Public Charity

THE 74 MEDIA INC

THE 74 MEDIA INC is a Public Charity headquartered in NEW YORK, NY. Financial data from the 2024 filing: $3.2M revenue, $4.2M expenses, $8.4M total assets. 31 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $7.8M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 472788684 NEW YORK, NY Printing & Publishing NTEE: A33 Latest filing: 2024
Total Revenue$3.2M
Total Expenses$4.2M
Total Assets$8.4M
Grant Records31
Funding Total$7.8M
Filing Years2020–2024

Mission

THE 74 IS A NON-PROFIT, NON-PARTISAN NEWS SITE COVERING EDUCATION IN AMERICA. WE BELIEVE OUR PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM IS IN CRISIS. IN THE UNITED STATES, FEWER THAN HALF OUR STUDENTS CAN READ OR DO MATH AT GRADE-LEVEL, YET THE EDUCATION DEBATE IS DOMINATED BY MISINFORMATION.

Where $100 goes at The 74 Media Inc

How The 74 Media Inc divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 8 years.

$83 Programs the work itself
$14 Management running the organization
$3 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $83 for programs

$40
Other program services
48% of program spending
$17
Student progress (and struggles) after COVID
20% of program spending
$12
The future of college and career
15% of program spending

Plus 3 more programs. Cost per person served and the full program breakdown are on the full profile.

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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2024. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

EXECUTIVE EDITOR Andrew Brownstein
DIRECTOR Andy Rotherham
EXECUTIVE EDITOR Beverly Weintraub
DIRECTOR Campbell Brown
CHIEF CREATIVE OFFICER Emmeline Zhao
CONTRIBUTING EDITOR (FORMER OFFICER) James Roberts

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

Arts & Culture
$4,990,000 8 grants
Education
$1,598,000 7 grants
General Support
$716,900 8 grants
Research & Policy
$220,000 1 grant
Health & Medicine
$50,000 1 grant

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2024 $3.2M $4.2M $8.4M
2023 $7.7M $3.9M $7.1M
2022 $4.5M $3.7M $3.2M
2021 $4.3M $3.2M $2.8M
2020 $4.0M $2.9M $1.7M

Between 2020 and 2024, reported annual revenue declined from $4.0M to $3.2M (-21%), with total assets most recently reported at $8.4M.

Interactive year-over-year charts and full filing details available with membership.

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