Attach to Form 990 or Form 990-EZ.
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| (i) Name of supported organization | (ii) EIN | (iii) Type of organization (described on lines 1- 10 above (see instructions)) | (iv) Is the organization listed in your governing document? | (v) Amount of monetary support (see instructions) | (vi) Amount of other support (see instructions) | |
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Calendar year
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(a) 2017 | (b) 2018 | (c) 2019 | (d) 2020 | (e) 2021 | (f) Total | |
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| 1 | Gifts, grants, contributions, and membership fees received. (Do not include any "unusual grant.") .. | ||||||
| 2 | Tax revenues levied for the organization's benefit and either paid to or expended on its behalf.... | ||||||
| 3 | The value of services or facilities furnished by a governmental unit to the organization without charge.. | ||||||
| 4 | Total. Add lines 1 through 3 | ||||||
| 5 | The portion of total contributions by each person (other than a governmental unit or publicly supported organization) included on line 1 that exceeds 2% of the amount shown on line 11, column (f) .. | ||||||
| 6 | Public support. Subtract line 5 from line 4. | ||||||
Calendar year
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(a) 2017 | (b) 2018 | (c) 2019 | (d) 2020 | (e) 2021 | (f) Total | |
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| 7 | Amounts from line 4.. | ||||||
| 8 | Gross income from interest, dividends, payments received on securities loans, rents, royalties and income from similar sources... | ||||||
| 9 | Net income from unrelated business activities, whether or not the business is regularly carried on.. | ||||||
| 10 | Other income. Do not include gain or loss from the sale of capital assets (Explain in Part VI.).. | ||||||
| 11 | Total support. Add lines 7 through 10 | ||||||
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(a) 2017 | (b) 2018 | (c) 2019 | (d) 2020 | (e) 2021 | (f) Total | |
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| 1 | Gifts, grants, contributions, and membership fees received. (Do not include any "unusual grants.") . | 11,542,974 | 12,510,337 | 12,299,817 | 12,249,583 | 17,760,604 | 66,363,315 |
| 2 | Gross receipts from admissions, merchandise sold or services performed, or facilities furnished in any activity that is related to the organization's tax-exempt purpose | 2,884,034 | 2,295,495 | 2,072,496 | 2,325,313 | 2,462,857 | 12,040,195 |
| 3 | Gross receipts from activities that are not an unrelated trade or business under section 513 ..... | ||||||
| 4 | Tax revenues levied for the organization's benefit and either paid to or expended on its behalf... | ||||||
| 5 | The value of services or facilities furnished by a governmental unit to the organization without charge | ||||||
| 6 | Total. Add lines 1 through 5 | 14,427,008 | 14,805,832 | 14,372,313 | 14,574,896 | 20,223,461 | 78,403,510 |
| 7a | Amounts included on lines 1, 2, and 3 received from disqualified persons | 1,676,473 | 1,350,582 | 1,918,052 | 1,483,018 | 4,182,605 | 10,610,730 |
| b | Amounts included on lines 2 and 3 received from other than disqualified persons that exceed the greater of $5,000 or 1% of the amount on line 13 for the year. | 0 | |||||
| c | Add lines 7a and 7b.. | 1,676,473 | 1,350,582 | 1,918,052 | 1,483,018 | 4,182,605 | 10,610,730 |
| 8 | Public support. (Subtract line 7c from line 6.) | 67,792,780 | |||||
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(a) 2017 | (b) 2018 | (c) 2019 | (d) 2020 | (e) 2021 | (f) Total | |
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| 9 | Amounts from line 6... | 14,427,008 | 14,805,832 | 14,372,313 | 14,574,896 | 20,223,461 | 78,403,510 |
| 10a | Gross income from interest, dividends, payments received on securities loans, rents, royalties and income from similar sources.. | 272,009 | 289,117 | 299,361 | 334,523 | 314,721 | 1,509,731 |
| b | Unrelated business taxable income (less section 511 taxes) from businesses acquired after June 30, 1975. | ||||||
| c | Add lines 10a and 10b. | 272,009 | 289,117 | 299,361 | 334,523 | 314,721 | 1,509,731 |
| 11 | Net income from unrelated business activities not included on line 10b, whether or not the business is regularly carried on. | ||||||
| 12 | Other income. Do not include gain or loss from the sale of capital assets (Explain in Part VI.) .. | 61,748 | 23,590 | 11,223 | 74,122 | 8,875 | 179,558 |
| 13 | Total support. (Add lines 9, 10c, 11, and 12.).. | 14,760,765 | 15,118,539 | 14,682,897 | 14,983,541 | 20,547,057 | 80,092,799 |
| Section A - Adjusted Net Income | (A) Prior Year |
(B) Current Year (optional) |
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| 1 | Net short-term capital gain | 1 | ||||
| 2 | Recoveries of prior-year distributions | 2 | ||||
| 3 | Other gross income (see instructions) | 3 | ||||
| 4 | Add lines 1 through 3 | 4 | ||||
| 5 | Depreciation and depletion | 5 | ||||
| 6 | Portion of operating expenses paid or incurred for production or collection of gross income or for management, conservation, or maintenance of property held for production of income (see instructions) | 6 | ||||
| 7 | Other expenses (see instructions) | 7 | ||||
| 8 | Adjusted Net Income (subtract lines 5, 6 and 7 from line 4) | 8 | ||||
| Section B - Minimum Asset Amount | (A) Prior Year |
(B) Current Year (optional) |
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| 1 | Aggregate fair market value of all non-exempt-use assets (see instructions for short tax year or assets held for part of year): | 1 | ||||
| a | Average monthly value of securities | 1a | ||||
| b | Average monthly cash balances | 1b | ||||
| c | Fair market value of other non-exempt-use assets | 1c | ||||
| d | Total (add lines 1a, 1b, and 1c) | 1d | ||||
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Discount claimed for blockage or other factors (explain in detail in Part VI): |
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| 2 | Acquisition indebtedness applicable to non-exempt use assets | 2 | ||||
| 3 | Subtract line 2 from line 1d | 3 | ||||
| 4 | Cash deemed held for exempt use. Enter 0.015 of line 3 (for greater amount, see instructions). | 4 | ||||
| 5 | Net value of non-exempt-use assets (subtract line 4 from line 3) | 5 | ||||
| 6 | Multiply line 5 by 0.035 | 6 | ||||
| 7 | Recoveries of prior-year distributions | 7 | ||||
| 8 | Minimum Asset Amount (add line 7 to line 6) | 8 | ||||
| Section C - Distributable Amount | Current Year | |||||
| 1 | Adjusted net income for prior year (from Section A, line 8, Column A) | 1 | ||||
| 2 | Enter 85% of line 1 | 2 | ||||
| 3 | Minimum asset amount for prior year (from Section B, line 8, Column A) | 3 | ||||
| 4 | Enter greater of line 2 or line 3 | 4 | ||||
| 5 | Income tax imposed in prior year | 5 | ||||
| 6 | Distributable Amount. Subtract line 5 from line 4, unless subject to emergency temporary reduction (see instructions) | 6 | ||||
| Section D - Distributions | Current Year | |
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| 1 Amounts paid to supported organizations to accomplish exempt purposes | 1 | |
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Amounts paid to perform activity that directly furthers exempt purposes of supported organizations, in excess of income from activity |
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| 3 Administrative expenses paid to accomplish exempt purposes of supported organizations | 3 | |
| 4 Amounts paid to acquire exempt-use assets | 4 | |
| 5 Qualified set-aside amounts (prior IRS approval required - provide details in Part VI) | 5 | |
| 6 Other distributions (describe in Part VI). See instructions | 6 | |
| 7Total annual distributions. Add lines 1 through 6. | 7 | |
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Distributions to attentive supported organizations to which the organization is responsive (provide details in Part VI). See instructions |
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| 9 Distributable amount for 2021 from Section C, line 6 | 9 | |
| 10 Line 8 amount divided by Line 9 amount | 10 | |
| Section E - Distribution Allocations (see instructions) |
(i) Excess Distributions |
(ii) Underdistributions Pre-2021 |
(iii) Distributable Amount for 2021 |
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| 1 Distributable amount for 2021 from Section C, line 6 | ||||
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Underdistributions, if any, for years prior to 2021 (reasonable cause required-- explain in Part VI). See instructions. |
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| 3 Excess distributions carryover, if any, to 2021: | ||||
| a From 2016....... | ||||
| b From 2017....... | ||||
| c From 2018....... | ||||
| d From 2019....... | ||||
| e From 2020....... | ||||
| fTotal of lines 3a through e | ||||
| g Applied to underdistributions of prior years | ||||
| h Applied to 2021 distributable amount | ||||
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Carryover from 2016 not applied (see instructions) |
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| j Remainder. Subtract lines 3g, 3h, and 3i from line 3f. | ||||
| 4Distributions for 2021 from Section D, line 7: | ||||
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| a Applied to underdistributions of prior years | ||||
| b Applied to 2021 distributable amount | ||||
| c Remainder. Subtract lines 4a and 4b from line 4. | ||||
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5
Remaining underdistributions for years prior to 2021, if any. Subtract lines 3g and 4a from line 2. If the amount is greater than zero, explain in Part VI. See instructions. |
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6
Remaining underdistributions for 2021. Subtract lines 3h and 4b from line 1. If the amount is greater than zero, explain in Part VI. See instructions. |
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7 Excess distributions carryover to 2022. Add lines 3j and 4c. |
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| 8 Breakdown of line 7: | ||||
| a Excess from 2017..... | ||||
| b Excess from 2018..... | ||||
| c Excess from 2019..... | ||||
| d Excess from 2020..... | ||||
| e Excess from 2021..... | ||||
| Facts And Circumstances Test |
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| SCHEDULE A, PART III, LINE 12, EXPLANATION OF OTHER INCOME: | FISCAL SPONSORSHIP - 2017 AMOUNT: $ 42,876. 2018 AMOUNT: $ 43. EVENT REVENUE - 2017 AMOUNT: $ 1,950. 2018 AMOUNT: $ 22,058. 2019 AMOUNT: $ 9,437. 2020 AMOUNT: $ 11,923. 2021 AMOUNT: $ 8,875. OTHER INCOME - 2017 AMOUNT: $ 16,922. 2018 AMOUNT: $ 1,489. 2019 AMOUNT: $ 1,786. 2020 AMOUNT: $ 62,199. |
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| FORM 990, PART III, LINE 4A | VOTING RIGHTS: THE BATTLE OVER VOTER SUPPRESSION IS ONE OF MOTHER JONES' MOST ESSENTIAL AREAS OF COVERAGE. MOTHER JONES WAS THE FIRST NATIONAL MEDIA OUTLET TO REPORT ON THIS ISSUE REGULARLY AND DEEPLY, EXPLORING HOW THE PUSH FOR MINORITY RULE MAY BE THE GREATEST THREAT TO OUR DEMOCRACY. NINETEEN STATES PASSED 34 NEW LAWS IN 2021 REDUCING VOTING ACCESS, MAKING IT MORE DIFFICULT TO VOTE BY MAIL AND EASIER TO REMOVE VOTERS FROM THE ROLLS, CUTTING THE NUMBER OF EARLY VOTING DAYS, ERECTING NEW BARRIERS TO VOTER REGISTRATION, AND REDUCING THE NUMBER OF POLLING PLACES. VOTING RIGHTS REPORTER ARI BERMAN DOCUMENTED THESE OVERT REPUBLICAN-LED EFFORTS AT DISENFRANCHISEMENT. NATIONAL SECURITY AND DEMOCRACY: RUSSIA'S ASSAULT ON UKRAINE SHOCKED THE WORLD, BUT MOTHER JONES LONG AGO LAID THE GROUNDWORK FOR UNDERSTANDING THIS WAR. AS DC BUREAU CHIEF DAVID CORN POINTED OUT IN THE FIRST DAYS OF THE WAR, PUTIN WAS EMBOLDENED BY THE IMPUNITY HE ENJOYED WHEN HE ATTACKED THE UNITED STATES AND OUR ELECTION. CORN ALSO REVEALED THE EXTENT TO WHICH THERE IS A DANGEROUS FEEDBACK LOOP BETWEEN US RIGHT-WING MEDIA AND KREMLIN PROPAGANDA: PUTIN'S GOVERNMENT WAS SENDING MEMOS TO RUSSIAN MEDIA OUTLETS TELLING THEM "IT IS ESSENTIAL" THEY FEATURE FOX NEWS COMMENTATOR TUCKER CARLSON "AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE." WE ALSO WERE ABLE TO REPORT FROM THE FRONTLINES, WITH INCREDIBLE DISPATCHES FROM FORMER MOTHER JONES FELLOW MOLLY SCHWARTZ WHO DETAILED HER OWN ESCAPE FROM RUSSIA AND TOOK US INSIDE THE EXTENSIVE VOLUNTEER EFFORTS IN POLAND TO HELP UKRAINIAN REFUGEES. DISINFORMATION: MOTHER JONES CONSISTENTLY EXPLORES HOW RIGHT-WING MEDIA, TECH, AND SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS AMPLIFY DISINFORMATION. REPORTER ALI BRELAND HAS HIS FINGER ON THE PULSE OF THE ALT RIGHT MOVEMENT, INVESTIGATING AND TRACKING INSURRECTION AND DISINFORMATION THROUGH THE FAR-RIGHT ECOSYSTEM. HE REPORTED A FASCINATING STORY ABOUT AN ACTIVIST WHO WENT UNDERCOVER IN THE QANON WORLD AND DESCRIBED THE MOVEMENT FROM THE INSIDE BEFORE HER IDENTITY WAS REVEALED. REPORTERS STEPHANIE MENCIMER AND KIERA BUTLER HAVE BOTH GONE INSIDE ONLINE INFORMATION ECOSYSTEMS TO DEMONSTRATE HOW THESE GROUPS HAVE CORRODED PUBLIC DISCOURSE, IN STORIES DEPICTING HIGH PROFILE MEMBERS OF THESE MOVEMENTS AND INVESTIGATING HOW DISPARATE CORNERS OF THIS UNIVERSE ARE COMING TOGETHER. EXTREMISM: OUR JOURNALISTS REPORT ON THE HARD EDGE OF RADICAL AND ANTIDEMOCRATIC MOVEMENTS AND IDEOLOGIES IN AMERICAFROM THE FRINGES OF THE INTERNET TO STATE LEGISLATURES AND CONGRESS. IN THE RUN-UP TO THE 2016 ELECTION, OUR REPORTERS WERE AMONG VERY FEW TO DIG INTO THE WAY TRUMP'S CAMPAIGN INTENTIONALLY MAINSTREAMED WHITE SUPREMACIST MEMES AND IDEAS. WE WROTE ABOUT THE OATH KEEPERS AS EARLY AS 2010 AND HAVE BEEN AT THE FOREFRONT OF REPORTING ON MILITIAS, WHITE NATIONALISTS, AND OTHER EXTREMIST MOVEMENTS. DAVID CORN'S ESSAYS BROUGHT INSIGHT AND CONTEXT TO THE ONGOING POWER STRUGGLE OVER WHOSE TRUTH STANDS. ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE INSURRECTION, HE WROTE MOVINGLY ABOUT HOW AMERICANS WERE REMEMBERING THE DATE AND NOTED THAT, DESPITE THE CONVENTIONAL NARRATIVE, MOMENTS OF NATIONAL TRAGEDY RARELY LEAD TO NATIONAL UNITY. POLITICAL & FINANCIAL CORRUPTION: MOTHER JONES CONTINUES TO PURSUE THE KIND OF SHOE LEATHER INVESTIGATIONS FOR WHICH WE ARE KNOWN, EXAMINING CORRUPTION THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY BREAK THE LAW BUT POINTS TO CONFLICT OF INTEREST AND SELF-DEALING. WEAKENED CAMPAIGN-FINANCE RESTRICTIONS AND TRANSPARENCY REQUIREMENTS IN THIS ERA HAVE MADE IT POSSIBLE FOR CORRUPT OFFICIALS TO FLIP AN ELECTION WITHOUT DISCLOSURE OR ACCOUNTABILITY. REPORTER DAN FRIEDMAN INVESTIGATES POLITICAL CORRUPTION AT THE TOP LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT, FOR EXAMPLE REPORTING THAT TOP TRUMP OFFICIALS VIOLATED A LAW RESTRICTING PARTISAN POLITICAL ACTIVITY BY FEDERAL EMPLOYEES, BUT FACED NO LEGAL CONSEQUENCES. WE ARE ALSO TAKING ON THE STRUCTURAL CHALLENGES AND FINANCIAL LOOPHOLES PRESENT IN OUR CURRENT SYSTEMS THAT GENERATE DEEPER INEQUALITY. IN THE SPRING, WE ROLLED OUT A 15-STORY-STRONG, MULTIMEDIA PACKAGE ON PRIVATE EQUITY AND ALL THE WAYS THIS FACET OF OUR FINANCIAL SECTOR HAS INFILTRATED EVERYDAY LIFE. GENDER JUSTICE: WHEN THE SUPREME COURT HANDED DOWN THE DOBBS DECISION THIS SUMMER, THE NATION EFFECTIVELY ENDED A 50-YEAR GUARANTEE OF BODILY AUTONOMY FOR WOMEN, CREATING A DANGEROUS AND CONFUSING PATCHWORK OF LAWS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY AND AN UNCERTAIN FUTURE FOR WOMEN IN THE UNITED STATES. MOTHER JONES HAS REPORTED ON ISSUES OF GENDER JUSTICE SINCE OUR FOUNDING SHORTLY AFTER THE ROE DECISION AND HAS BEEN RINGING THE ALARM IN RECENT YEARS AS WE CREPT CLOSER TO THIS INEVITABILITY. REPORTER BECCA ANDREWS SHOWED THREE YEARS AGO HOW WOMEN IN MISSISSIPPI WERE ALREADY LIVING IN A POST-ROE WORLD, AND NINA LISS-SCHULTZ OUTLINED HOW ABORTION-RIGHTS DEFENDERS WERE PREPARING FOR THE WORST. STEPHANIE MENCIMER LAID OUT WHAT SAM ALITO IS ALL ABOUT BACK IN 2016. AND IN THE MONTHS SINCE, WE'VE BEEN ON THE GROUND REPORTING FROM RED STATES ABOUT WHAT IT'S LIKE FOR WOMEN, WHAT HAPPENS TO OTHER FERTILITY TREATMENTS, AND HIGHLIGHTING THE FAILURES OF SOCIAL SAFETY NETS TO CARE FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN. CLIMATE CRISIS: THE ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL LANDSCAPE OF THE COMING YEARS AND DECADES WILL BE DOMINATED BY THE CHALLENGE TO DECARBONIZE EVERY SECTOR OF OUR LIVES AND MOTHER JONES COVERS THIS STORY MEANINGFULLY. WHAT CULTURAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL SHIFTS WILL THIS ENTAIL? WHO WILL PROFITAND HOW? WHO IS RESISTING? WHO IS AT RISK OF BEING LEFT BEHIND? WHAT ARE SOME OF THE UNHERALDED IDEAS, POSSIBILITIES, PITFALLS, AND BOONDOGGLES THAT WILL DETERMINE THE SHAPE OF THE GREAT DECARBONIZATION? THE BATTLE OVER DECARBONIZATION IS A GENERATION-DEFINING PROJECT, ON THE SCALE OF THE MID-20TH CENTURY'S WAR EFFORT AND ENSURING WE AT LEAST BEGIN TO REVERSE THE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE WILL HAVE SIGNIFICANT NATIONAL SECURITY IMPLICATIONS AS MORE PLACES THE WORLD OVER ARE AFFECTED BY SERIOUS CLIMATE EVENTS AND BECOME LESS HABITABLE. |
| FORM 990, PART III, LINE 4B | SINCE 1980, MOTHER JONES HAS PLACED AN EMPHASIS ON CREATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR ASPIRING JOURNALISTS THROUGH THE BEN BAGDIKIAN FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM. WHILE THERE ARE A NUMBER OF GENERAL JOURNALISM AND REPORTING INTERNSHIPS AVAILABLE FOR STUDENTS OR RECENT COLLEGE GRADUATES, ONLY MOTHER JONES PUTS SUCH AN EMPHASIS ON INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING. AMONG THE LARGEST TRAINING PROGRAMS IN THE INDEPENDENT MEDIA COMMUNITY, THE BEN BAGDIKIAN FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM GIVES ASPIRING JOURNALISTS INTENSIVE TRAINING IN WHAT IT TAKES TO PUBLISH OUTSTANDING, INDEPENDENT JOURNALISM, TO MEET DEADLINES, AND TO WORK AS PART OF A PROFESSIONAL TEAM. IT IS A RARE OPPORTUNITY FOR NEW JOURNALISTS TO WORK ALONGSIDE SOME OF THE TOP REPORTERS AND JOURNALISTS IN THE BUSINESS, AND TO LEARN THE INNER WORKINGS OF MULTIMEDIA NATIONAL REPORTING WITH A SPECIAL FOCUS ON INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM. DEPENDING ON FUNDING AVAILABILITY, THE PROGRAM ALSO OFFERS INTERNSHIPS FOR THOSE INTERESTED IN ART AND PHOTOGRAPHY, NONPROFIT PUBLIC AFFAIRS AND SOCIAL MEDIA, AND THE BUSINESS AND TECHNOLOGY SIDE OF PUBLISHING. GRADUATES LEAVE WITH PRACTICAL KNOWLEDGE, WORK THAT THEY CAN BE PROUD OF, AND A NETWORK OF FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES THAT WILL LAST A LIFETIME. OF THE MORE THAN 800 INTERNS AND FELLOWS WHO HAVE PASSED THROUGH MOTHER JONES' PROGRAM, MORE THAN HALF MOVED ON TO A CAREER IN JOURNALISM OR THE MEDIA AT SOME OF THE NATION'S MOST PRESTIGIOUS MEDIA OUTLETS. GRADUATES OF THE PROGRAM WORK THROUGHOUT THE NATIONAL MEDIA WORLD AT OUTLETS RANGING FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES AND THE WALL STREET JOURNAL TO NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO AND THE WASHINGTON POST. |
| FORM 990, PART III, LINE 1 | THE FOUNDATION FOR NATIONAL PROGRESS PUBLISHES MOTHER JONES, A MAGAZINE AND MULTI-PLATFORM DIGITAL NEWS SITE, AND DIRECTS THE BEN BAGDIKIAN FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM. SINCE ITS FOUNDING, MOTHER JONES' GOAL HAS BEEN TO PRODUCE, IN THE WORDS OF OUR MISSION STATEMENT, "REVELATORY JOURNALISM THAT IN ITS POWER AND REACH INFORMS AND INSPIRES A MORE JUST AND DEMOCRATIC WORLD." THESE WORDS SIGNAL AN IMPORTANT FOCUS: OUR REPORTING DOES NOT EXIST IN A VACUUM BUT SEEKS TO HAVE AN IMPACT FOR DEMOCRACY AND JUSTICE THROUGH RIGOROUSLY RESEARCHED INVESTIGATIONS AND COMPELLING STORYTELLING IN A WIDELY ACCESSIBLE FORM. IN THIS TIME OF MISINFORMATION AND FEAR FOR OUR DEMOCRACY, MOTHER JONES GOES DEEP TO GET AT IMPORTANT TRUTHS. THIS ORGANIZATION IS AT THE FOREFRONT OF A MOVEMENT OF INDEPENDENT NONPROFIT JOURNALISM CHANGING THE WAY AMERICANS FIND AND CONSUME INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING. WITH ALMOST 50 JOURNALISTS (AND A STAFF OF MORE THAN 85) ORGANIZED INTO THREE NEWSROOMS BUT GEOGRAPHICALLY LOCATED ACROSS THE COUNTRY, OUR TEAM COVERS EVERYTHING FROM THE FUTURE OF OUR DEMOCRACY AND CORRUPTION IN THE WHITE HOUSE TO THE IMMIGRATION CRISIS AT THE SOUTHERN BORDER, THE STRUGGLE FOR CHANGE IN OUR CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM, THE EXISTENTIAL THREAT OF THE CLIMATE CRISIS, AND THE WAYS CORRUPT POLITICS ENDANGERS THE ENVIRONMENT. IN PRINT, ONLINE, VIA PODCASTS AND VIDEO, WE REACH A YOUNGER, GROWING AUDIENCE HUNGRY FOR HONEST, FIERCE, DEEP-DIGGING JOURNALISM. MOTHER JONES IS PROVING AGAIN THAT A 46-YEAR-OLD NEWS ORGANIZATION CAN CHANGE THE CONVERSATION. |
| FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B | THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE FOUNDATION FOR NATIONAL PROGRESS, DBA MOTHER JONES MAGAZINE, APPROVED THE FORMATION OF A FINANCIAL AUDIT COMMITEE AND A FINANCE COMMITTEE IN KEEPING WITH THE CORPORATION'S BYLAWS THAT STATE: THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS MAY, BY RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY A MAJORITY OF THE DIRECTORS THEN IN OFFICE, CREATE ANY NUMBER OF BOARD COMMITTEES, EACH CONSISTING OF TWO OR MORE DIRECTORS, TO SERVE AT THE PLEASURE OF THE BOARD. APPOINTMENTS TO ANY BOARD COMMITTEE SHALL BE MADE BY ANY METHOD DETERMINED BY A MAJORITY VOTE OF THE DIRECTORS THEN IN OFFICE. BOARD COMMITTEES MAY BE GIVEN ALL THE AUTHORITY OF THE BOARD, EXCEPT FOR THE POWER TO: (A) SET THE NUMBER OF DIRECTORS WITHIN A RANGE SPECIFIED IN THESE BYLAWS; (B) FILL VACANCIES ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OR ON ANY BOARD COMMITTEE; (C) ELECT DIRECTORS OR REMOVE ANY DIRECTOR WITHOUT CAUSE; (D) FIX COMPENSATION OF DIRECTORS FOR SERVING ON THE BOARD OR ANY BOARD COMMITTEE; (E) AMEND OR REPEAL THESE BYLAWS OR ADOPT NEW BYLAWS; (F) ADOPT AMENDMENTS TO THE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF THIS CORPORATION; (G) AMEND OR REPEAL ANY RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS WHICH BY ITS EXPRESS TERMS IS NOT SO AMENABLE OR REPEALABLE; (H) CREATE ANY OTHER BOARD COMMITTEES OR APPOINT THE MEMBERS OF ANY BOARD COMMITTEES; OR (I) APPROVE ANY MERGER, REORGANIZATION, VOLUNTARY DISSOLUTION, OR DISPOSITION OF SUBSTANTIALLY ALL OF THE ASSETS OF THIS CORPORATION. AS SUCH, THE FINANCIAL AUDIT COMMITTEE APPROVES THE FORM 990 PRIOR TO FILING; A PUBLIC DISCLOSURE COPY OF THE FORM 990 IS DISTRIBUTED TO THE ENTIRE BOARD OF DIRECTORS PRIOR TO FILING. |
| FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C | AS PER THE CORPORATION'S CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY, AND TO ENSURE THAT THE FOUNDATION OPERATES IN A MANNER CONSISTENT WITH ITS EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES AND THAT IT DOES NOT ENGAGE IN ACTIVITIES THAT COULD JEOPARDIZE ITS STATUS AS AN ORGANIZATION EXEMPT FROM FEDERAL INCOME TAX, PERIOD REVIEWS SHALL BE CONDUCTED BY THE DEPARTMENT SUPERVISOR (RELEVANT TO THE TRANSACTION OR ARRANGEMENT), PUBLISHER, CEO, CFO, AND BOARD OF DIRECTOR'S AUDIT COMMITTEE. THE PERIODIC REVIEWS SHALL, AT A MINIMUM, OCCUR ANNUALLY AND SHALL INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING SUBJECTS: * WHETHER COMPENSATION ARRANGEMENTS AND BENEFITS ARE REASONABLE AND ARE AS THE RESULT OF ARM'S-LENGTH BARGAINING. * WHETHER ACQUISITIONS OF SERVICES RESULT IN INUREMENT OR IMPERMISSIBLE PRIVATE BENEFIT. * WHETHER TRANSACTIONS AND ARRANGEMENTS WITH VENDORS AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS CONFORM TO WRITTEN POLICIES, ARE PROPERLY RECORDED, REFLECT REASONABLE PAYMENTS FOR GOODS AND SERVICES, FURTHER THE FOUNDATION'S EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES, AND DO NOT RESULT IN INUREMENT OR IMPERMISSIBLE PRIVATE BENEFIT. * WHETHER AGREEMENTS WITH EMPLOYEES AND THIRD-PARTY PAYORS FURTHER THE FOUNDATION'S EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES AND DO NOT RESULT IN INUREMENT OR IMPERMISSIBLE PRIVATE BENEFIT. IN CONDUCTING THESE PERIODIC REVIEWS, THE FOUNDATION MAY, BUT NEED NOT, USE OUTSIDE ADVISORS. IF OUTSIDE EXPERTS ARE USED, THEIR USE SHALL NOT RELIEVE THE FOUNDATION OF ITS RESPONSIBILITY FOR ENSURING THAT PERIODIC REVIEWS ARE CONDUCTED. |
| FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15 | THE CEO'S SALARY AND PERFORMANCE IS REVIEWED ANNUALLY BY AN ELECTED PERFORMANCE REVIEW/COMPENSATION COMMITTEE AS PART OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. THIS WAS LAST PERFORMED AND RELAYED TO THE CEO IN FEBRUARY 2022 PERTAINING TO 2021 PERFORMANCE. THE CEO'S SALARY MAY BE ADJUSTED ACCORDING TO A COLA EACH YEAR BASED ON THE BAY AREA CPI. ANY ADDITIONAL WAGE INCREASE IS BASED ON MERIT AND APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. THE CFO'S SALARY AND PERFORMANCE IS REVIEWED ANNUALLY BY THE CEO WITH INPUT FROM MEMBERS OF THE SENIOR MANAGEMENT TEAM. THIS WAS LAST PERFORMED AND RELAYED TO THE CFO IN JUNE 2021. THE CFO'S SALARY MAY BE ADJUSTED ACCORDING TO A COLA EACH YEAR BASED ON THE BAY AREA CPI. ANY ADDITIONAL WAGE INCREASE IS BASED ON MERIT AND APPROVED BY THE CEO. |
| FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 | THE FOUNDATION FOR NATIONAL PROGRESS PROVIDES A COPY OF FORMS 990 AND 990-T FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION ON REQUEST (DISTRIBUTED EITHER THROUGH THE U.S. POSTAL OFFICE OR AS A PDF DOCUMENT ATTACHED TO AN EMAIL). ADDITIONALLY, THE FOUNDATION FOR NATIONAL PROGRESS PROVIDES GUIDESTAR (A PUBLIC NONPROFIT TRACKING WEB SITE) A COPY OF FORMS 990 AND 990-T FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION. GOVERNING DOCUMENTS ARE NOT AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC. |
| FORM 990, PART XII, LINE 2C | THE PROCESS HAS NOT CHANGED FROM PRIOR YEAR. |
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