Totals
- Total revenue
- $1,314,503
- Total expenses
- $1,203,766
- Contributions and grants received
- $1,292,509
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $18,692
- Other revenue
- $3,302
- Total assets, end of year
- $779,795
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $90,109
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $689,686
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $778,200
- Management and general expenses
- $341,643
- Fundraising expenses
- $83,923
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $778,200
Program services were 64.6% 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
$1,292,509
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3 · Investment income
total $18,692 · excluded $18,692
-
4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds
total $0
-
5 · Royalties
total $0
-
6d · Net rental income or loss
total $0
-
7d · Net gain or loss
total $0
-
8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $0
-
9c · Net income from gaming
total $0
-
10c · Net income from sales of inventory
total $0
-
11a · Other revenue: Other Revenue
total $3,302 · excluded $3,302
-
11e · Other revenue, total
$3,302
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $0
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2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $0
-
3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals
total $0
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4 · Benefits paid to or for members
total $0
-
5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $238,956 · program services $215,060 · management and general $23,896
-
6 · Compensation of disqualified persons
total $0
-
7 · Other salaries and wages
total $529,004 · program services $347,099 · management and general $120,325 · fundraising $61,580
-
8 · Pension plan contributions
total $0
-
9 · Other employee benefits
total $57,001 · program services $30,396 · management and general $18,543 · fundraising $8,062
-
10 · Payroll taxes
total $66,602 · program services $47,928 · management and general $13,452 · fundraising $5,222
-
11a · Fees: management
total $0
-
11b · Fees: legal
total $6,838 · management and general $6,838
-
11c · Fees: accounting
total $0
-
11d · Fees: lobbying
total $0
-
11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $0
-
11f · Fees: investment management
total $0
-
11g · Fees: other
total $81,724 · program services $40,750 · management and general $40,974
-
12 · Advertising and promotion
total $16,464 · program services $1,795 · management and general $10,441 · fundraising $4,228
-
13 · Office expenses
total $2,322 · program services $17 · management and general $2,305
-
14 · Information technology
total $0
-
15 · Royalties
total $0
-
16 · Occupancy
total $66,984 · program services $66,984
-
17 · Travel
total $18,426 · program services $9,185 · management and general $6,830 · fundraising $2,411
-
18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials
total $0
-
19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $0
-
20 · Interest
total $0
-
21 · Payments to affiliates
total $0
-
22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $9,634 · management and general $9,634
-
23 · Insurance
total $19,018 · management and general $19,018
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24a · Other expenses: SOFTWARE subscriptions
total $42,980 · program services $2,080 · management and general $40,900
-
24b · Other expenses: technology
total $20,620 · program services $4,400 · management and general $15,620 · fundraising $600
-
24c · Other expenses: PAYROLL FEES
total $14,683 · program services $10,759 · management and general $2,616 · fundraising $1,308
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24d · Other expenses: MISC BUSINESS EXPENSES
total $11,073 · program services $1,747 · management and general $9,325 · fundraising $1
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24e · All other expenses
total $1,437 · management and general $926 · fundraising $511
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $556,643 · end of year $563,319
-
2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
end of year $0
-
3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $45,809 · end of year $158,053
-
4 · Accounts receivable
end of year $0
-
5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people
end of year $0
-
6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons
end of year $0
-
7 · Other notes and loans receivable
end of year $0
-
8 · Inventories for sale or use
end of year $0
-
9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $24,699 · end of year $26,268
-
10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$66,761
-
10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$34,606
-
10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $41,789 · end of year $32,155
-
11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
end of year $0
-
12 · Investments: other securities
beginning of year $9,233 · end of year $0
-
13 · Investments: program-related
end of year $0
-
14 · Intangible assets
end of year $0
-
15 · Other assets
beginning of year $17,448 · end of year $0
-
17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $4,096 · end of year $7,902
-
19 · Deferred revenue
beginning of year $667
-
25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $111,909 · end of year $82,207
-
27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $558,483 · end of year $576,661
-
28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $20,466 · end of year $113,025
Mission and programs · 2025
Mission
To serve the general public as an independent, civic news organization that tells stories of importance to West Virginians about issues and challenges facing their communities.
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Operation of digital news room serving universally-accessible information focused on major issues facing West Virginians, including public health threats, economic development challenges, environment issues, and government accountability. In 2025, the Organization continued its investigation of West Virginia's troubled foster care system, finding that state officials were returning millions of dollars meant to help foster youth transition to adulthood by providing assistance with educational opportunities, housing, and other needs. Following the Organization's reporting, state lawmakers passed a bill requiring foster care system officials to "maximize" their use of those federal funds and file a public report on their progress. The Organization reported extensively on data centers proposed around the state, lifting up the concerns of citizens about those projects, and published stories about ways the state's budget is shortchanging community needs, such as reducing funds for public schools while spending $300 million on a private school voucher program. The Organization also wrote repeatedly about the need to help West Virginians with rising costs of child care services, and lawmakers responded by passing legislation that addresses parts of that crisis. At the end of 2025, the Organization's website had an average monthly readership of 50,000 visitors and its weekly email newsletter had 15,000 subscribers, with stories continuing to be republished by newspapers and other online outlets around the state.
Expenses $778,200
As filed on the 2025 return.
Listed in Part VII
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Ken Ward Jr
President
- Total calculated
- $121,548
- From this org
- $120,774
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $774
- Hours/week
- 40
-
Sara CrickenbergerSARA CRICKENBERGER
Executive Dir.
- Total calculated
- $117,408
- From this org
- $102,681
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $14,727
- Hours/week
- 40
-
Benjamin L BaileyBENJAMIN L BAILEY
Chairman
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1.5
-
Suzanne M WeiseSUZANNE M WEISE
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.35
-
Maryanne Reed
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.17
-
Amar RajwaniAMAR RAJWANI
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Elizabeth Greer
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.25
-
Margaret Hutchison
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.2
-
Stan Cavendish
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.17
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
- 2025
- Filed
- 19 August 2026
- IRS schema version
- 2025v4.1
- Source object
- 202612319349300431
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