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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by BLCK PRESS CENTER FOR BROADCAST JOURNALISM.

Totals

Total revenue
$349,441
Total expenses
$368,280
Contributions and grants received
$342,038
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$1,490
Investment income
$6
Other revenue
$5,907
Total assets, end of year
$170,168
Total liabilities, end of year
$2,027
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$168,141
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$251,288
Management and general expenses
$89,393
Fundraising expenses
$27,599
Program service expenses (Part III)
$251,288

Program services were 68.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $342,038

  • 2a · Program service revenue: STUDIO RENTAL

    total $1,490 · excluded $1,490

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $6 · excluded $6

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE

    total $5,907 · related or exempt $5,907

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $5,907

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $114,640 · program services $85,980 · management and general $17,196 · fundraising $11,464

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $62,816 · program services $55,448 · management and general $818 · fundraising $6,550

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $2,375 · management and general $2,375

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $13,575 · program services $10,819 · management and general $1,378 · fundraising $1,378

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $584 · management and general $584

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $13,475 · management and general $13,475

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $7,800 · fundraising $7,800

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $81,620 · program services $55,375 · management and general $26,245

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $6,772 · program services $2,615 · management and general $4,157

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $8,562 · program services $4,842 · management and general $3,720

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $3,227 · program services $1,054 · management and general $2,173

  • 17 · Travel

    total $1,273 · management and general $1,273

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $4,702 · program services $2,737 · management and general $1,965

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $8,237 · program services $8,237

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $2,229 · program services $664 · management and general $1,344 · fundraising $221

  • 24a · Other expenses: RECRUITING AND STAFF DE

    total $15,059 · program services $14,509 · management and general $550

  • 24b · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT RENTAL AND MA

    total $10,307 · program services $7,668 · management and general $2,639

  • 24c · Other expenses: REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE

    total $3,993 · program services $343 · management and general $3,650

  • 24d · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $3,579 · program services $62 · management and general $3,331 · fundraising $186

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $3,455 · program services $935 · management and general $2,520

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $99,093 · end of year $129,535

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $50,000

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $1,085 · end of year $1,109

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $50,478

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $10,954

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $38,940 · end of year $39,524

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $2,138 · end of year $2,027

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $186,980 · end of year $148,141

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    end of year $20,000

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

CENTER FOR BROADCAST JOURNALISM'S MISSION IS TO MOBILIZE THE NEXT GENERATION TO ADVANCE REPRESENTATION IN MEDIA. WE MAKE MEDIA ACCESSIBLE TO EARLY CAREER JOURNALISTS BY REMOVING BARRIERS THROUGH EDUCATION, PAID INTERNSHIPS, AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES, EQUIPPING THEM WITH THE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS NEEDED TO EXCEL IN JOURNALISM. WHILE WE FOCUS OUR WORK ON BLACK AND BROWN ASPIRING JOURNALISTS, OUR GOAL IS TO BALANCE RACIAL REPRESENTATION IN MEDIA IN MINNESOTA AND OUR SURROUNDING REGION.

Activities or mission (Part I)

MOBILIZE THE NEXT GENERATION TO ADVANCE REPRESENTATION IN MEDIA.

  • IN 2024, THE CENTER FOR BROADCAST JOURNALISM EXPANDED ITS IMPACT BY TRAINING AND MENTORING A NEW COHORT OF YOUNG JOURNALISTS AND RADIO ANNOUNCERS WITH SEVERAL PARTICIPANTS SECURING JOBS AND SCHOLARSHIPS IN THE FIELD AND PUBLISHING OVER 150 STORIES ON-AIR AND ONLINE. TO STRENGTHEN AUDIENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, WE CURATED 7TH STREET LIVE, WHICH HAD OVER 1700 PARTICIPANTS AND SERVED AS A NEIGHBORHOOD GATHERING THAT CELEBRATED OUR SIGNAL'S COMMUNITY WHILE SUPPORTING LOCAL ARTISTS AND BUSINESSES.

    Expenses $80,685

  • CBJ ACQUIRED THE FCC LICENSE FOR A LOW POWER FM RADIO STATION IN ST. PAUL'S EAST SIDE (WEQY POWER104.7FM), BUILT OUT A NEW, STATE OF THE ART STUDIO, AND RELAUNCHED THE STATION UNDER A NEW BRAND IN SEPTEMBER 2023. IT CREATED LOCAL PROGRAMMING, BROADCAST RADIO STORIES REPORTED BY THE NEWSROOM, AND PROVIDED FREE/LOW-COST OPPORTUNITIES FOR LOCAL BUSINESSES TO ADVERTISE THEIR SERVICES. THE RADIO STATION SERVES AN AREA WITH A POPULATION OF APPROXIMATELY 30,000.

    Expenses $126,604 · Revenue $5,907

  • CBJ LAUNCHED ITS ADULT EDUCATION PROGRAM, OFFERING EVENING CLASSES IN SKILLS RELATED TO JOURNALISM (NEWS WRITING, INTERVIEWING SKILLS, AUDIO RECORDING, AND VISUAL STORYTELLING). CBJ OFFERED FOUR CLASSES IN THE FALL OF 2024, SERVING 25 STUDENTS.

    Expenses $43,999

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Georgia Fort

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $76,560
    From this org
    $76,560
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Marianne Combs Managing News

    DIRECTOR, CO-CHAIR 1/1/24-11/30/24

    Total calculated
    $38,080
    From this org
    $38,080
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Kimberly Nightingale

    BOARD CO-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Bianca Rhodes

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
3 October 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202542939349300619

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