Public Charity

THE TRUST PROJECT

THE TRUST PROJECT is a Public Charity headquartered in PACIFICA, CA. Financial data from the 2024 filing: $427K revenue, $889K expenses, $67K total assets. 8 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $5.3M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 833152419 PACIFICA, CA Latest filing: 2024
Total Revenue$427K
Total Expenses$889K
Total Assets$67K
Grant Records8
Funding Total$5.3M
Filing Years2022–2024

Mission

THIS CORPORATION'S PURPOSE IS TO DEVELOP AND ADVANCE PROJECTS THAT PROMOTE EXCELLENCE AND TRUST IN JOURNALISM. THE TRUST PROJECT'S MISSION IS TO BUILD A MORE TRUSTED AND TRUSTWORTHY PRESS THROUGH WORKING WITH NEWS ORGANIZATIONS, THE PUBLIC, AND TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES TO AFFIRM AND AMPLIFY JOURNALISM'S COMMITMENT TO TRANSPARENCY, ACCURACY, INCLUSION, AND FAIRNESS SO THAT THE PUBLIC CAN MAKE INFORMED NEWS CHOICES.

Sample Grants Received

2024
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
$131,000
2023
ARTS, CULTURE, AND HUMANITIES
$352,990
2023
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
$250,000
2022
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
$500,000
2022
ARTS, CULTURE, AND HUMANITIES
$98,000

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Officers & Directors

SECRETARY Lee Hill
PRESIDENT Louis Jones
TREASURER Maureen Costello
PROGRAM DIRECTOR Pier Paolo Bozzano
CEO Sally Lehrman

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Top Grant Purposes

ARTS, CULTURE, AND HUMANITIES
$3,317,490 4 grants
ARTS, CULTURE AND HUMANITIES
$1,113,891 1 grant
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
$881,000 3 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2024 $427K $889K $67K
2023 $576K $1.3M $583K
2022 $507K $963K $1.3M

Between 2022 and 2024, reported annual revenue declined from $507K to $427K (-16%), with total assets most recently reported at $67K.

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