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DEEP SOUTH TODAY

EIN 47-2158741 JACKSON, MS

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Revenue 2024
$9,481,672
Expenses 2024
$5,638,889

Program services were 67.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
A30
Classification
1000
Street
317 E CAPITOL ST STE 300

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

DEEP SOUTH TODAY IS A NONPROFIT NETWORK OF LOCAL NEWSROOMS COMPRISING MISSISSIPPI TODAY AND VERITE NEWS. WITH ITS REGIONAL SCALE AND SCOPE, DEEP SOUTH TODAY IS PROVIDING CRITICAL JOURNALISM IN UNDERSERVED AREAS AND ENSURING ITS LONG-TERM GROWTH AND SUSTAINABILITY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO PROVIDE ESSENTIAL LOCAL JOURNALISM TO COMMUNITIES IN LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI.

  • MISSISSIPPI TODAY WAS AWARDED THE 2023 PULITZER PRIZE FOR LOCAL REPORTING. IT IS THE STATE'S FLAGSHIP NONPROFIT, NONPARTISAN NEWSROOM, OFFERING INDEPTH INVESTIGATIVE AND ENTERPRISE REPORTING FROM ALL CORNERS OF THE STATE. THERE IS NO COST TO READ ITS REPORTING, LISTEN TO ITS PODCASTS, OR ACCESS ITS DATA SETS. THE JOURNALISM PRODUCED BY MISSISSIPPI TODAY INCREASES ACCOUNTABILITY AMONG ELECTED OFFICIALS, GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND COMMUNITY LEADERS. ITS REPORTING IN THE AREAS OF COMMUNITY HEALTH, POLITICS, EDUCATION, CRIMINAL JUSTICE, WORKFORCE, AND POVERTY HAS BEEN ESPECIALLY IMPACTFUL, PROVIDING INSIGHT AND EXPLANATION OF SYSTEMIC ISSUES AND CORRUPTION THAT HAVE LONG GONE UNREPORTED.

    Expenses $2,851,410 · Revenue $66,120

  • VERITE NEWS PRODUCES IN-DEPTH JOURNALISM THAT SERVES THE REGION IN AND AROUND NEW ORLEANS, WHILE ALSO EDUCATING, DEVELOPING, AND MENTORING A NEW GENERATION OF JOURNALISTS. VERITE NEWS AT NO COST PROVIDES ITS READERS WITH THE INFORMATION THEY NEED TO UNDERSTAND THE ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND POLITICAL ISSUES IN THEIR COMMUNITIES AND BEYOND. WITH AN EDITORIAL FOCUS ON THE CIVIC AND CULTURAL COMMUNITIES IN NEW ORLEANS, VERITE NEWS REPORTS ON THE EVENTS AND PERSONALITIES SHAPING THE LIFE OF THE CITY.

    Expenses $949,449

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.

  • Ivy Barney

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Todd McDonald

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tom Pittman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Bill Bynum

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Andrew Lack

    EXECUTIVE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dr Ivy Taylor

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tray Hairston

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Donna Barksdale

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mary Margaret White

    CEO OF MISSISSIPPI TODAY

    Total calculated
    $135,160
    From this org
    $121,293
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,867
    Hours/week
    40

  • Dylan Penny

    DIRECTOR, PEOPLE & CULTURE

    Total calculated
    $124,111
    From this org
    $114,222
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,889
    Hours/week
    40

  • Adam Ganucheau

    EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

    Total calculated
    $139,928
    From this org
    $131,391
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,537
    Hours/week
    40

  • Terry Baquet

    EDITOR-IN-CHIEF VERITE

    Total calculated
    $163,268
    From this org
    $147,763
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,505
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $147,763
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,433
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,072
    Filer's total
    $163,268

  • David Francis

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR VERITE

    Total calculated
    $169,249
    From this org
    $153,803
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,446
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $153,803
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,614
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,832
    Filer's total
    $169,249

  • Warwick Sabin

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $292,952
    From this org
    $278,419
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,533
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $278,419
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,353
    Nontaxable benefits
    $6,180
    Filer's total
    $292,952

  • Linden Potts

    CONTROLLER

    Total calculated
    $130,216
    From this org
    $111,987
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,229
    Hours/week
    40

  • Thomas Ramsey

    HIGHEST COMPENSATED EMPLOY

    Total calculated
    $136,896
    From this org
    $109,980
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $26,916
    Hours/week
    40

  • Lauchlin Fields

    HIGHEST COMPENSATED EMPLOY

    Total calculated
    $134,219
    From this org
    $115,059
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,160
    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
    $9,481,672
    Expenses
    $5,638,889
    Contributions
    $9,148,267
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $6,122,140
    Expenses
    $5,150,155
    Contributions
    $5,889,368
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $4,722,248
    Expenses
    $3,579,836
    Contributions
    $4,528,659
    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
    $5,184,768
    Expenses
    $2,205,634
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,242,208

  • 2021 · 990-T

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

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,545,161
    Expenses
    $1,958,209
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,531,175

  • 2020 · 990-T

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

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,560,107
    Expenses
    $1,990,659
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,686,665

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,117,316
    Expenses
    $1,748,406
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,089,688

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $542,373
    Expenses
    $1,568,978
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,721,545

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.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2014

Tax period
1 January 2014 to 31 December 2014
Principal officer
Andrew Lack
Mailing address
800 WOODLANDS PARKWAY STE 107RIDGELAND MS 39157

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 2 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

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 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.