CATCHLIGHT: Form 990, tax year 2024

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Organization
CATCHLIGHT (EIN 27-1912845)
Tax period
2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31
Filed
2025-11-04
IRS object ID
202503089349302735
Schema version
2024v5.2
Source
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DescCatchLight's Local Program works to build a local news ecosystem that is thriving in communities across the US, where everyone sees themselves represented in their local media, and where social cohesion and trust is rebuilt. Our approach to this work is three-pronged: We partner with newsrooms through a collaborative Visual Desk, offering customized visual services, tools, mentorship, and support to strengthen newsrooms capacity to serve as trusted messengers in their communities; We advance trust and representation in local journalism by placing high-quality, community-driven photojournalists in local newsrooms throughout the US; and We convene the public like-minded people across media, academia, technology, and the arts to foster a robust and inclusive community to deepen critical thought, imagine new ways to leverage visuals for connection, and inspire action. In 2024, through the Visual Desk we supported the production of 1,114 local news stories, collectively reaching an audience of more than 546,000 people each month. Our Local Fellows and newsroom partners continued to push the boundaries of visual storytelling, earning nine awards and twelve nominations for their work. We expanded our reach and training efforts through 10 educational workshops attended by over 200 journalists, and through public programs that brought together more than 1,500 people to engage directly with the power of visual journalism.Desc

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EOY$198,417EOYAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows FASB117Yes (X)OrganizationFollowsFASB117Ind

No Donor Restriction Net Assets NoDonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$698,082BOYAmt
EOY$161,569EOYAmt

Donor Restriction Net Assets DonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$1,449,677BOYAmt
EOY$2,409,828EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$2,147,759BOYAmt
EOY$2,571,397EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$2,296,236BOYAmt
EOY$2,769,814EOYAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss$423,638ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Method Of Accounting AccrualYes (X)MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or ReviewfalseAccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS AuditedYes (true)FSAuditedInd

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasisGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Separate Basis Fincl StmtYes (X)SeparateBasisFinclStmtInd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Audit CommitteeYes (true)AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit RequiredfalseFederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Public Organization170Yes (X)PublicOrganization170Ind

Gifts Grants Contri Rcvd170 GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$1,195,551CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$3,094,957CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$1,085,105CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$2,808,695CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$3,383,472CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$11,567,780TotalAmt

Tax Rev Levied Orgnztnl Bnft170 TaxRevLeviedOrgnztnlBnft170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$0TotalAmt

Govt Furn Srvc Fclts Vl170 GovtFurnSrvcFcltsVl170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$0TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$1,195,551CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$3,094,957CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$1,085,105CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$2,808,695CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$3,383,472CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$11,567,780TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot$3,053,738SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170$8,514,042PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$11,352CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$34,742CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$46,094TotalAmt

Unrelated Business Net Incm170 UnrelatedBusinessNetIncm170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$0TotalAmt

Other Income170 OtherIncome170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$17,476CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Total$17,476TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Support$11,631,350TotalSupportAmt
Gross Receipts Rltd Activities$658,009GrossReceiptsRltdActivitiesAmt
Public Support CY1700.73200PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY1700.50340PublicSupportPY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170Yes (X)ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
ContributorRESTRICTEDContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1RESTRICTEDBusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1RESTRICTEDAddressLine1
Address Line2RESTRICTEDAddressLine2
CityRESTRICTEDCity
StateRESTRICTEDState
ZIP CodeRESTRICTEDZIPCode
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total ContributionsRESTRICTEDTotalContributionsAmt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Equipment EquipmentGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$22,105OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$21,933DepreciationAmt
Book Value$172BookValueAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings$172TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Other Liabilities Org OtherLiabilitiesOrgGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
DescOther current liabilitiesDesc
Amt$7,473Amt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Liability$7,473TotalLiabilityAmt
Footnote TextYes (X)FootnoteTextInd
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt$3,711,054TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Revenue Subtotal$3,711,054RevenueSubtotalAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990$3,711,054TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt$3,287,416TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Expenses Subtotal$3,287,416ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990$3,287,416TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Form And Line ReferencePart X : FIN48 FootnoteFormAndLineReferenceDesc
ExplanationThe Organization is a not-for-profit organization and is exempt from federal and state income taxes under Section 501c3 of the Internal Revenue Code and Section 23701d of the California Revenue and Taxation Code. However, the Organization is subject to income taxes on any net income that is derived from a trade or business, regularly carried on, and not in furtherance of the purposes for which it was granted exemption, commonly referred to as unrelated business income. No income tax provision has been recorded for the year ended December 31, 2023, as management determined that the Organization had no unrelated business income. The Organization is subject to Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes under Accounting Standards Codification ASC 740, Income Taxes. ASC 740 requires the evaluation of tax positions taken or expected to be taken in the Organization's tax returns and does not allow recognition of tax positions that do not meet a more-likely-than-not threshold of being sustained by the applicable tax authority. The Organization does not believe it has taken any tax positions that would not meet this threshold. The Organization's policy is to reflect interest and penalties related to uncertain tax positions as part of income tax expense, when and if they become applicable. The Organization's federal and state income tax returns are subject to possible examination by the taxing authorities until the expiration of the related statutes of limitations on those tax returns. In general, federal income tax returns have a three-year statute of limitations, and state income tax returns have a four-year statute of limitations.ExplanationTxt

Schedule F IRS990ScheduleF

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Grant Records MaintainedYes (true)GrantRecordsMaintainedInd

Account Activities Outside US AccountActivitiesOutsideUSGrp (3 entries)

RegionRegionTxtOfficesOfficesCntEmployeeEmployeeCntType Of Activities ConductedTypeOfActivitiesConductedTxtRegion Total ExpendituresRegionTotalExpendituresAmt
Europe02Global Fellowship$35,000
South America01Global Fellowship$27,000
Russia and Neighboring States01Impact Fund Grant$6,750
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Subtotal Employees4SubtotalEmployeesCnt
Total Employee4TotalEmployeeCnt
Subtotal Spent$68,750SubtotalSpentAmt
Total Spent$68,750TotalSpentAmt

Foreign Individuals Grants ForeignIndividualsGrantsGrp (2 entries)

Type Of AssistanceTypeOfAssistanceTxtRegionRegionTxtRecipientRecipientCntCash GrantCashGrantAmtManner Of Cash DisbursementMannerOfCashDisbursementTxt
Global FellowshipEurope1$27,000Wire
Global FellowshipSouth America1$27,000Wire
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Transfer To Foreign CorpfalseTransferToForeignCorpInd
Interest In Foreign TrustfalseInterestInForeignTrustInd
Foreign Corp OwnershipfalseForeignCorpOwnershipInd
Passive Foreign Investmest CofalsePassiveForeignInvestmestCoInd
Foreign PartnershipfalseForeignPartnershipInd
Boycott CountriesfalseBoycottCountriesInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Form And Line ReferencePart I, Line 2 - Grantmakers Explanation For Monitoring Use of Funds Outside USFormAndLineReferenceDesc
ExplanationWe have quarterly check-ins with Fellows and scheduled presentations of the work related to the project we are funding. We agree to expectations via a Letter of Agreement which is signed at the outset of the Fellowship, with agreed upon deliverables and payment schedule.ExplanationTxt

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Agrmt Prof Fundraising ActyfalseAgrmtProfFundraisingActyInd

Fundraising Event Information FundraisingEventInformationGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Event1Annual GalaEvent1Nm
Gross Receipts Event1$128,626GrossReceiptsEvent1Amt
Charitable Contri Event1$114,876CharitableContriEvent1Amt
Gross Revenue Event1$13,750GrossRevenueEvent1Amt
Food And Beverage Event1$28,507FoodAndBeverageEvent1Amt
Other Direct Expenses Event1$4,536OtherDirectExpensesEvent1Amt
Gross Receipts Total$128,626GrossReceiptsTotalAmt
Charitable Contributions Tot$114,876CharitableContributionsTotAmt
Gross Revenue Total Events$13,750GrossRevenueTotalEventsAmt
Food And Beverage Total Events$28,507FoodAndBeverageTotalEventsAmt
Oth Direct Expnss Total Events$4,536OthDirectExpnssTotalEventsAmt
Direct Expense Summary Events$33,043DirectExpenseSummaryEventsAmt
Net Income Summary-$19,293NetIncomeSummaryAmt

Schedule I IRS990ScheduleI

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Grant Records MaintainedYes (true)GrantRecordsMaintainedInd
Total501c3 Org0Total501c3OrgCnt
Total Other Org0TotalOtherOrgCnt

Grants Other Asst To Indiv In US GrantsOtherAsstToIndivInUSGrp (2 entries)

Grant TypeGrantTypeTxtRecipientRecipientCntCash GrantCashGrantAmt
Impact Fund Grants2$15,000
Global Fellowship Grant1$27,000

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Form And Line ReferenceGrantmaker's Description of How Grants are UsedFormAndLineReferenceDesc
ExplanationCatchLight tracks restricted grants from the moment the gift comes in by marking it as restricted in our grant management system, communicating those restrictions to accounting and program staff, and monitoring expenditures throughout the grant period. We build budgets for each restricted grant, and track actual expenditures against the budget. The budget is then updated to make sure all restricted funds are spent appropriately within any time restrictions. The staff that makes the expenditures is who reports the use of the expenditures to the accounting team.ExplanationTxt

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Compensation CommitteeYes (X)CompensationCommitteeInd
Board Or Committee ApprovalYes (X)BoardOrCommitteeApprovalInd
Severance PaymentfalseSeverancePaymentInd
Supplemental Nonqual Rtr PlanfalseSupplementalNonqualRtrPlanInd
Equity Based Comp ArrngmfalseEquityBasedCompArrngmInd
Comp Based On Revenue Of Flng OrgfalseCompBasedOnRevenueOfFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd On Rev Related OrgsfalseCompBsdOnRevRelatedOrgsInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Flng OrgfalseCompBsdNetEarnsFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Rltd OrgsfalseCompBsdNetEarnsRltdOrgsInd
Any Non Fixed PaymentsfalseAnyNonFixedPaymentsInd
Initial Contract ExceptionfalseInitialContractExceptionInd

Rltd Org Officer Trst Key Empl RltdOrgOfficerTrstKeyEmplGrp (4 entries)

TitleTitleTxtBase Compensation Filing OrgBaseCompensationFilingOrgAmtBonus Filing OrganizationBonusFilingOrganizationAmountDeferred Compensation Flng OrgDeferredCompensationFlngOrgAmtNontaxable Benefits Filing OrgNontaxableBenefitsFilingOrgAmtTotal Compensation Filing OrgTotalCompensationFilingOrgAmt
Elodie Mailliet Storm
CEO$237,021$49,707$13,951$35,761$336,440
Erica Garber
VP of Development$161,233$23,490$9,001$26,199$219,923
Jennifer Stratton
Executive Editor$164,669$14,061$8,332$7,966$195,028
Mazher Ali
Director of Comm.$130,735$13,101$6,701$9,638$160,175

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (5 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDescExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 8bThe Board of Directors does not have committees that vote on any issues outside of full Board meetings.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11bThe Chair/Executive Director reviews the tax return and a copy of the tax return is provided to the Board of Directors prior to filing.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12cIn 2020, the Board upheld a handbook outlining procedures and policies as well as a code of conduct with: sexual harassment policy, confidentiality agreement, and conflict of interest policy. The organization has implemented development policies and adopted nationally recognized best practices consistent with those described by the National Association of Fundraising Professionals. CatchLight joined the Institute for Non-Profit news and adhered to its donor transparency policy by disclosing all major donors to the organization.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15aCatchLight has a process for determining compensation for the organization's CEO and other key employees. The CEO's compensation was reviewed by CatchLight's Board of Directors during 2023. The compensation of key employees, including the Director of Development and Director of Operations, were reviewed by CatchLight's independent Human Resources consultant.
Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19The Organization's tax returns and organizing documents are available upon request.

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