NonprofitsUnderscore Media Collaboration

Arts, Culture & Humanities

Underscore Media Collaboration

PORTLAND, OR

Total revenue

$917K

Total expenses

$739K

Net assets

$411K

Grants received

$2.1M

43 grants

EIN

833178910

Tax year

2024

Mission

Underscore produces indigenous-centered journalism that illuminates the intersections of sovereignty and justice and portrays the rich diversity of Native communities in the Pacific Northwest.

Programs

2 programs

Our work was widely republished (to date, more than 70 outlets and sites have featured our work nationwide), and we also built out co-reporting partnerships with key partners, such as a story that was featured on the cover of High Country News magazine and a story that appeared on the Sunday front page of The Seattle Times, which were both reported and published in collaboration with those respective outlets.

Expenses: $306K

We hosted our third Indigenous Journalism Fellow for an immersive 10-week internship that included fully paid housing and scholarship funding. The fellows work produced during their internship won three national journalism awards.

Expenses: $11K

Financials

FY 2024

Revenue

Contributions & grants$917K
Program service revenue
Investment income$421
Other revenue
Total revenue$917K

Expenses

Grants paid
Salaries & benefits$480K
Fundraising$20K
Other expenses$259K
Total expenses$739K
Total assets$411K
Net assets$411K

People

6 listed

NameRoleCompensation

Marcella Miller

Vice Chair

Board

4 hrs/wk

Stone Hudson

Chair

Board

4 hrs/wk

Casey Pearlman

Treasurer

Board

4 hrs/wk

Mago Torres

Secretary

Board

4 hrs/wk

Erin Dysart

Board Member

Board

4 hrs/wk

Joseph Bull

Board Member

Board

4 hrs/wk

Grants received

Showing 43 of 43

FromAmountPurposeYear
$125K
PROGRAM SUPPORT
2024
$100K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$93K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2024
$68K
NEW COMMUNICATIONS STAFF
2024
$37K
Literary Arts
2024
$20K
INN SUPPORT - LABS
2024
$11K
TO HOST NEWSROOMS TO SUPPORT REPORT FOR AMERICA CORPS MEMBERS
2024
$150K
FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
$103K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
$50K
SUPPORT OPERATIONS AND PROGRAMS IN OREGON THAT PROVIDE EQUITABLE JOURNALISM AND MEDIA DISTRIBUTION FOR INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES STATEWIDE
2023
$41K
INVISIBLE IN THE MEDIA: INCREASING COVERAGE OF INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES
2023
$32K
FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
$25K
BUILDING AN INDIGENOUS-CENTERED NEWSROOM IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST
2023
$25K
Literary Arts
2023
$21K
TO HOST NEWSROOMS TO SUPPORT REPORT FOR AMERICA CORPS MEMBERS
2023
$21K
PROGRAM SUPPORT
2023
$20K
2023 Sustainability Audit
2023
$20K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
$85K
To share stories and issues in Indian Country to disrupt stereotypes and examine inequities and power in tribal communities
2022
$75K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2022
$50K
2023 GENERAL OPERATING
2022
$31K
Literary Arts
2022
$23K
for general support
2022
$22K
PROGRAM SUPPORT
2022
$20K
TO GROW AND DIVERSIFY REVENUE AND TO ADVANCE TOWARD A SUSTAINABLE MODEL FOR LOCAL NEWS.
2022
$10K
PROJECT SUPPORT
2022
$10K
REPORTING ON INDIAN COUNTRY
2022
$130K
TO GROW AND DIVERSIFY REVENUE AND TO ADVANCE TOWARD A SUSTAINABLE MODEL FOR LOCAL NEWS.
2021
$130K
TO GROW AND DIVERSIFY REVENUE AND TO ADVANCE TOWARD A SUSTAINABLE MODEL FOR LOCAL NEWS.
2021
$85K
To share stories and issues in Indian Country to disrupt stereotypes and examine inequities and power in tribal communities
2021
$70K
To support Indian Country reporting that elevates American Indians and Alaska Native voices in partnership with media throughout Oregon (grant transfer from previous fiscal sponsor)
2021
$50K
BUILDING UNDERSCORE'S REGIONAL NEWSROOM TO INCREASE INDIGENOUS REPORTING ($50,000); 50000.00; 04/28/2022
2021
$24K
THE FOOD SOVEREIGNTY PROJECT: THE RESILIENCE AND POWER OF NATIVE AMERICAN FOOD SYSTEMS
2021
$11K
for general support
2021
$3K
for general support
2021
$2K
for general support
2021
$2K
for general support
2021
$215K
ORGANIZATION IS A FISCAL SPONSOR
2020
$50K
BUILDING THE UNDERSCORE NEWS TEAMHIRING INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING STAFF ; 50000.00; 04/26/2021
2020
$5K
INN DIRECT SUPPORT - RURAL ED/COVID PARTNERS
2020
$3K
ORGANIZATION IS A FISCAL SPONSOR
2018

Funded by

$2.1M from 17 funders · 43 grants · 2018–2024

Meyer Memorial Trust

$461K · 10 grants · 2021–2023

American Journalism Project Inc

$279K · 3 grants · 2021–2022

Inatai Foundation

$270K · 3 grants · 2022–2024

Institute For Nonprofit News

$243K · 4 grants · 2018–2024

The Miami Foundation Inc

$167K · 3 grants · 2022–2024

Inasmuch Foundation

$150K · 3 grants · 2020–2022

M J Murdock Charitable Trust

$109K · 2 grants · 2023–2024

The Ford Foundation

$100K · 1 grant · 2024

Details

EIN833178910
NTEE codeA30
Subsection03
Ruling date2021-02
Formed2021
Employees8
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