Andrea Suozzo
I run Nonprofit Explorer and do data reporting on nonprofits, maternal health and other topics.
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What I Cover
I do data reporting on nonprofits, maternal health and other topics.
My Background
I joined ProPublica in 2021. I’ve built news apps like Chicken Checker, a database that allows you to look up salmonella rates in the facility that processed your poultry, as well as analyzed data for investigations, like a first-of-its-kind review of Texas hospital data that found a significant increase in sepsis rates in second-trimester pregnancy loss hospitalizations after the state banned abortion.
I also built our Repatriation Project database, which tracks institutional efforts to return remains to Indigenous communities, and led an overhaul of our Nonprofit Explorer database, which I run.
Previously, I worked as data editor at Burlington, Vermont-based Seven Days. There, I built graphics and databases to make public information accessible. I built the database that powered an investigation, in collaboration with Vermont Public, into the state’s system of eldercare facilities. That project won a national investigative Edward R. Murrow Award.
I started my journalism career at the Addison County Independent, covering six towns in Addison County, Vermont, and working as digital editor.
Why Hospital Policies Matter in States That Ban Abortion
Our first-of-its-kind data analysis found that a seismic split emerged in how medical institutions in Texas' two largest metro areas, Houston and Dallas, treated miscarrying patients — and in their outcomes.
by Kavitha Surana, Lizzie Presser and Andrea Suozzo,
This Charter School Superintendent Makes $870,000. He Leads a District With 1,000 Students.
On paper, Salvador Cavazos earns less than $300,000 to run Valere Public Schools, a small Texas charter network. But taxpayers likely aren’t aware that in reality, his total pay makes him one of the country’s highest-earning superintendents.
by Ellis Simani, ProPublica, and Lexi Churchill, ProPublica and The Texas Tribune,
Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared.
ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban.
by Lizzie Presser, Andrea Suozzo, Sophie Chou and Kavitha Surana,
Texas Won’t Study How Its Abortion Ban Impacts Women, So We Did
Since Texas banned abortion, no one has studied the statewide effects on pregnant women experiencing complications. Here’s how we sifted through data on millions of pregnancy hospitalizations and analyzed the outcomes before and after the ban.
by Andrea Suozzo, Sophie Chou and Lizzie Presser,
Nonprofit Explorer Adds Powerful Tools to Help You Research Organizations’ Financials
ProPublica has added the ability to find nonprofit organizations that auditors have flagged as having serious financial or control deficiencies. We also added the ability to search for organizations that have reported significant theft.
by Andrea Suozzo,
A Pregnant Teenager Died After Trying to Get Care in Three Visits to Texas Emergency Rooms
It took three ER visits and 20 hours before a hospital admitted Nevaeh Crain, 18, as her condition worsened. Doctors insisted on two ultrasounds to confirm “fetal demise.” She’s one of at least two Texas women who died under the state’s abortion ban.
by Lizzie Presser and Kavitha Surana,
ProPublica Adds More Than a Million New Records to Nonprofit Explorer
The IRS finally resolved its delay in publishing new nonprofit tax records, and we’ve added them to our database.
by Andrea Suozzo,
Does Your Local Museum or University Still Have Native American Remains?
Three decades after legislation pushed for the return of Native American remains to Indigenous communities, many of the nation’s top museums and universities still have thousands of human remains in their collections. Check on institutions near you.
by Ash Ngu and Andrea Suozzo,
The IRS Hasn’t Released Nearly Half a Million Nonprofit Tax Records
If you’re trying to evaluate a charity this year, you might have a hard time. The IRS is behind on releasing Form 990s, limiting access to key financial information the public uses to evaluate the nation’s tax-exempt companies.
by Andrea Suozzo,
A Right-Wing Think Tank Claimed to Be a Church. Now, Members of Congress Want to Investigate.
Forty lawmakers are calling on the IRS and the Treasury to investigate after ProPublica reported that the Family Research Council gained protections by claiming it is a church.
by Andrea Suozzo,
Right-Wing Think Tank Family Research Council Is Now a Church in Eyes of the IRS
The FRC, a staunch opponent of abortion and LGBTQ rights, joins a growing list of activist groups seeking church status, which allows organizations to shield themselves from financial scrutiny.
by Andrea Suozzo,