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Nonprofit · EIN 84-2627202

19TH NEWS

Tax-exempt · AUSTIN, TX 78731

Financials

$11.2M$10.2M2023$19.3M$10.9M2024
Revenue Expenses · by fiscal year end
Financials of 19TH NEWS by year, from its e-filed returns
Year endedFormRevenueExpensesNet incomeTotal assetsLiabilitiesNet assets
December 31, 2024990$19,268,751$10,884,965$8,383,786$33,943,309$124,989$33,818,320
December 31, 2023990$11,150,968$10,211,770$939,198$25,774,306$339,618$25,434,688
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024

Revenue

Contributions, gifts and grants
$18,749,039
Membership dues
$486,707
Program service revenue
$108,798
Investment income
$410,914
Net gain from sales of assets
-$82,797
Other revenue
$0

Expenses

Grants and similar amounts paid
$0
Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
$1,187,318
Other salaries and wages
$6,104,552
Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
$8,542,397
Professional fundraising fees
$0
Legal fees
$22,382
Accounting fees
$33,250
Occupancy
$218,795
Travel
$425,814
Depreciation
$14,406
Program services (functional)
$8,715,873
Management and general (functional)
$1,191,110
Fundraising (functional)
$977,982

Balance sheet and other

Total assets, start of year
$25,774,306
Total assets, end of year
$33,943,309
Total liabilities, end of year
$124,989
Net assets, end of year
$33,818,320
Publicly traded securities
$58,655
Net assets without donor restrictions
$19,451,710
Net assets with donor restrictions
$14,366,610
Gross unrelated business income
$38,000
Gross receipts
$19,357,010
Employees
62
Volunteers
0
Year formed
2019
State of legal domicile
TX

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 December 31, 2024, highest compensation first.

NameTitleHours / weekCompensationOther / benefits
EMILY RAMSHAW HARTSTEINCHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
Trustee or director, Officer
40$303,968$30,573
JAYO MIKO MACASAQUITCHIEF PEOPLE OFFICER
Key employee
40$208,788$15,971
ERRIN HAINESEDITOR-AT-LARGE
Highest-paid employee
40$207,897$15,756
JULIA CHANEDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Key employee
40$198,084$19,689
EMILY SWELGINCHIEF PRODUCT OFFICER
Highest-paid employee
40$204,485$11,294
FATIMA HESSABICHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER &
Key employee
40$195,412$14,360
ANNE MUSIALCHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER AND SECRETARY
Officer
40$175,447$25,027
ALEXANDRA SMITHCHIEF STRATEGY OFFICER
Highest-paid employee
40$178,724$14,324
THERESA RUPARPOLITICAL EDITOR
Highest-paid employee
40$170,417$17,410
JENNY AJILUNIDIRECTOR OF INDIVIDUAL PHILANTHROPY
Highest-paid employee
40$158,867$13,505
JESSICA LESSINDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
0.5$0$0
ALEX SCHMIDERDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
0.5$0$0
ANN WALKER MARCHANTDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
0.5$0$0
BRADLEY AKUBUIRODIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
DEB ASRATEDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
0.5$0$0
14 more people on this return
NameTitleHours / weekCompensation
KATHERINE BOODIRECTOR
Trustee or director
0.5$0
KATY DRAKE BETTNERDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
0.5$0
MI-AI PARRISHCHAIRPERSON
Trustee or director
0.5$0
MICHELLE MERCERDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
0.5$0
SARAH ADLER HARTMANDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
0.5$0
SUSAN MCPHERSONDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
0.5$0
TASNEEM RAJADIRECTOR
Trustee or director
0.5$0
TAMARA KREININDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
0.5$0
GINA CHUADIRECTOR
Trustee or director
0.5$0
PATTY QUILLINDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
0.5$0
CHARLOTTE CASTILLODIRECTOR
Trustee or director
0.5$0
NAOMI ABERLYDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
0.5$0
LAWANNA KIMBRODIRECTOR
Trustee or director
0.5$0
SUNNY HOSTINDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
0.5$0
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 27 people
NameTitleHours / weekCompensationOther / benefits
JOHANNA DERLEGACHIEF REVENUE OFFICER & TR
Officer
40$313,947$29,163
EMILY RAMSHAW HARTSTEINCHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
Trustee or director, Officer
40$291,180$29,130
AMANDA ZAMORAPUBLISHER
Trustee or director, Officer
40$270,217$14,792
JAYO MIKO MACASAQUITCHIEF PEOPLE OFFICER
Key employee
40$205,719$15,376
ERRIN HAINESEDITOR-AT-LARGE
Key employee
40$201,229$14,009
EMILY SWELGINCHIEF PRODUCT OFFICER
Key employee
40$198,862$12,167
JULIA CHANEDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Key employee
40$190,860$17,150
FATIMA HESSABICHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER &
Officer
40$189,600$14,859
THERESA RUPARPOLITICAL EDITOR
Key employee
40$159,121$16,549
ABBY JOHNSTONNETWORK PARTNERSHIPS EDITOR
Highest-paid employee
40$146,612$19,042
KARI COBHAMDIRECTOR OF FELLOWSHIPS
Highest-paid employee
40$147,978$16,766
KAREN HAWKINSSTORY EDITOR
Highest-paid employee
40$146,350$12,033
ALEXANDRA SMITHAUDIENCE DIRECTOR
Highest-paid employee
40$143,484$13,007
FLORA PEIRBREAKING NEWS EDITOR
Highest-paid employee
40$148,089$5,182
JESSICA LESSINCHAIRPERSON
Trustee or director, Officer
0.5$0$0
ALEX SCHMIDERDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
0.5$0$0
ANN WALKER MARCHANTDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
0.5$0$0
BRADLEY AKUBUIRODIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
DEB ASRATEDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
0.5$0$0
KATHERINE BOODIRECTOR
Trustee or director
0.5$0$0
KATHRYN MURDOCHDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
0.5$0$0
KATY DRAKE BETTNERDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
0.5$0$0
MI-AI PARRISHDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
0.5$0$0
MICHELLE MERCERDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
0.5$0$0
SARAH ADLER HARTMANDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
0.5$0$0
SUSAN MCPHERSONDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
0.5$0$0
TASNEEM RAJADIRECTOR
Trustee or director
0.5$0$0

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file)
3571 FAR WEST BLVD 3497, AUSTIN, TX 78731-3064
Principal officer (990 for 2024)
EMILY RAMSHAW HARTSTEIN, 3571 FAR WEST BLVD 3497, AUSTIN, TX 78731
Signed the 990
FATIMA HESSABI, CFO
Phone
(512) 222-8973
Return prepared by
MAXWELL LOCKE & RITTER LLP

Mission

THE 19TH NEWS' MISSION IS TO PRODUCE TRUSTWORTHY, REPRESENTATIVE JOURNALISM THAT SERVES WOMEN AND LGBTQ+ PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES WHO ARE EXCLUDED FROM THE PROMISE OF THE 19TH AMENDMENT. THE ORGANIZATION PUBLISHES STORIES VIA ITS OWN WEBSITE (WWW.19THNEWS.ORG), SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS (INCLUDING INSTAGRAM, FACEBOOK, TWITTER, AND LINKEDIN), EMAIL NEWSLETTERS AND PARTNER PLATFORMS.

990 for the year ended December 31, 2024

Program accomplishments

  • SEE SCHEDULE O
    Expenses $8,715,873 · revenue $70,798

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 December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.

Tax yearYear endedDueIRS public records
2025December 31, 2025May 15, 2026Not on file
2024December 31, 2024May 15, 2025990 on file
2023December 31, 2023May 15, 2024990 on file

IRS record

EIN
84-2627202
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
2019
Accounting year ends
December
Files
Form 990 or 990-EZ
Assets (IRS master file)
$33,943,309
Income (IRS master file)
$19,357,010

Filing history

FormYear endedRevenueExpensesAssetsReturn
990December 2024$19,268,751$10,884,965$33,943,309IRS
990-TDecember 2024–––IRS
990December 2023$11,150,968$10,211,770$25,774,306XML
990-TDecember 2023–––IRS
990December 2022$11,365,137$8,270,117$24,838,494IRS
990December 2021–––IRS
990-TDecember 2021–––IRS
990December 2020–––IRS
990-TDecember 2020–––IRS
990December 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 84-2627202).

Questions about 19TH NEWS

What is the EIN of 19TH NEWS?
The employer identification number (EIN) of 19TH NEWS is 84-2627202.
Is 19TH NEWS tax-exempt?
Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2019.
Are donations to 19TH NEWS tax-deductible?
Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
Which annual return does 19TH NEWS 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 19TH NEWS due?
The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending December 31, 2025) is due May 15, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
When did 19TH NEWS last file with the IRS?
The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2024.
Who is the principal officer of 19TH NEWS?
The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 names EMILY RAMSHAW HARTSTEIN.
Who are the officers and directors of 19TH NEWS?
The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 lists 29 people; 10 received compensation from the organization, the highest $303,968 (EMILY RAMSHAW HARTSTEIN, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER).
How much revenue does 19TH NEWS have?
On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 it reported revenue of $19,268,751, expenses of $10,884,965 and total assets of $33,943,309 at year end.

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