The New Press INC

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New York, NY501(c)(3)Arts & CultureEIN 13-3584516

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Publishing in the public interest books of cultural, historical, and/or educational value that are likely to be deemed insufficiently profitable and hence overlooked by commercial publishers.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
73¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 25 volunteers and 40 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2024 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
3 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $183K a year · 3% of revenue · last 5 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 3 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
73%
of spending
Fine: 73% of spending went to programs; 65% to 75%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$1.2M
to officers and key staff · 21% of spending
Top officer’s pay higher than 90% of similar orgs
Worth a look: pay to officers and key staff is 21% of spending; over 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
2 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 1.5 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
22
named funders · $2.2M
Looks good: 22 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$2.3M
37% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 37% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
17
of 18 voting members
Looks good: 17 of 18 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$4.6M
+46% vs prior year
Spent
$5.9M
To programs
73%
Net assets
$4.0M
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$4.6M
FY2024▲ +46%
Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$7.4M
FY2021$7.0M
FY2022$5.2M
FY2023$3.2M
FY2024$4.6M
Expenses
$5.9M
FY2024▲ +4%
Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$4.9M
FY2021$5.1M
FY2022$5.0M
FY2023$5.6M
FY2024$5.9M
Net assets
$4.0M
FY2024▼ -24%
Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$6.3M
FY2021$8.3M
FY2022$8.2M
FY2023$5.3M
FY2024$4.0M

From the FY2024 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Jan 1992.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

73 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 73% · $4.3M Management & general 14% · $809K Fundraising 13% · $764K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

24 people listed on the 990; $1.2M paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Director
$229,466Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Financial and Admin Officer
$196,266Pt VII · Sec A
Senior Fellow
$182,443Pt VII · Sec A
Director of Editorial Operations
$180,250Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Development Officer
$171,700Pt VII · Sec A
Publisher
$170,280Pt VII · Sec A
Senior Director of Production
$108,890Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Diane Wachtell’s $229K as Executive Director is at the 90th percentile of top reported officer pay among 3924 $1–10M arts & culture nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 8 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Diane Wachtell$229,466$218,380$233,552$229,727$164,832
Ellen Adler$170,280$212,170$232,751$227,298$163,413
Rosa M Del Saz$196,266$191,091———
Tanya Coke$182,443————
Carline Yup———$180,348$132,589
Marc Favreau$180,250$147,317$131,880$124,339—
Natalie Schulmonds$171,700————
James Phelan——$141,412$135,676—

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Publishes culturally and historically important books overlooked by commercial publishers.

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1 program service account for $4.3M of program spending, described in the organization's own filed words · FY2024.
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While the year closed with a deficit, the result was in line with projections and reflects a meaningful improvement over 2023. Market-wide softness in nonfiction, particularly for backlist-led publishers, continued to pressure sales, and we adjusted operations ACCORDINGLY.IN 2024 we published 32 frontlist titles (up one from 2023).

$4.3Mprogram expense

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Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2024
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Grants paid · 1 grant · $143K · 2021–2021
Unitemized GrantFY2021$143,000

By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$4.6M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$2.8M
Other incomeLn 4–11$1.5M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$279K
Money outPt IX
$5.9M
Ln 25
Programscol B$4.3M
Managementcol C$809K
Fundraisingcol D$764K
Owns and owesPt X
$4.0M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$755K
Total assetsLn 16$6.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$2.3M
PeoplePt VI, VII
24
listed · VII A
PaidVII A7
Voting boardVI 1a18
IndependentVI 1b17
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$2.8M
Government grantsLn 1e$40K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$11K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$125K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$279K
Investment incomeLn 3$79K
Other incomeLn 4–11$1.5M
Gains on assetsLn 7$23K
Total revenueLn 12$4.6M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$599K
SavingsLn 2$156K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$755K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$552K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$32K
Other assetsLn 15$2.5M
Total assetsLn 16$6.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$2.3M
Net assetsLn 32$4.0M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 540
VolunteersI 625
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.3M$755K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$1.6M$552K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$40K$32K
Total assetsLn 16$8.1M$6.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$2.8M$2.3M
Net assetsLn 32$5.3M$4.0M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$650K$276K$297K$77K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$2.3M$1.8M$207K$300K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$32K$23K$5K$4K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$327K$245K$42K$40K
Payroll taxesLn 10$245K$173K$41K$31K
Legal feesLn 11b$22K$14K$4K$3K
Accounting feesLn 11c$47K$47K
Investment management feesLn 11f$2K$2K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$264K$76K$23K$166K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$339K$333K$3K$2K
Office expensesLn 13$144K$94K$28K$21K
OccupancyLn 16$371K$248K$70K$53K
TravelLn 17$66K$43K$13K$10K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$8K$5K$2K$1K
InsuranceLn 23$44K$29K$9K$7K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$1.0M$943K$13K$47K
All other expensesLn 24e$11K$7K$2K$2K
Total functional expensesLn 25$5.9M$4.3M$809K$764K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest Viewing $4.6M$5.9M−$1.3M$4.0M 990 PDF
FY2023 $3.2M$5.6M−$2.5M$5.3M 990 PDF
FY2022 $5.2M$5.0M$156K$8.2M 990 PDF
FY2021 $7.0M$5.1M$1.9M$8.3M 990 PDF
FY2020 $7.4M$4.9M$2.6M$6.3M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
See the full FY2024 990 (4 parts)
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $4,627,459 across 12 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $1,454,596 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1c Fundraising events$125,406
VIII-1e Government grants$40,000
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$2,597,391
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$11,119
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$2,762,797
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $279,360$279,360
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $55,728$55,728
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossExcluded from tax $34,788$34,788
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $23,333$23,333
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$0
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $16,857$16,857
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $1,750,813 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $113,849$4,627,459
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $5,888,108 across 17 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $275,578 · Management $297,167 · Fundraising $77,437$650,182
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $1,805,653 · Management $207,196 · Fundraising $299,843$2,312,692
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $22,710 · Management $5,338 · Fundraising $4,071$32,119
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $244,805 · Management $42,378 · Fundraising $39,702$326,885
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $173,235 · Management $40,719 · Fundraising $31,055$245,009
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $14,410 · Management $4,343 · Fundraising $3,284$22,037
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $47,031$47,031
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $1,578$1,578
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $75,625 · Management $22,791 · Fundraising $165,587$264,003
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $333,339 · Management $3,181 · Fundraising $2,407$338,927
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $94,241 · Management $28,249 · Fundraising $21,361$143,851
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $248,114 · Management $70,255 · Fundraising $53,118$371,487
IX-17 TravelPrograms $43,411 · Management $12,975 · Fundraising $9,811$66,197
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $5,200 · Management $1,567 · Fundraising $1,185$7,952
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $28,994 · Management $8,738 · Fundraising $6,606$44,338
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $942,718 · Management $13,183 · Fundraising $47,208$1,003,109
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $7,005 · Management $2,110 · Fundraising $1,596$10,711
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $4,315,038 · Management $808,799 · Fundraising $764,271$5,888,108
Part X · Balance sheet $6,346,824 assets, 17 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $651,740$599,208
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $654,878$155,859
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $290,235$569,567
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $1,035,196$1,033,019
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $1,034,728$890,044
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $11,137$11,929
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $40,359$32,407
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $1,638,175$552,499
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $2,731,192$2,502,292
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $8,087,640$6,346,824
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $568,310$463,013
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $2,235,339$1,856,414
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $2,803,649$2,319,427
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $3,850,969$2,378,215
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $1,433,022$1,649,182
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $5,283,991$4,027,397
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $8,087,640$6,346,824
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $4,027,397 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$4,627,459
XI-2 Total expenses$5,888,108
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$1,260,649
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$5,283,991
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$4,055
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$4,027,397

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