Publishes the official newspaper of Rutgers University, the State University of New Jersey named "the daily targum".

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
52¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 25 volunteers and 107 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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FY2025 · 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
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
4 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $39K a year · 9% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
52%
of spending
Worth a look: 52% of spending went to programs; under 65%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$25K
to officers and key staff · 7% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 7% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
2 mo
of spending, in cash
Plus $6.2M in investments, Pt X · Ln 11–13
Fine: 2.4 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $110K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$22K
0.3% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 0% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
15
of 15 voting members
Looks good: 15 of 15 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$437K
+109% vs prior year
Spent
$363K
To programs
52%
Net assets
$6.3M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$437K
FY2025▲ +109%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$469K
FY2021$493K
FY2022$481K
FY2023$431K
FY2024$209K
FY2025$437K
Expenses
$363K
FY2025▼ -12%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$656K
FY2021$433K
FY2022$465K
FY2023$422K
FY2024$414K
FY2025$363K
Net assets
$6.3M
FY2025▲ +7%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$5.7M
FY2021$6.8M
FY2022$5.4M
FY2023$5.5M
FY2024$5.9M
FY2025$6.3M

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending June 2025) · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Aug 1980.

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Where the money goes

52 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 52% · $190K Management & general 48% · $173K

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

15 people listed on the 990; $25K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII
Editor in Chief - Member
$8,692Pt VII · Sec A
Managing Editor - Member
$7,123Pt VII · Sec A
Marketing Director - Member
$6,159Pt VII · Sec A
Managing Editor - Member
$3,062Pt VII · Sec A
President - Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President - Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Editor in Chief - Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Managing Editor
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Brian M Delk’s $9K as Editor in Chief - Member is at the 6th percentile of top reported officer pay among 2215 $100K–1M 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

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Hayley Slusser———$19,936$16,339—
Maddie McGay———$18,325$13,034—
Victoria Yeasky———$13,869——
Priyanka Bansal—————$13,139
Sandy Giacobbe—————$11,989
Astha Lakhankar$3,062—$11,870———
Brian Delk—$10,226————
Kithmy Wickramasinghe——$9,712———

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 15aNo

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Publishes Rutgers University's official student newspaper, "The Daily Targum."

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1 program · $190K · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Targum publishing company is a student-written and student-managed, non-profit incorporated digital news organization publishing digital content including local news and entertainment on its website and other digital platforms accessible by students of rutgers university under the name, the daily targum is published seven days per week…

$190Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

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

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2024
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$110K

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$437K
Ln 12
Investment incomeLn 3$369K
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$55K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$12K
Money outPt IX
$363K
Ln 25
Programscol B$190K
Managementcol C$173K
Owns and owesPt X
$6.3M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$72K
Total assetsLn 16$6.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$22K
PeoplePt VI, VII
15
listed · VII A
PaidVII A4
Voting boardVI 1a15
IndependentVI 1b15
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$55K
Government grantsLn 1e$53K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$12K
Investment incomeLn 3$369K
Other incomeLn 4–11$1K
Gains on assetsLn 7$231K
Total revenueLn 12$437K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$72K
SavingsLn 2$0
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$72K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$6.2M
Other assetsLn 15$0
Total assetsLn 16$6.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$22K
Net assetsLn 32$6.3M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 5107
VolunteersI 625
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aNo
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$64K$72K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$5.8M$6.2M
Total assetsLn 16$5.9M$6.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$26K$22K
Net assetsLn 32$5.9M$6.3M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$0
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$196K$144K$53K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$13K$2K$11K
Payroll taxesLn 10$16K$11K$4K
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$9K$9K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$22K$22K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$379$379
Office expensesLn 13$41K$3K$39K
Information technologyLn 14$23K$23K
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$32K$32K
TravelLn 17$7K$7K
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$600$600
InterestLn 20$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$0
InsuranceLn 23$4K$4K
Total functional expensesLn 25$363K$190K$173K$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $437K$363K$74K$6.3M 990 PDF
FY2024 $209K$414K−$205K$5.9M 990 PDF
FY2023 $431K$422K$9K$5.5M 990 PDF
FY2022 $481K$465K$17K$5.4M 990 PDF
FY2021 $493K$433K$60K$6.8M 990 PDF
FY2020 $469K$656K−$188K$5.7M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support O · Explanations
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $437,180 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $14,662$55,414
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $20,553$11,507
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $173,390$369,220
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $594$1,039
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $209,199$437,180
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $282,023$225,140
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $131,941$138,358
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $413,964$363,498
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$204,765$73,682
Part VI · Governance 15 of 15 board members independent, 4 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body15
VI-1b Independent voting members15
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyNo
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $437,180 across 11 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$53,300
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$2,114
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$55,414
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $11,507$11,507
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $138,363$138,363
VIII-5 Royalties$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or loss$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $230,857$230,857
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$0
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $1,039$1,039
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $12,546 · Excluded from tax $369,220$437,180
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $363,498 across 29 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizations$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individuals$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipients$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for members$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staff$0
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $143,678 · Management $52,565$196,243
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$0
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $1,903 · Management $11,191$13,094
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $11,477 · Management $4,326$15,803
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal fees$0
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $8,604$8,604
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesManagement $21,863$21,863
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $379$379
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $2,725 · Management $38,537$41,262
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $22,540$22,540
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 OccupancyManagement $32,366$32,366
IX-17 TravelPrograms $7,133$7,133
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $600$600
IX-20 Interest$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortization$0
IX-23 InsuranceManagement $3,611$3,611
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $190,435 · Management $173,063 · Fundraising $0$363,498
Part X · Balance sheet $6,311,177 assets, 23 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $63,528$72,470
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $0$0
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $0$0
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $690$817
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $0$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $17,323$23,817
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $0$0
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $5,799,690$6,214,073
X-13 Program-related investmentsStart of year $0$0
X-14 Intangible assetsStart of year $0$0
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $0$0
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $5,881,231$6,311,177
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $26,139$21,970
X-18 Grants payableStart of year $0$0
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $0$0
X-20 Tax-exempt bond liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $0$0
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $26,139$21,970
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $5,855,092$6,289,207
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $0$0
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $5,855,092$6,289,207
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $5,881,231$6,311,177
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $6,289,207 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$437,180
XI-2 Total expenses$363,498
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$73,682
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$5,855,092
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$360,433
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$6,289,207

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