Education
Hacks Hackers
WASHINGTON, DC
Total revenue
$2.0M
Total expenses
$2.6M
Net assets
$1.1M
Grants received
$2.5M
29 grants
EIN
455351484
Tax year
2024
Mission
The mission of hacks/hackers includes the following: (cont. On sch o)a. To foster, encourage and promote the educational, scientific, literary, and charitable purposes of hacks/hackers.b. Promote philanthropy in support of hacks/hackers.c. Provide fiduciary oversight as to the investment of assets managed for hacks/hackersd. Approve hacks/hackers' annual operating budget.e. Create a network of journalists and technologists who rethink the future of news and information and spread knowledge, information and ideas to that network.f. Create a digital community of people who seek to inspire each other, share information, and collaborate to invent the future of media and journalism.g. Engage in and carry on any other activity in any manner connectedwith or incidental to, or calculated to promote, assist, aid, oraccomplish any of the aforesaid purposes.
Programs
2 programs
Information integrity: strengthening the trustworthiness of online information through innovation and collaboration. We bring together journalists, technologists, researchers, and civic leaders to develop and scale practical solutions that enhance content quality and credibility across the digital media ecosystem. Through carefully designed convenings and targeted support, we help surface promising approaches to building trust in media, facilitate the development of new tools and methodologies, and connect innovators with the resources they need to implement solutions.
Media innovation: bringing together cross-disciplinary talent from journalism, technology, academia, and civic organizations to spark and scale innovative solutions for today's media challenges. The program focuses on accelerating media innovation through strategic convening, support and partnership building. We design and host gatherings that deliberately mix different types of expertise - journalists, technologists, designers and researchers - creating opportunities for cross-pollination of ideas and new collaborations that wouldn't happen otherwise. Through structured support and resources, we help teams move from concept to prototype, transforming theoretical solutions into practical applications.
Financials
FY 2024
Revenue
Expenses
People
7 listed
DEBORAH L ROTMAN
DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS
$104K
40 hrs/wk
BURT HERMAN
PRESIDENT
$80K
40 hrs/wk
ANIKA GUPTA
BOARD MEMBER
$5K
3 hrs/wk
JENNIFER LEE
BOARD MEMBER
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3 hrs/wk
CONNIE M SEHAT
RESEARCHER-AT-LARGE
$133K
40 hrs/wk
MARK COATNEY
BUSINESS PRODUCT LEAD
$132K
40 hrs/wk
HEATHER SANTANA
OPERATIONS LEAD
$105K
40 hrs/wk
Independent contractors
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
MILESTONE 8 SOFTWARE/GRANT #GR024088
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$485K · 2 grants · 2020–2022
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$100K · 1 grant · 2021
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$33K · 1 grant · 2019