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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by LINCOLN MEDIA FOUNDATION INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$737,518
Total expenses
$517,666
Contributions and grants received
$737,507
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$11
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$339,050
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$339,050
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$371,980
Management and general expenses
$145,686
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$371,980

Program services were 71.9% 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

    $737,507

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $11 · excluded $11

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $26,250 · program services $21,000 · management and general $5,250

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $176,264 · program services $141,012 · management and general $35,252

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $14,765 · program services $11,812 · management and general $2,953

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $18,153 · management and general $18,153

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $3,852 · management and general $3,852

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $169,043 · program services $135,234 · management and general $33,809

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $2,282 · program services $1,826 · management and general $456

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $2,783 · program services $1,216 · management and general $1,567

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $6,983 · management and general $6,983

  • 17 · Travel

    total $24,613 · management and general $24,613

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $3,447 · program services $2,757 · management and general $690

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $15,000 · program services $15,000

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $1,613 · management and general $1,613

  • 24a · Other expenses: PRODUCTION FEES

    total $52,174 · program services $41,739 · management and general $10,435

  • 24b · Other expenses: OTHER EXPENSES

    total $300 · program services $240 · management and general $60

  • 24c · Other expenses: CAMPAIGN EXPENSES

    total $144 · program services $144

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $119,198 · end of year $339,050

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $119,198 · end of year $339,050

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE ORGANIZATION'S MISSION IS TO PRODUCE ORIGINAL REPORTING AND EDITORIAL FOCUSED CONTENT ON ISSUES OF PUBLIC IMPORTANCE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

PRODUCE ORIGINAL REPORTING AND EDITORIAL FOCUSED CONTENT ON ISSUES OF PUBLIC IMPORTANCE.

  • THE ORGANIZATION PRODUCES ORIGINAL REPORTING AND EDITORIAL FOCUSED CONTENT ON ISSUES OF PUBLIC IMPORTANCE, INCLUDING STATE AND LOCAL ISSUES NOT COVERED BY TRADITIONAL NEWS OUTLETS. CONTENT IS DELIVERED THROUGH WRITTEN CONTENT AS WELL AS VIDEO AND FOCUSES ON DIGITAL DISTRIBUTION. A COMBINATION OF FULL-TIME STAFF AND CONTRACTED VENDORS CONDUCT THIS ACTIVITY THROUGH DIGITAL, PRINT, AND RADIO. THE ORGANIZATION ALSO ENGAGES IN IN-DEPTH REPORTING.

    Expenses $371,980

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Teresa Hernandez

    CHAIRWOMAN/DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Victor Lopez

    TREASURER/DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Steve Quinn

    SECRETARY/DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Seth Morrison

    CEO/DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $174,577
    From this org
    $26,250
    From related orgs
    $148,327
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    6 + 34 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $26,250 + $148,327 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $26,250 + $148,327 related

  • Don Harper

    DIRECTOR (UNTIL JUNE 2023)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Roger Hedgecock

    DIRECTOR (UNTIL JUNE 2023)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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

None.

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.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

  • LINCOLN CLUB INSTITUTE

    501(C)(3) · HOST EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS ON PUBLIC POLICY ISSSUES · CA

  • THE LINCOLN CLUB OF ORANGE COUNTY

    501(C)(6) · PROMOTE COMMON BUSINESS INTEREST OF COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISES · CA

  • THE LINCOLN CLUB OF ORANGE COUNTY FEDERAL

    527 · SUPPORT STATE CANDIDATES · CA

  • THE LINCOLN CLUB OF ORANGE COUNTY STATE PAC

    527 · SUPPORT STATE CANDIDATES · CA

  • 1962 PAC CAMPAIGN COMPLIANCE GROUP

    527 · MANAGE INDIRECT EXPENDITURE ACTIVITIES · CA

  • COMMUNITY ACTION NETWORK

    501(C)(4) · EDUCATE AND PROMOTE PUBLIC POLICY · CA

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
24 October 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202433189349307518

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