ONLINE NEWS ASSOCIATION

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

B99

Classification

1000

Street

1111 N CAPITAL STREET NE 6TH F

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

• CONFERENCES AND MEETINGS - ONA'S ANNUAL CONFERENCE BRINGS TOGETHER JOURNALISTS FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY TO PARTICIPATE IN INTERACTIVE PANEL DISCUSSIONS, NETWORKING ACTIVITIES, AND HANDS-ON WORKSHOPS AIMED AT DEVELOPING INNOVATIVE STRATEGIES FOR INCORPORATING TECHNOLOGY IN NEWSGATHERING AND DISTRIBUTION.REGIONAL ORGANIZERS HOST PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT EVENTS FOR JOURNALISTS AND TECHNOLOGY INNOVATORS WITH A FOCUS ON THE ISSUES AND OPPORTUNITIES UNIQUE TO EACH REGION. LOCAL EVENTS ARE ALSO HELD VIRTUALLY, ALLOWING A WIDER RANGE OF ONA MEMBERS TO TAKE PART IN THE EVENT. WEBINARS AND OTHER VIRTUAL LEARNING EVENTS: THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, ONA OFFERS MULTIPLE VIRTUAL TRAININGS ON A VARIETY OF TOPICS AIMED AT DEVELOPING SPECIFIC SKILLS FOR DIGITAL JOURNALISTS.

  Expenses $983,083 · Grants $600 · Revenue $478,863

• PIVOT PROGRAM - AS A FISCAL SPONSOR FOR THE PIVOT FUND, ONA PROVIDES ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT TO THE PIVOT PROGRAM, WHICH IS DEDICATED TO HELPING BIPOC-LED COMMUNITY NEWS ORGANIZATIONS THROUGH FUNDING, CAPACITY BUILDING, SKILLS-BASED TRAININGS, AND NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES.

  Expenses $625,100 · Grants $625,100 · Revenue $45,900

• KNOWLEDGE SHARING - ONA'S WEBSITE (WWW.JOURNALISTS.ORG), AND E-NEWSLETTERS NURTURE ONLINE COMMUNITIES THROUGH CONTENT AND DATABASE SHARING, ALLOWING ONA'S MEMBERS TO EXCHANGE INFORMATION, FIND ASSISTANCE AND EXPERTISE, RAISE QUESTIONS, AND ENGAGE IN DIGITAL MEDIA ISSUES. ONA PROVIDES SOCIAL MEDIA NETWORKING TO SPECIFIC DEMOGRAPHICS THROUGH ITS GROWING FACEBOOK, X (FORMERLY, TWITTER), LINKEDIN AND VARIOUS MEMBERSHIP GROUPS. ONA OFFERS FREQUENT MEMBER SURVEYS ON ONLINE ISSUES AND HOUSES FREE AND DISCOUNTED ACCESS TO OUTSIDE WEBINARS, SEMINARS AND CONFERENCES, AS WELL AS FREE MEMBER ACCESS TO THE LATEST REPORTS, STUDIES, AND RESEARCH ON DIGITAL JOURNALISM ISSUES.

  Expenses $427,196

• AWARDS - THE ONLINE JOURNALISM AWARDS, LAUNCHED IN MAY, 2000, ARE THE ONLY COMPREHENSIVE SET OF JOURNALISM PRIZES HONORING ACHIEVEMENTS IN DIGITAL JOURNALISM AROUND THE WORLD. THE AWARDS IDENTIFY AND PUBLICLY HONOR MODELS OF EXCELLENCE IN THE INDUSTRY.

  Expenses $205,231 · Grants $57,000 · Revenue $165,970

• FELLOWSHIPS AND OUTREACH - ONA FOCUSES ON CULTIVATING INCLUSIVE NEWSROOM LEADERSHIP, CULTURE, AND DIVERSITY. DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION ARE INCORPORATED INTO ALL AREAS OF ONA'S WORK AND PROGRAMMING. THE PROGRAMS THAT INCLUDE A SPECIFIC FOCUS ON EQUITY AND INCLUSION INCLUDE THE WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP ACCELERATOR, THE DIGITAL WOMEN LEADERS, AND THE HBCU DIGITAL MEDIA FELLOWSHIP.

  Expenses $141,332

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

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.

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

  $3,753,008

  Expenses

  $3,296,735

  Contributions

  $2,875,572

  Grants paid

  $682,700

• 2023

  Revenue

  $4,470,046

  Expenses

  $4,975,890

  Contributions

  $3,280,239

  Grants paid

  $1,574,500

• 2022

  Revenue

  $4,084,170

  Expenses

  $4,653,325

  Contributions

  $2,191,431

  Grants paid

  $1,240,528

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

  $1,989,301

  Expenses

  $2,271,171

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,598,413

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,989,301

  Expenses

  $2,271,171

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,598,413

• 2021 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,619,791

  Expenses

  $2,628,784

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,153,402

• 2020 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,295,150

  Expenses

  $3,455,137

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,969,383

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,751,510

  Expenses

  $3,656,161

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,260,180

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

• PIVOT FUND

  $1,516,000

  2023 · FOR THE PIVOT PROGRAM.

• PIVOT FUND

  $1,182,328

  2022 · GRANTEE PER FISCAL SPONSORSHIP. PIVOT FUND IS A VENTURE PHILANTHROPY ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO INVESTING $500 MILLION INTO INDEPENDENT BIPOC-LED CULTURALLY COMPETENT COMMUNITY NEWS ORGANIZATIONS. THE PIVOT FUND INVESTS THROUGH FUNDING, CAPACITY BUILDING, TRAININGS, AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR COLLABORATIVE JOURNALISM.

• PIVOT FUND

  $625,100

  2024 · FOR THE PIVOT PROGRAM.

• PRO PUBLICA INC

  $13,500

  2023 · 3M TRUTH IN SCIENCE AWARD, SMALL/MEDIUM NEWSROOM; GATHER AWARD IN COMMUNITY-CENTERED JOURNALISM, OVERALL EXCELLENCE, MEDIUM/LARGE NEWSROOM; UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA AWARD FOR INVESTIGATIVE DATA JOURNALISM, SMALL/MEDIUM NEWSROOM

• THE WASHINGTON POST

  $12,500

  2023 · UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA AWARD FOR INVESTIGATIVE DATA JOURNALISM, LARGE NEWSROOM

• PROPUBLICA

  $11,750

  2022 · AWARDS

• PRO PUBLICA INC

  $10,000

  2024 · GENERAL EXCELLENCE IN ONLINE JOURNALISM - MEDIUM; KNIGHT AWARD FOR PUBLIC SERVICE

• SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PUBLIC RADIO

  $7,500

  2022 · AWARDS

• TRACE MEDIA INC

  $7,500

  2022 · AWARDS

• THE WASHINGTON POST

  $7,500

  2022 · AWARDS

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

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $150,000

  2022 · EDUCATION

• WORLD EDUCATION SERVICES INC

  $100,000

  2022 · COMMUNICATION GRANT

• NEW PROFIT INC

  $100,000

  2023 · PROGRAM EXPANSION

• WINDWARD FUND

  $75,000

  2024 · ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS

• ASSETS UNDER MOVEMENT

  $50,000

  2023 · Project support

• AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC

  $7,000

  2024 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• PEW RESEARCH CENTER

  $7,000

  2024 · Sponsorship

• PEW RESEARCH CENTER

  $6,000

  2022 · Sponsorship

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