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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by ASSOCIATION OF ALTERNATIVE NEWSMEDIA.

Totals

Total revenue
$488,699
Total expenses
$266,854
Contributions and grants received
$90,480
Grants paid
$3,594
Program service revenue
$370,708
Investment income
$27,511
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$909,927
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$909,927
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$93,925
Management and general expenses
$172,929
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$93,925

Program services were 35.2% 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.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $90,480

  • 2a · Program service revenue: DIGITAL LAB

    total $210,000 · related or exempt $210,000

  • 2b · Program service revenue: SPONSORSHIPS

    total $110,613 · related or exempt $110,613

  • 2c · Program service revenue: REGISTRATION FEES

    total $21,521 · related or exempt $21,521

  • 2d · Program service revenue: AWARDS

    total $16,607 · related or exempt $16,607

  • 2e · Program service revenue: ADVERTISING

    total $11,967 · related or exempt $11,967

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $27,673 · excluded $27,673

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $10,046

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $10,208

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$162

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$162 · excluded -$162

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $3,594 · program services $3,594

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $84,500 · management and general $84,500

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $38,154 · management and general $38,154

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $1,090 · program services $1,024 · management and general $66

  • 17 · Travel

    total $13,956 · program services $8,849 · management and general $5,107

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $60,870 · program services $50,870 · management and general $10,000

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $2,750 · management and general $2,750

  • 24a · Other expenses: BOARD EXPENSES

    total $15,861 · program services $5,884 · management and general $9,977

  • 24b · Other expenses: COMMISSIONS

    total $14,668 · program services $10,750 · management and general $3,918

  • 24c · Other expenses: AUDIO VISUAL

    total $9,849 · program services $9,849

  • 24d · Other expenses: COMPUTER AND INTERNET

    total $6,724 · program services $113 · management and general $6,611

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $14,838 · program services $2,992 · management and general $11,846

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $155,963 · end of year $350,477

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $498,092 · end of year $559,450

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $76,836

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

    $31,617

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

    $31,617

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $180 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $6,025

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $8,179

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $716,867 · end of year $909,927

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

AAN HELPS ITS MEMBERS GROW BY PROMOTING EDITORIAL EXCELLENCE, IMPROVING JOURNALISM AND BUSINESS PERFORMANCE, SUPPORTING MARKETING AND ADVERTISING, INCREASING AWARENESS OF ALTERNATIVE MEDIA, AND ADVOCATING FOR THE MEDIA INDUSTRY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE ORGANIZATION'S PURPOSE IS TO PROVIDE SERVICES AND LEADERSHIP TO STRENGTHEN ALTERNATIVE JOURNALISM THROUGH ADVOCACY AND EDUCATION.

  • THE ASSOCIATION OF ALTERNATIVE NEWSMEDIA (AAN) IS A DIVERSE GROUP OF 110+ LOCAL AND INDEPENDENT NEWS ORGANIZATIONS COVERING MANY MAJOR METROPOLITAN AREAS AND OTHER LESS-POPULATED CITIES AND REGIONS IN NORTH AMERICA. AAN MEMBERS REACH ACTIVE, EDUCATED, AND INFLUENTIAL ADULTS IN THEIR LOCAL MARKETS IN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA. IN ADDITION, MILLIONS OF READERS VIEW AAN-MEMBER CONTENT VIA THE WEB AND MOBILE DEVICES. THE ASSOCIATION HELD ITS ANNUAL CONVENTION FOR MEMBER PUBLISHERS WITH AN EMPHASIS ON EDUCATION, CONVERSATION AND IDEA SHARING. PUBLISHERS TALKED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITIES THEY SEE IN THEIR MARKETS AND THEIR PLANS TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THOSE OPPORTUNITIES TO IMPROVE THEIR ECONOMIC RESILIENCE AND REACH MORE READERS WITH THEIR CONTENT.

    Expenses $93,925 · Revenue $160,708

  • IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE ALTERNATIVE NEWSWEEKLY FOUNDATION (ANF), AAN PARTICIPATED IN THE TECH TRANSFORMATION LAB DEVELOPED BY THE GOOGLE NEWS INITIATIVE PROJECT TO SELECT PARTICIPANTS TO RECEIVE FUNDING.

    Revenue $210,000

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Ryan Williamsom

    DESIGN CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3

  • Graham Jarrett

    IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kimberly Griffin

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Judith Davidoff

    CONVENTION CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3

  • Salem Collo-Julin

    EDITORIAL CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3

  • Cassidy Frazier

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3

  • Jimmy Boegle

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Mike Smith

    RECRUITMENT CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3

  • Brandi Rivera

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3

  • Berl Schwartz

    MEMBERSHIP CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3

  • Sayaka Motsuoka

    DIVERSITY CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3

  • Dylan Smith

    FREE SPEECH CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3

  • Amber Nettles

    REVENUE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3

  • James Bengfort

    AT-LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3

  • Cassandra Wagner

    MARKETING CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3

  • Todd Stauffer

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $84,500
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $84,500
    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

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
17 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202543219349324344

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