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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by MUCKROCK FOUNDATION INCORPORATED.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,344,096
Total expenses
$3,246,644
Contributions and grants received
$3,178,685
Grants paid
$7,000
Program service revenue
$165,320
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$91
Total assets, end of year
$2,098,912
Total liabilities, end of year
$80,985
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,017,927
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$3,189,282
Management and general expenses
$57,362
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$3,189,282

Program services were 98.2% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $3,178,685

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Reporting projects and memberships

    total $165,320 · related or exempt $165,320

  • 11a · Other revenue: Miscellaneous income

    total $91

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $91

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $7,000 · program services $7,000

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $342,916 · program services $342,916

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,375,374 · program services $1,375,374

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $251,087 · program services $251,087

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $118,676 · program services $118,676

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $63,505 · program services $63,505

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $26,052 · program services $6,087 · management and general $19,965

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $429,639 · program services $429,639

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $7,417 · program services $7,417

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $91,470 · program services $84,028 · management and general $7,442

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $185,290 · program services $165,167 · management and general $20,123

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $9,932 · program services $9,932

  • 17 · Travel

    total $74,226 · program services $68,894 · management and general $5,332

  • 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 $4,500 · management and general $4,500

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $23,693 · program services $23,693

  • 24a · Other expenses: FOI Related Expenses

    total $32,386 · program services $32,386

  • 24b · Other expenses: Hiring and Training

    total $42,288 · program services $42,288

  • 24c · Other expenses: Digital Hosting

    total $161,193 · program services $161,193

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,964,765 · end of year $1,526,521

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $3,840

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $12,500 · end of year $535,000

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $11,916 · end of year $24,214

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

    $25,144

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

    $15,807

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $8,841 · end of year $9,337

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $77,547 · end of year $80,985

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $789,565 · end of year $932,164

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,130,910 · end of year $1,085,763

Mission and programs · 2022

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

  • 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 $3,189,282 · Grants $2,898,407 · Revenue $165,320

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Mitchell Kotler

    Technology Officer

    Total calculated
    $124,583
    From this org
    $124,583
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Wendi Thomas

    Manager

    Total calculated
    $120,000
    From this org
    $120,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Scott Klein

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Meredith Broussard

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jim Neff

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Freddy Martinez

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jenny 8 Lee

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Victoria Baranetsky

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mago Torres

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rebecca Williams

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michael Morisy

    Chief Executive Officer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    60

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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
5 October 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202322789349300007

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