2022-07-15T10:28:13-04:00 2021-12-31 474306215 Mullins PC 7625 Wisconsin Avenue Bethesda MD 20814 990 2021-01-01 844826419 Civil Eats CIVI 502 E Cotati Ave STE 7014 Cotati CA 949311214 Naomi Starkman CEO President 9175393924 2022-07-13 true Naomi Starkman John Mullins P01429307 2027706371 2022-07-15 0 00 AAL1 IAL1 2021 2022-09-23 18:48:47Z 574439 false X civileats.com X 2020 CA Civil Eats is a daily news source for critical thought about the American food system. We publish stories that shift the conversation around sustainable agriculture in an effort to build economically and socially just communities. 4 4 6 0 0 1864722 569757 4150 4050 632 0 1868872 574439 0 0 373036 0 22410 431100 274499 431100 647535 1437772 -73096 1437772 1374676 10000 1437772 1364676 Civil Eats is a daily news source for critical thought about the American food system. We publish stories that shift the conversation around sustainable agriculture in an effort to build economically and socially just communities. false false 555485 Since 2009, Civil Eats, an independent, nonprofit digital news site about the American food system, has focused on high-quality, original journalism which breaks news, educates leaders and policymakers, and serves as a resource for broader mainstream media. Civil Eats brings a clear and compelling voice to a complex range of issues. Our 13 years of reporting experience has shown that complicated and often underreported stories on climate change, the environment, social justice, and on policy issues such as health and nutrition, are all made more accessible to a mainstream audience through our nuanced, solutions-oriented reporting. For the first four years, Civil Eats operated with no funding and as a labor of love. Now more than a decade later, Civil Eats has achieved significant impact and reach: It raised an unprecedented $100,000 via Kickstarter in 2013, was named Publication of the Year in 2014 by the James Beard Foundation, inducted into the Library of Congress in 2019, and won the IACP Digital Media Award for Best Group Food Blog in 2020, all with very limited resources. Founder and editor-in-chief Naomi Starkman was a 2016 John S. Knight Fellow at Stanford University and was named 2021 Journalist of the Year by Hunter College. Civil Eats has reported on some of the most important food and agriculture stories of our time. Unique in the media landscape, food justice has been central to its reporting since our inception. Civil Eats collaborates with high-profile print and online publications, including NBC News, The Guardian, HuffPost, PBS/ITVS, New York Magazine, Eater, Maplight, Salon, Slate, Quartz, Public Radio International, TIME, Harvest Public Media, Food & Wine, and KQED, the San Francisco NPR affiliate. These partnerships bring Civil Eats important stories to millions of new readers, expanding the dialogue on economic and social justice. The site is on the regular reading lists of policymakers in D.C. and grassroots leaders alike, and its stories appear in daily news round-ups, and are shared on social media by elected officials. In 2021, Civil Eats published 270 articles with more than 130 reporters. Civil Eats continued to focus its reporting on the impact of coronavirus on the food system and in particular, on food access and nutrition. In addition, it remains unparalleled in the media marketplace for its commitment to reporting on food justice and Indigenous foodways. Its new streaming video series, Civil Eats TV, was nominated by the prestigious International Association of Culinary Professionals and an in-depth feature reported by associate editor Christina Cooke,Fighting Voter Suppression, Environmental Racism and Corporate Agriculture in Hog Country, was a finalist for the 2022 Phillip D. Reed Environmental Writing Award organized by the Southern Environmental Law Center. Despite the challenging year, and a hyperactive news cycle, the team was successful on a number of important organizational fronts. For the first time, Civil Eats was able to stabilize and grow, due to multi-year funding from a number of funders. This much-needed, long-term investment has allowed Civil Eats to make capital investments in its general operating costs as it transitioned to a 501(c)(3) nonprofit and finally made its chronically underpaid edit team employees (until 2021, all part-time and freelance). The team met its 2021 goals of hiring an editor of color, creating a new new indigenous Foodways fellowship and identifying a Native reporter, identifying a new senior reporter, and hiring a new contributing investigations editor. To meet readers needs, and the teams own desire to report untold stories at the heart of our food system, Civil Eats is investing in a new investigative desk with the goal for 2022 to publish four or more large stories on corporate power and the food system, with a number of shorter stories throughout the coming year. 555485 true true false false false false false false false true false false false false true true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 50 0 true 6 true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false X 4 4 false false false false false false false true true false false true true true true true true true false false CA X Naomi Starkman 9175393924 502 E Cotati Ave Cotati CA 949311214 Naomi Starkman CEO President of the Board 40.00 0.00 X 101385 0 3358 Emilio Garcia-Ruiz Member 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Christine Schantz Secretary 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Esther Park Treasurer 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Will Rosenzweig Chairperson 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 101385 0 3358 1 false false false 569757 569757 Program Revenue 900099 4050 4050 4050 632 632 574439 4050 0 632 X 101385 101385 234209 234209 10579 10579 26863 26863 17617 13105 4050 462 31044 23094 7135 815 179931 133851 41357 4723 6003 5107 896 30144 7252 6482 16410 158 40 118 4723 4723 4879 4879 647535 555485 69640 22410 983099 401310 75 725707 435000 217250 4598 9797 25335 4723 15000 20612 1437772 1374676 10000 0 10000 X 1002772 1133426 435000 231250 1437772 1364676 1437772 1374676 -73096 0 X false true X true false X 1964722 569757 2534479 1964722 569757 2534479 854890 1679589 632 632 2535111 8200 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 25335 4723 20612 20612 X 574439 574439 574439 647536 647536 647536 Footnote for uncertain tax position under FIN 48 (Part X) Civil Eats is exempt from federal income taxes under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. 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Civil Eats policy would be to recognize interest and penalties, if any, on tax positions related to its unrecognized tax benefits in income tax expense in the financial statements. No interest and penalties were assessed or recorded during the year. Form 990 governing body review Part VI line 11 FORM 990 IS DISTRIBUTED TO THE BOARD PRIOR TO FILING. Conflict of interest policy compliance Part VI line 12c BOARD MEMBERS DISCLOSE AND REVIEW POTENTIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST ANNUALLY. CEO executive director top management comp Part VI line 15a BOARD REVIEWS THE PERFORMANCE OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ANNUALLY AND CALIBRATESCOMPENSATION BASED UPON RESEARCH. Governing documents etc available to public Part VI line 19 THE ORGANIZATION MAKES PUBLIC DOCUMENTS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. List of other fees for services expenses Part IX line 11g ______________________________Program M&G FRContractors for Stories $123,947 $38,297 $4,373Other Professional Fees 9,904 3,060 350