← CAMBRIDGE PUBLIC ACCESS CORPORATION INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by CAMBRIDGE PUBLIC ACCESS CORPORATION INC.

Totals

Total revenue: $1,348,847
Total expenses: $1,564,098
Contributions and grants received: $1,258,835
Grants paid: $0
Program service revenue: $35,422
Investment income: $54,590
Other revenue: $0
Total assets, end of year: $3,040,844
Total liabilities, end of year: $476,935
Net assets or fund balances, end of year: $2,563,909
Program services expenses (Part IX): $984,898
Management and general expenses: $447,762
Fundraising expenses: $131,438
Program service expenses (Part III): $984,898

Program services were 63.0% 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.

1e · Government grants (contributions)

$1,006,174
1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

$252,661
2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM FEES

total $18,714 · related or exempt $18,714
2b · Program service revenue: MEMBERSHIPS

total $16,708 · related or exempt $16,708
3 · Investment income

total $29,702 · excluded $29,702
7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

securities $261,126
7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

securities $236,238
7c · Gain or loss

securities $24,888
7d · Net gain or loss

total $24,888 · excluded $24,888

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

total $108,140 · program services $23,987 · management and general $58,472 · fundraising $25,681
7 · Other salaries and wages

total $657,617 · program services $484,065 · management and general $112,907 · fundraising $60,645
8 · Pension plan contributions

total $22,456 · program services $16,381 · management and general $4,186 · fundraising $1,889
9 · Other employee benefits

total $52,356 · program services $35,955 · management and general $11,262 · fundraising $5,139
10 · Payroll taxes

total $67,933 · program services $45,288 · management and general $15,100 · fundraising $7,545
11b · Fees: legal

total $24,483 · management and general $24,483
11c · Fees: accounting

total $56,610 · management and general $56,610
11f · Fees: investment management

total $11,575 · management and general $11,575
11g · Fees: other

total $33,244 · program services $7,848 · management and general $23,796 · fundraising $1,600
13 · Office expenses

total $23,863 · program services $15,912 · management and general $5,414 · fundraising $2,537
16 · Occupancy

total $284,918 · program services $210,070 · management and general $61,742 · fundraising $13,106
17 · Travel

total $4,633 · program services $3,088 · management and general $1,030 · fundraising $515
22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

total $124,849 · program services $92,051 · management and general $27,055 · fundraising $5,743
23 · Insurance

total $22,094 · program services $14,285 · management and general $6,918 · fundraising $891
24a · Other expenses: VIDEO EQUIPMENT AND SUP

total $39,321 · program services $18,371 · management and general $15,901 · fundraising $5,049
24b · Other expenses: REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE

total $23,867 · program services $17,597 · management and general $5,172 · fundraising $1,098
24c · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

total $6,139 · management and general $6,139

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

beginning of year $299,779 · end of year $271,586
2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

beginning of year $430,529 · end of year $382,280
4 · Accounts receivable

beginning of year $547,709 · end of year $468,558
9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

beginning of year $14,597 · end of year $18,583
10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

$1,778,242
10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

$1,583,127
10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

beginning of year $310,925 · end of year $195,115
11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

beginning of year $1,238,040 · end of year $1,345,722
15 · Other assets

beginning of year $559,580 · end of year $359,000
17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

beginning of year $42,233 · end of year $43,186
25 · Other liabilities

beginning of year $668,455 · end of year $433,749
27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

beginning of year $2,686,071 · end of year $2,559,509
28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

beginning of year $4,400 · end of year $4,400

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

CAMBRIDGE COMUNITY TELEVISION ("CCTV") IS A NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED COMMUNITY MEDIA CENTER THAT IS THE VOICE AND VISION OF ALL RESIDENTS, BUSINESSES AND ORGANIZATIONS IN THE CITY OF CAMBRIDGE. CCTV PROVIDES TOOLS AND TRAINING TO FOSTER FREE SPEECH AND CREATIVE EXPRESSION, AND INVOLVES PEOPLE FROM ACROSS THE CITY AS PRODUCERS AND VIEWERS OF MEDIA THAT IS INFORMATIVE, ENGAGING, AND AS DIVERSE AS THE CAMBRIDGE COMMUNITY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

CAMBRIDGE COMMUNITY TELEVISION NURTURES A STRONG, EQUITABLE AND DIVERSE COMMUNITY BY PROVIDING TOOLS AND TRAINING TO FOSTER FREE SPEECH, CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, AND CREATIVE EXPRESSION WHILE CONNECTING PEOPLE TO COLLABORATIVELY PRODUCE MEDIA THAT IS RESPONSIVE, RELEVANT, AND EFFECTIVE IN A FAST-CHANGING TECHNOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENT.

CCTV PROVIDES TRAINING, EQUIPMENT AND PRODUCTION SERVICES TO THE CITY OF CAMBRIDGE AND STRIVES TO INVOLVE THE COMMUNITY AS PRODUCERS AND VIEWERS OF PUBLIC ACCESS TELEVISION.

Expenses $984,898 · Revenue $35,422

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

Listed in Part VII

MERCEDES SOTO

VICE PRESIDENT

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.5
STEPHANIE MURPHY

SECRETARY/CLERK

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.5
MATTHEW LANDRY

PRESIDENT

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

3
MARY BETH PARKER

TREASURER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
STEPHEN SILLARI

FORMER TREASURER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
EMIE MICHAUD WEINSTOCK

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.5
MELINDA BARBOSA

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
HAIJING HAO

FORMER DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
DEBBIE BONILLA

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.5
FRAN CRONIN

FORMER DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.5
MUNA KANGSEN

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.5
MIKE VARGAS

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
HECTOR ACEVEDO

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.5
GEORGE METZGER

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.5
JESSICA SMYSER

FORMER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$51,680

From this org

$46,991

From related orgs

$0

Other

$4,689

Hours/week

40
LINDA CHIN

FORMER INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$56,708

From this org

$56,050

From related orgs

$0

Other

$658

Hours/week

40
MELINA O'GRADY

DIRECTOR OF LEADERSHIP TRANSITION

Total calculated

$4,800

From this org

$4,800

From related orgs

$0

Other

$0

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.

Provenance

Return type: form_990
Tax year: 2024
Filed: 5 November 2025
IRS schema version: 2024v5.2
Source object: 202503099349300835

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