2024-10-22T09:02:51-05:00 2023-12-31 042571780 AAFCPAS INC 50 WASHINGTON STREET WESTBOROUGH MA 01581 990 2023-01-01 460967274 FREEDOM OF THE PRESS FOUNDATION FREE 5109950780 49 FLATBUSH AVENUE 1017 BROOKLYN NY 11217 TREVOR TIMM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 9786180634 2024-10-18 1 1 JOYCE RIPIANZI CPA P00548581 5083669100 2024-10-18 2023 2024-10-15 13:58:12Z TREVOR TIMM 49 FLATBUSH AVENUE 1017 BROOKLYN NY 11217 16814662 0 X WWW.FREEDOM.PRESS X 2013 CA FREEDOM OF THE PRESS FOUNDATION'S MISSION IS TO PROTECT, DEFEND, AND EMPOWER PUBLIC-INTEREST JOURNALISM IN THE 21ST CENTURY. 8 7 30 7 0 0 4749958 16431562 119372 170629 12853 197095 -10773 1237 4871410 16800523 0 100000 0 0 3326274 4013572 0 0 537894 1570018 1662816 4896292 5776388 -24882 11024135 11712615 23221014 890289 890910 10822326 22330104 X FREEDOM OF THE PRESS FOUNDATION'S MISSION IS TO PROTECT, DEFEND, AND EMPOWER PUBLIC-INTEREST JOURNALISM IN THE 21ST CENTURY. IT DOES THIS THROUGH A VARIETY OF MEANS, INCLUDING:1.) PUBLIC ADVOCACY ON ISSUES AFFECTING PRESS FREEDOM, INCLUDING GOVERNMENT TRANSPARENCY, THE RIGHT TO PUBLISH, REPORTER'S PRIVILEGE, FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT REFORM, THE PROSECUTION OF WHISTLEBLOWERS, AND DIGITAL SECURITY.2.) MAINTAINING AND DEVELOPING OPEN-SOURCE DIGITAL SECURITY TOOLS, LIKE SECUREDROP, OUR OPEN-SOURCE WHISTLEBLOWER SUBMISSION SYSTEM.3.) EDUCATION ON DIGITAL SECURITY TOOLS JOURNALISTS CAN USE TO COMMUNICATE WITH SOURCES, AND LEGAL RIGHTS FOR REPORTERS.4.) SYSTEMATICALLY DOCUMENT AND CATALOGUE PRESS FREEDOM VIOLATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES.5.) LEGAL ADVOCACY FOR TRANSPARENCY THROUGH FOIA REQUESTS, AMICUS BRIEFS, AND OTHER AVENUES IN COURT. 0 0 2561985 FREEDOM OF THE PRESS FOUNDATION PROTECTS, DEFENDS, AND EMPOWERS PUBLIC-INTEREST JOURNALISM IN THE 21ST CENTURY. ITS LARGEST PROJECT, SECUREDROP, IS AN OPEN-SOURCE WHISTLEBLOWER SUBMISSION SYSTEM. FREEDOM OF THE PRESS FOUNDATION DEVELOPS, MAINTAINS, AND HELPS NEWS ORGANIZATIONS INSTALL THE SOFTWARE. SECUREDROP COMBINES A VARIETY OF OPEN-SOURCE SECURE COMMUNICATIONS TOOLS AND PRACTICES INTO ONE EASIER-TO-USE PACKAGE THAT ALLOWS JOURNALISTS AND SOURCES TO COMMUNICATE SAFELY AND SECURELY ONLINE. SECUREDROP IS CURRENTLY USED AT OVER 60 MAJOR NEWS ORGANIZATIONS WORLDWIDE, INCLUDING THE NEW YORK TIMES, WASHINGTON POST, CNN, THE GUARDIAN, THE ECONOMIST, AND THE INTERCEPT. 1355604 100000 83533 FREEDOM OF THE PRESS FOUNDATION OPERATES THE US PRESS FREEDOM TRACKER, A NEWS SITE AND DATABASE THAT ATTEMPTS TO COMPREHENSIVELY DOCUMENT VIRTUALLY EVERY PRESS FREEDOM VIOLATION IN THE UNITED STATES, INCLUDING THE NUMBER OF JOURNALISTS ARRESTED, STOPPED AT THE BORDER, SUBPOENAED, PHYSICALLY ATTACKED, SURVEILLED, AND MORE. IN ADDITION TO ITS REPORTING AND DOCUMENTATION NETWORK, FPF ADVOCATES FOR ROBUST PRESS FREEDOM RIGHTS ON A VARIETY OF ISSUES INCLUDING REPORTER'S PRIVILEGE, THE RIGHT TO PUBLISH, THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT, THE PROTECTION OF WHISTLEBLOWERS, AND GOVERNMENT TRANSPARENCY. 631102 88333 DIGITAL SECURITY - PROTECTING THE COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN JOURNALISTS AND SOURCES IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PRESS FREEDOM ISSUES OF THE 21ST CENTURY. A RECORD NUMBER OF WHISTLEBLOWERS HAVE RECENTLY BEEN PROSECUTED IN LARGE PART BECAUSE THE GOVERNMENT THINKS IT CAN OBTAIN THE EMAIL AND PHONE CALL RECORDS OF ANY INTERACTION, AND AN INCREASING NUMBER OF JOURNALISTS ARE VULNERABLE TO HACKING FROM CRIMINALS AND FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS. TO END THAT, FREEDOM OF THE PRESS FOUNDATION EVALUATES AND PROVIDES GUIDES FOR A VARIETY OF DIGITAL SECURITY TOOLS FOR JOURNALISTS THAT AIM AT PROTECTING THESE DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS. WE ALSO TRAIN JOURNALISTS AND NEWS ORGANIZATIONS IN HOW TO USE OPEN-SOURCE DIGITAL SECURITY TOOLS, SO THEY CAN KEEP THEIR SOURCES--AND THEMSELVES--SAFER. 4548691 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14 0 1 30 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 8 7 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 CA NY X X TREVOR TIMM 5109950780 49 FLATBUSH AVENUE 1017 BROOKLYN NY 11217 TREVOR TIMM ED/BOARD MEMBER 50.00 X X 246090 0 41247 RAINEY REITMAN PRESIDENT 2.00 X X 0 0 0 EDWARD SNOWDEN BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 JOHN CUSACK BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 DANIEL ELLSBERG BOARD MEMBER (UNTIL 5/2023) 1.00 X 0 0 0 WESLEY LOWERY BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 LAURA POITRAS BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 AZMAT KHAN BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 KATIE DRUMMOND BOARD MEMBER (AS OF 12/2023) 1.00 X 0 0 0 SOPHIE HAGEN BOARD SECRETARY/RESEARCH REPORTER 40.00 X 92500 0 26409 LOUISE BLACK VICE PRESIDENT OF DEV. & OPS. 40.00 X 166346 0 44148 ERIK MOELLER VICE PRESIDENT OF ENGINEERING 40.00 X 173290 0 17177 HARLO HOLMES CHIEF INFORMATION SECURITY OFFICER 40.00 X 162110 0 28682 KIRSTIN MCCUDDEN VICE PRESIDENT OF EDITORIAL 40.00 X 162110 0 17015 SETH STERN DIRECTOR OF ADVOCACY 40.00 X 140500 0 29493 1142946 0 204171 14 0 1 0 KEVIN O'GORMAN PO BOX 67584 TORONTO ONTARIO CA M5T 3B8 SOFTWARE ENGINEERING 147636 ROWEN SHANE YATES STREET VICTORIA BRITISH COLUMBIA CA V8V 4Y9 SOFTWARE ENGINEERING 138501 2 16431562 20081 16431562 SERVICE INCOME 900099 159022 159022 TRAVEL REIMBURSEMENTS 900099 11607 11607 170629 189363 189363 21871 14139 7732 7732 7732 MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE 900099 1237 1237 1237 16800523 171866 0 197095 100000 100000 406246 203123 116921 86202 2867781 2418967 132814 316000 103729 89408 5122 9199 374107 302261 16824 55022 261709 213401 18546 29762 17260 16610 650 113246 113246 19761 19761 181896 111196 68553 2147 11092 1001 706 9385 73801 57325 14401 2075 928133 916814 7910 3409 167136 4715 162421 74575 67826 2637 4112 3029 3029 PROGRAM EXPENSE 61001 39786 636 20579 BAD DEBT 6000 6000 MISCELLANEOUS 5886 258 5626 2 5776388 4548691 689803 537894 4843523 6345403 5079702 13210827 580000 66480 181567 53356 86252 29224 1933459 499749 961569 589805 472713 11712615 23221014 289343 412025 30083 16896 570863 461989 890289 890910 X 10368053 20186647 454273 2143457 10822326 22330104 11712615 23221014 X 11024135 20477 459522 3644 X X 0 1 X 1 0 X 2202676 4545524 10396919 4749958 5431562 27326639 2202676 4545524 10396919 4749958 5431562 27326639 13375779 13950860 6581 12853 189363 208797 27535436 1126470 0.50670 0.52460 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 54481 15029 69510 5706878 5776388 438819 109705 0 0 326791 394815 438819 1160425 1740638 14710 34229 69510 118449 81698 98704 109705 290107 435161 14710 18038 54481 87229 PART I-A, LINE 1: AS A 501C3 ORGANIZATION, WE DID NOT DO ANY IN PERSON LOBBYING OR MAKE ANY POLITICAL EXPENDITURES. WE OCCASIONALLY EMAIL AND HAVE PHONE CALLS WITH CONGRESSIONAL AIDES ABOUT VARIOUS PRESS FREEDOM-RELATED BILLS GOING THROUGH CONGRESS. IN ADDITION, WE DO GRASSROOTS LOBBYING BASED ON VARIOUS BILLS THAT HAVE GONE THROUGH CONGRESS THAT ARE DIRECTLY RELATED TO OUR MISSION. THESE BILLS INCLUDE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT AND OTHER GOVERNMENT TRANSPARENCY REFORM, PROTECTION OF WHISTLEBLOWERS RIGHTS, SURVEILLANCE REFORM, AND ANYTHING AFFECTING THE RIGHTS OF JOURNALISTS. OUR GRASSROOTS LOBBYING INCLUDES WRITING BLOG POSTS ABOUT LEGISLATION IN CONGRESS, SHARING ARTICLES AND OPINIONS ABOUT SUCH LEGISLATION ON SOCIAL MEDIA, AND SIGNING ON TO COALITION LETTERS OPPOSING OR SUPPORTING LEGISLATION. 1925000 8459 1933459 0.99560 0.00440 0 0 0 ENDOWMENTS 1933459 C 1933459 OPERATING LEASE OBLIGATION 461989 461989 X 16804883 20477 3644 24121 16780762 19761 19761 16800523 5756627 0 5756627 19761 19761 5776388 PART X, LINE 2: INCOME TAX BENEFITS ARE RECOGNIZED FOR INCOME TAX POSITIONS TAKEN OR EXPECTED TO BE TAKEN IN A TAX RETURN, ONLY WHEN IT IS DETERMINED THAT THE INCOME TAX POSITION WILL MORE-LIKELY-THAN-NOT BE SUSTAINED UPON EXAMINATION BY TAXING AUTHORITIES. THE ORGANIZATION HAS ANALYZED TAX POSITIONS TAKEN FOR FILING WITH THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE AND ALL STATE JURISDICTIONS WHERE IT OPERATES. THE ORGANIZATION BELIEVES THAT INCOME TAX FILING POSITIONS WILL BE SUSTAINED OPEN EXAMINATION AND DOES NOT ANTICIPATE ANY ADJUSTMENTS THAT WOULD RESULT IN A MATERIAL ADVERSE EFFECT ON THE ORGANIZATIONS' FINANCIAL CONDITION, RESULTS OF OPERATIONS OR CASH FLOWS. ACCORDINGLY, THE ORGANIZATIONS HAS NOT RECORDED ANY RESERVES, OR RELATED ACCRUALS FOR INTEREST AND PENALTIES FOR UNCERTAIN INCOME TAX POSITIONS AT DECEMBER 31, 2023. PART XI, LINE 2D - OTHER ADJUSTMENTS: IMPAIRMENT OF INTANGIBLE ASSETS 3,644. 0 COMMITTEE TO PROTECT JOURNALISTS KNIGHT FOUNDATION PRESS FREEDOM CENTER PO BOX 2675 NEW YORK NY 10108 133081500 501(C)3 100000 0 FMV TO DIRECTLY ASSIST JOUNRALISTS AT RISK IN GAZA 1 X X X X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TREVOR TIMM ED/BOARD MEMBER 234000 0 12090 0 0 0 9045 0 32202 0 287337 0 0 0 LOUISE BLACK VICE PRESIDENT OF DEV. & OPS. 154256 0 12090 0 0 0 6654 0 37494 0 210494 0 0 0 HARLO HOLMES CHIEF INFORMATION SECURITY OFFICER 150800 0 11310 0 0 0 6484 0 22198 0 190792 0 0 0 ERIK MOELLER VICE PRESIDENT OF ENGINEERING 161200 0 12090 0 0 0 6932 0 10245 0 190467 0 0 0 KIRSTIN MCCUDDEN VICE PRESIDENT OF EDITORIAL 150800 0 11310 0 0 0 6484 0 10531 0 179125 0 0 0 SETH STERN DIRECTOR OF ADVOCACY 130000 0 10500 0 0 0 5620 0 23873 0 169993 0 0 0 FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 4 THE ORGANIZATION'S BYLAWS WERE AMENDED AS FOLLOWS: NEW ARTICLE 1: THIS ARTICLE WAS ADDED TO MAKE IT ABUNDANTLY CLEAR THAT FPF HAS A SELF-PERPETUATING BOARD AND IS NOT A MEMBERSHIP ORGANIZATION (AS DEFINED UNDER THE LAW). THIS WILL ALLOW FPF TO FUNDRAISE AND CALL DONORS "MEMBERS AND AT THE SAME TIME AVOID CREATING ANY POTENTIAL LEGAL ISSUES REGARDING GOVERNANCE OF FPF; I.E., THIS MAKES IT CLEAR "MEMBERS" DO NOT HAVE ANY GOVERNANCE POWERS. FORMER ARTICLE 1: THIS ARTICLE WAS DEVOTED TO WHERE THE OFFICE OF FPF WAS LOCATED AND RECORDED ANY CHANGES OF ADDRESS OVER THE YEARS. FOR THE MOST PART, THIS ARTICLE IS UNNECESSARY SO IT WAS REMOVED AND SOME PARTS WERE MOVED TO ARTICLE 7 THAT COVERS MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS AND IS DISCUSSED IN MORE DETAIL BELOW. FORMER ARTICLE 2: THIS ARTICLE WAS DEVOTED TO THE PURPOSES OF FPF AND WAS VERY GENERAL IN NATURE. SIMILAR TO ARTICLE 1, IT IS UNNECESSARY SO IT WAS REMOVED. IN ADDITION, A SPECIFIC PURPOSE STATEMENT WAS INSERTED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE BYLAWS. FORMER ARTICLE 3 & NEW ARTICLE 2: THIS ARTICLE SETS THE STANDARDS FOR DIRECTORS. IT WAS STREAMLINED TO REMOVE EXCESS VERBIAGE AND AMENDED TO REFLECT CURRENT PRACTICES. FOR EXAMPLE, THE FORMER ARTICLE PROVIDED FOR STAGGERED TERMS OF DIRECTORS BUT IN PRACTICE THIS IS NOT HOW FPF HAS BEEN RUN. ACCORDINGLY, SECTION 2 WAS UPDATED TO REFLECT THE ACTUAL PRACTICE BEING USED. FORMER ARTICLE 4 & NEW ARTICLE 3: MUCH LIKE THE PREVIOUS ARTICLE, THIS ARTICLE, GOVERNING OFFICERS, WAS UPDATED TO REFLECT CURRENT PRACTICES. FOR EXAMPLE, FPF DOES NOT USE THE TERM "PRESIDENT", BUT INSTEAD USES "CHAIRPERSON" SO THIS WAS CHANGED. FORMER ARTICLE 5 & NEW ARTICLE 4: THIS ARTICLE WAS NOT CHANGED WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE NUMBERING. NEW ARTICLE 5 & FORMER ARTICLES 9, 10 & 12: NEW ARTICLE 5 ADDS AN INTERESTED PARTY TRANSACTIONS SECTION AND BY REFERENCE A NEW CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY THAT IS ALSO INCLUDED AFTER THE BYLAWS. IT REMOVES THE FORMER CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY THAT WAS INCLUDED IN THE FORMER ARTICLES 9 AND 10 AND OTHER REFERENCES TO INTERESTED PARTY TRANSACTIONS CONTAINED IN ARTICLE 12. FORMER ARTICLE 5 & NEW ARTICLE 6: THE FORMER ARTICLE'S CONTENTS RELATED TO EXECUTION OF INSTRUMENTS AND BANK ACCOUNTS WERE STREAMLINED AND MOVED TO NEW ARTICLE 6. ARTICLE 7: THIS ARTICLE WAS UPDATED TO SIMPLIFY THE CONTENT OF FORMER ARTICLE 1 REGARDING OFFICES OF FPF AND TO INCLUDE NEW POLICIES THAT ARE CONSIDERED BEST PRACTICES. MORE SPECIFICALLY, A DOCUMENT RETENTION POLICY AND WHISTLEBLOWER POLICY WERE ADDED AND THOSE ACTUAL POLICIES AND PROPOSED POLICIES ARE ALSO INCLUDED AFTER THE BYLAWS. THIS ARTICLE ALSO STREAMLINED THE LANGUAGE TO MAKE IT CLEARER. NEW ARTICLE 8 & FORMER ARTICLE 10: THIS CONTENT OF HOW TO AMEND THE BYLAWS WAS MOVED TO A NEW ARTICLE NUMBER. THE FORMER ARTICLE 8 SET THE FISCAL YEAR THAT WAS NOT FOLLOWED BY FPF. THE FISCAL YEAR WAS MOVED TO ARTICLE 7 AND NOW MAKES IT MORE FLEXIBLE. FORMER ARTICLE 11: THIS ARTICLE GOVERNED HOW TO AMEND THE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION. THE RULES GOVERNING AMENDMENTS TO ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION ARE SET FORTH IN THE CALIFORNIA CORPORATION CODE AND THERE IS LITTLE FLEXIBILITY. THESE TYPES OF PROVISIONS ARE NOT USUALLY INCLUDED IN BYLAWS AND THERE SEEMED NO REASON TO INCLUDE THEM IN FPF'S SO THEY WERE REMOVED. FORMER ARTICLE 13: THIS WAS ELIMINATED AS IT GOVERNED "MEMBERS AND FPF DOES NOT HAVE MEMBERS AS EXPLAINED ABOVE. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS REVIEW THE 990 BEFORE IT IS FILED. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C ANNUALLY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS DISCLOSES ANY PERTINENT CONFLICTS OF INTEREST. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15 TO DETERMINE THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S COMPENSATION THE ORGANIZATION PURCHASED TWO SURVEYS OF NON-PROFIT COMPENSATION DATA. THE FINANCE SUBCOMMITTEE REVIEWED THE DATA AND MADE A DETERMINATION BASED ON SIZE OF BUDGET, LOCATION, AND OTHER FACTORS TO DETERMINE THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S SALARY. THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ABSTAINED FROM THE DISCUSSION. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY AND REVIEWED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST. FORM 990, PART XI, LINE 9: IMPAIRMENT OF INTANGIBLE ASSETS 3,644. FORM 990, PART XII, LINE 2C: THE AUDIT COMMITTEE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SELECTION OF THE ACCOUNTANTS AND OVERSIGHT OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENT AUDIT.