Nonprofit · EIN 27-4011343
NEWS LITERACY PROJECT INC
Tax-exempt · WASHINGTON, DC 20015
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 30, 2025 | 990 | $9,461,945 | $8,863,440 | $598,505 | $11,240,390 | $402,497 | $10,837,893 |
| June 30, 2024 | 990 | $13,302,198 | $8,240,629 | $5,061,569 | $10,575,348 | $372,290 | $10,203,058 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $9,293,027
- of which government grants
- $325,412
- Program service revenue
- $20,559
- Investment income
- $148,359
- Net gain from sales of assets
- -$44,343
- Other revenue
- $0
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $306,200
- Other salaries and wages
- $5,080,205
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $6,382,416
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Legal fees
- $26,591
- Accounting fees
- $33,062
- Occupancy
- $82,314
- Travel
- $83,009
- Depreciation
- $299,080
- Program services (functional)
- $5,784,042
- Management and general (functional)
- $1,856,553
- Fundraising (functional)
- $1,222,845
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $10,575,348
- Total assets, end of year
- $11,240,390
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $402,497
- Net assets, end of year
- $10,837,893
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $414,854
- Publicly traded securities
- $703,313
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $3,340,387
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $7,497,506
- Gross receipts
- $11,637,431
- Employees
- 54
- Volunteers
- 25
- Year formed
- 2010
- State of legal domicile
- MD
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHARLES SALTER | PRESIDENT AND CEO Officer | 40 | $312,049 | $24,556 |
| CLAUDIA BORGELT | SVP, STRATEGY AND IMPACT Highest-paid employee | 40 | $212,542 | $21,257 |
| PETER ADAMS | SVP, RESEARCH AND DESIGN Highest-paid employee | 40 | $216,963 | $7,892 |
| DARRAGH WORLAND | SVP, CREATIVE STRATEGY Highest-paid employee | 40 | $189,306 | $32,380 |
| MARY LYNN HICKEY | SVP, ADMINISTRATION Highest-paid employee | 40 | $186,805 | $19,768 |
| EBONEE OTOO | SVP, EDUCATOR ENGAGEMENT Highest-paid employee | 40 | $169,070 | $6,743 |
| ALAN MILLER | FOUNDER (RETIRED 6/30/24) Former | 40 | $125,508 | $17,052 |
| KAREN WICKRE | CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| WALT MOSSBERG | VICE CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| LIZ RAMOS | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| PETER KADZIK | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| EVA HALLER | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| SANDY HELTON | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ABBY PHILLIP | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| MELANIE LUNDQUIST | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
5 more people on this return
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| WHIT AYRES | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| GERALDINE BAUM | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| TUCKER ESCEW | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ALAN MILLER | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| CATHERINE WOODARD | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended June 30, 2024: 23 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHARLES SALTER | PRESIDENT AND CEO Officer | 40 | $280,881 | $17,693 |
| ALAN MILLER | FOUNDER Trustee or director, Officer | 40 | $264,078 | $32,492 |
| DARRAGH WORLAND | SVP, CREATIVE STRATEGY Highest-paid employee | 40 | $182,403 | $32,223 |
| PETER ADAMS | SVP, RESEARCH AND DESIGN Highest-paid employee | 40 | $195,230 | $7,465 |
| EBONEE OTOO | SVP, EDUCATOR ENGAGEMENT Highest-paid employee | 40 | $179,732 | $9,568 |
| MARY LYNN HICKEY | SVP, ADMINISTRATION Highest-paid employee | 40 | $169,553 | $17,714 |
| MICHAEL WEBB | SVP, COMMUNICATIONS Highest-paid employee | 40 | $171,716 | $10,616 |
| GREGORY MCCAFFERY | CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| KAREN WICKRE | VICE CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| GERALDINE BAUM | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| PETER KADZIK | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| ENRIQUE ACEVEDO | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| WHIT AYRES | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| TUCKER ESCEW | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| EVA HALLER | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| MOLLY HILL PATTEN | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ABBY PHILLIP | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| MELANIE LUNDQUIST | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| LIZ RAMOS | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| WALT MOSSBERG | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JULIET STIPECHE | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| CHRISTINA VON TASSEL | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| CATHERINE WOODARD | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 5335 WISCONSIN AVE NW, WASHINGTON, DC 20015-2030
- In care of
- % ALAN C MILLER
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- CHARLES SALTER, 5335 WISCONSIN AVE NW 440, WASHINGTON, DC 20015
- Signed the 990
- CHARLES SALTER, PRESIDENT & CEO
- Phone
- (202) 715-3722
- 990-N for 2010 filed under this EIN
- Most likely by a chapter, club or affiliate (it says receipts are normally $50,000 or less). Officer: Alan C Miller, 5525 Devon Road, Bethesda MD 20814. Mailing address: 5525 Devon Road, Bethesda MD 20814. Website: www.thenewsliteracyproject.org
- Return prepared by
- GELMAN ROSENBERG & FREEDMAN
Mission
THE NEWS LITERACY PROJECT, A NONPARTISAN EDUCATION NONPROFIT, IS BUILDING A NATIONAL MOVEMENT TO ADVANCE THE PRACTICE OF NEWS LITERACY THROUGHOUT AMERICAN SOCIETY, CREATING BETTER INFORMED, MORE ENGAGED AND MORE EMPOWERED INDIVIDUALS - AND ULTIMATELY A STRONGER DEMOCRACY.
Program accomplishments
- THE REAL-LIFE IMPACT OF NEWS LITERACY SKILLS ON TEENS:A RECENT TEEN VOGUE ARTICLE HIGHLIGHTS HOW NEWS LITERACY SKILLS HAVE MADE A TANGIBLE DIFFERENCE IN STUDENTS' DAILY LIVES AND INCLUDES INTERVIEWS WITH STUDENTS WHO LEARNED THESE SKILLS USING NLP'S RESOURCES. ONE STUDENT RECOGNIZED THAT ELECTION POLL NUMBERS CIRCULATING ON TIKTOK WERE ACTUALLY FROM A BETTING SITE AND WARNED FRIENDS TO SEEK CREDIBLE SOURCES. ANOTHER SAID NEWS LITERACY TRAINING CHANGED THE WAY SHE APPROACHES EVERYDAY INFORMATION, MAKING HER MORE SKEPTICAL OF SENSATIONAL HEADLINES AND MORE LIKELY TO DIG DEEPER BEFORE BELIEVING OR SHARING A STORY. A THIRD APPLIED NEWS LITERACY SKILLS TO HELP MANAGE HER SCHOOL'S NEWS PAGE, BETTER EVALUATE CREDIBILITY AND BIAS, AND HELP FACILITATE A CLASS TO TEACH HER PEERS.NEVEAH RICE, NLP'S 2024 GWEN IFILL STUDENT OF THE YEAR, IS NOW A FIRST-YEAR JOURNALISM MAJOR AT INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, WHERE SHE CONTINUES TO CHAMPION NEWS LITERACY. AS PART OF THE SIXTH ANNUAL NATIONAL NEWS LITERACY WEEK (FEBRUARY 2025), SHE AUTHORED AN OPINION PIECE, "BIAS IS ALL OVER YOUR SOCIAL FEED. WE NEED MEDIA LITERACY TO HELP US NAVIGATE IT" (USA TODAY). IN THE ARTICLE, NEVEAH REFLECTED ON HOW THE NEWS LITERACY SKILLS SHE DEVELOPED IN HIGH SCHOOL GAVE HER A STRONG FOUNDATION FOR ANALYZING INFORMATION IN COLLEGE SKILLS MANY OF HER PEERS LACKED, PARTICULARLY WHEN IT CAME TO RECOGNIZING THE INFLUENCE OF ALGORITHMS AND DANGERS OF ECHO CHAMBERS ON SOCIAL MEDIA. HER CONTINUED ADVOCACY FOR NEWS AND MEDIA LITERACY EXEMPLIFIES THE LASTING IMPACT OF NLP'S MISSION.BY THE NUMBERS:- STUDENTS TAUGHT USING NLP RESOURCES - 574,418 STUDENTS. SURPASSING OUR GOAL OF 485,000 BY 18%. FY2024 473,004 STUDENTS- EDUCATORS ENGAGED WITH NLP'S FREE RESOURCES & PROGRAMS - 20,592 EDUCATORS.SURPASSING OUR GOAL OF 20,000 BY 3%. FY2024 19,054 EDUCATORS- SCHOOL DISTRICTS WHERE NLP'S RESOURCES WERE USED - 4,801 SCHOOL DISTRICTS. SURPASSING OUR GOAL OF 4,250 BY 13%. FY25 IS THE FIRST YEAR WE TRACKED THIS METRIC.- ORGANIZATIONAL BUDGET - 9.25 MILLION FY2024 7.38 MILLION.GROWTH AND MOMENTUM FOR THE DISTRICT FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM:LAUNCHED IN 2022, THE DISTRICT FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM IS ONE OF OUR STRONGEST DRIVERS OF LASTING CHANGE. DISTRICTS IN THE PROGRAM ARE COMMITTED TO MAKING SURE EVERY STUDENT LEARNS NEWS LITERACY SKILLS BEFORE GRADUATING FROM HIGH SCHOOL. THIS THREE-YEAR PROGRAM ENABLES PARTICIPATING DISTRICTS TO CREATE AND IMPLEMENT MODELS THAT SEAMLESSLY INTEGRATE NEWS LITERACY INTO EXISTING CURRICULA. THESE MODELS ARE EASILY REPLICABLE BY OTHER U.S. SCHOOL DISTRICTS, AT ANY GRADE LEVEL AND ACROSS SUBJECT AREAS SUCH AS ENGLISH, SOCIAL STUDIES, SCIENCE AND CIVICS.TO DATE, THREE COHORTS WITH 14 SCHOOL DISTRICTS FROM 10 STATES ARE ACTIVE IN THE PROGRAM. COHORTS 1 AND 2 COMPLETED THEIR COMMITMENTS. AS ALUMNI, PARTICIPANTS MENTOR NEW FELLOWS, LEAD TRAINING, ATTEND CONFERENCES AND SUPPORT NLP'S STATE-LEVEL ADVOCACY EFFORTS. COHORT 3 BEGINS ITS SECOND YEAR IN AUGUST AND HAS EIGHT DISTRICTS FROM FIVE STATES, INCLUDING A STATE CLUSTER OF FIVE DISTRICTS IN CALIFORNIA. INTEREST IN THE PROGRAM CONTINUES TO GROW. IN MARCH, MORE THAN 50 SCHOOL DISTRICTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY APPLIED TO JOIN COHORT 4, INCLUDING SEVERAL CLUSTERS FROM THE SAME STATES, A CLUSTER MODEL THAT HAS HELPED BUILD SCALE IN PLACES LIKE CALIFORNIA. WE EXPECT TO WELCOME 17 SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO THE PROGRAM*, OUR LARGEST COHORT YET, WITH ANOTHER 15 DISTRICTS ALREADY APPROVED AND DEFERRED TO COHORT 5.ADDITIONAL HIGHLIGHTS FROM FISCAL YEAR 2025:TOP 10ON CHECKOLOGY, NLP'S AWARD-WINNING DIGITAL LEARNING PLATFORM, THESE WERE THE MOST POPULAR RESOURCES FOR EDUCATORS:1. MISINFORMATION 2. INFOZONES3. INTRODUCTION TO ALGORITHMS4. IS IT LEGIT? 5. EVALUATING EVIDENCE ONLINEAMONG THE RESOURCES WE HIGHLIGHTED FOR EDUCATORS THIS YEAR IN OUR WEEKLY NEWSLETTER, THE SIFT, THESE WERE THE MOST POPULAR:6. DAILY DO NOW SLIDES7. FACT-CHECKING RED FLAGS QUIZ8. WELLNESS & SCIENCE CLAIMS QUIZ9. 6 THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT AI 10. INTRODUCTION TO ALGORITHMSIN AUGUST, NLP'S CHECKOLOGY VIRTUAL CLASSROOM WILL BE INSTANTLY AVAILABLE IN MORE THAN 95,000 SCHOOLS THROUGH CLEVER, A WIDELY USED TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM THAT IS FREE TO SCHOOLS AND ALLOWS STUDENTS AND EDUCATORS TO ACCESS MULTIPLE EDUCATIONAL TOOLS WITH A SINGLE, SECURE LOGIN.30 COLLABORATIONS 17 STATESTHIS YEAR MARKED A MILESTONE IN THE NUMBER OF STATE AGENCIES AND ORGANIZATIONS NLP WORKED WITH. FOR THESE COLLABORATIONS, WE PROVIDED NEWS LITERACY WEBINARS, ALIGNED OUR RESOURCES WITH STATE INITIATIVES, AND INTRODUCED EDUCATORS, FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES TO NLP. ALASKA STAFF DEVELOPMENT NETWORK. ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. CONNECTICUT ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL LIBRARIANS. DELAWARE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. FLORIDA CIVICS AND DEBATE INITIATIVE. HAWAII DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. TEXAS COMPUTER EDUCATION ASSOCIATION. UTAH STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION AND MANY MORE!RAISING AWARENESS NATIONWIDENLP'S FIRST-EVER TEEN STUDY REVEALS WIDESPREAD DISTRUST IN NEWS AND HIGH EXPOSURE TO MISINFORMATION BUT ALSO SHOWS THAT MEDIA LITERACY INSTRUCTION BOOSTS TRUST AND FOSTERS HEALTHIER NEWS HABITS. THE SIXTH ANNUAL NATIONAL NEWS LITERACY WEEK WAS NLP'S MOST SUCCESSFUL AWARENESS CAMPAIGN TO DATE WITH OVER 840 MILLION IMPRESSIONS ACROSS MANY CHANNELS.OUR 2024 ELECTION MISINFORMATION CAMPAIGN REACHED 325 MILLION VIEWERS WITH OUR PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS, 2,681 EVENT ATTENDEES, AND 56,905 USERS OF THE INAUGURAL ELECTION MISINFORMATION DASHBOARD.Expenses $5,784,042 · revenue $20,559
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in June, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | June 30, 2026 | November 16, 2026 | Not due yet |
| 2024 | June 30, 2025 | November 17, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | June 30, 2024 | November 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 27-4011343
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 2011
- Accounting year ends
- June
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Education (B80)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $11,240,390
- Income (IRS master file)
- $11,637,431
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | June 2025 | $9,461,945 | $8,863,440 | $11,240,390 | XML |
| 990 | June 2024 | $13,302,198 | $8,240,629 | $10,575,348 | XML |
| 990 | June 2023 | $6,018,672 | $7,576,294 | $5,511,696 | IRS |
| 990 | June 2022 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2019 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990-N for 2010 Officer: Alan C Miller Filed under this EIN, most likely by a chapter or affiliate | December 31, 2010 | ≤ $50,000 receipts | – | – | e-Postcard |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 27-4011343).
Questions about NEWS LITERACY PROJECT INC
- What is the EIN of NEWS LITERACY PROJECT INC?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of NEWS LITERACY PROJECT INC is 27-4011343.
- Is NEWS LITERACY PROJECT INC tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2011.
- Are donations to NEWS LITERACY PROJECT INC tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does NEWS LITERACY PROJECT INC file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of NEWS LITERACY PROJECT INC due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending June 30, 2026) is due November 16, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did NEWS LITERACY PROJECT INC last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended June 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of NEWS LITERACY PROJECT INC?
- The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 names CHARLES SALTER.
- Who are the officers and directors of NEWS LITERACY PROJECT INC?
- The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 lists 20 people; 7 received compensation from the organization, the highest $312,049 (CHARLES SALTER, PRESIDENT AND CEO).
- How much revenue does NEWS LITERACY PROJECT INC have?
- On its 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $9,461,945, expenses of $8,863,440 and total assets of $11,240,390 at year end.
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