Nonprofit · EIN 46-2775553
ON BEING PROJECT
Tax-exempt · SAINT PAUL, MN 55108
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 30, 2025 | 990 | $2,533,183 | $2,598,709 | -$65,526 | $2,739,588 | $52,246 | $2,687,342 |
| June 30, 2024 | 990 | $1,947,602 | $5,369,675 | -$3,422,073 | $3,085,314 | $282,446 | $2,802,868 |
| June 30, 2023 | 990 | $1,714,730 | $5,443,750 | -$3,729,020 | $7,418,103 | $980,120 | $6,437,983 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $2,487,935
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $5,752
- Other revenue
- $39,496
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $690,761
- Other salaries and wages
- $574,376
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $1,510,429
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Occupancy
- $55,835
- Travel
- $38,918
- Program services (functional)
- $1,839,534
- Management and general (functional)
- $634,017
- Fundraising (functional)
- $125,158
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $3,085,314
- Total assets, end of year
- $2,739,588
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $52,246
- Net assets, end of year
- $2,687,342
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $1,806,789
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $880,553
- Gross receipts
- $2,533,183
- Employees
- 11
- Volunteers
- 0
- Year formed
- 2013
- State of legal domicile
- MN
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KRISTA TIPPETT | PRESIDENT Officer | 40 | $350,770 | $22,106 |
| CHRISTOPHER HEAGLE | FORMER SENIOR PRODUCER Former | 40 | $126,699 | $7,768 |
| LAUREN DROMMERHAUSEN | FORMER SR. OPS MANAGER Former | 40 | $112,278 | $10,725 |
| ANDREA PREVOST | DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS Officer | 40 | $101,014 | $7,856 |
| KONDA MASON | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JAY COWLES III | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| SRINIJA SRINIVASAN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended June 30, 2024: 11 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KRISTA TIPPETT | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 40 | $345,215 | $30,911 |
| LUCAS JOHNSON | EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT Highest-paid employee | 40 | $196,500 | $0 |
| COLLEEN SCHECK | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, OPERATIONS & VITALITY Officer | 40 | $153,849 | $20,429 |
| MANUEL GONZALEZ JR | DIRECTOR, CIVIL CONVERSATION Highest-paid employee | 40 | $128,573 | $13,024 |
| CHRISTOPHER HEAGLE | SENIOR PRODUCER Highest-paid employee | 40 | $118,403 | $21,166 |
| TIFFANY CHAMPION | PRODUCTION DIRECTOR Highest-paid employee | 40 | $130,822 | $6,374 |
| GUANTAM SRIKISHAN | PRODUCER Highest-paid employee | 40 | $112,747 | $12,502 |
| ROMY NEHME | VP HEAD OF EXPERIENCE Highest-paid employee | 40 | $103,949 | $5,718 |
| KONDA MASON | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JAY COWLES III | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| SRINIJA SRINIVASAN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended June 30, 2023: 10 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KRISTA TIPPETT | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 40 | $362,210 | $28,390 |
| ROMY NEHME | VP OF EXPERIENCE & STRATEGY Highest-paid employee | 40 | $210,860 | $8,641 |
| LUCAS JOHNSON | EVP, PUBLIC LIFE & SOCIAL Highest-paid employee | 40 | $176,773 | $13,874 |
| COLLEEN SCHECK | EXEC DIR, OPERATIONS & VIT Officer | 40 | $158,190 | $19,759 |
| MANUEL GONZALEZ JR | DIRECTOR, CIVIL CONVERSATI Highest-paid employee | 40 | $124,500 | $12,197 |
| CHRISTOPHER HEAGLE | SENIOR PRODUCER Highest-paid employee | 40 | $110,043 | $19,357 |
| GUANTAM SRIKISHAN | PRODUCER Highest-paid employee | 40 | $116,426 | $12,457 |
| KONDA MASON | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JAY COWLES III | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| SRINIJA SRINIVASAN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 2190 HOYT AVE W, SAINT PAUL, MN 55108-1315
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- KRISTA TIPPETT, 2190 HOYT AVE W, SAINT PAUL, MN 55108
- Signed the 990
- KRISTA TIPPETT, PRESIDENT
- Phone
- (612) 584-3862
- Website
- WWW.ONBEING.ORG
- Return prepared by
- NW LEDGER COMPANY
Mission
THE ON BEING PROJECT IS A NONPROFIT MEDIA AND SOCIAL HEALING ORGANIZATION. OUR MISSION IS TO PURSUE DEEP THINKING AND MORAL IMAGINATION, SOCIAL CREATIVITY AND JOY, TOWARDS THE RENEWAL OF INNER LIFE, OUTER LIFE, AND LIFE TOGETHER. WE PRODUCE THE AWARD-WINNING GLOBAL PODCAST "ON BEING" WITH KRISTA TIPPETT, AND AN ECOSYSTEM OF OFFERINGS ACROSS CONTENT, CONVENINGS, AND TOOLS/RESOURCES THAT NOURISH AND AMPLIFY THE GENERATIVE NARRATIVE OF OUR TIME. PEOPLE ENGAGE WITH ON BEING TO EXPLORE THE GREAT QUESTIONS OF MEANING AS THEY ARE NEWLY AND URGENTLY ALIVE IN 21ST CENTURY LIFE: WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE HUMAN? HOW DO WE WANT TO LIVE? WHO WILL WE BE TO EACH OTHER?
Program accomplishments
- IN FISCAL YEAR 2025, THE ON BEING PROJECT'S WORK CONTINUED TO FOCUS ON DEVELOPING AN ECOSYSTEM OF OFFERINGS AND SERVING OUR FAR-FLUNG GLOBAL WEB OF LISTENERS/PRACTITIONERS. THE PEOPLE WHO GATHER AROUND ON BEING ARE PART OF THE GENERATIVE NARRATIVE OF OUR TIME. IN ALL KINDS OF LIVES, IN ALL KINDS OF PLACES, THEY ARE HEALERS AND SOCIAL CREATIVES. AT HUMAN PACE, THEY ARE ENLIVENING THE WORLD THAT THEY CAN SEE AND TOUCH. IN GENERATIONAL TIME, THEY ARE STITCHING RELATIONSHIP ACROSS RUPTURE. ON BEING'S CONVERSATIONS ON-AIR AND OFF CREATE OPENING. IN A POLITICAL AND CULTURAL SPACE THAT REWARDS FEAR, FERMENTS ARGUMENT, AND HASTENS CLOSURE, ON BEING NOURISHES LEARNING AND GROWTH, NEWNESS, AND EVOLUTION.Expenses $1,839,534
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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
- 46-2775553
- 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
- 2014
- Accounting year ends
- June
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Public and societal benefit (W50)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $2,739,588
- Income (IRS master file)
- $2,533,183
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | June 2025 | $2,533,183 | $2,598,709 | $2,739,588 | XML |
| 990 | June 2024 | $1,947,602 | $5,369,675 | $3,085,314 | XML |
| 990 | June 2023 | $1,714,730 | $5,443,750 | $7,418,103 | XML |
| 990 | June 2022 | $7,513,693 | $5,105,928 | $10,611,458 | IRS |
| 990 | June 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990-T | June 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2019 | – | – | – | IRS |
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 46-2775553).
Questions about ON BEING PROJECT
- What is the EIN of ON BEING PROJECT?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of ON BEING PROJECT is 46-2775553.
- Is ON BEING PROJECT tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2014.
- Are donations to ON BEING PROJECT tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does ON BEING PROJECT 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 ON BEING PROJECT 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 ON BEING PROJECT 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 ON BEING PROJECT?
- The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 names KRISTA TIPPETT.
- Who are the officers and directors of ON BEING PROJECT?
- The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 lists 7 people; 4 received compensation from the organization, the highest $350,770 (KRISTA TIPPETT, PRESIDENT).
- How much revenue does ON BEING PROJECT have?
- On its 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $2,533,183, expenses of $2,598,709 and total assets of $2,739,588 at year end.
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