2019-11-13T18:20:44-06:00 2018-12-31 133628255 CONDON O'MEARA MCGINTY & DONNELLY LLP ONE BATTERY PARK PLAZA 7TH FL NEW YORK NY 10004 990 2018-01-01 133753011 STORYCORPS INC STOR 6467237020 80 HANSON PLACE 2ND FLOOR BROOKLYN NY 11217 ROBIN SPARKMAN CEO 6467237020 2019-07-24 1 JAMES J REILLY P00183769 2126617777 184.74.172.82 2019-07-24 09:57:39 ED P DA39A3EE5E6B4B0D3255BFEF95601890AFD80709 6C9B1A35775087DBDB8A6D25ECA509C7F6C27838 2018 2020-04-17 16:48:07Z ROBIN SPARKMAN 80 HANSON PLACE 2ND FLOOR BROOKLYN NY 11217 9608759 0 X WWW.STORYCORPS.ORG X 1994 NY STORYCORPS' MISSION IS TO PRESERVE AND SHARE HUMANITY'S STORIES IN ORDER TO BUILD CONNECTIONS BETWEEN PEOPLE AND CREATE A MORE COMPASSIONATE AND JUST WORLD. 23 21 134 21 0 60956 10183458 7037807 1201325 1811240 7564 29892 0 0 11392347 8878939 0 0 0 0 6778194 6396402 0 0 1297663 2562999 3528410 9341193 9924812 2051154 -1045873 9878601 9349565 1278857 1795449 8599744 7554116 X STORYCORPS' MISSION IS TO PRESERVE AND SHARE HUMANITY'S STORIES IN ORDER TO BUILD CONNECTIONS BETWEEN PEOPLE AND CREATE A MORE COMPASSIONATE AND JUST WORLD. 0 0 7319597 1811240 STORYCORPS WAS FOUNDED IN 2003. OVER THE PAST 15 YEARS, WE HAVE PROVIDED MORE THAN 500,000 PEOPLE FROM ALL 50 STATES WITH VITAL OPPORTUNITIES TO RECORD INTERVIEWS ABOUT THEIR LIVES, PASS WISDOM FROM ONE GENERATION TO THE NEXT, AND LEAVE A LEGACY FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS IN OUR ARCHIVE AT THE AMERICAN FOLKLIFE CENTER AT THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS. STORYCORPS PRODUCES AND SHARES EDITED SEGMENTS OF SELECT INTERVIEWS WITH A NATIONAL AUDIENCE OF MILLIONS THROUGH OUR WEEKLY AUDIO BROADCASTS ON NPR, PODCASTS, AND ANIMATIONS SHARED ON PUBLIC AND DIGITAL MEDIA. OUR WORK HAS BEEN WIDELY RECOGNIZED WITH SEVERAL GEORGE FOSTER PEABODY AWARDS, A MACARTHUR AWARD FOR CREATIVE AND EFFECTIVE INSTITUTIONS, THE 2015 TED PRIZE, AND A 2016 EMMY AWARD FOR OUR ANIMATION, "TRAFFIC STOP." 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OFFICE 154241 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17727 154241 17727 0 0 LISA GALE CHIEF PROGRAM OFFICER 140512 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12581 140512 12581 0 0 PART I, LINE 3 THE COMPENSATION OF THE PRESIDENT AND OTHER OFFICERS OF THE ORGANIZATION IS REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. X 7 100516 FMV 0 1 0 FORM 990, PART III, LINE 4A IN 2018 STORYCORPS PARTNERED WITH OVER 230 ORGANIZATIONS AND INTERVIEWED NEARLY 6,900 PEOPLE IN TOWNS AND CITIES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES, WITH 40% OF ALL PARTICIPANTS SELF-IDENTIFYING AS COMING FROM A HISTORICALLY-UNDERREPRESENTED GROUP. FROM THESE CONVERSATIONS, WE ADDED APPROXIMATELY 3,500 INTERVIEWS TO OUR ARCHIVE AT THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, WITH PARTICIPANTS UPLOADING AN ADDITIONAL 27,000 INTERVIEWS USING THE STORYCORPS APP. MILLIONS MORE PEOPLE EXPERIENCED STORYCORPS' MULTIMEDIA CONTENT THROUGH OUR WEEKLY NPR BROADCASTS, PODCASTS, ANIMATED SHORTS, AND DIGITAL PLATFORMS, AND OUR COMMUNICATION EFFORTS AND DISTRIBUTION PARTNERSHIPS HELPED INCREASE STORYCORPS' EXPOSURE WITH NEW AUDIENCES. BELOW PLEASE FIND DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS OF OUR RECORDING, BROADCASTING/SHARING, AND COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP ACTIVITIES IN 2018. 1) RECORD AND PRESERVE THE STORIES OF EVERYDAY AMERICANS AND U.S. RESIDENTS NATIONWIDE. THROUGH OUR INTERVIEW SERVICE AND ARCHIVE, STORYCORPS CONDUCTED OVER 3,500 INTERVIEWS IN 2018. OUR SIGNATURE METHOD INVITES PARTICIPANTS TO RECORD 40 MINUTES OF MEANINGFUL CONVERSATION WITH A FRIEND OR LOVED ONE. GUIDED BY STORYCORPS-TRAINED FACILITATORS THROUGH OPEN-ENDED QUESTIONING, OUR INTERVIEWS PROVIDE PEOPLE WITH THE SPACE AND PLATFORM TO SPEAK ABOUT LIFE'S STRUGGLES, TRIUMPHS, AND EVERYTHING IN-BETWEEN. PARTICIPANTS RECEIVE A DIGITAL COPY OF THEIR INTERVIEW AS A PRECIOUS KEEPSAKE, AND WITH THEIR PERMISSION, RECORDINGS ARE ADDED TO OUR COLLECTION AT THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS. IN 2018 STORYCORPS FACILITATED INTERVIEWS AT OUR RECORDING BOOTHS IN CHICAGO AND ATLANTA, IN 10 TOWNS AND CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY THROUGH OUR MOBILEBOOTH TOUR, AND NATIONWIDE THROUGH OUR SPECIAL INITIATIVES. IN ADDITION TO OUR INTERVIEW SERVICE, THE STORYCORPS APP HAS DRAMATICALLY INCREASED OUR REACH AND IMPACT TO ANYONE WITH A SMARTPHONE MOBILE DEVICE. AN ADDITIONAL 71,000 USERS REGISTERED FOR THE APP IN 2018, BRINGING OUR LIFETIME TOTAL USERS TO OVER HALF A MILLION SINCE ITS 2015 LAUNCH. THESE USERS UPLOADED 27,000 NEW INTERVIEWS IN 2018 (OUT OF A LIFETIME TOTAL OF 178,000), 13,000 OF WHICH WERE RECORDED AS PART OF THE GREAT THANKSGIVING LISTEN 2) SHARE AND AMPLIFY VOICES, INCLUDING FROM HISTORICALLY-UNDERREPRESENTED GROUPS: IN 2018 STORYCORPS PRODUCED 57 AUDIO SEGMENTS FOR NATIONAL BROADCAST ON NPR'S MORNING EDITION (14.5 MILLION ESTIMATED LISTENERS) AND WEEKEND EDITION (3 MILLION ESTIMATED LISTENERS). AS A COMPLEMENT, WE RELEASED 32 NEW PODCAST EPISODES THAT INCLUDED ADDITIONAL INTERVIEWS AND BEHIND-THE-SCENES CONTENT. ALTOGETHER, THESE AUDIO SEGMENTS FEATURED PARTICIPANTS FROM DIVERSE AND UNDERREPRESENTED GROUPS, INCLUDING: 32% AFRICAN AMERICAN; 6% HISPANIC/LATINO; 6% ASIAN AMERICAN; 3% NATIVE AMERICAN/ALASKA NATIVE; AND/OR 4% LGBTQ. STORYCORPS CONTINUES TO EXPLORE PARTNERSHIPS ACROSS PLATFORMS TO ENSURE THAT OUR CONTENT HAS THE BROADEST POSSIBLE REACH. 3) SERVE DIVERSE COMMUNITIES WITH STORYCORPS CONTENT, TOOLS, AND TRAININGS: STORYCORPS' WORK IS DEPENDENT UPON STRONG COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS FROM COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS IN THE CITIES WHERE WE TOUR AND RECORD, TO ORGANIZATIONS THAT PARTICIPATE IN OUR COMMUNITY TRAINING PROGRAM TO LEVERAGE STORYCORPS METHODS AND BEST PRACTICES FOR THEIR OWN INTERVIEW COLLECTION PROJECTS. WE COLLABORATED WITH OVER 230 ORGANIZATIONS IN 2018 TO REACH DIVERSE COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY AT OUR STORYBOOTH LOCATIONS IN CHICAGO AND ATLANTA, AT MOBILEBOOTH TOUR STOPS, AND AT LOCATIONS NATIONWIDE FOR OUR SPECIAL INITIATIVES. FOR EXAMPLE, IN 2018 WE TRAVELED TO THREE CITIES AS PART OF OUR ONGOING MILITARY VOICES INITIATIVE, RECORDING 156 NEW INTERVIEWS WITH NEARLY 300 VETERANS, ACTIVE DUTY SERVICE MEMBERS, AND MILITARY FAMILIES. STORYCORPS ALSO SUPPORTS CLASSROOM LEARNING BY ENRICHING LESSONS IN SOCIAL STUDIES, ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS, AND SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL LEARNING. SINCE 2015, OUR ANNUAL INITIATIVE THE GREAT THANKSGIVING LISTEN INVITES STUDENTS AND TEACHERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO INTERVIEW AN ELDER OR LOVED ONE, WHICH HAS REACHED CLASSROOMS AND COMMUNITIES IN ALL 50 STATES AND PUERTO RICO, WITH MORE THAN 100,000 TOTAL CONVERSATIONS RECORDED. 4) LAUNCH NEW AND TIMELY INITIATIVES THAT ADDRESS KEY SOCIAL ISSUES: IN ADDITION TO STORYCORPS' CORE INITIATIVES, WE DEVELOP AND PILOT NEW PROGRAMS THAT ELEVATE THE VOICES OF HISTORICALLY-UNDERREPRESENTED POPULATIONS SUCH AS AFRICAN AMERICAN, LGBTQ+, AND VETERAN GROUPS OR THAT ENGENDER CONVERSATION AROUND THE KEY SOCIAL ISSUES OF OUR TIME. OUR LATEST INITIATIVE, ONE SMALL STEP (OSS), WAS CONCEIVED AGAINST THE BACKDROP OF TODAY'S POLARIZED POLITICAL CLIMATE. BUILDING ON STORYCORPS' UNIQUE ABILITY TO FOSTER EMPATHY AND UNDERSTANDING, WE'RE BRINGING TOGETHER PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT POLITICAL BACKGROUNDS FOR CONVERSATIONS THAT HELP FORGE CONNECTIONS AND REMIND US OF OUR COMMON HUMANITY. OSS OFFICIALLY LAUNCHED ON SEPTEMBER 27, 2018, WITH A SPECIAL FEATURE ON GOOD MORNING AMERICA LIVE FROM TIMES SQUARE IN NEW YORK CITY, AND A LAUNCH EVENT THAT EVENING AT THE NEWSEUM IN WASHINGTON, D.C. PRELIMINARY EVALUATIONS INDICATE THAT THE OSS INTERVIEW PROCESS LEAVES PARTICIPANTS MORE POSITIVE ABOUT THE FUTURE, MORE OPEN TO THE OTHER, AND MORE LIKELY TO BECOME SOCIALLY ENGAGED. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B THE FORM 990 IS REVIEWED BY THE AUDIT COMMITTEE AND THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS PRIOR TO FILING WITH THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C OFFICERS, DIRECTORS AND KEY EMPLOYEES AKNOWLEDGE EACH THAT THEY HAVE READ AND WILL ABIDE BY THE ORGANIZATION'S CODE OF CONDUCT. IN ADDITION, THEY PROVIDE A WRITTEN DISCLOSURE STATEMENT OF ANY CONFLICTS OF INTERESTS. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15 THE COMPENSATION OF THE PRESIDENT AND OTHER OFFICERS OF THE ORGANIZATION ARE REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 THE ORGANIZATION'S GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST.