Indij Public Media: FY2023 Nonprofit Profile & Form 990 (EIN 86-2229607)

Karen Michel’s $157K as Chief Executive Officer and Chair is at the 70th 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 · 6 named individuals · Part VII

Name	FY2023	FY2022	FY2021
Heather Donovan	—	$245,043	$128,289
Karen Michel	$157,211	$147,913	$87,692
Mark Trahant	$157,211	$147,474	—
Michael Kellog	—	$110,618	—
Jourdan Bennett-Begaye	—	$100,390	—
Marck Trahant	—	—	$87,692

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

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

Programs and updates

Provides Indigenous communities with news, entertainment, and opinion through digital and broadcast media.

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2 programs · $2.6M · in their own filed words · FY2023

01

Broadcast

The INDIJ Newscast with Aliyah Chavez, which is broadcasted daily by 40 public television stations across the country. The Broadcast covers Indigenous news from across the country.

$1.3Mprogram expense

02

Digital

The digital newsroom INDIJ produces the news site that reaches 800,000 people each month with 1.3 million pageviews. The digital newsroom is virtual with reporters and editors across the country.

$1.3Mprogram 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

National Philanthropic TrustFY2024$500K

American Journalism Project INCFY2024$401K

Ford FoundationFY2024$375K

The Schmidt Family FoundationFY2024$310K

Novo FoundationFY2024$300K

Ascendium Education Solutions INCFY2024$145K

Henry Luce Foundation INCFY2024$125K

Illuminative INCFY2024$100K

Total grants receivedfrom 17 funders$2.4M

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By the numbers

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1The main four

Money inPt VIII

$4.1M

Ln 12

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$3.6M

Fees for servicesLn 2g$408K

Other incomeLn 4–11$84K

Money outPt IX

$4.5M

Ln 25

Programscol B$2.6M

Managementcol C$1.0M

Fundraisingcol D$860K

Owns and owesPt X

$609K

net assets · Ln 32

Cash and savingsLn 1–2$529K

Total assetsLn 16$1.4M

LiabilitiesLn 26$813K

PeoplePt VI, VII

11

listed · VII A

PaidVII A2

Voting boardVI 1a7

IndependentVI 1b6

2In more detail

Revenue in detailPt VIII

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$3.6M

Fees for servicesLn 2g$408K

Other incomeLn 4–11$84K

Total revenueLn 12$4.1M

Assets in detailPt X, end of year

CashLn 1$453K

SavingsLn 2$76K

Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$529K

Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$4K

Total assetsLn 16$1.4M

LiabilitiesLn 26$813K

Net assetsLn 32$609K

OperationsPt I, VI

EmployeesI 527

VolunteersI 67

Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember

Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes

Whistleblower policyVI 13No

Records policyVI 14No

3Year over year

Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B

Line	Start FY23	End FY23
Cash and savingsLn 1–2	$1.2M	$529K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c	$7K	$4K
Total assetsLn 16	$2.2M	$1.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26	$643K	$813K
Net assetsLn 32	$1.6M	$609K

4Every line

Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line

Line	Total	Programs	Management	Fundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5	$393K	$244K	$61K	$87K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7	$2.3M	$1.4M	$358K	$522K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8	$26K	$16K	$4K	$6K
Other employee benefitsLn 9	$326K	$220K	$47K	$58K
Payroll taxesLn 10	$210K	$123K	$40K	$46K
Legal feesLn 11b	$15K	$0	$15K	$0
Accounting feesLn 11c	$67K	$0	$67K	$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g	$529K	$274K	$191K	$63K
Advertising and promotionLn 12	$8K	$0	$4K	$4K
Office expensesLn 13	$38K	$13K	$9K	$17K
Information technologyLn 14	$88K	$34K	$37K	$17K
OccupancyLn 16	$180K	$180K	$0	$0
TravelLn 17	$173K	$85K	$70K	$18K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19	$5K	$0	$133	$5K
InterestLn 20	$8K	$0	$8K	$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22	$3K	$0	$3K	$0
InsuranceLn 23	$24K	$0	$24K	$0
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24	$80K	$35K	$28K	$17K
All other expensesLn 24e	$45K	$0	$45K	$0
Total functional expensesLn 25	$4.5M	$2.6M	$1.0M	$860K

Filing history

Year	Money in	Money out	In minus out	Net assets	Download
FY2024 Latest	$4.8M	$4.0M	$813K	$1.8M	990 PDF
FY2023 Viewing	$4.1M	$4.5M	−$367K	$609K	990 PDF
FY2022	$4.0M	$3.6M	$404K	$968K	990 PDF
FY2021	$2.9M	$2.2M	$687K	$164K	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

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Part I · Summary $4,105,741 revenue, 12 lines filed

I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $3,823,285$3,614,026

I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $778,608$408,191

I-10 Investment income$0

I-11 Other revenuePrior year $7,241$83,524

I-12 Total revenuePrior year $4,609,134$4,105,741

I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0

I-14 Benefits paid to members$0

I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $2,439,340$3,209,980

I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0

I-17 Other expensesPrior year $1,165,814$1,262,282

I-18 Total expensesPrior year $3,605,154$4,472,262

I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $1,003,980−$366,521

Part VI · Governance 6 of 7 board members independent, 2 to look at

VI-1a Voting members of the governing body7

VI-1b Independent voting members6

VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo

VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo

VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo

VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes

VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes

Part VIII · Statement of revenue $4,105,741 across 5 lines filed

VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$3,614,026

VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$3,614,026

VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Unrelated business $215,274 · Excluded from tax $0$408,191

VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $83,524 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$83,524

VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $276,441 · Unrelated business $215,274 · Excluded from tax $0$4,105,741

Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $4,472,262 across 19 lines filed

IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $244,314 · Management $61,303 · Fundraising $87,084$392,701

IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $1,376,113 · Management $357,632 · Fundraising $522,149$2,255,894

IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $15,955 · Management $4,146 · Fundraising $6,054$26,155

IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $220,059 · Management $47,349 · Fundraising $58,250$325,658

IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $123,487 · Management $39,970 · Fundraising $46,115$209,572

IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $0 · Management $14,753 · Fundraising $0$14,753

IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $0 · Management $66,939 · Fundraising $0$66,939

IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $274,299 · Management $190,849 · Fundraising $63,438$528,586

IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $0 · Management $4,450 · Fundraising $3,715$8,165

IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $12,719 · Management $8,680 · Fundraising $16,650$38,049

IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $34,029 · Management $37,006 · Fundraising $16,586$87,621

IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $180,000 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$180,000

IX-17 TravelPrograms $84,912 · Management $70,406 · Fundraising $18,108$173,426

IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $0 · Management $133 · Fundraising $4,616$4,749

IX-20 InterestPrograms $0 · Management $7,627 · Fundraising $0$7,627

IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $0 · Management $3,330 · Fundraising $0$3,330

IX-23 InsurancePrograms $0 · Management $23,941 · Fundraising $0$23,941

IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $35,431 · Management $27,584 · Fundraising $17,011$80,026

IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $0 · Management $45,070 · Fundraising $0$45,070

IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $2,601,318 · Management $1,011,168 · Fundraising $859,776$4,472,262

Part X · Balance sheet $1,421,570 assets, 12 lines filed

X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $1,086,353$453,458

X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $75,833$75,913

X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $212,425$888,267

X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $7,263$3,932

X-16 Total assetsStart of year $2,211,015$1,421,570

X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $269,752$317,976

X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $200,203$221,472

X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $643,104$812,670

X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year −$160,625$433,609

X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $1,728,536$175,291

X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $1,567,911$608,900

X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $2,211,015$1,421,570

Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $608,900 net assets at year end

XI-1 Total revenue$4,105,741

XI-2 Total expenses$4,472,262

XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$366,521

XI-4 Net assets at start of year$1,567,911

XI-9 Other changes in net assets−$592,490

XI-10 Net assets at end of year$608,900

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