Totals
- Total revenue
- $1,729,904
- Total expenses
- $1,980,261
- Contributions and grants received
- $1,702,189
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $26,099
- Investment income
- $0
- Other revenue
- $1,616
- Total assets, end of year
- $683,312
- Total liabilities, end of year
- -$2,994
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $686,306
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $1,585,129
- Management and general expenses
- $258,568
- Fundraising expenses
- $136,564
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $1,585,129
Program services were 80.0% 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.
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$1,702,189
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2a · Program service revenue: REFLECTIVE JOURNALISM PROJECT
total $26,099 · related or exempt $26,099
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11a · Other revenue: MISC INCOME
total $1,616 · excluded $1,616
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11e · Other revenue, total
$1,616
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $268,193 · program services $208,494 · management and general $38,200 · fundraising $21,499
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $1,042,228 · program services $810,232 · management and general $148,448 · fundraising $83,548
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $210,811 · program services $176,525 · management and general $15,137 · fundraising $19,149
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $128,534 · program services $97,132 · management and general $19,034 · fundraising $12,368
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $2,700 · management and general $2,700
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11g · Fees: other
total $223,784 · program services $223,784
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $6,013 · program services $2,871 · management and general $3,142
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13 · Office expenses
total $26,906 · program services $20,812 · management and general $6,094
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14 · Information technology
total $40,956 · program services $40,956
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17 · Travel
total $4,049 · program services $4,049
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23 · Insurance
total $1,299 · management and general $1,299
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24a · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSE
total $24,514 · management and general $24,514
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24b · Other expenses: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
total $274 · program services $274
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $835,169 · end of year $539,235
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4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $102,500 · end of year $140,000
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $4,828 · end of year -$360
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$19,195
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$14,758
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $7,204 · end of year $4,437
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
end of year $2,049
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25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $10,271 · end of year -$5,043
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $939,430 · end of year $686,306
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
THROUGH IN-DEPTH AND THOUGHT-PROVOKING JOURNALISM, PRISM REFLECTS THE LIVED EXPERIENCES OF PEOPLE MOST IMPACTED BY INJUSTICE. AS AN INDEPENDENT AND NONPROFIT NEWSROOM LED BY JOURNALISTS OF COLOR, WE TELL STORIES FROM THE GROUND UP: TO DISRUPT HARMFUL NARRATIVES, AND TO INFORM MOVEMENTS FOR JUSTICE.
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THROUGH OUR ORIGINAL REPORTING, ANALYSIS, AND COMMENTARY, PRISM EXAMINES THE INTERSECTIONS OF MULTIPLE SOCIAL INJUSTICES, OUR READERS' LIVED EXPERIENCES AND IDENTITIES, AND MOVEMENTS TO RESHAPE OUR SOCIETY FOR THE BETTER.
Expenses $1,585,129
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THROUGH OUR REFLECTIVE JOURNALISM PROJECT, PRISM TRAINS ASPIRING WRITERS, COMMUNITY LEADERS, AND FRONTLINE SOCIAL JUSTICE THINKERS AND ORGANIZERS ON THE EDITORIAL PROCESS, WITH THE GOAL OF BUILDING A DEEP BENCH OF CONTENT CREATORS AND GROWING THE NETWORK OF BIPOC WRITERS TELLING THEIR STORIES, SHARING THEIR EXPERIENCES, AND REPORTING ON ISSUES MAINSTREAM MEDIA OFTEN OVERLOOKS.
Revenue $26,099
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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Caitlin GaffinCAITLIN GAFFIN
PUBLISHER
- Total calculated
- $111,312
- From this org
- $111,312
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 32
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Lara WittLARA WITT
EDITOR-IN-CH
- Total calculated
- $111,239
- From this org
- $111,239
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 32
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Ashton LattimoreASHTON LATTIMORE
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $45,643
- From this org
- $45,643
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 32
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Sarah AlvarezSARAH ALVAREZ
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
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Joanne GriffithJOANNE GRIFFITH
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Emma Carew GrovumEMMA CAREW GROVUM
BOARD CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Sarah Eagle HeartSARAH EAGLE HEART
BOARD MEMBER
- 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
- 12 November 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.0
- Source object
- 202513189349315626
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