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US nonprofit · EIN 825355128 · San Jose, CAiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 825355128) - NTEE activity code, address.Board and officers IRS Form 990 annual filings, Part VII (directors, trustees, officers, key employees), read year by year to observe tenure.Latest return IRS Form 990 series e-file data - 990 for the year to 31 December 2025: assets, liabilities, staff, website, telephone, pay.Renewal outlook Computed by Governance Register from the observed filing history and filed revenue (us-approach-v4-clean). Not a statement that the organisation is recruiting.Deductibility IRS Publication 78 data (code PC), downloaded 18 October 2026.Licence US Federal Government public domain.How we handle data

SAN Jose News Bureau

Donations deductible
Revenue
$1.4m
year to 31 December 2025
Expenses
$1.2m
year to 31 December 2025
Total assets
$1m
$90k liabilities
Net assets
$956k
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
9
4.9y av
Staff
15
employees, year to 31 December 2025
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Officers and senior staff
1
named in Part VII
How am I connected?

SAN Jose News Bureau's network

9 people3 organisationsi9 people and 3 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (9). Violet dotted lines (3) 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

9 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.Tenure and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed tenure is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 6 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI; we list 9 in Part VII (Part VII does not always name every voting member).
NameRole as filedSinceOn the board
Ahmad ThomasTrustee2023
3 yrs
Akemi FlynnTrustee2021
5 yrs
Ann RavelVice President2023
3 yrs
Bob NunezPresident2023
3 yrs
Joshua BarousseExecutive Dir.2020
6 yrs
Larry SokoloffCompany secretary2021
5 yrs
Michael DaoTrustee2023
3 yrs
Michael Fox Jr (also filed as Michael Fox)Treasurer2020
6 yrs
Perla A Rodriguez (also filed as Perla Rodriguez)Trustee2020
6 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more

Officers and senior leadership

1 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.
NameTitle as filedOn the filings
Ramona GiwargisCEOsince 2020

Pay and hours

year to 31 December 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.
NameTitle as filedHours a weekPay from the organisationRelated organisationsOther
Joshua BarousseDirector45$103k
Perla RodriguezDirector1$0
Michael Fox JrPresident1$0
Akemi FlynnDirector1$0
Ahmad ThomasTreasurer1$0
Michael DaoSecretary1$0
Meri MabenVice President1$0

About

Legal name
San Jose News Bureau
EIN
825355128
Address
1900 Camden Ave Ste 101, San Jose, CA, 95124-2944
State
California
Mission
Build a community-supported newsroom that ignites civic engagement, educates citizens and strengthens our democracy. (as filed on the Form 990)
Activity (NTEE)
A30 Arts, culture and humanities
IRS classification
501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
Classified purpose
Arts, Culture & Humanities
Size band
6 (IRS master file code)
Formed
2018
Principal officer
Michael Fox Jr (as named on the Form 990)
IRS ruling date
1 December 2018
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
Form 990 filings on record
4, latest 2023
IRS Publication 78
PC (contributions deductible)

Most connected

Longest observed on the filings

≥6years on the filingsJoshua Barousse
≥6years on the filingsMichael Fox Jr
≥6years on the filingsPerla A Rodriguez
≥5years on the filingsAkemi Flynn

Latest return

year to 31 December 2025iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 December 2025. US dollars, as filed.
Total assets
$1m
Total liabilities
$90k
Net assets or fund balances
$956k
Contributions and grants received
$1.1m
Program service revenue
$0
Employees
15