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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by ASSOCIATION OF INDEPENDENTS IN RADIO INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,366,056
Total expenses
$742,089
Contributions and grants received
$1,128,918
Grants paid
$53,530
Program service revenue
$235,702
Investment income
$113
Other revenue
$1,323
Total assets, end of year
$1,317,477
Total liabilities, end of year
$98,024
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,219,453
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$408,820
Management and general expenses
$265,243
Fundraising expenses
$68,026
Program service expenses (Part III)
$408,820

Program services were 55.1% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $2,341

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,126,577

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $10,032

  • 2a · Program service revenue: MEMBERSHIP DUES

    total $109,184 · related or exempt $109,184

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $126,518 · related or exempt $126,518

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $113 · excluded $113

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $510

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $2,341

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $4,865

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$4,355 · excluded -$4,355

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER REVENUE

    total $5,678 · related or exempt $5,678

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $5,678

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $3,530 · program services $3,530

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $50,000 · program services $50,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $150,048 · program services $75,024 · management and general $45,014 · fundraising $30,010

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $233,623 · program services $132,240 · management and general $79,449 · fundraising $21,934

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $13,884 · program services $8,766 · management and general $3,025 · fundraising $2,093

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $34,041 · program services $21,492 · management and general $7,418 · fundraising $5,131

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $31,313 · program services $16,047 · management and general $10,873 · fundraising $4,393

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $74,358 · management and general $74,358

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $21,757 · program services $1,122 · management and general $20,635

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $1,518 · program services $1,295 · management and general $223

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $5,421 · program services $3,001 · management and general $2,024 · fundraising $396

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $9,650 · program services $727 · management and general $8,812 · fundraising $111

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $670 · management and general $670

  • 17 · Travel

    total $15,785 · program services $10,161 · management and general $5,624

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $838 · program services $838

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $428 · program services $214 · management and general $214

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $3,345 · program services $1,226 · management and general $2,119

  • 24a · Other expenses: CONSULTING AND MENTORIN

    total $75,895 · program services $75,895

  • 24b · Other expenses: BANK AND CREDIT CARD FE

    total $9,945 · program services $2,502 · management and general $3,485 · fundraising $3,958

  • 24c · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $4,775 · program services $4,100 · management and general $675

  • 24d · Other expenses: PRINTING AND POSTAGE

    total $1,265 · program services $640 · management and general $625

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $357,827 · end of year $243,884

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $303,361 · end of year $467,112

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $588,600

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $6,876 · end of year $6,952

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $10,376 · end of year $4,697

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

    $10,986

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

    $10,986

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $428 · end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $9,437 · end of year $6,232

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $39,559 · end of year $47,818

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $53,260 · end of year $50,206

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $542,370 · end of year $548,238

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $53,116 · end of year $671,215

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO PROVIDE TRAINING, RESOURCES, MENTORSHIP, AND COMMUNITY TO INDEPENDENT AUDIO PRODUCERS, EDITORS, ENGINEERS AND OTHER INDEPENDENTS WORKING IN MISSION-DRIVEN RADIO AND PODCASTING, INCLUDING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND EXTENSIVE RESEARCH OR RATES AND BEST PRACTICES IN THE INDUSTRY. AND TO AMPLIFY AND CULTIVATE UNDERREPRESENTED VOICES IN TERRESTRIAL AND PODCAST AUDIO.

Activities or mission (Part I)

AIR IDENTIFIES, CULTIVATES, AND CONNECTS MISSION-DRIVEN STORY MAKERS FROM ACROSS THE U.S. AND THE WORLD. WE ARE COMMITTED TO EXPANDING THE ECOSYSTEM WHERE PRODUCERS CAN DO THEIR BEST WORK.

  • INFORMATION AND PROMOTION OF INDEPENDENT RADIO INCLUDING QUARTERLY JOURNALS, CONFERENCES AND MENTORING.

    Expenses $408,820 · Grants $53,530 · Revenue $241,380

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Emily Kwong

    CO-PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Kim Fox

    CO-PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Ernesto Aguilar

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Rob Byers

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Keisha Dutes

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Kristen Wesloh

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Chioke I'Anson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Will Coley

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Mia Lobel

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Elaine Appleton Grant

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Corey Gumbs

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Peter Ross

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Keisha Salmon

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $173,346
    From this org
    $150,048
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,298
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $150,048
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,641
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,657
    Filer's total
    $173,346

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 · 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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 3
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS REVIEWS AND SETS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S ANNUAL SALARY.

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
3 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202513089349302921

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