2026-02-20T17:12:43-06:00 2025-06-30 880722063 NW LEDGER COMPANY 168 PINE AVE SNOHOMISH WA 98290 990 2024-07-01 462775553 ON BEING PROJECT ONBE 6125843862 2190 HOYT AVE W SAINT PAUL MN 55108 KRISTA TIPPETT PRESIDENT 6125843862 2026-02-20 1 1 JENA RAYSBOOK EA P03222063 2062377655 2026-02-20 X 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z KRISTA TIPPETT 2190 HOYT AVE W SAINT PAUL MN 55108 2533183 0 X WWW.ONBEING.ORG X 2013 MN THE ON BEING PROJECT IS AN INDEPENDENT NONPROFIT MEDIA AND PUBLIC LIFE INITIATIVE. 3 3 11 0 0 0 1473740 2487935 402477 0 52284 5752 19101 39496 1947602 2533183 0 0 0 0 2248404 1510429 0 0 125158 3121271 1088280 5369675 2598709 -3422073 -65526 3085314 2739588 282446 52246 2802868 2687342 X THE ON BEING PROJECT IS A NONPROFIT MEDIA AND SOCIAL HEALING ORGANIZATION. OUR MISSION IS TO PURSUE DEEP THINKING AND MORAL IMAGINATION, SOCIAL CREATIVITY AND JOY, TOWARDS THE RENEWAL OF INNER LIFE, OUTER LIFE, AND LIFE TOGETHER. WE PRODUCE THE AWARD-WINNING GLOBAL PODCAST "ON BEING" WITH KRISTA TIPPETT, AND AN ECOSYSTEM OF OFFERINGS ACROSS CONTENT, CONVENINGS, AND TOOLS/RESOURCES THAT NOURISH AND AMPLIFY THE GENERATIVE NARRATIVE OF OUR TIME. PEOPLE ENGAGE WITH ON BEING TO EXPLORE THE GREAT QUESTIONS OF MEANING AS THEY ARE NEWLY AND URGENTLY ALIVE IN 21ST CENTURY LIFE: WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE HUMAN? HOW DO WE WANT TO LIVE? WHO WILL WE BE TO EACH OTHER? 0 0 1839534 IN FISCAL YEAR 2025, THE ON BEING PROJECT'S WORK CONTINUED TO FOCUS ON DEVELOPING AN ECOSYSTEM OF OFFERINGS AND SERVING OUR FAR-FLUNG GLOBAL WEB OF LISTENERS/PRACTITIONERS. THE PEOPLE WHO GATHER AROUND ON BEING ARE PART OF THE GENERATIVE NARRATIVE OF OUR TIME. IN ALL KINDS OF LIVES, IN ALL KINDS OF PLACES, THEY ARE HEALERS AND SOCIAL CREATIVES. AT HUMAN PACE, THEY ARE ENLIVENING THE WORLD THAT THEY CAN SEE AND TOUCH. IN GENERATIONAL TIME, THEY ARE STITCHING RELATIONSHIP ACROSS RUPTURE. ON BEING'S CONVERSATIONS ON-AIR AND OFF CREATE OPENING. IN A POLITICAL AND CULTURAL SPACE THAT REWARDS FEAR, FERMENTS ARGUMENT, AND HASTENS CLOSURE, ON BEING NOURISHES LEARNING AND GROWTH, NEWNESS, AND EVOLUTION. SEE SCHEDULE O 1839534 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 35 0 1 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 MN CA IL MI NY MA GA MD PA X NW LEDGER COMPANY 2062377655 168 PINE AVE SNOHOMISH WA 98290 KONDA MASON SECRETARY 1.00 X X 0 0 0 JAY COWLES III TREASURER 1.00 X X 0 0 0 SRINIJA SRINIVASAN DIRECTOR 1.00 X X 0 0 0 KRISTA TIPPETT PRESIDENT 40.00 X 350770 0 22106 ANDREA PREVOST DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS 40.00 X 101014 0 7856 CHRISTOPHER HEAGLE FORMER SENIOR PRODUCER 40.00 X 126699 0 7768 LAUREN DROMMERHAUSEN FORMER SR. 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THE ORGANIZATION RECOGNIZES INTEREST AND PENALTIES, IF ANY, RELATED TO UNRECOGNIZED TAX BENEFITS IN INTEREST EXPENSE. X 0 0 X X X X 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 KRISTA TIPPETT PRESIDENT 350770 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22106 0 372876 0 345215 0 CHRISTOPHER HEAGLE FORMER SENIOR PRODUCER 126699 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7768 0 134467 0 118403 0 LAUREN DROMMERHAUSEN FORMER SR. OPS MANAGER 112278 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10725 0 123003 0 110577 0 PART I, LINE 1A THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDED FIRST-CLASS TRAVEL TO KRISTA TIPPETT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. ALL BUSINESS TRAVEL IS CHARGED AS ORGANIZATIONAL TRAVEL EXPENSES ON COMPANY CREDIT CARDS. PART I, LINE 4A CHRISTOPHER HEAGLE, SENIOR PRODUCER, $78,481.29 SEVERANCE PAYMENT TIFFANY CHAMPION, PRODUCTION DIRECTOR, $36,398.80 SEVERANCE PAYMENT MANUEL GONZALEZ JR, DIRECTOR, $38,265.48 SEVERANCE PAYMENT GAUTAM SRIKISHAN, PRODUCER, $19,473.16 SEVERANCE PAYMENT 990 PART III LINE 4A PROGRAM SERVICE ACCOMPLISHMENTS CONTENT FROM ON BEING STUDIOS: FY25 ACCOMPLISHMENTS INCLUDED PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION OF PODCAST SEASONS OF ON BEING AND OF POETRY UNBOUND, WITH EXTENSIVE DIGITAL EXTENSIONS AND MARKETING, PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION OF THE PAUSE, AND FOR POETRY UNBOUND ON SUBSTACK, AS CORE COMPLEMENTS TO THE PODCAST SEASONS. TARGETED EFFORTS ACROSS OTHER DISTRIBUTION AND ENGAGEMENT PLATFORMS (E.G., PODCAST LISTENING GROWTH ON YOUTUBE) THROUGH DATA-DRIVEN AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT AND STRENGTHENED VISUAL PRESENTATION. NOTABLE ACCOMPLISHMENTS INCLUDED: IMMERSIVE EDITIONS OF THE PAUSE EMAIL NEWSLETTER, AND TWO PODCAST SEASONS OF POETRY UNBOUND, THE CONTINUED SUCCESS OF POETRY UNBOUND'S ONGOING WEEKLY SUBSTACK NEWSLETTER AND A SPECIAL POEMS AS TEACHERS SERIES AS PART OF OUR WORK ON CONFLICT AND THE HUMAN CONDITION. 990 PART III LINE 4A PROGRAM SERVICE ACCOMPLISHMENTS LAB FOR THE ART OF LIVING: TOOLS AND RESOURCES IN SERVICE OF, AND INFORMED BY, OUR CONTENT AND CONVENINGS TOWARDS EMBODIED WISDOM AND A LIFE-GIVING IMPRINT ON THE WORLD AROUND, BREATH TO BREATH, AND HOUR TO HOUR. THE LAB IS AN EMERGING SPACE TO DESIGN OFFERINGS THAT EXTEND AND DEEPEN OUR ACCOMPANIMENT AND HELP PEOPLE CARRY WISDOM BACK INTO THEIR LIVES. FROM THE WORK AND LEARNINGS OF FY23, WE MOVED FORWARD WITH THE LAB'S DEVELOPMENT AND FORMAL LAUNCH. WE RECEIVED DEDICATED FUNDING TO INVESTIGATE THE CREATION OF A LAB FOR THE ART OF LIVING A POTENTIALLY EXPANSIVE, REVENUE-GENERATING, PUBLIC-FACING STOREFRONT. THAT INVESTIGATION LAID A GROUNDWORK FOR FURTHER EXPANSION WE MIGHT STILL PURSUE IN THE FUTURE WITH THE RIGHT PARTNERS. IN THE IMMEDIATE TERM, IT YIELDED INVALUABLE LEARNING ABOUT THE ON BEING PEDAGOGY AS DESCRIBED AND ADAPTED BY A RANGE OF PEOPLE AND PLACES. IT YIELDED A HUMBLE YET EXCITING FIRST OFFERING: THE HOPE PORTAL, WITH A RECENT INITIAL BETA RELEASE TO PARTICIPANTS IN THE 2024 ON BEING GATHERING. IN FALL, 2024, ON BEING IS WALKING ALONGSIDE 30 ORGANIZATIONS TO ACTIVATE AND TEST THIS SEVEN-PART EXPERIENCE DESIGNED TO NURTURE COMMUNITIES OF ACCOMPANIMENT AT THE INTERSECTION OF INNER LIFE AND LIFE TOGETHER. THERE IS A WORLD BEING REMADE FILLED WITH JOY, MORAL IMAGINATION, AND SOCIAL CREATIVITY, BUT IT IS LARGELY HIDDEN FROM VIEW. ON BEING PROJECT'S CONTRIBUTION TO THE GENERATIVE LANDSCAPE IS TO MAKE THIS WORLD, THIS DIFFERENT STORY OF US, MORE VIBRANT AND MORE REAL AND TO BRING PEOPLE MORE FULLY INTO THEIR HUMANITY, THEIR VOCATION, AND THEIR AGENCY. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 8B THE ORGANIZATION DID NOT HAVE ANY COMMITTEES WITH AUTHORITY TO ACT ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS DURING THE FISCAL YEAR COVERED BY THIS RETURN. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B THE ORGANIZATION'S PROCESS FOR REVIEWING THE FORM 990 HAS NOT CHANGED FROM THE PRIOR YEAR. THE RETURN CONTINUES TO BE REVIEWED IN ACCORDANCE WITH ESTABLISHED GOVERNANCE PROCEDURES AND IS AUDITED BY AN INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C THE ORGANIZATION'S CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY APPLIES TO ANY DIRECTOR, PRINCIPAL OFFICER, OR MEMBER OF A COMMITTEE WITH BOARD-DELEGATED POWERS. EACH COVERED MEMBER ANNUALLY SIGNS A STATEMENT AFFIRMING THAT THEY HAVE RECEIVED A COPY OF THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY, HAS READ AND UNDERSTANDS THE POLICY, HAS AGREED TO COMPLY WITH THE POLICY AND UNDERSTANDS THAT THE ORGANIZATION IS A CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION THAT MUST ENGAGE PRIMARILY IN ACTIVITIES THAT ACCOMPLISH ONE OR MORE OF ITS EXEMPT PURPOSES. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15 THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, INDEPENDENT FROM THE CEO, REVIEWED AND APPROVED THE CURRENT BASE AND VARIABLE COMPENSATION FOR THE CEO FOR FY2025 FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 THE ORGANIZATION MAKES ITS GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY, AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST. FORM 990, PART XI, LINE 8, PRIOR PERIOD ADJUSTMENT DURING THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2025, THE ORGANIZATION DETERMINED THAT CERTAIN TRADEMARK ASSETS RECORDED IN PRIOR YEARS WERE IMPAIRED AND NO LONGER PROVIDED FUTURE ECONOMIC BENEFIT TO THE ORGANIZATION. UPON FURTHER REVIEW, IT WAS IDENTIFIED THAT THESE ASSETS SHOULD HAVE BEEN WRITTEN OFF IN THE PRIOR PERIOD. ACCORDINGLY, A PRIOR PERIOD ADJUSTMENT WAS RECORDED TO REDUCE NET ASSETS WITHOUT DONOR RESTRICTIONS AS OF JUNE 30, 2024 BY $50,000 TO REFLECT THE CUMULATIVE EFFECT OF THE IMPAIRMENT LOSS RELATED TO THESE TRADEMARKS. THE ADJUSTMENT HAD NO IMPACT ON CURRENT YEAR REVENUES OR EXPENSES OTHER THAN THE RESTATEMENT OF BEGINNING NET ASSETS.