NARRATIVE 4 INC

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

Q21

Classification

1200

Street

45 W 73RD STREET 5

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

• IN 2024, NARRATIVE 4 EXPANDED ITS REACH AND DEEPENED ITS IMPACT WORLDWIDE, ENGAGING OVER 60,000 PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS, TRAINING 2,000+ STORY EXCHANGE FACILITATORS, AND DEVELOPING PARTNERSHIPS WITH OVER 250 SCHOOLS TO EXPAND OUR GLOBAL NETWORK. WE UTILIZED A COLLABORATIVE SELECTION PROCESS TO SELECT EIGHT "FOCUS CITIES" IN THE UNITED STATES (ATLANTA, BOISE, CHATTANOOGA, DENVER, MILWAUKEE, NEW HAVEN, NEW YORK, AND SANTA FE). IN RESPONSE TO THE CHALLENGES AROUND LONELINESS AND DISCONNECTION, NARRATIVE 4 LAUNCHED THE NATIONAL SCHOOLS NETWORK (N4NSN) INITIATIVE IN THE UNITED STATES. N4NSN IS DESIGNED TO BRING OUR PROVEN MODEL TO SCHOOLS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES BY WORKING WITH 200 SCHOOLS, TWO FULLY FUNDED COHORTS THAT INCLUDE TEAM TRAINING TO FACILITATE STORY EXCHANGES, COMMUNITY WORKSHOPS, NETWORKING WITH DIVERSE SCHOOLS NATIONWIDE, AND RESOURCES TO ENSURE THE SUSTAINABILITY OF N4 PROGRAMMING IN SCHOOLS.

  Expenses $2,401,322 · Grants $278,135 · Revenue $184,177

• SINCE THE LAUNCH OF NARRATIVE 4'S DIGITAL PLATFORM IN SEPTEMBER 2022, WE HAVE CONTINUED TO REFINE AND EXPAND OUR INFRASTRUCTURE, ENSURING A SEAMLESS AND ENGAGING EXPERIENCE FOR STUDENTS, EDUCATORS, AND SCHOOLS WORLDWIDE. IN 2024, OUR FOCUS REMAINS ON SCALING OUR PROGRAMS WHILE MAINTAINING THE HIGH STANDARDS OF ENGAGEMENT, EXECUTION, AND IMPACT THAT DEFINE N4. THE DIGITAL PLATFORM PLAYS A CENTRAL ROLE IN ACHIEVING THIS BY:(1) DEEPENING CONNECTIONS - STRENGTHENING RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN STUDENTS, EDUCATORS, AND COMMUNITIES BY PROVIDING MEANINGFUL OPPORTUNITIES FOR COLLABORATION AND DIALOGUE.(2) SCALING WITH EXCELLENCE - ENABLING N4 TO REACH MORE SCHOOLS AND STUDENTS WITHOUT COMPROMISING THE QUALITY OF OUR PROGRAMS OR THE AUTHENTICITY OF THE STORY EXCHANGE EXPERIENCE.(3) MEASURING IMPACT - LEVERAGING DATA-DRIVEN INSIGHTS TO TRACK USER ENGAGEMENT, ASSESS PROGRAM EFFECTIVENESS, AND CONTINUOUSLY REFINE OUR APPROACH.THE DIGITAL PLATFORM IS NOW AN ESSENTIAL HUB FOR GLOBAL CONNECTION, EMPOWERING YOUNG PEOPLE TO ENGAGE WITH DIVERSE PERSPECTIVES, BUILD EMPATHY, AND DRIVE POSITIVE CHANGE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES. AS WE CONTINUE TO EVOLVE, WE REMAIN COMMITTED TO MAKING THE PLATFORM A CORNERSTONE OF N4'S MISSION --CREATING A MORE COMPASSIONATE, CONNECTED WORLD.

  Expenses $311,377

• OUR WORK IN AFRICA CONTINUES TO EXPAND AND CONNECT STUDENTS AND EDUCATORS. WORKING IN SEVEN COUNTRIES, OUR PROGRAMMING REACHED OVER 38,000 STUDENTS. WE ALSO SUCCESSFULLY IMPLEMENTED INTERSCHOOL EXCHANGES THROUGHOUT THE CONTINENT. WE ENGAGED HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS IN KIGALI, RWANDA; LUSAKA, ZAMBIA; UYO, NIGERIA; AND ARUSHA, TANZANIA, IN STORY EXCHANGES THAT CONNECT STUDENTS FROM DIFFERENT CITIES AND AREAS. THE TEAM HAS ALSO CONVENED FACILITATOR ROUNDTABLES TO PROVIDE NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES FOR EDUCATORS WHO ARE DOING N4 PROGRAMMING IN THEIR SCHOOLS, WHICH HAS INCREASED THE FACILITATION OF STORY EXCHANGES IN SCHOOLS. THE N4 SAKHUVELWANO COMMUNITY CENTER (JOE SLOVO CENTER) IN GQEBERHA, SOUTH AFRICA, DISTRIBUTED OVER 12,000 FOOD VOUCHERS AND SERVED 200+ COMMUNITY MEMBERS ON AVERAGE EACH WEEK WITH ITS PROGRAMS AND SERVICES. IT CONTINUES TO EXEMPLIFY WHAT IS POSSIBLE WHEN STORYTELLING AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT INTERSECT TO MEET THE NEEDS OF COMMUNITIES.

  Expenses $226,180

• OTHER PROGRAMS SERVICES INCLUDE PROVIDING PROGRAM RELATED ADVISORY SERVICES IN THE AREA OF CURRICULUM BUILDING, FUNDING RELATIONSHIPS, AND STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS TO MISSION-ALIGNED ORGANIZATIONS.

  Expenses $1,647,140

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

  $7,467,073

  Expenses

  $6,031,324

  Contributions

  $7,125,870

  Grants paid

  $278,135

• 2023

  Revenue

  $6,010,033

  Expenses

  $6,629,273

  Contributions

  $5,763,124

  Grants paid

  $148,506

• 2022

  Revenue

  $7,633,965

  Expenses

  $4,335,757

  Contributions

  $7,491,142

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $7,633,965

  Expenses

  $4,335,757

  Contributions

  $7,491,142

  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

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,903,403

  Expenses

  $3,262,583

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,205,933

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,869,731

  Expenses

  $2,136,307

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,689,962

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,073,119

  Expenses

  $1,604,572

  Assets (EOY)

  $977,760

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,483,716

  Expenses

  $1,163,472

  Assets (EOY)

  $498,134

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $896,657

  Expenses

  $900,379

  Assets (EOY)

  $50,000

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

• STAND TOGETHER FOUNDATION

  $1,000,000

  2022 · GENERAL OPERATING

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $476,000

  2024 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TR

  $425,000

  2024 · HUMAN SERVICES

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $134,000

  2023 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $131,500

  2022 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TR

  $48,000

  2023 · INTERNATIONAL

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $13,000

  2023 · INTERNATIONAL, FOREIGN AFFAIRS

• NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TR

  $10,000

  2022 · INTERNATIONAL

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $10,000

  2024 · INTERNATIONAL, FOREIGN AFFAIRS

Taxable family

From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.

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