2025-11-25T08:41:22-06:00 2025-06-30 521392008 GELMAN ROSENBERG & FREEDMAN 4550 MONTGOMERY AVE SUITE 800N BETHESDA MD 208142930 990 2024-07-01 274011343 THE NEWS LITERACY PROJECT INC NEWS 2027153722 5335 WISCONSIN AVE NW 440 WASHINGTON DC 20015 CHARLES SALTER PRESIDENT & CEO 2027153722 2025-11-25 1 0 RICHARD J LOCASTRO CPA P00288314 3019519090 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z X CHARLES SALTER 5335 WISCONSIN AVE NW 440 WASHINGTON DC 20015 11637431 0 X WWW.THENEWSLITERACYPROJECT.ORG X 2010 MD TO FOSTER APPRECIATION OF THE VALUE OF QUALITY JOURNALISM FOR MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. 13 13 54 25 0 0 13106742 9293027 51397 20559 144059 148359 0 0 13302198 9461945 0 0 0 0 5808461 6382416 0 0 1222845 2432168 2481024 8240629 8863440 5061569 598505 10575348 11240390 372290 402497 10203058 10837893 X 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. 0 0 5784042 20559 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. 5784042 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 40 0 1 54 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 AL AR CA FL GA HI IL KS KY MD MA MI MN MS NH NJ NM NY NC OR PA RI SC TN UT VA WV WI X X CHARLES SALTER 2027153722 5335 WISCONSIN AVE NW 440 WASHINGTON DC 20015 KAREN WICKRE CHAIR 2.00 X X 0 0 0 WALT MOSSBERG VICE CHAIR 2.00 X X 0 0 0 LIZ RAMOS SECRETARY 2.00 X X 0 0 0 PETER KADZIK TREASURER 2.00 X X 0 0 0 EVA HALLER BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 SANDY HELTON BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 ABBY PHILLIP BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 MELANIE LUNDQUIST BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 WHIT AYRES BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 GERALDINE BAUM BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 TUCKER ESCEW BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 ALAN MILLER BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 CATHERINE WOODARD BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 CHARLES SALTER PRESIDENT AND CEO 40.00 X 312049 0 24556 CLAUDIA BORGELT SVP, STRATEGY AND IMPACT 40.00 X 212542 0 21257 PETER ADAMS SVP, RESEARCH AND DESIGN 40.00 X 216963 0 7892 DARRAGH WORLAND SVP, CREATIVE STRATEGY 40.00 X 189306 0 32380 MARY LYNN HICKEY SVP, ADMINISTRATION 40.00 X 186805 0 19768 EBONEE OTOO SVP, EDUCATOR ENGAGEMENT 40.00 X 169070 0 6743 ALAN MILLER FOUNDER (RETIRED 6/30/24) 40.00 X 125508 0 17052 1412243 0 129648 15 1 1 0 KWANSO 388 MARKET STREET SAN FRANCISCO CA 94111 PLATFORM DESIGN 235200 KOYA LEADERSHIP PARTNERS 2005 MARKET STREET SUITE 3300 PHILADELPHIA PA 19013 MEDIA AND MARKETING 148487 KOFSKY FILMS 1350 FRANKLIN ST APT 3 SANTA MONICA CA 90404 PRODUCTION 129825 3 325412 8967615 9293027 PROF. DEVELOPMENT 900099 19634 19634 HONORARIA 900099 500 500 EARNED INCOME 900099 425 425 20559 192702 192702 2131143 2175486 -44343 -44343 -44343 9461945 20559 0 148359 306200 122480 30620 153100 5080205 3336812 999731 743662 447193 311080 84053 52060 144290 90985 36587 16718 404528 258891 80083 65554 26591 14039 12552 33062 33062 581036 336525 159261 85250 199046 184727 9885 4434 49615 16283 22082 11250 555140 386126 108161 60853 82314 88 82226 83009 48116 24251 10642 187482 41897 145430 155 299080 298013 1067 17646 17646 PRODUCTION 226738 226738 RESEARCH AND EVALUTION 98080 98080 PROF. DEVELOPMENT 25303 16336 4879 4088 PROCESSING FEES 15736 10615 2594 2527 1146 250 896 8863440 5784042 1856553 1222845 99302 85050 1619458 2275581 6969592 7601516 43484 61963 2171391 1756537 662468 414854 1159039 703313 2133 1067 19872 97046 10575348 11240390 357642 310877 14648 91620 372290 402497 X 4232610 3340387 5970448 7497506 10203058 10837893 10575348 11240390 598505 36330 0 X 0 1 X 1 0 X 4570868 4986497 5900062 13106742 9293027 37857196 4570868 4986497 5900062 13106742 9293027 37857196 11798204 26058992 19581 52293 84964 144059 192702 493599 38350795 153012 0.67950 0.72790 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 551164 48993 600157 497243 53921 551164 464725 32518 497243 500000 -35275 464725 1.00000 0.00000 0.00000 0 0 2171391 1756537 414854 414854 OPERATING LEASE 91620 91620 12905130 36330 3406855 3443185 9461945 0 9461945 12270295 3406855 3406855 8863440 0 8863440 PART V, LINE 4: TO SUPPORT THE NLP'S MISSION AND SPECIFICALLY, THE EFFORTS TO PROVIDE PROGRAMS AND RESOURCES FOR EDUCATORS AND THE PUBLIC TO TEACH, LEARN AND SHARE THE ABILITIES NEEDED TO BE SMART, ACTIVE CONSUMERS OF NEWS AND INFORMATION AND EQUAL AND ENGAGED PARTICIPANTS IN A DEMOCRACY. X X X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 CHARLES SALTER PRESIDENT AND CEO 285011 0 27038 0 0 0 11488 0 13068 0 336605 0 0 0 CLAUDIA BORGELT SVP, STRATEGY AND IMPACT 193487 0 19055 0 0 0 8761 0 12496 0 233799 0 0 0 PETER ADAMS SVP, RESEARCH AND DESIGN 198463 0 18500 0 0 0 7892 0 0 0 224855 0 0 0 DARRAGH WORLAND SVP, CREATIVE STRATEGY 171796 0 17510 0 0 0 3867 0 28513 0 221686 0 0 0 MARY LYNN HICKEY SVP, ADMINISTRATION 170805 0 16000 0 0 0 6791 0 12977 0 206573 0 0 0 EBONEE OTOO SVP, EDUCATOR ENGAGEMENT 169070 0 0 0 0 0 6743 0 0 0 175813 0 0 0 ALAN MILLER FOUNDER (RETIRED 6/30/24) 125508 0 0 0 0 0 4682 0 12370 0 142560 0 0 0 PART I, LINE 7 BONUS COMPENSATION IS REPORTED IN PART II, COLUMN (B)(II). FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B THE FORM 990 WAS PREPARED BY THE OUTSIDE ACCOUNTANTS AND REVIEWED BY THE NLP BOARD FINANCE COMMITTEE, WHO RESOLVES ANY QUESTIONS. A COPY IS THEN SHARED WITH THE BOARD, WHO SENDS APPROVAL TO THE TAX PREPARER TO FINALIZE THE RETURN. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C THE ORGANIZATION'S CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY REQUIRES EACH DIRECTOR AND/OR OFFICER TO ANNUALLY, OR ANY TIME A CIRCUMSTANCE ARISES, DISCLOSE HIS/HER KNOWLEDGE AND UDERSTANDING OF THE POLICY WHICH INCLUDES THE DUTY OF THE DIRECTOR AND/OR OFFICER TO DISCLOSE TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ANY ACTUAL OR POTENTIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST IN WRITING. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS (EXCLUDING ANY MEMBER WHICH IS PARTY TO THE CONFLICT) IS RESPONSIBLE FOR REVIEWING THE POTENTIAL CONFLICT AND MAKING THE DETERMINATION IF AN ACTUAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST EXISTS. UPON KNOWLEDGE THAT A CONFLICT WAS NOT PROPERLY DISCLOSED TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, APPROPRIATE CORRECTIVE AND DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS SHALL BE TAKEN. INDIVIDUALS PARTY TO ANY CONFLICTS OF INTEREST SHALL LEAVE THE ROOM IN WHICH THE DISCUSSION IS CARRIED AND SHALL NOT VOTE ON ANY MATTERS ASSOCIATED WITH THE ARRANGEMENT OR TRANSACTION INVOLVING SUCH CONFLICT. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15A THE BOARD TREASURER RESEARCHES RELEVANT COMPENSATION SURVEYS AND MAKES A RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD, WHICH IS THEN VETTED AND APPROVED WITH THE NLP BOARD VOTE. THE REVIEW IS DOCUMENTED IN THE MEETING MINUTES. THE LAST COMPENSATION REVIEW TOOK PLACE IN JULY 2025. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 THE ORGANIZATION'S GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, POLICIES, AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST.