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GUARDIAN ORG FOUNDATION

EIN 81-2404459 WASHINGTON, DC

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Revenue 2024
$5,961,068
Expenses 2024
$5,185,411

Program services were 100.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
A01
Classification
1000
Street
900 17TH ST NW STE 250

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 · 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.

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.

  • 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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $5,961,068
    Expenses
    $5,185,411
    Contributions
    $5,961,068
    Grants paid
    $5,185,000
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $8,431,221
    Expenses
    $8,618,508
    Contributions
    $8,431,221
    Grants paid
    $8,617,500
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $2,897,106
    Expenses
    $2,654,123
    Contributions
    $2,897,106
    Grants paid
    $2,612,500

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
    $4,732,399
    Expenses
    $4,789,386
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,505,680

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,095,936
    Expenses
    $3,925,484
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,722,667

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,507,805
    Expenses
    $3,581,941
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,662,215

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,711,671
    Expenses
    $1,726,201
    Assets (EOY)
    $895,729

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,219,257
    Expenses
    $1,064,542
    Assets (EOY)
    $682,503

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $552,000
    Expenses
    $550,834
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,166

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.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2015

Tax period
1 April 2015 to 31 March 2016
Principal officer
Rachel White
Mailing address
900 17TH STREET NW NO 250WASHINGTON DC 20036

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 9 November 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

Grants made

  • GUARDIAN NEWS AND MEDIA LLC

    $3,055,000

    2023 TO SUPPORT THEGUARDIAN.ORG IN ESTABLISHING VARIOUS PROJECTS.

  • GUARDIAN NEWS AND MEDIA LLC

    $1,940,000

    2024 TO SUPPORT THEGUARDIAN.ORG IN ESTABLISHING VARIOUS PROJECTS.

  • GUARDIAN NEWS AND MEDIA LLC

    $1,100,000

    2022 TO SUPPORT THEGUARDIAN.ORG IN ESTABLISHING VARIOUS PROJECTS.

Where these grants went next →

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 11 November 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 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.