Totals
- Total revenue
- $306,429
- Total expenses
- $180,777
- Contributions and grants received
- $306,429
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $0
- Other revenue
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $147,854
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $0
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $147,854
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $132,499
- Management and general expenses
- $48,278
- Fundraising expenses
- $0
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $132,499
Program services were 73.3% 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
$306,429
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $126,000 · program services $83,200 · management and general $42,800
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $3,610 · management and general $3,610
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $647 · program services $647
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13 · Office expenses
total $1,868 · management and general $1,868
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17 · Travel
total $3,710 · program services $3,710
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $885 · program services $885
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24a · Other expenses: EDITORS & WRITERS
total $16,224 · program services $16,224
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24b · Other expenses: DEVELOPMENT/FUNDRASING
total $13,586 · program services $13,586
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24c · Other expenses: SOFTWARE & INTERNET
total $6,829 · program services $6,829
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24d · Other expenses: DUES
total $3,796 · program services $3,796
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24e · All other expenses
total $3,622 · program services $3,622
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $20,889 · end of year $147,426
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$7,701
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$7,306
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $1,280 · end of year $395
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
beginning of year $33 · end of year $33
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $22,202 · end of year $147,854
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
THE MASSACHUSETTS MEDIA FUND DBA THE BOSTON INSTITUTE FOR NONPROFIT JOURNALISM SUPPORTS THE DEVELOPMENT AND PRODUCTION OF INDEPENDENT NEWS. BINJ ACHIEVES ITS MISSION BY: PROVIDING ORGANIZATIONAL SUPPORT TO COMMUNITY PUBLICATIONS; RUNNING REPORTING COLLABORATIONS AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT INITIATIVES; TRAINING PROMISING JOURNALISTS; AND PRODUCING BOLD INDEPENDENT JOURNALISM.
Activities or mission (Part I)
SUPPORTS THE DEVELOPMENT AND PRODUCTION OF INDEPENDENT NEWS.
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PROVIDING ORGANIZATIONAL SUPPORT TO COMMUNITY PUBLICATIONS; RUNNING REPORTING COLLABORATIONS AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT INITIATIVES; TRAINING PROMISING JOURNALISTS; AND PRODUCING BOLD INDEPENDENT JOURNALISM.
Expenses $132,499 · Revenue $306,429
As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
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Felicia SullivanFELICIA SULLIVAN
PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Jason PramasJASON PRAMAS
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $41,600
- From this org
- $41,600
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Zakiya AlakeZAKIYA ALAKE
CLERK
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Christopher FaraoneCHRISTOPHER FARAONE
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $41,600
- From this org
- $41,600
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
G Valentino BallG VALENTINO BALL
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
John LoftusJOHN LOFTUS
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $42,800
- From this org
- $42,800
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Saul TannenbaumSAUL TANNENBAUM
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Kristine PalmeroKRISTINE PALMERO
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Garrett QuinnGARRETT QUINN
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.
Grants on this return
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 13 November 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.2
- Source object
- 202503179349303550
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