New Media Ventures
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What it says it does
WE BELIEVE THAT BY CHANGING WHERE CAPITAL IS INVESTED, WE CAN SHIFT THE STRUCTURES OF POWER TO BENEFIT MORE PEOPLE.
- Income
- $343,344
- Spending
- $518,477
- Employees
- 0
- Volunteers
- 9
- Highest pay
- $56,948, co-president
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Financial health
We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Governance
This return does not answer enough of the governance questions to score.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (1)
- $322,562 spent. IN 2025, NEW MEDIA VENTURES SUSTAINED STRONG MOMENTUM ACROSS OUR RESPONSIBLE AI AND LATINE VOICES FOR DEMOCRACY INITIATIVES WHILE CONTINUING TO INVEST IN ORGANIZATIONAL RESILIENCE AND TEAM WELLBEING. OUR LATINE VOICES FOR DEMOCRACY (LV4D) ACCELERATOR SUPPORTS A COHORT OF LATINE-LED OUTLETS AND CREATORS TO DEVELOP SHARPER PRO-DEMOCRACY NARRATIVES, COUNTER DISINFORMATION IN KEY STATES, AND TEST ADVOCACY-ORIENTED CONTENT THAT CAN INFLUENCE PUBLIC DEBATE AND CIVIC PARTICIPATION WHERE DEMOCRACY IS MOST AT RISK. SEPARATELY, OUR RESPONSIBLE AI WORK BACKS BUILDERS USING AI TO SHIFT PUBLIC NARRATIVES, STRENGTHEN ADVOCACY CAMPAIGNS, AND POWER ORGANIZING STRATEGIES, INCLUDING IN EXPLICITLY ISSUE-ADVOCACY AND ELECTORAL-ADJACENT CONTEXTS, WHILE REMAINING GROUNDED IN NMVS POWER-BUILDING MISSION. TOGETHER, THESE INITIATIVES DEMONSTRATE HOW NMV USES BOTH NARRATIVE POWER AND TECHNOLOGY TO STRENGTHEN DEMOCRACY WHERE IT IS MOST CONTESTED, LAYING THE GROUNDWORK FOR THE BROADER IMPACT METRICS WE SHARE BELOW. THE YEAR REFLECTED A BALANCE OF DISCIPLINED EXECUTION AND ADAPTIVE LEADERSHIP, ALLOWING US TO EXPAND PROGRAMMATIC OFFERINGS, DEEPEN FUNDER RELATIONSHIPS, AND RESPOND EFFECTIVELY TO A RAPIDLY EVOLVING CIVIC AND MEDIA LANDSCAPE. A CENTRAL ACHIEVEMENT WAS THE CONTINUED EXECUTION OF OUR RESPONSIBLE AI WORK, THROUGH WHICH WE SUPPORTED LEADERS ADVANCING ETHICAL, INCLUSIVE TECHNOLOGY AND BUILDING RESPONSIBLE AI SOLUTIONS THAT SERVE SOCIAL-WELFARE GOALS. WE ALSO EXPANDED OUR LV4D PROGRAMMING BY LAUNCHING A SECOND ACCELERATOR COHORT FOCUSED ON LATINE-LED NEWS ORGANIZATIONS AND CONTENT CREATORS, THE FIRST U.S.-BASED ACCELERATOR OF ITS KIND DELIVERED BILINGUALLY. THIS YEAR, WE BROUGHT CREATORS AND LOCAL NEWSROOMS TOGETHER AS EQUAL PARTNERS IN STRENGTHENING PRO-DEMOCRACY NARRATIVES AND CIVIC PARTICIPATION; OVER SEVEN MONTHS THEYRE RECEIVING TARGETED MENTORSHIP, TRAINING, AND PARTNERSHIP SUPPORT FROM KEY TECHNOLOGY AND MEDIA PARTNERS TO DEEPEN THEIR ORGANIZING, STORYTELLING, AND AUDIENCE-BUILDING POWER. WE CONVENED THE COHORT IN LOS ANGELES FOR A FULL-DAY KICKOFF AND WILL CONTINUE PROGRAMMING INTO 2026. IN ADDITION, WE LAUNCHED THREE NEW ONGOING PEER COHORTS WITH EXISTING PORTFOLIO ORGANIZATIONSBUILDING & SCALING (FOR FOR- PROFIT FOUNDERS), PEOPLE OPERATIONS, AND ORGANIZING POST-ELECTIONTHAT MEET QUARTERLY TO PROVIDE STRUCTURED PEER LEARNING AND STRATEGIC SUPPORT, WITH FOUNDER-DRIVEN AGENDAS AND FACILITATED GUIDANCE WHERE NEEDED. OUR THOUGHT LEADERSHIP PLATFORM ALSO GREW SIGNIFICANTLY IN 2025. WE CONTINUED PUBLISHING TOOLS AND ANALYSIS, INCLUDING PIECES SUCH AS NOT THE EXCEPTION, BUT THE RULE: WHAT MAMDANIS WIN TELLS US ABOUT REACHING MILLENNIAL AND GEN Z VOTERS AND OUR 2025 PIPELINE INSIGHTS: CIVIC INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE AGE OF AI WORK. WE FURTHER ADVANCED OUR POWERBUILDING WORK THROUGH THE FUND THE FUTURE PODCAST SERIES (YOUTUBE, SPOTIFY), PRODUCED AND HOSTED UNDER NMV, RELEASING FOUR EPISODES OVER THE YEAR THAT EXPLORED TOPICS RANGING FROM REPARATIONS AND LAND BACK TO BARRIERS IN PROGRESSIVE PHILANTHROPY. ACROSS THE 2025 TAX YEAR, NMV REMAINED FOCUSED ON AMPLIFYING THE IMPACT OF OUR PORTFOLIO AND STRENGTHENING ECOSYSTEM CONNECTIONS THROUGH FUNDER BRIEFINGS AND IN-PERSON CONVENINGS; IN TOTAL, OUR TEAM CONNECTED WITH MORE THAN 50 FOUNDERS AND SHARED OVER 70 FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES TO HELP THEM GROW THEIR IMPACT. IN 2025, NEW MEDIA VENTURES SUSTAINED STRONG MOMENTUM ACROSS OUR RESPONSIBLE AI AND LATINE VOICES FOR DEMOCRACY INITIATIVES WHILE CONTINUING TO INVEST IN ORGANIZATIONAL RESILIENCE AND TEAM WELLBEING. OUR LATINE VOICES FOR DEMOCRACY (LV4D) ACCELERATOR SUPPORTS A COHORT OF LATINE-LED OUTLETS AND CREATORS TO DEVELOP SHARPER PRO-DEMOCRACY NARRATIVES, COUNTER DISINFORMATION IN KEY STATES, AND TEST ADVOCACY-ORIENTED CONTENT THAT CAN INFLUENCE PUBLIC DEBATE AND CIVIC PARTICIPATION WHERE DEMOCRACY IS MOST AT RISK. SEPARATELY, OUR RESPONSIBLE AI WORK BACKS BUILDERS USING AI TO SHIFT PUBLIC NARRATIVES, STRENGTHEN ADVOCACY CAMPAIGNS, AND POWER ORGANIZING STRATEGIES, INCLUDING IN EXPLICITLY ISSUE-ADVOCACY AND ELECTORAL-ADJACENT CONTEXTS, WHILE REMAINING GROUNDED IN NMVS POWER-BUILDING MISSION. TOGETHER, THESE INITIATIVES DEMONSTRATE HOW NMV USES BOTH NARRATIVE POWER AND TECHNOLOGY TO STRENGTHEN DEMOCRACY WHERE IT IS MOST CONTESTED, LAYING THE GROUNDWORK FOR THE BROADER IMPACT METRICS WE SHARE BELOW. THE YEAR REFLECTED A BALANCE OF DISCIPLINED EXECUTION AND ADAPTIVE LEADERSHIP, ALLOWING US TO EXPAND PROGRAMMATIC OFFERINGS, DEEPEN FUNDER RELATIONSHIPS, AND RESPOND EFFECTIVELY TO A RAPIDLY EVOLVING CIVIC AND MEDIA LANDSCAPE. A CENTRAL ACHIEVEMENT WAS THE CONTINUED EXECUTION OF OUR RESPONSIBLE AI WORK, THROUGH WHICH WE SUPPORTED LEADERS ADVANCING ETHICAL, INCLUSIVE TECHNOLOGY AND BUILDING RESPONSIBLE AI SOLUTIONS THAT SERVE SOCIAL-WELFARE GOALS. WE ALSO EXPANDED OUR LV4D PROGRAMMING BY LAUNCHING A SECOND ACCELERATOR COHORT FOCUSED ON LATINE-LED NEWS ORGANIZATIONS AND CONTENT CREATORS, THE FIRST U.S.-BASED ACCELERATOR OF ITS KIND DELIVERED BILINGUALLY. THIS YEAR, WE BROUGHT CREATORS AND LOCAL NEWSROOMS TOGETHER AS EQUAL PARTNERS IN STRENGTHENING PRO-DEMOCRACY NARRATIVES AND CIVIC PARTICIPATION; OVER SEVEN MONTHS THEYRE RECEIVING TARGETED MENTORSHIP, TRAINING, AND PARTNERSHIP SUPPORT FROM KEY TECHNOLOGY AND MEDIA PARTNERS TO DEEPEN THEIR ORGANIZING, STORYTELLING, AND AUDIENCE-BUILDING POWER. WE CONVENED THE COHORT IN LOS ANGELES FOR A FULL-DAY KICKOFF AND WILL CONTINUE PROGRAMMING INTO 2026. IN ADDITION, WE LAUNCHED THREE NEW ONGOING PEER COHORTS WITH EXISTING PORTFOLIO ORGANIZATIONSBUILDING & SCALING (FOR FOR- PROFIT FOUNDERS), PEOPLE OPERATIONS, AND ORGANIZING POST-ELECTIONTHAT MEET QUARTERLY TO PROVIDE STRUCTURED PEER LEARNING AND STRATEGIC SUPPORT, WITH FOUNDER-DRIVEN AGENDAS AND FACILITATED GUIDANCE WHERE NEEDED. OUR THOUGHT LEADERSHIP PLATFORM ALSO GREW SIGNIFICANTLY IN 2025. WE CONTINUED PUBLISHING TOOLS AND ANALYSIS, INCLUDING PIECES SUCH AS NOT THE EXCEPTION, BUT THE RULE: WHAT MAMDANIS WIN TELLS US ABOUT REACHING MILLE
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Caution.
The IRS master file records contributions to this 501(c)(4) social welfare organization as not deductible.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since September 2024.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 21, 2026.
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