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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by HONOLULU CIVIL BEAT INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$5,226,718
Total expenses
$4,857,221
Contributions and grants received
$5,070,944
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$446
Other revenue
$155,328
Total assets, end of year
$4,135,321
Total liabilities, end of year
$595,802
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$3,539,519
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$3,674,236
Management and general expenses
$1,076,055
Fundraising expenses
$106,930
Program service expenses (Part III)
$3,674,236

Program services were 75.6% 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

    $5,070,944

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $471 · excluded $471

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $126

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

    securities $137 · other assets $14

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$11 · other assets -$14

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$25 · excluded -$25

  • 11a · Other revenue: Content

    total $110,014 · related or exempt $110,014

  • 11b · Other revenue: Consulting Income

    total $43,834 · related or exempt $43,834

  • 11c · Other revenue: Event Income

    total $1,480 · related or exempt $1,480

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $155,328

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $2,793,419 · program services $2,302,093 · management and general $491,326

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $110,620 · program services $93,310 · management and general $17,310

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $623,047 · program services $525,642 · management and general $97,405

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $14,984 · program services $10,024 · management and general $4,960

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $54,500 · management and general $54,500

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $49,186 · program services $29,973 · fundraising $19,213

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $32,092 · program services $6,978 · management and general $25,048 · fundraising $66

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $246,842 · program services $5,106 · management and general $241,736

  • 17 · Travel

    total $84,447 · program services $74,055 · management and general $9,454 · fundraising $938

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $61,799 · program services $24,775 · management and general $31,743 · fundraising $5,281

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $6,137 · management and general $6,137

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $11,093 · program services $7,459 · management and general $3,634

  • 24a · Other expenses: Consulting Fees

    total $392,067 · program services $346,447 · management and general $1,407 · fundraising $44,213

  • 24b · Other expenses: Online Connection, Serv

    total $90,362 · program services $87,643 · management and general $2,719

  • 24c · Other expenses: Computer Software

    total $69,317 · program services $35,538 · management and general $29,698 · fundraising $4,081

  • 24d · Other expenses: Research Tools/Subscrip

    total $42,775 · program services $40,162 · management and general $2,613

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $174,534 · program services $85,031 · management and general $56,365 · fundraising $33,138

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,597,482 · end of year $2,143,049

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,079,617 · end of year $880,062

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $770,000 · end of year $910,800

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $6,203 · end of year $40,911

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $39,878 · end of year $34,687

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

    $124,731

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

    $86,428

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $30,409 · end of year $38,303

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $18,891 · end of year $87,509

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $372,458 · end of year $525,274

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $70,528

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,201,055 · end of year $2,425,352

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $968,967 · end of year $1,114,167

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

Honolulu Civil Beat Inc. ("HCB") is a news organization dedicated to cultivating an informed body of citizens, all striving to make Hawaii a better place to live. HCB achieves this through investigative and watchdog journalism, in-depth enterprise reporting, analysis and commentary that gives readers a broad view on issues of importance to our community.

  • Information access:Provide individuals and organizations with access to the information they need to advocate for positive change and demand accountability from government, business and others in positions of power.

    Expenses $3,674,236 · Revenue $155,328

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Michael Mohr

    Direc/Sec/Treas

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.96
  • Pierre Omidyar

    Director/Pres

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Randy Ching

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.27
  • Patti Epler

    General Manager

    Total calculated
    $183,222
    From this org
    $166,144
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,078
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $166,144
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $17,078
    Filer's total
    $183,222
  • Benjamin Nishimoto

    Director of Philanthropy

    Total calculated
    $154,663
    From this org
    $139,296
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,367
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $139,296
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,367
    Filer's total
    $154,663
  • Kimberlie Gamel

    Managing Editor

    Total calculated
    $150,513
    From this org
    $135,381
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,132
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $135,381
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,132
    Filer's total
    $150,513
  • John Hill

    Investigations Editor

    Total calculated
    $121,750
    From this org
    $114,858
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,892
    Hours/week
    40
  • Nathan Eagle

    Deputy Editor

    Total calculated
    $122,071
    From this org
    $108,549
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,522
    Hours/week
    40
  • Kevin Dayton

    Reporter - Senior

    Total calculated
    $128,273
    From this org
    $100,762
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $27,511
    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

  • 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
2022
Filed
15 November 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202323199349328292

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