Liabilities / Assets
60th percentile
Tied with the lowest-debt nonprofits in its peer group.
EIN 86-2375296 • 501(c)3 • Morgantown, WV
Profile
Appalachia Free Press is a nonpartisan organization working to promote and support independent journalism in the region through reporting, research and trainings. AFP promotes and fosters diverse and independent media ownership to increase access to community information and reinvent local journalism. We prioritize collaborations between newsrooms, independent media makers and the communities they serve to challenge traditional industry gatekeepers and serve the public interest.
Precomputed percentiles relative to similar nonprofits. These scores are descriptive rather than judgmental.
Liabilities / Assets
60th percentile
Tied with the lowest-debt nonprofits in its peer group.
Liabilities / Revenue
62nd percentile
Tied with the lowest-debt nonprofits in its peer group.
Net Margin
8th percentile
Higher net margin than 8% of similar nonprofits.
Top Officer Pay
81st percentile
Higher top officer pay than 81% of similar nonprofits.
Top officer pay equals 0.0% of source-year revenue.
Asset Growth
14th percentile
Faster asset growth than 14% of similar nonprofits.
Revenue Growth
16th percentile
Faster revenue growth than 16% of similar nonprofits.
Assets
Down$10,038
Down $42,919 (-81%) from 2023
Liabilities
Flat$0
Flat from 2023
Net Assets
Down$10,038
Down $42,919 (-81%) from 2023
Revenue
Down$28,183
Down $34,825 (-55%) from 2023
Expenses
Up$71,102
Up $19,796 (+39%) from 2023
Net Income
Down-$42,919
Down $54,621 (-467%) from 2023
Most recent year
2024 • Form 990EZDetailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year.
| Balance Sheet | Operations | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Assets | Liabilities | Net Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Net Income |
| 2024Detailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year. | $10.0 | $0.00 | $10.0 | $28.2 | $71.1 | $42.9 |
| 2023XML pending. An XML filing is linked for this year, but detailed extraction is still pending. | $53.0 | $0.00 | $53.0 | $63.0 | $51.3 | $11.7 |
Appalachian Free Press is a nonpartisan organization working to promote and support independent journalism in the region through reporting, research and trainings. AFP promotes and fosters diverse and independent media ownership to increase access to community information and reinvent local journalism. We prioritize collaborations between newsrooms, independent media makers and the communities they serve to challenge traditional industry gatekeepers, serve the public interest and strengthen democracy.
Appalachia Free Press is a nonpartisan organization working to promote and support independent journalism in the region through reporting, research and trainings. AFP promotes and fosters diverse and independent media ownership to increase access to community information and reinvent local journalism. We prioritize collaborations between newsrooms, independent media makers and the communities they serve to challenge traditional industry gatekeepers and serve the public interest.
| Description | Grants | Expenses |
|---|---|---|
| Production and Community Journalism: Published 148 investigative reporting, cultural analyses and multimedia projects to the 100 Days in Appalachia website, reaching 66,000 audience members in 13 states as well as national and international audiences. | $12,696 | $60,792 |
| Training for Community Journalism: Hosted 5 trainings and webinars for local reporters, editors, college journalism professors, students and student newsroom, published 3 new resources for local journalists and began development and research for new resources to be published in 2025 as part of the Reporting on Addiction training series. Continued development of additional programming for local reporters as part of Reporting on Religion training series. | $2,225 | $5,974 |
| Name | Title | Full / Part Time | Base | Other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashton Marra | President | PT | $0 | - | - |
| Dana Coester | Treasurer | PT | $0 | - | - |
| Jesse Wright | Secretary | PT | $0 | - | - |
“Program Travel - $2651 ; Program Event Expenses - $163 ; Advertising and Marketing - $1640 ; Equipment & Software - $4170 ; Management and General Expenses - $4405 ; Fundraising Expenses - $769 ; Professional Development - $642”
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| IRS990ScheduleO/SupplementalInformationDetail/ExplanationTxt | 0 | Program Travel - $2651 ; Program Event Expenses - $163 ; Advertising and Marketing - $1640 ; Equipment & Software - $4170 ; Management and General Expenses - $4405 ; Fundraising Expenses - $769 ; Professional Development - $642 |
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| ReturnHeader/BuildTS | 0 | 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z |
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| ReturnHeader/TaxPeriodEndDt | 0 | 2024-12-31 |
| ReturnHeader/TaxYr | 0 | 2024 |
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