EIN 20-4504068

Meedan

IRS 501(c) type
501(c)(3)
Num. employees
19
Year formed
2006
Most recent tax filings
2022-12-01
Description
Meedan builds software and initiates to strengthen journalism, digital literacy, and accessibility of information for global communities. It helped 21 Newsroom to connect with their audience on WhatsApp in order to collect data on misinformation in their country, collected more than 168,480 media from 9 countries and analyzed that data to understand what trends in misinformation were.
Total revenues
$5,777,533
2022
Total expenses
$5,367,906
2022
Total assets
$3,741,345
2022
Num. employees
19
2022

Program areas at Meedan

Check/3pfc: - supported the #factsfirstph consortium, which was composed of 11 filipino fact-checkers and newsrooms. The consortium exchanged qualitative and quantitative data to combat misinformation during the philippines general elections, and generated and distributed over 1,230 fact-checks to ensure accurate information reached the public.- brought together a coalition of newsrooms to address misinformation on whatsapp around brazil's 2022 presidential election. The initiative, called confirma 2022, provided brazil's superior electoral court (tse) with the ability to distribute trusted fact-checks from news partners to the voting public through a whatsapp bot. The partner newsrooms collected 347,000 anonymous questions and requests for fact-checks from voters throughout six whatsapp tiplines, and responded to those questions with fact-checks using Meedan's platform, check. - grew the number of active newsroom tiplines to 45 in 15 countries, resulting in 419,183 conversations between fact-checkers and audience members and 237,120 audience members receiving at least one fact-check.
Digital health lab (dhl): - used text similarity machine learning to analyze covid-19 information needs versus resources provided by intergovernmental health institutions globally. Of 500 faqs, only 403 addressed the us and uk's needs, showing a need for better feedback loops between seekers and providers.- researched the impact of harmful online content on offline health outcomes, such as gendered misinformation and hate speech affecting women in power, as well as threats to journalists and science communicators reporting on contentious health issues. The team also highlighted online abuse and threats to safety during a unfpa summit session.- hosted two community events bringing together various stakeholders, including trust and safety workers from social media companies, researchers in civil society and academia, and fact-checkers and journalists to discuss content moderation work.- developed resources for fact-checking organizations and journalists to combat gendered health misinformation related to pregnancy and infant care, gender-affirming care, and abortion. More research is needed to understand the relative risks of gendered health misinformation narratives and effective approaches to content moderation.- provided ongoing support to journalists and fact-checkers reporting on complex science topics, ranging from infectious disease to the impact of climate change on health outcomes, through the health desk initiative.
Check global: - worked in 25+ countries across the global south, and with hundreds of journalists, civil society organizations, students, grassroot media collectives, archivists, activists and human rights defenders to: a) enhance their ability to better engage with their changing information ecosystems through media literacy training and capacity building efforts; b) address crises of mis/disinformation through the provision of tools that help them contextualize, verify and annotate content, and c) build an inclusive network of collaborators across north africa western asia, latin america and the caribbean, sub saharan africa and asia pacific, thus paving the way for more meaningful knowledge exchange opportunities between its members.- the check global independent media response fund (imrf) received more than 450 applications from 68 countries and made 29 grants focused on climate misinformation, to media practitioners, independent media newsrooms, fact-checking groups, citizen journalism projects, human rights defenders, researchers, and technology and digital literacy advocates.- the nawa newsroom marked its sixth year by providing journalism students with advanced training sessions on topics such as media landscape, misinformation, verification tools, and emerging technologies. Students also engaged in projects tackling climate misinformation, contributed to the nawa media credibility index, and received microgrants through the check global program to support their investigative endeavors.

Grants made by Meedan

GranteeGrant descriptionAmount
University of Massachusetts Amherst Foundation (UMAF)Develop Fact-Checking Tools$129,875
University of Pennsylvania (Penn)Develop Fact-Checking Tools$129,782

Who funds Meedan

Grants from foundations and other nonprofits
GrantmakerDescriptionAmount
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF)78799 Developing New Technologies To Detect Public Health Misinformation and Respond at Scale To Improve Information Equity Across Cultures$320,001
John S. and James L. Knight FoundationDevelop Tools Allowing Journalists To Combat Misinformation on Whatsapp, With A Focus on Spanish-Language Communities in the U.s. Around the 2022 Midterm Elections in Preparation for the 2024 Elections.$225,000
ImpactAssetsEspacio Revista Project$15,000

Personnel at Meedan

NameTitleCompensation
Ed BiceChief Executive Officer$157,148
An MinaChief Operations Officer$101,160
Dwight KnellDirector of Operations$121,553
Pierre ContiDirector of Product San Francisco
Caio AlmeidaDirector of Engineering Salvador / Senior Application Engineer
...and 15 more key personnel

Financials for Meedan

RevenuesFYE 12/2022
Total grants, contributions, etc.$2,893,774
Program services$2,879,687
Investment income and dividends$260
Tax-exempt bond proceeds$0
Royalty revenue$0
Net rental income$0
Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets$0
Net income from fundraising events$0
Net income from gaming activities$0
Net income from sales of inventory$0
Miscellaneous revenues$3,812
Total revenues$5,777,533

Form 990s for Meedan

Fiscal year endingDate received by IRSFormPDF link
2022-122023-11-06990View PDF
2021-122022-11-04990View PDF
2020-122021-11-10990View PDF
2019-122021-02-26990View PDF
2018-122020-02-10990View PDF
...and 10 more Form 990s
Data update history
January 20, 2024
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2022
January 20, 2024
Updated personnel
Identified 4 new personnel
December 30, 2023
Used new vendors
Identified 3 new vendors, including , , and
December 25, 2023
Received grants
Identified 3 new grant, including a grant for $320,001 from Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF)
July 14, 2023
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2021
Nonprofit Types
Business and community development organizationsResearch centersCharities
Issues
Science and technology
Characteristics
Conducts researchOperates internationallyTax deductible donations
General information
Address
575 Market St 4th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94105
Metro area
San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA
Website URL
meedan.com/ 
Phone
(415) 497-2900
IRS details
EIN
20-4504068
Fiscal year end
December
Taxreturn type
Form 990
Year formed
2006
Eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions (Pub 78)
Yes
Categorization
NTEE code, primary
U40: Engineering and Technology Research, Services
NAICS code, primary
5112: Software Publishers
Parent/child status
Independent
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