Open Stories Foundation Inc

“The board of directors is provided a draft copy of the form 990 to review prior to filing. The board can ask question and request changes prior to filing.”

“The board evaluates comparative data from similar organizations and also reviews organization performance in setting compensation. In 2018, the board changed the executive director's compensation method from a standard salary plus bonus. The new structure is more aligned with each major role performed by the executive director. Under this new structure, his compensation includes the following components: - a salary for this role as executive director (75,000). - variable compensation for hosting mormon stories podcast equal to 75% of any contributions received directly for the mormon stories podcast, subject to a maximum compensation amount established by the board. - a fixed fee paid for each event he leads for the organization. This fee is consistent with the fees paid to other professionals who participate in these events. - a discretionary bonus as determined by the board based on his performance as executive director. - health insurance, and - a sep (simplified employee pension) based retirement plan.”

“Documents are made available to the public upon request.”

“In 2022 mormon stories podcast released somewhere between 185 and 230 long form episodes in both audio and video format (depending on how you count). We also released 77 video shorts on youtube, and around 160 tiktok shorts. Our youtube channel experienced 19.m views and 5.3m watch time hours in 2022. This represented a 248% increase in yoy views, and an 81% increase in watch time hours. Our youtube channel also experienced an increase in 49,000 subscribers. Facebook reach was up 202% at 10.8m. Instagram reach was up 299% to 350,630. Audio-only downloads for 2022 were 11.9m on libsyn. Our tiktok account had around 200k subscribers by the end of 2022. All of these metrics add up to over 42m long form video views and audio downloads for 2022 (not counting tiktok views). While we are ecstatic about our yoy reach in 2022, our best measure of mission success is found in the thousands of emails, dms, letters, and personal comments we received from our listeners and viewers in 2022, about the positive impact that mormon stories podcast has had on their lives, and in the lives of their families. We continue to feel super excited about our mission of: 1) providing informed consent to mormons and non-mormons about the lds church, 2) providing support and community for mormons in faith crisis, and for those leaving the lds church, and 3) providing information and support for our growing audience of never-mormons who either come from high-demand religions themselves, or who are fascinated by the world of mormonism.”

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