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SAHAN JOURNAL

EIN 83-2745995 SAINT PAUL, MN

Revenue 2024
$1,753,535
Expenses 2024
$2,870,128

Program services were 72.7% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
B90
Classification
1200
Street
550 VANDALIA ST STE 170

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Other organizations at this address

2 other organizations in the IRS Business Master File list the same street address. matched by us

This address is a suite or unit (STE 170). Organizations that share one are often clients of the same office-services firm, accountant or registered agent rather than related to each other.

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

Sahan Journal provides immigrants and communities of color with free, fair, and responsive journalism that shows everyone the way to a more equitable Minnesota.

  • Sahan Journal published more than 700 news stories about Minnesota's immigrants and communities of color, attracting more than 1 million readers on our website, 2.1 million Instagram views, 11,000-plus newsletter subscribers, and large audiences through news partnerships and other distribution channels.

    Expenses $2,087,964 · Revenue $40,817

As filed on the 2024 return.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Laura Yuen

    Board Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Fred de Sam Lazaro

    Board member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Nusheen Ameenuddi

    Board member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Nancy Cassutt Ison

    Board member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Eva McLarty

    Board member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mukhtar Ibrahim

    Publisher and CEO 1/1-9/3/24

    Total calculated
    $198,984
    From this org
    $175,586
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,398
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $135,586
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $40,000
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $23,398
    Filer's total
    $198,984

  • Gokulavanan Murugesan

    Executive Director 9/3/24- present

    Total calculated
    $59,808
    From this org
    $59,808
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Michael Tortorello

    Chief Growth Officer

    Total calculated
    $113,173
    From this org
    $113,173
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Chao Xiong

    Director of Editorial

    Total calculated
    $105,926
    From this org
    $97,740
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,186
    Hours/week
    40

  • Sally Waterman

    Director of Advertising and Sponsorship

    Total calculated
    $140,910
    From this org
    $121,899
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,011
    Hours/week
    40

  • Dawn Flinsch

    Director of Development

    Total calculated
    $118,236
    From this org
    $91,687
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $26,549
    Hours/week
    40

  • Mayuri Utturkar

    Director of Operations and Finance

    Total calculated
    $102,224
    From this org
    $91,315
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,909
    Hours/week
    40

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $1,753,535
    Expenses
    $2,870,128
    Contributions
    $1,324,602
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $4,635,135
    Expenses
    $2,454,540
    Contributions
    $4,196,908
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $2,000,497
    Expenses
    $1,924,332
    Contributions
    $1,703,450
    Grants paid
    $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2024 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2023 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2022 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,480,106
    Expenses
    $1,174,773
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,969,172

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,370,593
    Expenses
    $1,238,458
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,847,505

  • 2021 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2021 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $772,351
    Expenses
    $608,058
    Assets (EOY)
    $657,592

  • 2020 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $495,374
    Expenses
    $40,161
    Assets (EOY)
    $458,620

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 29 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.