Public Charity

NEWS LEADERS ASSOCIATION

NEWS LEADERS ASSOCIATION, of COLUMBIA, MO, is a Public Charity tracked in Imperigo's IRS 990 database. The 2024 filing shows $54K in revenue, $1.1M in expenses. 4 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $105K, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 239935413 COLUMBIA, MO Latest filing: 2024
Total Revenue$54K
Total Expenses$1.1M
Grant Records4
Funding Total$105K
Filing Years2019–2024

Mission

THE NLA FOUNDATION WORKS TO RAISE CHARITABLE DONATIONS IN SUPPORT OF NLA AND ITS VITAL COMMITMENT TO LEADING AMERICA'S NEWSROOMS. SINCE ITS ESTABLISHMENT IN 1979, THE FOUNDATION HAS RAISED AND EXPENDED MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN SUPPORT OF NLA PROJECTS AND INITIATIVES AND TO STIMULATE NEW THINKING IN AREAS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT TO NEWSPAPER, DIGITAL AND BROADCAST EDITORS AND THE NEWS INDUSTRY.

Officers & Directors

PAST PRESIDENT Alison Gerber
VICE PRESIDENT Audrey Cooper
TREASURER Emilio Garcia Ruiz
SECRETARY Mark Horvit
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Myriam Marquez
PRESIDENT Robyn Tomlin

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Top Grant Purposes

NEWSTRAIN
$60,000 1 grant
TRAINING TO FILL KNOWLEDGE GAPS PREVENTING CAREER ADVANCEMENT
$25,000 1 grant
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
$10,000 1 grant
TO HELP SUPPORT THE DIVERSITY RESEARCH STUDY
$10,000 1 grant

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2024 $54K $1.1M
2023 $97K $252K $1.0M
2022 $49K $152K $2.1M
2020 $232K $208K $2.5M
2019 $493K $550K $2.4M

Between 2019 and 2024, reported annual revenue declined from $493K to $54K (-89%).

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