Totals
- Total revenue
- $978,179
- Total expenses
- $928,333
- Contributions and grants received
- $231,103
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $746,686
- Investment income
- $294
- Other revenue
- $96
- Total assets, end of year
- $140,765
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $96,580
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $44,185
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $817,201
- Management and general expenses
- $111,132
- Fundraising expenses
- $0
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $817,201
Program services were 88.0% 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.
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$231,103
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2a · Program service revenue: SPONSORSHIP
total $509,706 · related or exempt $509,706
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2b · Program service revenue: AFFILIATE
total $201,000 · related or exempt $201,000
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2c · Program service revenue: NEWSPAPER
total $35,980 · related or exempt $35,980
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3 · Investment income
total $294 · related or exempt $294
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11a · Other revenue: OTHER REVENUE
total $96 · related or exempt $96
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11e · Other revenue, total
$96
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $286,841 · program services $229,473 · management and general $57,368
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $21,943 · program services $17,554 · management and general $4,389
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $1,900 · management and general $1,900
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11g · Fees: other
total $125,911 · program services $108,631 · management and general $17,280
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $22,052 · program services $22,052
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13 · Office expenses
total $12,751 · management and general $12,751
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14 · Information technology
total $1,319 · program services $1,319
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16 · Occupancy
total $22,010 · program services $17,608 · management and general $4,402
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17 · Travel
total $5,239 · management and general $5,239
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23 · Insurance
total $4,840 · management and general $4,840
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24a · Other expenses: PRINTING COST
total $342,798 · program services $342,798
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24b · Other expenses: DELIVERY FEE
total $73,284 · program services $73,284
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24c · Other expenses: BANK CHARGES
total $4,482 · program services $4,482
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24d · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS
total $2,963 · management and general $2,963
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $103,185 · end of year $96,965
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4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $20,746 · end of year $43,800
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $129,592 · end of year $96,580
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year -$5,661 · end of year $44,185
Mission and programs · 2023
Mission
THE SPECIFIC PURPOSE OF THIS CORPORATION IS TO PROMOTE TRADITIONAL JOURNALISM, CULTURE, AND ARTS. OUR MISSION IS TO PROVIDE CREDIBLE, QUALITY NEWS THAT IS HONEST AND UNBIASED, NEVER SLANTING FROM THE INFLUENCE OF OUTSIDE INTERESTS. THE CORPORATION SHALL NOT BE CONDUCTED OR OPERATED FOR PROFIT AND NO PART OF THE NET EARNINGS OF THE CORPORATION SHALL INURE TO THE BENEFIT OF ANY INDIVIDUAL, NOR SHALL ANY OF THE PROFITS OR ASSETS OF THE CORPORATION BE USED OTHER THAN FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE CORPORATION.
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NEWSPAPER WILL BE DELIVERED TO LOCAL SUPERMARKET, CHINESE COMMUNITY CENTERS, RESTAURANTS, BUSINESS OFFICES, ETC. BASED ON THE REPORT1 PUBLISHED ON NOV. 29, 2018 FROM HOOVER INSTITUTION, MOST CHINESE-LANGUAGE MEDIA ARE UNDER BEIJINGS CONTROL OR POSSESS A PRO-BEIJING EDITORIAL STANCE. CHINAS ATTEMPTS TO INFLUENCE AND INFILTRATE U.S. SOCIETY BY PROVIDING MISLEADING INFORMATION FROM THESE CHINESE MEDIA IN THE US. ACCORDING TO THE 2012 CENSUS ESTIMATES, THERE ARE OVER 600,000 CHINESE- AMERICAN IN SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA. IT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR OUR ORGANIZATION TO PROVIDE CREDIBLE, QUALITY NEWS BY PRINTED NEWSPAPER AND ONLINE TO THESE CHINESE IN SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA. IT IS NO EASY FOR NEW IMMIGRANTS TO ADAPT THEIR NEW LIVES IN THE US DUE TO LANGUAGE ISSUE AND UNFAMILIAR ENVIRONMENT. OUR ORGANIZATION WILL PROVIDE LIVING INFORMATION, WHICH COVERS A WIDE RANGE OF LOCAL EVENTS AND ISSUES FROM HOUSING, EDUCATION, CAREER DEVELOPMENT TO HEALTH. EPOCH MEDIA BAY AREA WILL PLAY A CRITICAL ROLE IN BUILDING COMMUNITY THROUGH POPULAR CULTURAL EVENTS AND OUTREACH PROGRAMS, WHICH FOSTER STRONGER TIES BETWEEN COMMUNITY GROUPS AND LOCAL RESIDENTS, TO ADDRESS THEIR SPECIFIC NEEDS. EPOCH MEDIA BAY AREA PROVIDES A BRIDGE BETWEEN CHINESE POPULATION AND MAINSTREAM SOCIETY.
Expenses $799,647
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Expenses $17,554
As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
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Ke BianKE BIAN
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $60,500
- From this org
- $60,500
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
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Jingzhe CaoJINGZHE CAO
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 10
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Tang ZhongTANG ZHONG
PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 10
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
- 2023
- Filed
- 11 November 2024
- IRS schema version
- 2023v5.0
- Source object
- 202403199349317840
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