501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
83¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 4 volunteers and 10 employees.
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
2 of 3
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $1.0M a year · 31% of revenue · last 3 filings
Fine: a surplus in 2 of the last 3 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 3 filings
Spent on programs
83%
of spending
Looks good: 83% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$736K
to officers and key staff · 25% of spending
Worth a look: pay to officers and key staff is 25% of spending; over 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
8 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 7.9 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
11
named funders · $947K
Looks good: 11 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$67K
2% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 2% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
6
of 7 voting members
Looks good: 6 of 7 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$2.5M
-52% vs prior year
Spent
$3.0M
To programs
83%
Net assets
$3.2M
By yearFY2022–FY2024
Revenue
$2.5M
FY2024▼ -52%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2022$2.2M
FY2023$5.2M
FY2024$2.5M
Expenses
$3.0M
FY2024▲ +41%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2022$1.7M
FY2023$2.1M
FY2024$3.0M
Net assets
$3.2M
FY2024▼ -14%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2022$702K
FY2023$3.7M
FY2024$3.2M

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 Jul 2022.

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

Where the money goes

83 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 83% · $2.5M Management & general 12% · $356K Fundraising 5% · $156K

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

11 people listed on the 990; $736K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Chief Revenue Officer
$174,292Pt VII · Sec A
Editor-In-Chief
$166,664Pt VII · Sec A
$165,519Pt VII · Sec A
Managing Director
$116,394Pt VII · Sec A
Managing Editor
$113,383Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Maria Archangelo’s $174K as Chief Revenue Officer is at the 76th 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 · 5 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022
Maria Archangelo$174,292$155,223$156,839
Sara Hebel$166,664$134,789—
Scott Smallwood$165,519$132,962$90,422
Colleen Murphy$116,394——
Kayleigh Skinner$113,383——

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

Reports on the evolving connections between education and work, informing institutions, employers, and policymakers about industry changes.

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3 programs · $2.0M · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Open Campus Local Reporting Network

We combine support from national, regional, and local funders to create long-term partnerships that advance sophisticated coverage of the higher ed beat. Through the open campus local reporter network, we collaborate every week with reporters in partner newsrooms, coaching them on coverage, providing story guidance, doing big-picture…

$1.3Mprogram expense
02

Open Campus National Reporting Team

Open campus covers all facets of higher education. To that end, we have a national reporter on staff who writes about postsecondary education inside prisons and how it is being transformed by new funding and new technology. Our second national reporter is focused on how higher education is serving rural communities and rural residents.

$405Kprogram expense
03

Work Shift

Work shift is a fiscally sponsored project of open campus devoted to reporting on the connections between education and work. As trends in career training evolve, work shift, and its companion newsletter, the job, inform higher ed institutions, employers and policymakers about changes in the industry.

$285Kprogram 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 · 30 grants · $1.6M · 2022–2024
Work Shift LLCFY2024$285,260
Cal MattersCA · FY2024$125,000
Free Press Indiana INCIN · FY2024$88,421
Tampa Bay TimesFY2024$77,143
Chicago Public Media INCIL · FY2024$68,750
City Report INCNY · FY2024$50,000
Publicsource INCPA · FY2024$40,000
Deep South TodayMS · FY2024$40,000
El Paso Matters INCTX · FY2024$40,000
Fort Worth ReportTX · FY2024$38,462
The Salt Lake Tribune INCUT · FY2024$10,000
The@assemblyAZ · FY2024$10,000
Montana Free PressMT · FY2024$10,000
MinnpostMN · FY2024$10,000
Arizona Local PostAZ · FY2024$10,000
CalmattersCA · FY2023$107,143
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By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$2.5M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$2.4M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$46K
Other incomeLn 4–11$1K
Money outPt IX
$3.0M
Ln 25
Programscol B$2.5M
Managementcol C$356K
Fundraisingcol D$156K
Owns and owesPt X
$3.2M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$2.0M
Total assetsLn 16$3.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$67K
PeoplePt VI, VII
11
listed · VII A
PaidVII A5
Voting boardVI 1a7
IndependentVI 1b6
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$2.4M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$46K
Other incomeLn 4–11$1K
Total revenueLn 12$2.5M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$2.0M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$2.0M
Other assetsLn 15$392K
Total assetsLn 16$3.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$67K
Net assetsLn 32$3.2M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 510
VolunteersI 64
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$1.8M$2.0M
Total assetsLn 16$3.8M$3.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$22K$67K
Net assetsLn 32$3.7M$3.2M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$1000K$1000K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$544K$404K$92K$48K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$684K$534K$75K$75K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$19K$15K$2K$2K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$85K$66K$10K$8K
Payroll taxesLn 10$94K$72K$13K$9K
Accounting feesLn 11c$77K$77K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$64K$9K$54K$1K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$5K$5K$260$50
Office expensesLn 13$53K$42K$6K$5K
Information technologyLn 14$18K$14K$2K$2K
OccupancyLn 16$2K$1K$252$187
TravelLn 17$97K$71K$21K$5K
InsuranceLn 23$9K$7K$1K$905
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$222K$222K$8
All other expensesLn 24e$2K$793$1K
Total functional expensesLn 25$3.0M$2.5M$356K$156K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest Viewing $2.5M$3.0M−$510K$3.2M 990 PDF
FY2023 $5.2M$2.1M$3.0M$3.7M 990 PDF
FY2022 $2.2M$1.7M$493K$702K 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 J · Pay O · Explanations
See the full FY2024 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $2,463,790 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $5,073,412$2,416,161
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $78,475$46,416
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $3$0
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$1,213
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $5,151,890$2,463,790
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $337,629$999,834
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $1,174,175$1,425,518
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $602,697$548,316
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $2,114,501$2,973,668
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $3,037,389−$509,878
Part VI · Governance 6 of 7 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body7
VI-1b Independent voting members6
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $2,463,790 across 5 lines filed
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$2,416,161
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$2,416,161
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $45,417 · Unrelated business $999$46,416
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $1,213$1,213
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $45,417 · Unrelated business $999 · Excluded from tax $1,213$2,463,790
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $2,973,668 across 16 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $999,834$999,834
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $404,112 · Management $92,186 · Fundraising $47,861$544,159
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $533,541 · Management $75,321 · Fundraising $75,185$684,047
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $14,833 · Management $2,056 · Fundraising $2,099$18,988
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $66,494 · Management $10,257 · Fundraising $8,055$84,806
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $71,541 · Management $12,625 · Fundraising $9,352$93,518
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $77,463$77,463
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $8,949 · Management $53,501 · Fundraising $1,321$63,771
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $4,785 · Management $260 · Fundraising $50$5,095
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $42,248 · Management $5,953 · Fundraising $4,511$52,712
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $14,034 · Management $2,477 · Fundraising $1,835$18,346
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $1,429 · Management $252 · Fundraising $187$1,868
IX-17 TravelPrograms $70,967 · Management $21,118 · Fundraising $4,523$96,608
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $6,926 · Management $1,222 · Fundraising $905$9,053
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $221,571 · Management $8$221,579
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $793 · Management $1,028$1,821
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $2,462,057 · Management $355,727 · Fundraising $155,884$2,973,668
Part X · Balance sheet $3,297,082 assets, 13 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $1,815,591$1,954,949
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $1,596,926$918,553
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $8,216$2,023
X-14 Intangible assets$30,000
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $341,131$391,557
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $3,761,864$3,297,082
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $6,984$34,997
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $15,000$32,083
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $21,984$67,080
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $601,679$855,070
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $3,138,201$2,374,932
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $3,739,880$3,230,002
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $3,761,864$3,297,082
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $3,230,002 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$2,463,790
XI-2 Total expenses$2,973,668
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$509,878
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$3,739,880
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$3,230,002

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