Form 990 for tax year 2022

Totals

Total revenue

$1,396,665

Total expenses

$1,614,523

Contributions and grants received

$1,386,750

Grants paid

$244,497

Program service revenue

$9,835

Investment income

$80

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$952,749

Total liabilities, end of year

$194,934

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$757,815

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$1,303,743

Management and general expenses

$278,366

Fundraising expenses

$32,414

Program service expenses (Part III)

$1,303,743

Program services were 80.8% 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.

Mission and programs · 2022

• NEWSQ: NEWSQ IS AN INITIATIVE OF THE TOW-KNIGHT CENTER FOR ENTREPRENEURIAL JOURNALISM AT THE CRAIG NEWMARK GRADUATE SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM AND SUPPORTED BY HACKS/HACKERS. NEWSQ SEEKS TO ELEVATE QUALITY JOURNALISM WHEN ALGORITHMS RANK AND RECOMMEND NEWS ARTICLES ONLINE. WE APPROACH THIS PROBLEM BY ENGAGING IN DESIGN THINKING ACTIVITIES IN COLLABORATION WITH TECHNOLOGY, JOURNALISM, ACADEMIA AND OTHER COMMUNITIES. THROUGH OUR PARTICIPATORY APPROACH, WE HOPE TO PROMOTE CONSTRUCTIVE STEPS TOWARDS SOLUTIONS THAT DRIVE FINANCIAL SUPPORT TOWARDS QUALITY NEWS AND AWAY FROM DISINFORMATION, AND MISINFORMATION.

  Expenses $165,881 · Revenue $9,835

• MISINFORMATION WORK: HACKS/HACKERS IS ONE OF THE LEADING CONVENERS AROUND MISINFORMATION WORK IN THE WORLD CO-FOUNDING THE CREDIBILITY COALITION, MISINFOCON AND CREDCON, ALL INTERDISCIPLINARY ACTIVITIES THAT DRAW TOGETHER A WORLDWIDE NETWORK TO COMBAT MISINFORMATION BOTH PHYSICALLY AND VIRTUALLY. HACKS/HACKERS AND THE CREDIBILITY COALITION HAVE REGULARLY HELD 150-PERSON CREDCON AND MISINFOCON EVENTS IN CITIES AROUND THE WORLD, INCLUDING LONDON, KYIV, AUSTIN, TEXAS, WASHINGTON, D.C., CAMBRIDGE, AND SCOTLAND. SPONSORS AND PARTNERS HAVE INCLUDED FACEBOOK, MICROSOFT, MOZILLA, THE KNIGHT FOUNDATION, IREX, CRAIG NEWMARK, THE JSK FELLOWSHIP AT STANFORD, THE WIKIPEDIAN COMMUNITY AND THE NIEMAN FOUNDATION. HACKS/HACKERS EVENTS ARE DIVERSE, GRASSROOTS, OPEN CONFERENCES THAT WELCOME ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE. OUR CURRENT LARGEST PROJECT IN THIS REALM IS A $5 MILLION AWARD FROM THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION TO STUDY MISINFORMATION SURROUNDING VACCINES.

  Expenses $749,760 · Grants $244,497

• REALITY TEAM - REALITY TEAM USES WIDELY AVAILABLE TOOLS TO MAKE IT HARDER FOR DISINFORMATION TO MANIPULATE PEOPLE. IN 2021, WE REACHED NEARLY 3 MILLION HEAVY SOCIAL MEDIA USERS WHO RARELY SEE NEWS OR OTHER CREDIBLE INFORMATION. OUR CAMPAIGNS COVERED ELECTION INTEGRITY, COVID/VACCINES AND CLIMATE CHANGE. CAMPAIGN METRICS SHOW VERY STRONG INTEREST IN THE CONTENT. WE WORKED WITH ACADEMICS FROM THE YALE CENTER FOR CLIMATE COMMUNICATIONS TO DEVELOP A METHOD TO RUN RANDOMIZED CONTROL TESTS ENTIRELY ON INSTAGRAM, AND FOUND 30-40% BOOST IN FACTUAL KNOWLEDGE 1-3 DAYS POST EXPOSURE TO CLIMATE AND VACCINE INFORMATION AND 17-32% SHIFT IN OPINIONS 7-18 DAYS POST EXPOSURE. EARLY RESULTS ALSO SUGGEST THAT WE CAN DRIVE AN AUDIENCE WITH LOW VOTER PARTICIPATION TO REGISTER TO VOTE. OUR CAMPAIGNS AIM TO SHARE CREDIBLE INFORMATION IN A WAY THAT MAKES THEM FEEL SMART AND CONFIDENT, AND EQUIPS THEM TO GET BETTER AT IDENTIFYING AND RESISTING MANIPULATIVE CONTENT.

  Expenses $388,102

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

Listed in Part VII

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

• KNOWLEDGE FUTURES

  $150,125

  SUPPORT OF OPEN-SOURCE TECHNOLOGY THAT COMBATS MISINFORMATION

• COLAB COOP

  $75,000

  COLLABORATIVE SUPPORT ON RELIABLE SOURCES RESEARCH

• MOZILLA FOUNDATION

  $11,373

  SUPPORT OF RELIABLE INTERNET INFORMATION

• WIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC

  $7,999

  GRANT AWARD ADMINISTRATION

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2022

Filed

10 May 2023

IRS schema version

2022v5.0

Source object

202301329349301845

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