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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by THE CENTER FOR INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$533,200
Total expenses
$978,325
Contributions and grants received
$393,097
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$13,511
Investment income
$302
Other revenue
$126,290
Total assets, end of year
$0
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$0
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$689,488
Management and general expenses
$186,205
Fundraising expenses
$102,634
Program service expenses (Part III)
$689,488

Program services were 70.5% 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.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $0

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $0

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $0

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $0

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $0

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $393,097

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $197,005

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Other activity

    total $13,511 · related or exempt $13,511 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2b · Program service revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2c · Program service revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2d · Program service revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2e · Program service revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $302 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $302

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $56,365 · personal property $0

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $56,365 · personal property $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $56,365 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $56,365

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $197,005 · other assets $0

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $197,005 · other assets $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $0 · other assets $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $0

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $0

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 9a · Gaming: gross income

    $0

  • 9b · Gaming: direct expenses

    $0

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $0

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11a · Other revenue: Other activity

    total $69,925 · related or exempt $69,925 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11b · Other revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11c · Other revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $69,925

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $0 · program services $0

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0 · program services $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0 · program services $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0 · program services $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $76,352 · program services $0 · management and general $46,875 · fundraising $29,477

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $530,733 · program services $445,046 · management and general $39,585 · fundraising $46,104

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $11,441 · program services $8,014 · management and general $2,072 · fundraising $1,355

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $54,432 · program services $40,280 · management and general $8,709 · fundraising $5,443

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $41,569 · program services $25,538 · management and general $9,765 · fundraising $6,267

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $11,377 · program services $9,950 · management and general $1,427 · fundraising $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $51,158 · program services $0 · management and general $51,158 · fundraising $0

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $45,703 · program services $45,703 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $11,098 · program services $8,213 · management and general $1,776 · fundraising $1,110

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $3,196 · program services $3,196 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $88,002 · program services $65,121 · management and general $14,080 · fundraising $8,800

  • 17 · Travel

    total $12,383 · program services $9,163 · management and general $1,981 · fundraising $1,238

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $4,233 · program services $0 · management and general $4,233 · fundraising $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $28,396 · program services $21,012 · management and general $4,544 · fundraising $2,840

  • 24a · Other expenses: Production and reporting

    total $8,252 · program services $8,252 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24c · Other expenses

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24d · Other expenses

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 26 · Joint costs (an allocation of the lines above)

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $849,323 · end of year $0

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $202,134 · end of year $0

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $846,954 · end of year $0

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $19,316 · end of year $0

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $114,194 · end of year $0

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

    $0

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

    $0

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $2,553 · end of year $0

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $323,710 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $646,560 · end of year $0

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $44,983 · end of year $0

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $317,013 · end of year $0

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $749,397 · end of year $0

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $600,231 · end of year $0

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

The Center for Investigative Reporting CIR engages and empowers the public through investigative journalism and groundbreaking storytelling that sparks action improves lives and protects our democracy.

  • The Center for Investigative Reporting produces the public radio show and podcast REVEAL which airs on over 500 public radio stations. REVEAL is a co-production with PRX and features investigative reporting from our newsrooms as well as stories from other newsrooms and freelance reporters. We produce long-form investigative stories in the public interest. Our text stories are published on our website and with partners. We cover a range of urgent topics: immigration threats to democracy policing and the legal system gender violence and the rights of women climate and the environment and the winner-take-all economy. We equip local news outlets with the resources to carry out deep investigative work increase the distribution of our reporting and empower journalists nationwide to produce localized versions of our major investigations enabling our stores to reach diverse audiences through our REVEAL reporting networks and national coverage collaborations. We produce video documentaries and television to marry our in-depth reporting with cinematic storytelling for broad distributions. Our video products have aired on Netflix Oxygen PBS Newshour Al Jazeera and other video platforms.

    Expenses $689,488 · Revenue $13,511

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Robert Rosenthal

    Board Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Susan Sachs

    Executive Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    6

  • Susan Hirsch

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Robert King

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Oman Alam

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Suzette Clarke

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jon Logan

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Gina Pell

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Ashok Ramani

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Gabriel Sticker

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Maria Feldman

    Chief Operations Officer

    Total calculated
    $48,310
    From this org
    $46,875
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $1,435
    Hours/week
    40

  • Rachel Brown

    Chief Development Officer

    Total calculated
    $30,180
    From this org
    $29,477
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $703
    Hours/week
    40

  • Diana Baranetsky

    General Counsel

    Total calculated
    $32,253
    From this org
    $30,625
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $1,628
    Hours/week
    40

  • Amanda Pike

    Director of TV and Doc

    Total calculated
    $33,614
    From this org
    $32,553
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $1,061
    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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Disregarded entities

Part I: entities that legally are the filer and file no return of their own.

  • The Grab LLC

    Entertainment · CA · income $4,560 · assets $136,764

    Directly controlled by The Center for Investigative Reporting

  • Center for Investigative Reporting Studios LLC

    Entertainment · DE · income $0 · assets $0

    Directly controlled by The Center for Investigative Reporting

Assets distributed on this return

Schedule N, as filed: what the organization did with its assets when it liquidated or dissolved, or disposed of more than a quarter of them, and who received them. A recipient with an EIN is usually a successor organization; filers also list expenses such as legal fees here.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
22 January 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202540229349300104

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