Retrograde Newspaper

“The Retrograde Newspaper is a 501(c)3 non-profit educational newsroom that focuses on the University of Texas at Dallas (UTD), its people and its surrounding communities. The Retrograde Newspaper publishes biweekly across its website, social media and a regular print issue. These platforms provide the UTD community with news, culture, sports, student and community opinions and a forum for discussion. The Retrograde Newspaper's coverage aims to enrich the student body and reflect the broad range of perspectives within UTD's campus and student population.Fiscal year 2025, starting January 1, 2025, was The Retrograde Newspaper's first full year of operation. In that year The Retrograde Newspaper trained roughly four dozen new student journalists who worked as volunteers throughout the year and in total published over 200 articles which reached a total viewership of 2 million. The largest program expenditures for 2025 were the four total print publications that ran as part of The Retrograde Newspaper's mixed mode coverage approach. The April 2025 issue came in at $1546.24; the November 2025 issue came in at $1430.96; the January 2025 issue came in at $1156.01; and the March 2025 issue made up the remainder of the program service fees outlined in Part III Line 31 of form 990-EZ. The April and November issues were printed with 2,500 total papers each while the March and January issues only had 2,000 copies printed. The average pick up rate for the year was 98%. The majority of engagement with the student body came from the The Retrograde Newspaper's online presence in the form of its website and social media. The $5,449.13 listed in Line 1 comes from students, faculty, and local community members that donated directly to The Retrograde in 2025. This figure amounts to roughly 68% of The Retrograde Newspaper's funding with the remaining 32% coming from Program Revenue made as part of the print production process which includes ad sales. This was the organization's first year of operation as a 501(c)3 organization and thus the first time any of its significant activity has been reported to the IRS.”

“This is the first year the organization has been a 501(c)3 and as such no filings precede this initial filing. All significant projects, goals, and expenditures are new.”