Public Charity

THE 19TH NEWS

THE 19TH NEWS is a Public Charity headquartered in AUSTIN, TX. Financial data from the 2024 filing: $19.3M revenue, $10.9M expenses, $33.9M total assets. 120 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $20.8M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 842627202 AUSTIN, TX Media & Communications NTEE: A30 Latest filing: 2024
Total Revenue$19.3M
Total Expenses$10.9M
Total Assets$33.9M
Grant Records120
Funding Total$20.8M
Filing Years2019–2024

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.

Where $100 goes at The 19TH News

How The 19TH News divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 5 years.

$75 Programs the work itself
$13 Management running the organization
$12 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $75 for programs

$75
In the five years since launch, the 19th has reached tens of millions of readers on our website and across our newsletters and social platforms, and many millions…
All program spending · Reported in the filing: 60 people
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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

CHIEF STRATEGY OFFICER Alexandra Smith
DIRECTOR Alex Schmider
CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER AND SECRETARY Anne Musial
DIRECTOR Ann Walker Marchant
DIRECTOR Bradley Akubuiro
DIRECTOR Charlotte Castillo

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Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$10,531,114 83 grants
Arts & Culture
$4,246,550 8 grants
Education
$2,538,212 9 grants
Health & Medicine
$2,257,250 2 grants
Human & Social Services
$263,500 2 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2024 $19.3M $10.9M $33.9M
2023 $11.2M $10.2M $25.8M
2022 $11.4M $8.3M $24.8M
2020 $10.9M $3.1M $12.7M
2019 $4.8M $101K $4.7M

Between 2019 and 2024, reported annual revenue grew from $4.8M to $19.3M (+301%), with total assets most recently reported at $33.9M.

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