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 HickmanAMANDA HICKMAN: CHEIF EXECUTIVE OFFICER then CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
- Michael MorisyMICHAEL MORISY: EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR then CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
- Mitchell KotlerMITCHELL 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.
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$4,620,493
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2a · Program service revenue: REPORTING PROJECTS AND
total $550,961 · related or exempt $550,961
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3 · Investment income
total $106,119 · excluded $106,119
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $48,000 · program services $48,000
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3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals
total $85,406 · program services $85,406
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $1,902,842 · program services $1,765,756 · management and general $137,086
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $669,211 · program services $628,633 · management and general $40,578
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $36,800 · management and general $36,800
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11g · Fees: other
total $411,217 · program services $383,365 · management and general $27,852
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $31,108 · program services $31,108
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13 · Office expenses
total $92,393 · program services $80,821 · management and general $11,572
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16 · Occupancy
total $15,750 · program services $15,750
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17 · Travel
total $61,436 · program services $46,909 · management and general $14,527
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $4,249 · management and general $4,249
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23 · Insurance
total $36,926 · program services $27,378 · management and general $9,548
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24a · Other expenses: SPONSORSHIP FEES
total $218,221 · program services $218,221
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24b · Other expenses: SOFTWARE SUBSCRIPTIONS
total $104,015 · program services $89,163 · management and general $14,852
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24c · Other expenses: DIGITAL HOSTING
total $100,928 · program services $100,928
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24d · Other expenses: FOI RELATED EXPENSES
total $90,181 · program services $90,181
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $357,248 · end of year $1,372,527
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $2,262,034 · end of year $2,634,639
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $29,361 · end of year $19,027
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$13,371
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$9,106
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $4,700 · end of year $4,265
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $90,432 · end of year $98,657
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $300,877 · end of year $794,112
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Grants $133,406
As filed on the 2024 return.
Listed in Part VII
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Scott KleinSCOTT KLEIN
PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Mago TorresMAGO TORRES
VICE PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Jim NeffJIM NEFF
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Freddy MartinezFREDDY MARTINEZ
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Victoria BaranetskyVICTORIA BARANETSKY
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Jenny LeeJENNY LEE
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Rebecca WilliamsREBECCA WILLIAMS
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Michael MorisyMICHAEL MORISY
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
- Total calculated
- $130,000
- From this org
- $0
- From related orgs
- $130,000
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 60
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Mitchell KotlerMITCHELL KOTLER
CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER
- Total calculated
- $133,250
- From this org
- $0
- From related orgs
- $133,250
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
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Amanda HickmanAMANDA 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
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RESEARCH
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RESEARCH
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RESEARCH
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 18 November 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.2
- Source object
- 202533229349301338
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