DEFINE AMERICAN

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

P84

Classification

1200

Street

453 S SPRING STREET

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).

Mission and programs · 2023

• DEFINE AMERICAN IS A NON-PROFIT MEDIA AND CULTURE ORGANIZATION THAT USES THE POWER OF STORY TO TRANSCEND POLITICS AND SHIFT THE CONVERSATION ABOUT IMMIGRANTS, IDENTITY, AND CITIZENSHIP IN A CHANGING AMERICA. THE ORGANIZATION WORKS COLLABORATIVELY WITH A WIDE VARIETY OF INDIVIDUALS, GROUPS AND ORGANIZATIONS TOWARD THE FOLLOWING GOALS: 1) PROMOTE THE USE OF HUMANIZING LANGUAGE AND ACCURATE, FACTUAL REPORTING ABOUT IMMIGRANTS IN THE NEWS MEDIA; 2) PROVIDE A STORYTELLING PLATFORM WHERE INDIVIDUALS CAN SHARE THEIR STORIES AND PROMOTE THEM THROUGH THE ORGANIZATION'S WEB TOOLS FOR FREE; 3) HOST EDUCATIONAL EVENTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY; 4) PROVIDE INFORMATION AND STORY ACCESS TO PROFESSIONALS IN THE TELEVISION AND FILM INDUSTRY; 5) PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR A CHAPTERS PROGRAM THAT HELPS TRAIN STUDENTS MOSTLY AT THE COLLEGIATE LEVEL TO HELP ACHIEVE THE ORGANIZATION'S MISSION ON THE LOCAL LEVEL; 6) CREATE DIGITAL AND FILM CONTENT TO HELP ACHIEVE THE ORGANIZATION'S MISSION.

  Expenses $3,490,860 · Grants $25,000 · Revenue $380,393

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

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

• 2023

  Revenue

  $4,173,788

  Expenses

  $4,861,523

  Contributions

  $3,734,587

  Grants paid

  $25,000

• 2022

  Revenue

  $4,609,549

  Expenses

  $4,068,099

  Contributions

  $4,567,418

  Grants paid

  $30,000

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

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $4,398,940

  Expenses

  $2,827,802

  Assets (EOY)

  $5,068,106

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,886,681

  Expenses

  $2,858,037

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,553,102

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $4,244,637

  Expenses

  $2,931,762

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,458,257

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,045,009

  Expenses

  $2,506,738

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,152,131

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,873,044

  Expenses

  $2,272,750

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,722,668

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,088,442

  Expenses

  $1,613,383

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,977,135

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,394,442

  Expenses

  $943,484

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,482,606

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.

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 CHICAGO COMMUNITY TRUST

  $2,000,000

  2022 · General operating support

• TIDES FOUNDATION

  $450,000

  2022 · EQUITY, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT

• SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION

  $250,000

  2024 · FOR GENERAL SUPPORT

• SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION

  $200,000

  2022 · ADVISED - FOR GENERAL SUPPORT.

• AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC

  $154,855

  2023 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION

  $100,000

  2023 · FOR GENERAL SUPPORT.

• ROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS INC

  $100,000

  2024 · CIVIL RIGHTS, SOCIAL ACTION & ADVOCACY

• DRAPER RICHARDS KAPLAN FOUNDATION

  $100,000

  2023 · GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $85,300

  2024 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $75,250

  2023 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

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

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