Alternative Newsweekly Foundation
Donations deductibleRevenue
$5.3m
year to 30 September 2025
Expenses
$3.9m
year to 30 September 2025
Total assets
$2.8m
$13k liabilities
Net assets
$2.8m
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
7
3.6 years on average
Staff
5
employees, year to 30 September 2025
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Officers and senior staff
5
named in Part VII
Alternative Newsweekly Foundation's network
7 people2 organisationsi7 people and 2 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (7). Violet dotted lines (2) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.The board
7 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Time served and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed time served is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 11 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI; we list 7 in Part VII (Part VII does not always name every voting member).| Name | Role as filed | Since | On the board |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blair Barna | Director | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Evelyn Castro | Director | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Jason Pramas | Director | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Jimmy Boegle | Director | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Justin Rushing | Director | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Kimberly Spencer | Director | 2025 | 1 yr |
| Ron Burke (also filed as Ron Burke) | Director | 2022 | 4 yrs |
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more
Officers and senior leadership
5 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.| Name | Title as filed | On the filings |
|---|---|---|
| Ellen J Meany | Executive Director and Secretary | since 2023 |
| George Thurlow | Treasurer | since 2023 |
| Graham Jarret | President | since 2023 |
| Graham Jarrett | Vice President | 2025 |
| Kevin Goldberg | Vice President | since 2023 |
Pay and hours
year to 30 September 2025iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.| Name | Title as filed | Hours a week | Pay from the organisation | Related organisations | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ellen Meany | Executive Director & Secretary | 40 | $74k | ||
| Blair Barna | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Jason Pramas | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Justin Rushing | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Ron Burke | Director | 2 | $0 | ||
| Evelyn Castro | Director | 2 | $0 | ||
| Jimmy Boegle | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Kimberly Spencer | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Kevin Goldberg | President | 1 | $0 | ||
| Graham Jarrett | Vice President | 1 | $0 | ||
| George Thurlow | Treasurer | 1 | $0 |
Colorado roster
12 listediOfficers, directors and trustees from the latest filing with the Colorado Secretary of State (document 20263015342). Titles are as filed; some entries are registered agents or custodians of records rather than board members. Source: data.colorado.gov, public domain.| Name | Title as filed |
|---|---|
| Jason Pramas | Director |
| Ron Burke | Director |
| Justin Rushing | Director |
| Ellen J Meany | Secretary |
| Kevin J Goldberg | President |
| George Thurlow | Treasurer |
| Jimmy Boegle | Director |
| Evelyn Castro | Director |
| Graham Jarrett | President |
| Kevin Goldberg | Vice President |
| Blair Barna | Director |
| Ellen J Meany |
About
- Legal name
- Alternative Newsweekly Foundation
- EIN
- 300100369
- Address
- 253 Tennessee Ave Ne, Washington, DC, 20002-6427
- State
- District of Columbia
- Mission
- The alternative newsweekly foundation is dedicated to the promotion and support of independent journalism.anf serves as a fiscal sponsor to organizations that are building and sustaining news and information infrastructure across the country.as part of its affiliation with aan publishers (aan.org), anf supports the professional development of journalists and connects young journalists with... (as filed on the Form 990)
- Activity (NTEE)
- R63 Civil rights, social action and advocacy
- IRS classification
- 501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
- Classified purpose
- Civil Rights, Social Action & Advocacy
- Size band
- 6 (IRS master file code)
- Formed
- 2002
- Principal officer
- Ellen J Meany (as named on the Form 990)
- IRS ruling date
- 1 September 2018
- Status
- Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
- Form 990 filings on record
- 5, latest 2025
- IRS Publication 78
- PC (contributions deductible)
Most connected
Longest observed on the filings
≥4years on the filingsBlair Barna
≥4years on the filingsEvelyn Castro
≥4years on the filingsJason Pramas
≥4years on the filingsRon Burke
Latest return
year to 30 September 2025iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 30 September 2025. US dollars, as filed.- Total assets
- $2.8m
- Total liabilities
- $13k
- Net assets or fund balances
- $2.8m
- Contributions and grants received
- $5.1m
- Program service revenue
- $210k
- Grants and similar paid out
- $2.3m
- Employees
- 5
Filed finances
1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.| Tax year | Total revenue | Total expenses | Surplus or deficit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | $5.5m | $6.1m | Deficit $593k |
As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.
Grants paid
25+ listediFrom Schedule I of the Form 990: grants and assistance to organisations in the United States, largest first (up to 25). Schedule I is filed only by organisations that gave more than $5,000 to any one recipient.| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Oregon Journalism Project | Project fulfillment | $375k |
| Chicago News Weekly LLC | Project fulfillment | $151k |
| Grassroots DC | Project fulfillment | $109k |
| What's Happening Inc | Project fulfillment | $102k |
| Arkansas Times Limited Partnership | Project fulfillment | $100k |
| Milestone Communications Inc | Project fulfillment | $62k |
| HBCU Digital Media Collaborative | Project fulfillment | $61k |
| Embarcadero Media Foundation | Transformation tech participant | $40k |
| Valeria Fernandez | Project management | $33k |
| Flagpole Inc | Project fulfillment | $29k |
| NWA News Project LLC | Transformation tech participant | $26k |
| Beat Media Inc | Project fulfillment | $26k |
| Association of Alternative Newsmedia | 2024 gos grant | $20k |
| Tiny News Collective Inc | Transformation tech participant | $20k |
| Mississippi Link Newspaper | Transformation tech participant | $20k |
| Metro Publishing Inc | Transformation tech participant | $20k |
| Nuz Inc | Transformation tech participant | $20k |
| Charlotte Post Publishing Company | Transformation tech participant | $20k |
| I Messenger Media LLC | Transformation tech participant | $20k |
| Contempora | Transformation tech participant | $20k |
| Tiloben Publishing Co Inc | Transformation tech participant | $20k |
| Miami New Times LLC | Transformation tech participant | $20k |
| The Current Media Inc | Transformation tech participant | $20k |
| Vinegar Hill Vintage LLC | Transformation tech participant | $20k |
| Inland Valley News Inc | Transformation tech participant | $20k |
State registration
1 entityiBusiness-entity registers published by US states. These records are matched to this organisation by name and state, not by EIN, and are labelled as likely matches. Street addresses are not shown.Alternative Newsweekly Foundation likely matchiMatched by exact name and state (and ZIP where shown). State registers do not publish EINs, so this is not a confirmed match. Source: DC Department of Licensing and Consumer Protection (DLCP), corporate registrations (opendata.dc.gov). Licence: CC BY 4.0. Attribution: DC DLCP. Data last fetched 18 October 2026.
- State
- District of Columbia
- Entity type
- Domestic Nonprofit Corporation
- Status
- Active - In Good Standing
- Formed
- 25 July 2002
- Registered agent
- Kevin M Goldberg (city and state not held)