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← STATES NEWSROOM

Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by STATES NEWSROOM.

Totals

Total revenue
$23,399,713
Total expenses
$18,734,586
Contributions and grants received
$23,316,863
Grants paid
$535,000
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$82,850
Total assets, end of year
$20,477,632
Total liabilities, end of year
$2,155,569
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$18,322,063
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$15,325,747
Management and general expenses
$3,359,679
Fundraising expenses
$49,160
Program service expenses (Part III)
$15,325,747

Program services were 81.8% 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

    $23,316,863

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $1,750

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE

    total $82,850 · excluded $82,850

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $82,850

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $535,000 · program services $535,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $221,412 · management and general $219,556 · fundraising $1,856

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $9,510,499 · program services $8,538,419 · management and general $960,792 · fundraising $11,288

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $246,318 · program services $224,468 · management and general $21,605 · fundraising $245

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $2,757,722 · program services $2,476,688 · management and general $278,036 · fundraising $2,998

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $754,490 · program services $674,587 · management and general $79,057 · fundraising $846

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $448,708 · program services $35,106 · management and general $413,602

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $229,857 · program services $17,983 · management and general $211,874

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $17,577 · program services $1,375 · management and general $16,202

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,408,131 · program services $1,174,348 · management and general $233,783

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $658,520 · program services $658,520

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $397,102 · program services $209,974 · management and general $187,128

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $296,973 · program services $3,716 · management and general $293,257

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $708,046 · program services $618,534 · management and general $89,512

  • 17 · Travel

    total $185,581 · program services $116,852 · management and general $68,729

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $166,973 · program services $10,993 · management and general $155,980

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $33,238 · program services $26,531 · management and general $6,707

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $85,953 · management and general $85,953

  • 24a · Other expenses: FEES

    total $68,477 · program services $22 · management and general $36,528 · fundraising $31,927

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $4,009 · program services $2,631 · management and general $1,378

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $13,570,028 · end of year $6,906,127

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $1,344 · end of year $11,347,223

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $79,513 · end of year $68,655

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

    $247,000

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

    $61,614

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $105,467 · end of year $185,386

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $44,112 · end of year $1,970,241

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $125,429 · end of year $161,609

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $18,099 · end of year $1,993,960

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $13,632,733 · end of year $17,622,275

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $24,203 · end of year $699,788

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

STATES NEWSROOM IS A NETWORK OF AFFILIATES WHICH CONSIST OF INDEPENDENT PARTNER NEWS SITES. EVERY NEWSROOM IS LED BY A VETERAN LOCAL JOURNALIST WITH DEEP KNOWLEDGE OF THE STATE'S POLITICAL HISTORY AND MEDIA LANDSCAPE WHO OVERSEES A STAFF OF EXPERIENCED CAPITAL REPORTERS. THE WASHINGTON DC BUREAU REPORTS ON CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATES AND KEY SUPREME COURT AND ADMINISTRATIVE DECISIONS THAT AFFECT THE STATES. STATES NEWSROOM BELIEVES THAT NO MATTER WHO YOU ARE OR WHERE YOU LIVE, YOU NEED ACCESS TO HIGH-QUALITY, NON-PARTISAN REPORTING ON THE CRUCIAL ISSUES OF OUR TIME. STATES NEWSROOM PROVIDES LEADING REPORTERS AND EDITORS WITH THE RESOURCES THEY NEED TO COVER THEIR COMMUNITIES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

STATES NEWSROOM BELIEVES THAT HIGH-QUALITY REPORTING ON THE CRUCIAL ISSUES OF OUR TIME IS ESSENTIAL TO THE HEALTH OF OUR DEMOCRACY. STATES NEWSROOM JOURNALISTS ARE COMMITTED TO CENTERING REAL PEOPLE IN PUBLIC POLICY DEBATES.

  • STATES NEWSROOM SUPPORTS STATE-LEVEL MEDIA OPERATIONS THAT USE HARD-HITTING REPORTING AND COMMENTARY TO CHANGE THE POLITICAL DEBATE, SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON STATE-LEVEL DECISION MAKING AND ITS IMPACT ON THEIR READERS. STATES NEWSROOM HAS LAUNCHED TWENTY-FOUR NEW STATE NEWS OUTLETS, INCLUDING A BUREAU IN WASHINGTON, DC. THESE OUTLETS HAVE OVER 130 MILLION PAGE VIEWS, COMBINED AND THEIR CONTENT IS FREQUENTLY CITED IN MAINSTREAM PUBLICATIONS.

    Expenses $15,325,747 · Grants $535,000

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Christopher Fitzsimon

    PRESIDENT & DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $221,412
    From this org
    $204,353
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,059
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $204,353
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,173
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,886
    Filer's total
    $221,412

  • Andrea Verykoukis

    NEWSROOM DEPUTY DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $153,956
    From this org
    $117,057
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $36,899
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $117,057
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $3,512
    Nontaxable benefits
    $33,387
    Filer's total
    $153,956

  • Jane Norman

    DC BUREAU CHIEF

    Total calculated
    $151,782
    From this org
    $126,467
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,315
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $126,467
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $3,794
    Nontaxable benefits
    $21,521
    Filer's total
    $151,782

  • John Micek

    PA EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

    Total calculated
    $146,841
    From this org
    $110,149
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $36,692
    Hours/week
    40

  • Darrell Ehrlick

    MT EDITOR IN CHIEF

    Total calculated
    $143,487
    From this org
    $115,096
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $28,391
    Hours/week
    40

  • Breanne Porter

    OPERATIONS DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $119,815
    From this org
    $105,756
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,059
    Hours/week
    40

  • Adam Searing

    TREASURER & DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kathy Best

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jarvis Deberry

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • David Hudson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Cynthia Janovy

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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 · 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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
2 November 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202333139349304313

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