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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,638,304
Total expenses
$3,302,451
Contributions and grants received
$3,581,160
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$7,748
Investment income
$49,396
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$3,085,685
Total liabilities, end of year
$53,839
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$3,031,846
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,804,805
Management and general expenses
$180,220
Fundraising expenses
$317,426
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,804,805

Program services were 84.9% 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

    $3,581,160

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM INCOME

    total $7,748 · related or exempt $7,748

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $49,396 · excluded $49,396

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $235,220 · program services $197,758 · management and general $13,941 · fundraising $23,521

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $2,133,669 · program services $1,793,849 · management and general $126,454 · fundraising $213,366

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $57,749 · program services $48,552 · management and general $3,423 · fundraising $5,774

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $128,851 · program services $108,329 · management and general $7,636 · fundraising $12,886

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $177,348 · program services $149,102 · management and general $10,510 · fundraising $17,736

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $71,864 · program services $54,125 · management and general $1,637 · fundraising $16,102

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $13,259 · program services $13,259

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $32,984 · program services $27,731 · management and general $1,955 · fundraising $3,298

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $42,400 · program services $35,647 · management and general $2,513 · fundraising $4,240

  • 17 · Travel

    total $120,060 · program services $100,939 · management and general $7,115 · fundraising $12,006

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $11,507 · program services $9,674 · management and general $682 · fundraising $1,151

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $8,348 · program services $7,018 · management and general $495 · fundraising $835

  • 24a · Other expenses: OUTSIDE WRITERS & EDITO

    total $204,083 · program services $204,083

  • 24b · Other expenses: INTERNET & WEB DEVELOPM

    total $65,109 · program services $54,739 · management and general $3,859 · fundraising $6,511

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $185,218 · end of year $132,360

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,407,810 · end of year $1,586,222

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $1,122,415 · end of year $1,315,208

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $29,703 · end of year $31,115

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

    $67,135

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

    $58,323

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $13,019 · end of year $8,812

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $53,968 · end of year $11,968

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $68,373 · end of year $48,072

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $47,767 · end of year $5,767

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,296,993 · end of year $1,076,846

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,399,000 · end of year $1,955,000

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS IS COMMITTED TO ESTABLISHING A PERMANENT NATIONAL REPORTING NETWORK, TO TRAINING THE NEXT GENERATION OF JOURNALISTS, AND TO STRENGTHENING THE PRACTICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL JOURNALISM.

  • SEE SCHEDULE O

    Expenses $2,804,805

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • David Sassoon

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $235,220
    From this org
    $219,947
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,273
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $219,947
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,750
    Nontaxable benefits
    $6,523
    Filer's total
    $235,220
  • Lawrence Rodman

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michael Northrop

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ted Loewenthal

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jennifer Lee

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Judith Albert

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Shirley M Carswell

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kristen Muller

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Richard Graves

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dancie Ware

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Danielle Purifoy

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Megan Boyle

    DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT AN

    Total calculated
    $145,375
    From this org
    $140,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,375
    Hours/week
    40
  • Vernon Loeb

    EXECUTIVE EDITOR

    Total calculated
    $164,430
    From this org
    $151,990
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,440
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $151,990
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,133
    Nontaxable benefits
    $6,307
    Filer's total
    $164,430
  • Michael Kodas

    SENIOR EDITOR

    Total calculated
    $107,474
    From this org
    $103,333
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,141
    Hours/week
    40

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
8 July 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202421909349301062

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