Totals
- Total revenue
- $14,573,615
- Total expenses
- $12,935,742
- Contributions and grants received
- $11,886,017
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $82,686
- Investment income
- $2,546,351
- Other revenue
- $58,561
- Total assets, end of year
- $17,946,012
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $10,787,156
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $7,158,856
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $10,381,575
- Management and general expenses
- $1,476,082
- Fundraising expenses
- $1,078,085
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $10,381,575
Program services were 80.3% 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
$11,886,017
-
1g · Noncash contributions included above
$397,892
-
2a · Program service revenue: Social Media Posts
total $82,686 · related or exempt $82,686
-
3 · Investment income
total $218,278 · excluded $218,278
-
5 · Royalties
total $18,460 · excluded $18,460
-
7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory
securities $13,031,896
-
7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses
securities $10,703,823
-
7c · Gain or loss
securities $2,328,073
-
7d · Net gain or loss
total $2,328,073 · excluded $2,328,073
-
11a · Other revenue: Other revenue
total $40,101 · excluded $40,101
-
11e · Other revenue, total
$40,101
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $692,412 · program services $617,137 · management and general $67,807 · fundraising $7,468
-
7 · Other salaries and wages
total $5,364,282 · program services $4,781,112 · management and general $525,313 · fundraising $57,857
-
8 · Pension plan contributions
total $88,487 · program services $78,867 · management and general $8,665 · fundraising $955
-
9 · Other employee benefits
total $1,244,141 · program services $1,108,886 · management and general $121,836 · fundraising $13,419
-
10 · Payroll taxes
total $425,652 · program services $379,378 · management and general $41,683 · fundraising $4,591
-
11b · Fees: legal
total $56,455 · management and general $56,455
-
11c · Fees: accounting
total $100,982 · management and general $100,982
-
11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $180,561 · fundraising $180,561
-
11f · Fees: investment management
total $55,288 · management and general $55,288
-
11g · Fees: other
total $641,631 · program services $399,628 · management and general $75,314 · fundraising $166,689
-
12 · Advertising and promotion
total $306,362 · program services $306,362
-
13 · Office expenses
total $169,296 · program services $86,970 · management and general $74,002 · fundraising $8,324
-
14 · Information technology
total $524,257 · program services $514,611 · management and general $9,274 · fundraising $372
-
16 · Occupancy
total $1,062,531 · program services $944,773 · management and general $113,892 · fundraising $3,866
-
17 · Travel
total $234,893 · program services $155,641 · management and general $72,652 · fundraising $6,600
-
19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $193,587 · program services $168,982 · management and general $24,605
-
22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $89,119 · program services $86,980 · management and general $1,783 · fundraising $356
-
23 · Insurance
total $163,551 · program services $160,876 · management and general $2,675
-
24a · Other expenses: Postage
total $552,363 · program services $182,857 · management and general $286 · fundraising $369,220
-
24b · Other expenses: Printing
total $326,296 · program services $153,766 · management and general $4,524 · fundraising $168,006
-
24c · Other expenses: Mailing Services
total $246,310 · program services $186,581 · management and general $0 · fundraising $59,729
-
24d · Other expenses: List Rental
total $62,291 · program services $32,896 · management and general $2,425 · fundraising $26,970
-
24e · All other expenses
total $154,995 · program services $35,272 · management and general $116,621 · fundraising $3,102
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
-
1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $2,159,265 · end of year $1,447,603
-
2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $419,792 · end of year $122,168
-
3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $317,157 · end of year $200,761
-
4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $15,921 · end of year $5,193
-
9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $210,267 · end of year $160,311
-
10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$841,708
-
10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$300,071
-
10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $624,022 · end of year $541,637
-
11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
beginning of year $7,813,266 · end of year $8,919,514
-
12 · Investments: other securities
end of year $6,548,825
-
15 · Other assets
beginning of year $7,190,238
-
17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $4,058,155 · end of year $3,316,836
-
25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $7,907,495 · end of year $7,470,320
-
27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $4,025,853 · end of year $4,358,344
-
28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $2,758,425 · end of year $2,800,512
Mission and programs · 2025
Mission
The Media Research Center documents and combats the falsehoods and censorship of the news media, entertainment media and big tech in order to defend and preserve America's founding principles and Judeo-Christian values.
Activities or mission (Part I)
To create a media culture in America where truth and liberty flourish.
-
News Analysis Division - brings political balance to the nation's news media by documenting and countering liberal bias from television network news shows and major print publications. Newsbusters' news archives reached over 1,035,000 hours of programming, storing important historical references that are available to anyone upon request. There were 2,182 related stories, studies, and videos produced in 2025 with over 12 million video views and 222.1 million impressions online. Newsbusters was able to educate its 2.7 million Facebook followers, nearly 250k x followers and over 3.5 million Truth Social followers about biased reporting in the media.
Expenses $4,057,453
-
MRC Free Speech America - a movement to stop big tech censorship of conservatives. There were 594 stories, studies, and videos used to educate the MRC Free Speech America audience in 2025. In addition, there were 5.5 million video views related to free speech content and 73.2 million impressions online. MRC Free Speech America was able to reach its 815k Facebook followers and nearly 123k x followers throughout the year.
Expenses $3,328,213
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MRC Video - an online media platform designed to broadcast conservative values, culture, politics, liberal media bias, and entertainment to a new and diverse audience on a social media optimized sight. MRC Video educated the public with 168.4 million video views in 2025. This contributed to 504.3 million impressions online with 1.000 related stories, studies, and videos created. MRC Video was able to educate its 3.2 million Facebook followers and 97k followers on x throughout the year.
Expenses $2,619,296
-
Youth Education and Intern Program - mentors America's youth and educates and trains students to recognize bias and the need for balanced journalism.
Expenses $376,613
As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
-
Karl Ottosen
Chairman
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
William Walton
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Melissa Lopez
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $107,580
- From this org
- $85,880
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $21,700
- Hours/week
- 40 + 3 related
-
Don Cooper
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Jacques Dubois
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Melissa Emery
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Seymour Fein
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Joan Holt Lindsey
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Hon Bob McEwen
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Terry Schilling
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Cameron Smith
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
David Bozell
President/Director
- Total calculated
- $214,922
- From this org
- $214,922
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40 + 3 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $214,922
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $0
- Nontaxable benefits
- $0
- Filer's total
- $214,922
-
Ed Molchany
Chief Operating Officer
- Total calculated
- $369,909
- From this org
- $314,882
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $55,027
- Hours/week
- 40 + 1 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $314,882
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $8,849
- Nontaxable benefits
- $46,178
- Filer's total
- $369,909
-
Eric Pairel
VP & Chief Technology Officer
- Total calculated
- $249,288
- From this org
- $187,150
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $62,138
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $187,150
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $5,677
- Nontaxable benefits
- $56,461
- Filer's total
- $249,288
-
L Brent Bozell
President Emeritus
- Total calculated
- $317,991
- From this org
- $297,250
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $20,741
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $297,250
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $6,563
- Nontaxable benefits
- $14,178
- Filer's total
- $317,991
-
Daniel Schneider
VP of Free Speech America
- Total calculated
- $277,135
- From this org
- $223,082
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $54,053
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $223,082
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $6,755
- Nontaxable benefits
- $47,298
- Filer's total
- $277,135
-
Brent Baker
VP of Research & Publications
- Total calculated
- $212,056
- From this org
- $189,554
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $22,502
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $189,554
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $5,713
- Nontaxable benefits
- $16,789
- Filer's total
- $212,056
-
Larry Gourlay
Director of Major Gifts
- Total calculated
- $229,976
- From this org
- $222,990
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $6,986
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $222,990
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $2,666
- Nontaxable benefits
- $4,320
- Filer's total
- $229,976
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
- 3 · Compensation committee
- 3 · Independent compensation consultant
- 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
- 3 · Compensation survey or study
- 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
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.
Related organizations on this return
Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.
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501(c)(4) · To educate Americans about traditional & contemporary American values · VA · controlled entity
Directly controlled by Media research center
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501(c)(3) · Promoting public policies which are widely supported by the American public · VA
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501(c)(6) · Promoting public policies which are widely supported by the American public · VA
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501(c)(4) · Promoting public policies which are widely supported by the American public · VA
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2025
- Filed
- 10 September 2026
- IRS schema version
- 2025v4.2
- Source object
- 202642549349300544
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