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← THE CENTER FOR INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING INC

Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by THE CENTER FOR INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$10,915,565
Total expenses
$11,497,482
Contributions and grants received
$9,206,216
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$846,990
Investment income
-$3,232
Other revenue
$865,591
Total assets, end of year
$4,239,370
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,509,991
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,729,379
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$8,774,323
Management and general expenses
$1,839,890
Fundraising expenses
$883,269
Program service expenses (Part III)
$8,774,323

Program services were 76.3% 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)

    $2,120,802

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $7,085,414

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $447,399

  • 2a · Program service revenue: CONTENT & CARRIAGE FEES

    total $471,496 · related or exempt $471,496

  • 2b · Program service revenue: DOCUMENTARY PRODUCTION FEES

    total $375,494 · related or exempt $375,494

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $1 · excluded $1

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $1,396 · excluded $1,396

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $483,483

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $483,483

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $483,483 · excluded $483,483

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

    securities $3,233

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$3,233

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$3,233 · excluded -$3,233

  • 11a · Other revenue: SETTLEMENT INCOME

    total $300,000 · excluded $300,000

  • 11b · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $77,206 · excluded $77,206

  • 11c · Other revenue: ADVERTISING

    total $3,506 · unrelated business $3,506

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $380,712

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $1,490,562 · program services $733,840 · management and general $420,349 · fundraising $336,373

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $5,232,450 · program services $4,455,475 · management and general $552,643 · fundraising $224,332

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $111,975 · program services $94,446 · management and general $10,998 · fundraising $6,531

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $360,245 · program services $295,808 · management and general $48,672 · fundraising $15,765

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $498,050 · program services $386,215 · management and general $71,480 · fundraising $40,355

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $24,677 · program services $6,815 · management and general $13,469 · fundraising $4,393

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $90,014 · program services $24,864 · management and general $49,139 · fundraising $16,011

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $966,925 · program services $760,196 · management and general $155,884 · fundraising $50,845

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $45,221 · program services $14,735 · management and general $28,887 · fundraising $1,599

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $24,622 · program services $13,561 · management and general $9,346 · fundraising $1,715

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $238,788 · program services $77,808 · management and general $152,537 · fundraising $8,443

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $1,040,172 · program services $780,129 · management and general $156,026 · fundraising $104,017

  • 17 · Travel

    total $156,580 · program services $125,888 · management and general $19,405 · fundraising $11,287

  • 20 · Interest

    total $5,594 · program services $1,823 · management and general $3,573 · fundraising $198

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $28,236 · program services $21,177 · management and general $4,235 · fundraising $2,824

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $356,929 · program services $237,622 · management and general $65,053 · fundraising $54,254

  • 24a · Other expenses: PRODUCTION AND REPORTIN

    total $704,037 · program services $704,037

  • 24b · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES

    total $79,859 · program services $26,021 · management and general $51,015 · fundraising $2,823

  • 24c · Other expenses: TAXES, LICENSES, AND FE

    total $35,046 · program services $11,419 · management and general $22,388 · fundraising $1,239

  • 24d · Other expenses: BAD DEBT

    total $7,500 · program services $2,444 · management and general $4,791 · fundraising $265

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $2,124,278 · end of year $1,358,167

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $3,664 · end of year $3,119

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $3,285,442 · end of year $1,845,674

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $374,384 · end of year $1,872

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $186,034 · end of year $137,745

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

    $1,264,715

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

    $1,235,286

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $57,665 · end of year $29,429

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $1,367,135 · end of year $863,364

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $864,201 · end of year $514,150

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $436,780

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $1,314,940 · end of year $79,554

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $1,471,385 · end of year $916,287

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year -$870,304 · end of year $777,028

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $4,181,600 · end of year $1,952,351

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

CIR ENGAGES AND EMPOWERS THE PUBLIC THROUGH INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM AND GROUNDBREAKING STORYTELLING THAT SPARKS ACTION, IMPROVES LIVES AND PROTECTS OUR DEMOCRACY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

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 STORIES 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 DISTRIBUTION. OUR VIDEO PROJECTS HAVE AIRED ON NETFLIX, OXYGEN, PBS NEWSHOUR, AL JAZEERA AND OTHER VIDEO PLATFORMS.

    Expenses $8,774,323 · Revenue $846,990

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Robert King

    EXECUTIVE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    6

  • Justin Nyweide

    FINANCE CHAIR - UNTIL 04/22

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Susan F Sachs

    SECRETARY/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Suzette Clarke

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Susan Hirsch

    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 Stricker

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Omar Alam

    DIRECTOR - AS OF 06/22

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Robert J Rosenthal

    CEO - AS OF 10/22

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Annie Chabel

    COO - UNTIL 09/22

    Total calculated
    $234,281
    From this org
    $225,583
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,698
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $225,583
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $3,600
    Nontaxable benefits
    $5,098
    Filer's total
    $234,281

  • Kaizar Campwala

    CEO - UNTIL 09/22

    Total calculated
    $234,070
    From this org
    $219,153
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,917
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $219,153
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,336
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,581
    Filer's total
    $234,070

  • Maria Feldman

    COO

    Total calculated
    $164,723
    From this org
    $152,696
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,027
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $152,696
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $3,606
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,421
    Filer's total
    $164,723

  • Rachael Brown

    CHIEF DEVEL OFFICER - AS OF 10/22

    Total calculated
    $36,298
    From this org
    $36,298
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Diana Baranetsky

    GENERAL COUNSEL

    Total calculated
    $236,171
    From this org
    $218,702
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,469
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $218,702
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,594
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,875
    Filer's total
    $236,171

  • Sumi Aggarwal

    EDITOR IN CHIEF - UNTIL 09/22

    Total calculated
    $176,430
    From this org
    $172,211
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,219
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $172,211
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,219
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $176,430

  • Amanda Pike

    DIRECTOR OF TV & DOC.

    Total calculated
    $211,927
    From this org
    $155,646
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $56,281
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $155,646
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $56,281
    Filer's total
    $211,927

  • Andrew Donohue

    EXECUTIVE EDITOR, PROJECTS

    Total calculated
    $196,660
    From this org
    $161,045
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $35,615
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $161,045
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,195
    Nontaxable benefits
    $30,420
    Filer's total
    $196,660

  • Taki Telonidis

    INTERIM EXECUTIVE PRODUCER, REVEAL

    Total calculated
    $156,500
    From this org
    $134,593
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,907
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $134,593
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,038
    Nontaxable benefits
    $17,869
    Filer's total
    $156,500

  • Kassandra Navarro

    DIRECTOR OF AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $137,337
    From this org
    $125,914
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,423
    Hours/week
    40

  • Brett Myers

    INTERIM EXECUTIVE PRODUCER, REVEAL

    Total calculated
    $150,275
    From this org
    $122,257
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $28,018
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $122,257
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $3,992
    Nontaxable benefits
    $24,026
    Filer's total
    $150,275

  • Aura Bogado

    SENIOR REPORTER & PRODUCER

    Total calculated
    $135,980
    From this org
    $124,190
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,790
    Hours/week
    40

  • Kevin Sullivan

    EXECUTIVE PRODUCER - UNTIL 07/22

    Total calculated
    $131,897
    From this org
    $105,345
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $26,552
    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 · 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.

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 $475,450 · assets $75,774

    Directly controlled by THE CENTER FOR INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING INC

  • CENTER FOR INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING STUDIOS LLC

    ENTERTAINMENT · DE · income $0 · assets $0

    Directly controlled by THE CENTER FOR INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING INC

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
15 November 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202303199349325335

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