROCK HAS BUILT A GUIDE TO EVERY STATES PUBLIC RECORDS LAW THAT HAS BEEN UTILIZED BY MILLIONS OF READERS. WE DIRECTLY ASSISTED OVER 90,000 USERS AND FILED OVER 125,000 FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT REQUESTS AND PUBLIC FILES

    Expenses $1,976,988 · Revenue $457,957

  • DOCUMENTCLOUD, THE LEADING HOST OF PRIMARY SOURCE MATERIALS FOR NEWSROOM, HAS EXPANDED ITS TOOL TO INCLUDE A RANGE OF AUTOMATED WAYS FOR JOURNALISTS TO MONITOR, ANALYZE AND SHARE INFORMATION WITH THE PUBLIC. DOCUMENTCLOUDS USERS RELIED ON THE SERVICE FOR REPORTING THAT WAS A FINALIST FOR MULTIPLE PULITZER PRIZES, AS WELL AS SERVED COMMUNITIES AROUND THE UNITED STATES IN BETTER UNDERSTANDING THE OPERATIONS OF GOVERNMENT

    Expenses $74,821

  • IN 2024, MLK50 JUSTICE THROUGH JOURNALISM CONTINUED ITS IMPACTFUL WORK IN MEMPHIS, FOCUSING ON ISSUES OF POVERTY, POWER, AND PUBLIC POLICY. AMONG ITS KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS, THE NEWSROOM HELD POWERFUL ENTITIES ACCOUNTABLE BY HIGHLIGHTING UNSAFE WORKING CONDITIONS AT FEDEX AND EXPOSING ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM IMPACTING SOUTH MEMPHIS RESIDENTS. ADDITIONALLY, MLK50 SHED LIGHT ON HOUSING INJUSTICES, COVERING HOW LANDLORDS AND DEVELOPERS WERE DISPLACING RESIDENTS FOR PROFIT. THE ORGANIZATION ALSO CAPTURED THE COMMUNITIES RESILIENCE, DOCUMENTING JOYFUL EVENTS SUCH AS JUNETEENTH CELEBRETION AND PROTEST AGAINST THE EXPULSION OF LOCAL REPRESENTATIVES. FUTHURMORE, MLK50 EXPANDED ITS REPORTING CAPACITY BY RAISING FUNDS TO HIRE NEW REPORTERS FOCUSED ON GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY AND PUBLIC SAFETY

    Expenses $1,559,810 · Revenue $93,004

  • Grants $133,406

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Scott Klein

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mago Torres

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jim Neff

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Freddy Martinez

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Victoria Baranetsky

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jenny Lee

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rebecca Williams

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michael Morisy

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $130,000
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $130,000
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    60
  • Mitchell Kotler

    CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $133,250
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $133,250
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Amanda Hickman

    CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $118,846
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $118,846
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
18 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202533229349301338

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