STORYCORPS INC: Form 990, tax year 2018

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Organization: STORYCORPS INC (EIN 13-3753011)
Tax period: 2018-01-01 to 2018-12-31
Filed: 2019-11-13
IRS object ID: 201923179349309082
Schema version: 2018v3.1
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule A
Schedule B
Schedule D
Schedule G
Schedule J
Schedule M
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2019-11-13T18:20:44-06:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2018-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	133628255	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	CONDON O'MEARA MCGINTY & DONNELLY LLP	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	ONE BATTERY PARK PLAZA 7TH FL	AddressLine1Txt
City	NEW YORK	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NY	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	10004	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2018-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	133753011	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	STORYCORPS INC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	STOR	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	6467237020	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	80 HANSON PLACE 2ND FLOOR	AddressLine1Txt
City	BROOKLYN	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NY	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	11217	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	ROBIN SPARKMAN	PersonNm
Person Title	CEO	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	6467237020	PhoneNum
Signature	2019-07-24	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (1)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	JAMES J REILLY	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P00183769	PTIN
Phone	2126617777	PhoneNum

Filing Security Information FilingSecurityInformation

IP Address IPAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
I Pv4 Address	184.74.172.82	IPv4AddressTxt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
IP	2019-07-24	IPDt
IP Tm	09:57:39	IPTm
IP Timezone	ED	IPTimezoneCd
Filing License Type	P	FilingLicenseTypeCd
At Submission Creation Device Id	DA39A3EE5E6B4B0D3255BFEF95601890AFD80709	AtSubmissionCreationDeviceId
At Submission Filing Device Id	6C9B1A35775087DBDB8A6D25ECA509C7F6C27838	AtSubmissionFilingDeviceId

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2018	TaxYr
Build TS	2020-04-17 16:48:07Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	ROBIN SPARKMAN	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	80 HANSON PLACE 2ND FLOOR	AddressLine1Txt
City	BROOKLYN	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NY	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	11217	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$9,608,759	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	0	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	WWW.STORYCORPS.ORG	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	1994	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	NY	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	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.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	23	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	21	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	134	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	21	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
Net Unrelated Bus Txbl Incm	$60,956	NetUnrelatedBusTxblIncmAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$10,183,458	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$7,037,807	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$1,201,325	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$1,811,240	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$7,564	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$29,892	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$0	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$0	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$11,392,347	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$8,878,939	CYTotalRevenueAmt
PY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	PYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
PY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	PYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$6,778,194	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$6,396,402	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
PY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	PYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$1,297,663	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$2,562,999	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$3,528,410	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$9,341,193	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$9,924,812	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	$2,051,154	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	-$1,045,873	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$9,878,601	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$9,349,565	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$1,278,857	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$1,795,449	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$8,599,744	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$7,554,116	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Info In Schedule O Part III	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIIIInd
Mission	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.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	0	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	0	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$7,319,597	ExpenseAmt
Revenue	$1,811,240	RevenueAmt
Desc	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." (SEE SCHEDULE 0 FOR FULL DESCRIPTION).	Desc
Total Program Service Expenses	$7,319,597	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	Yes (1)	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	0	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	0	LobbyingActivitiesInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	0	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	0	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	0	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	0	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	0	CreditCounselingInd
Temp Or Permanent Endowments	0	TempOrPermanentEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	Yes (1)	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	0	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	0	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	0	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	0	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	0	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	Yes (1)	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	0	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	0	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	0	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	0	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	0	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	0	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	0	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	Yes (1)	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	0	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	0	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	0	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	0	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	0	TaxExemptBondsInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	0	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit Trans	0	PYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan Outstanding	0	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	0	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	0	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	0	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With Officer Ent	0	BusinessRlnWithOfficerEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	Yes (1)	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	0	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	0	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	0	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	0	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	0	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	0	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	0	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	0	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	58	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	Yes (1)	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	134	EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns Filed	Yes (1)	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	Yes (1)	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Form990 T Filed	Yes (1)	Form990TFiledInd
Foreign Financial Account	0	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	0	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	0	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	0	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	Yes (1)	QuidProQuoContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contri Discl	Yes (1)	QuidProQuoContriDisclInd
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	0	Form8282PropertyDisposedOfInd
Rcv Fnds To Pay Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	0	RcvFndsToPayPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Pay Premiums Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	0	PayPremiumsPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Indoor Tanning Services	0	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Subj To Tax Rmnrtn Ex Prcht Pymt	0	SubjToTaxRmnrtnExPrchtPymtInd
Subject To Excs Tax Net Invst Inc	0	SubjectToExcsTaxNetInvstIncInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	23	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	21	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	0	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	0	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	0	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	0	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	0	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	0	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	0	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (1)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	Yes (1)	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	0	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	0	LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	Yes (1)	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	Yes (1)	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered Prsn	Yes (1)	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring Enfrc	Yes (1)	RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower Policy	Yes (1)	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	Yes (1)	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	Yes (1)	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	Yes (1)	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	0	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	CA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	GA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	NY	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	TN	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
Own Website	Yes (X)	OwnWebsiteInd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	JEREMY BURKE	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Phone	6467237020	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	80 HANSON PLACE	AddressLine1Txt
City	BROOKLYN	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NY	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	11217	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (25 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt	Highest Compensated EmployeeHighestCompensatedEmployeeInd
GARA LAMARCHE
CHAIR	2.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
DANE E HOLMES
VICE CHAIR	2.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
MICHAEL SHUMAN
VICE CHAIR	2.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
JIM MOORE
TREASURER	1.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
ADELAIDE K JONES
SECRETARY	1.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
AUDREY CHOI
DIRECTOR	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
JANE PHILLIPS DONALDSON
DIRECTOR	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
SARAH ELIZABETH FEINBERG
DIRECTOR	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
VANITA GUPTA
DIRECTOR	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
ANNE HERBERT MAI
DIRECTOR	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
ELIZABETH J MCCORMACK
DIRECTOR	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
SCOTT MITIC
DIRECTOR	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
BLYTHE HAAGA PARKER
DIRECTOR	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
VIC PARKER
DIRECTOR	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
KIM RUBEY
DIRECTOR	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
JILL SCHLESINGER
DIRECTOR	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
MURRAY SINCLAIRE JR
DIRECTOR	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
JUSTINE STAMEN ARRILLAGA
DIRECTOR	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
VANESSA TOUSSAINT
DIRECTOR	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
DAVID WADHWANI
DIRECTOR	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
DAVE ISAY
PRESIDENT	50.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$183,022	$0	$21,640
ROBIN SPARKMAN
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER	50.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$171,436	$0	$22,053
SHARYANNE MCSWAIN
CHIEF FIN. & ADMIN. OFFICE	50.00		Yes (X)	$154,241	$0	$17,727
LISA GALE
CHIEF PROGRAM OFFICER	50.00			$140,512	$0	$12,581	Yes (X)
DEAN HADDOCK
MANAGING DIRECTOR D&T INNO	50.00			$103,685	$0	$8,780	Yes (X)

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$752,896	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org	$0	TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$82,781	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	5	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	0	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	Yes (1)	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	0	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd

Contractor Compensation ContractorCompensationGrp (3 entries)

Address Line1ContractorAddress/USAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityContractorAddress/USAddress/CityNm	State AbbreviationContractorAddress/USAddress/StateAbbreviationCd	ZIPContractorAddress/USAddress/ZIPCd	ServicesServicesDesc	CompensationCompensationAmt
10UP LLC
PO BOX 101562	PASADENA	CA	91189	WEBSITE DEVELOPMENT	$220,543
COMMUNITY COUNSELLING SERVICE CO LLC
PO BOX 824885	PHILADELPHIA	PA	19182	STRATEGIC CONSULTING	$142,500
ACE AND SON MOVING PICTURE COMPANY LLC
248 CREAMER STREET UNIT 7	BROOKLYN	NY	11231	ANIMATION SERVICES	$140,750

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	3	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Fundraising	$693,083	FundraisingAmt
Government Grants	$1,897,735	GovernmentGrantsAmt
All Other Contributions	$4,446,989	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Noncash Contributions	$100,516	NoncashContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$7,037,807	TotalContributionsAmt

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp (2 entries)

DescDesc	BusinessBusinessCd	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumnAmt	Related Or Exempt Func IncomeRelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
FEES INCOME	900099	$1,803,084	$1,803,084
BOOK SALES	900099	$8,156	$8,156

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	$1,811,240	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$41,358	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$41,358	ExclusionAmt

Gross Amount Sales Assets GrossAmountSalesAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$610,067	SecuritiesAmt

Less Cost Oth Basis Sales Expnss LessCostOthBasisSalesExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$621,533	SecuritiesAmt

Gain Or Loss GainOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	-$11,466	SecuritiesAmt

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	-$11,466	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	-$11,466	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Fundraising Gross Income	$108,287	FundraisingGrossIncomeAmt
Contri Rpt Fundraising Event	$693,083	ContriRptFundraisingEventAmt
Fundraising Direct Expenses	$108,287	FundraisingDirectExpensesAmt

Net Incm From Fundraising Evt NetIncmFromFundraisingEvtGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$8,878,939	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$1,811,240	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$29,892	ExclusionAmt

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$614,170	TotalAmt
Program Services	$255,713	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$197,736	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$160,721	FundraisingAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$4,664,278	TotalAmt
Program Services	$3,525,024	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$552,721	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$586,533	FundraisingAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$15,659	TotalAmt
Program Services	$10,264	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$4,518	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$877	FundraisingAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$654,618	TotalAmt
Program Services	$473,792	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$99,053	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$81,773	FundraisingAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$447,677	TotalAmt
Program Services	$311,434	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$75,769	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$60,474	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$28,228	TotalAmt
Program Services	$7,057	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$14,114	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$7,057	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$585,476	TotalAmt
Program Services	$525,875	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$43,375	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$16,226	FundraisingAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$175,012	TotalAmt
Program Services	$123,956	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$15,954	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$35,102	FundraisingAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$194,833	TotalAmt
Program Services	$156,366	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$17,396	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$21,071	FundraisingAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$356,037	TotalAmt
Program Services	$274,217	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$42,776	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$39,044	FundraisingAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$567,737	TotalAmt
Program Services	$502,144	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$37,061	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$28,532	FundraisingAmt

Interest InterestGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$48,932	TotalAmt
Management And General	$48,932	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$276,574	TotalAmt
Program Services	$266,584	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$5,310	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$4,680	FundraisingAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$56,899	TotalAmt
Program Services	$43,049	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$7,159	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$6,691	FundraisingAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt	FundraisingFundraisingAmt
OTHER CONSULTING FEES	$847,092	$584,234	$83,324	$179,534
OTHER OPERATING EXPENSE	$299,114	$199,766	$55,270	$44,078
REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE	$49,536	$40,256	$4,797	$4,483
VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT	$24,290	$19,866	$2,287	$2,137

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$18,650	TotalAmt
Fundraising	$18,650	FundraisingAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$9,924,812	TotalAmt
Program Services	$7,319,597	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,307,552	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,297,663	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,328,854	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,328,646	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$399,287	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,402,062	EOYAmt

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$5,834,250	BOYAmt
EOY	$3,193,673	EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$99,161	BOYAmt
EOY	$84,012	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$3,309,521	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$2,892,662	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$636,949	BOYAmt
EOY	$416,859	EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,010,276	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,531,329	EOYAmt

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$569,824	BOYAmt
EOY	$392,984	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$9,878,601	BOYAmt
EOY	$9,349,565	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$362,625	BOYAmt
EOY	$453,218	EOYAmt

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$115,583	BOYAmt
EOY	$517,909	EOYAmt

Unsecured Notes Loans Payable UnsecuredNotesLoansPayableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$800,649	BOYAmt
EOY	$824,322	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,278,857	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,795,449	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows SFAS117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsSFAS117Ind

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,958,071	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,399,621	EOYAmt

Temporarily Rstr Net Assets TemporarilyRstrNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$6,641,673	BOYAmt
EOY	$5,154,495	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$8,599,744	BOYAmt
EOY	$7,554,116	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$9,878,601	BOYAmt
EOY	$9,349,565	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	-$1,045,873	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Net Unrlzd Gains Losses Invst	$245	NetUnrlzdGainsLossesInvstAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets	$0	OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	0	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	Yes (1)	FSAuditedInd

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasisGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Separate Basis Fincl Stmt	Yes (X)	SeparateBasisFinclStmtInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Audit Committee	Yes (1)	AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	0	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Organization170	Yes (X)	PublicOrganization170Ind

Gifts Grants Contri Rcvd170 GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$7,800,720	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$8,071,267	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$9,708,950	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$10,183,458	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$7,037,807	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$42,802,202	TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$7,800,720	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$8,071,267	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$9,708,950	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$10,183,458	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$7,037,807	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$42,802,202	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot	$3,510,326	SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170	$39,291,876	PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$3,491	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$2,274	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$2,402	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$7,564	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$41,358	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$57,089	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	$42,859,291	TotalSupportAmt
Public Support CY170	0.91680	PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY170	0.85220	PublicSupportPY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170	Yes (X)	ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor	RESTRICTED	ContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RESTRICTED	BusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	RESTRICTED	AddressLine1
Address Line2	RESTRICTED	AddressLine2
City	RESTRICTED	City
State	RESTRICTED	State
ZIP Code	RESTRICTED	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Contributions	RESTRICTED	TotalContributionsAmt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Leasehold Improvements LeaseholdImprovementsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$174,345	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$148,918	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$25,427	BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$2,167,396	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$1,818,345	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$349,051	BookValueAmt

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$967,780	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$925,399	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$42,381	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$416,859	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$9,413,809	TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Net Unrealized Gains Invst	$245	NetUnrealizedGainsInvstAmt
Donated Services And Use Fclts	$534,625	DonatedServicesAndUseFcltsAmt
Revenue Not Reported	$534,870	RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal	$8,878,939	RevenueSubtotalAmt
Revenue Not Reported Fincl Stmt	$0	RevenueNotReportedFinclStmtAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	$8,878,939	TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$10,459,437	TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Donated Services Use Fclts	$534,625	DonatedServicesUseFcltsAmt
Expenses Not Reported	$534,625	ExpensesNotReportedAmt
Expenses Subtotal	$9,924,812	ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Expenses Not Rpt Fincl Stmt	$0	ExpensesNotRptFinclStmtAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	$9,924,812	TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

Fundraising Event Information FundraisingEventInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Event1	GALA	Event1Nm
Gross Receipts Event1	$801,370	GrossReceiptsEvent1Amt
Charitable Contri Event1	$693,083	CharitableContriEvent1Amt
Gross Revenue Event1	$108,287	GrossRevenueEvent1Amt
Rent Facility Costs Event1	$31,619	RentFacilityCostsEvent1Amt
Food And Beverage Event1	$61,491	FoodAndBeverageEvent1Amt
Other Direct Expenses Event1	$15,177	OtherDirectExpensesEvent1Amt
Gross Receipts Total	$801,370	GrossReceiptsTotalAmt
Charitable Contributions Tot	$693,083	CharitableContributionsTotAmt
Gross Revenue Total Events	$108,287	GrossRevenueTotalEventsAmt
Rent Fclty Costs Total Events	$31,619	RentFcltyCostsTotalEventsAmt
Food And Beverage Total Events	$61,491	FoodAndBeverageTotalEventsAmt
Oth Direct Expnss Total Events	$15,177	OthDirectExpnssTotalEventsAmt
Direct Expense Summary Events	$108,287	DirectExpenseSummaryEventsAmt
Net Income Summary	$0	NetIncomeSummaryAmt

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Board Or Committee Approval	Yes (X)	BoardOrCommitteeApprovalInd
Severance Payment	0	SeverancePaymentInd
Supplemental Nonqual Rtr Plan	0	SupplementalNonqualRtrPlanInd
Equity Based Comp Arrngm	0	EquityBasedCompArrngmInd
Comp Based On Revenue Of Flng Org	0	CompBasedOnRevenueOfFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd On Rev Related Orgs	0	CompBsdOnRevRelatedOrgsInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Flng Org	0	CompBsdNetEarnsFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Rltd Orgs	0	CompBsdNetEarnsRltdOrgsInd
Any Non Fixed Payments	0	AnyNonFixedPaymentsInd
Initial Contract Exception	0	InitialContractExceptionInd

Rltd Org Officer Trst Key Empl RltdOrgOfficerTrstKeyEmplGrp (4 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Base Compensation Filing OrgBaseCompensationFilingOrgAmt	Compensation Based On Rltd OrgsCompensationBasedOnRltdOrgsAmt	Bonus Filing OrganizationBonusFilingOrganizationAmount	Bonus Related OrganizationsBonusRelatedOrganizationsAmt	Other Compensation Filing OrgOtherCompensationFilingOrgAmt	Other Compensation Rltd OrgsOtherCompensationRltdOrgsAmt	Deferred Compensation Flng OrgDeferredCompensationFlngOrgAmt	Deferred Comp Rltd OrgsDeferredCompRltdOrgsAmt	Nontaxable Benefits Filing OrgNontaxableBenefitsFilingOrgAmt	Nontaxable Benefits Rltd OrgsNontaxableBenefitsRltdOrgsAmt	Total Compensation Filing OrgTotalCompensationFilingOrgAmt	Total Compensation Rltd OrgsTotalCompensationRltdOrgsAmt	Comp Report Prior990 Filing OrgCompReportPrior990FilingOrgAmt	Comp Report Prior990 Rltd OrgsCompReportPrior990RltdOrgsAmt
DAVE ISAY
PRESIDENT	$183,022	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$21,640	$183,022	$21,640	$0	$0
ROBIN SPARKMAN
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER	$171,436	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$22,053	$171,436	$22,053	$0	$0
SHARYANNE MCSWAIN
CHIEF FIN. & ADMIN. OFFICE	$154,241	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$17,727	$154,241	$17,727	$0	$0
LISA GALE
CHIEF PROGRAM OFFICER	$140,512	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$12,581	$140,512	$12,581	$0	$0

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	PART I, LINE 3	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	THE COMPENSATION OF THE PRESIDENT AND OTHER OFFICERS OF THE ORGANIZATION IS REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule M IRS990ScheduleM

Securities Publicly Traded SecuritiesPubliclyTradedGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	Yes (X)	NonCashCheckboxInd
Contribution	7	ContributionCnt
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990	$100,516	NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt
Method Of Determining Revenues	FMV	MethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Any Property That Must Be Held	0	AnyPropertyThatMustBeHeldInd
Review Process Unusual NC Gifts	Yes (1)	ReviewProcessUnusualNCGiftsInd
Third Parties Used	0	ThirdPartiesUsedInd

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (5 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
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.