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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by GUARDIAN ORG FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$5,961,068
Total expenses
$5,185,411
Contributions and grants received
$5,961,068
Grants paid
$5,185,000
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$3,263,425
Total liabilities, end of year
$2,251,392
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,012,033
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$5,185,000
Management and general expenses
$411
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$5,185,000

Program services were 100.0% 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

    $5,961,068

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $37,180

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $1,940,000 · program services $1,940,000

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $3,245,000 · program services $3,245,000

  • 24a · Other expenses: BANK CHARGES

    total $411 · management and general $411

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,881,376 · end of year $3,263,425

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $1,645,000 · end of year $2,251,392

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $236,376 · end of year $1,012,033

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

GUARDIAN.ORG FOUNDATION IS ORGANIZED AND OPERATED TO EDUCATE, ADVANCE, AND INFORM PUBLIC DISCOURSE AND CITIZEN PARTICIPATION AROUND THE MOST PRESSING ISSUES OF THE TIME THROUGH THE SUPPORT AND ADVANCEMENT OF INDEPENDENT JOURNALISM.

Activities or mission (Part I)

GUARDIAN.ORG FOUNDATION IS ORGANIZED AND OPERATED TO EDUCATE, ADVANCE, AND INFORM PUBLIC DISCOURSE AND CITIZEN PARTICIPATION AROUND THE MOST PRESSING ISSUES OF OUR TIME THROUGH THE SUPPORT AND ADVANCEMENT OF INDEPENDENT JOURNALISM.

  • IN KEEPING WITH THE GUARDIAN.ORG FOUNDATION'S MISSION TO INFORM PUBLIC DISCOURSE AND CITIZEN PARTICIPATION AROUND THE MOST PRESSING ISSUES OF THE TIME, THE GRANT FUNDS WERE USED SOLELY TO SUPPORT INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM WHICH EXPOSES HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS THAT PERSIST IN THE WORLD, JOURNALISM ON THE RISE OF GUN VIOLENCE AND GUN VIOLENCE SOLUTIONS, INCREASED JOURNALISM ON FACTORY FARMING AND ANIMAL CRUELTY, CLIMATE CHANGE, THE HEALTH OF OCEANS, BIODIVERSITY LOSS AND SPECIES EXTINCTION, ENVIRONMENTAL INJUSTICE AND EFFORTS TO ADDRESS IT, AMERICA'S BROKEN FOOD SYSTEMS, VOTING RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY IN THE US, NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, WORKERS' RIGHTS, ACCESS TO HOUSING, AND VACCINE EQUITY.

    Expenses $5,185,000 · Grants $5,185,000 · Revenue $5,961,068

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Asha Curran

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Vivian Schiller

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Lois Quam

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Alice Rhee

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Cedric Brown

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Richard Addy

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Tracy McVeigh

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Manie Steyn

    TREASURER [01/24-12/24]

    Total calculated
    $13,042
    From this org
    $13,042
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Victoria Collins

    SECRETARY [01/24-12/24]

    Total calculated
    $24,462
    From this org
    $24,462
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Rachel White

    EX-PRESIDENT [01/24-10/24]

    Total calculated
    $46,424
    From this org
    $46,424
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Jane Spencer

    INTERIM PRESIDENT [11/24-12/24]

    Total calculated
    $13,513
    From this org
    $13,513
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

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.

Schedule J

Answered yes

None.

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)

FORM 990, PART VII, SECTION A, LINE 5
RACHEL WHITE, VICTORIA COLLINS, JANE SPENCER, AND MANIE STEYN ARE ALL EMPLOYEES OF GUARDIAN NEWS & MEDIA, WHICH IS NOT A RELATED ORGANIZATION TO THE CHARITY. THEIR TIME AND SERVICES ARE DONATED TO THE CHARITY WITHOUT CHARGE. (1) TYPE OF COMPENSATION: BASE COMPENSATION (2) NAME AND AMOUNT PAID: RACHEL WHITE [01/24-10/24] $46,424, VICTORIA COLLINS [01/24-12/24] $24,462, JANE SPENCER [11/24-12/24] $13,513 AND MANIE STEYN [01/24-12/24] $13,042.

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

  • GUARDIAN NEWS AND MEDIA LLC

    $1,940,000

    TO SUPPORT THEGUARDIAN.ORG IN ESTABLISHING VARIOUS PROJECTS.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
13 January 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202610159349301121

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