Public Truth Media Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
275445288
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2017–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2019
Location
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Phone
2134227373
Rating
95
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Radio

Reported finances

Revenue
$177,919
Expenses
$160,403
Assets
$340,875

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

People named in this filing

  • Ian Masters (Chairman)
  • Stephanie Zill (Secretary/Treas)
  • Meredith Masters (Director)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The Public Truth Media Foundation is a nonprofit distributor of public interest journalism. The Foundations goal is to expose the public to voices and ideas not otherwise easily found in contemporary broadcast and written media.

What it reported doing in 2024

BACKGROUND BRIEFING, Ian Masters news broadcast, goes far beyond the headlines and deep under the radar to bring forward truths unheard elsewhere in American media.BACKGROUND BRIEFING features international and national news, expert guests, policymakers, and critics offering analysis and insight on national security, foreign and domestic policy, cultural, and social issues.Todays onslaught of fake news and alternative facts make this a critical time to gather sources of real news and analysis and make them available to the largest audience possible.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 94
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 59
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 90.2%; rating input score 90
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 9.8%; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.13; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 24.8% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 12.4% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 13.9% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 90.2% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $160K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2017 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 58/100.