Totals
- Total revenue
- $3,630,324
- Total expenses
- $3,052,324
- Contributions and grants received
- $3,596,748
- Grants paid
- $3,052
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $5,346
- Other revenue
- $28,230
- Total assets, end of year
- $2,647,885
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $161,069
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $2,486,816
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $2,668,459
- Management and general expenses
- $179,097
- Fundraising expenses
- $204,768
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $2,668,459
Program services were 87.4% 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.
-
1c · Fundraising events
$200,476
-
1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$3,396,272
-
1g · Noncash contributions included above
$107,003
-
3 · Investment income
total $5,346 · excluded $5,346
-
6a · Gross rents
real property $20,000
-
6b · Less rental expenses
real property $0
-
6c · Rental income or loss
real property $20,000
-
6d · Net rental income or loss
total $20,000 · excluded $20,000
-
8a · Fundraising events: gross income
$105,882
-
8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c
$200,476
-
8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses
$105,882
-
8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $0
-
11a · Other revenue: CREDIT CARD REBATES &
total $8,230 · excluded $8,230
-
11e · Other revenue, total
$8,230
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
-
1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $3,052 · program services $3,052
-
5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $334,187 · program services $279,101 · management and general $24,999 · fundraising $30,087
-
7 · Other salaries and wages
total $1,006,764 · program services $848,266 · management and general $73,686 · fundraising $84,812
-
8 · Pension plan contributions
total $37,984 · program services $30,468 · management and general $3,115 · fundraising $4,401
-
9 · Other employee benefits
total $129,433 · program services $103,823 · management and general $10,614 · fundraising $14,996
-
10 · Payroll taxes
total $98,193 · program services $83,586 · management and general $6,791 · fundraising $7,816
-
11b · Fees: legal
total $10,446 · program services $9,651 · management and general $335 · fundraising $460
-
11c · Fees: accounting
total $30,514 · program services $28,191 · management and general $978 · fundraising $1,345
-
11g · Fees: other
total $809,636 · program services $748,001 · management and general $25,944 · fundraising $35,691
-
13 · Office expenses
total $78,446 · program services $67,368 · management and general $8,598 · fundraising $2,480
-
16 · Occupancy
total $164,123 · program services $137,864 · management and general $16,412 · fundraising $9,847
-
17 · Travel
total $53,694 · program services $53,694
-
19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $19,133 · program services $19,133
-
22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $8,932 · program services $8,932
-
23 · Insurance
total $20,353 · program services $14,496 · management and general $5,156 · fundraising $701
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24a · Other expenses: REPORTING ADVERTISEMENT
total $67,775 · program services $67,775
-
24b · Other expenses: ADMINISTRATIVE
total $55,558 · program services $53,648 · management and general $1,910
-
24c · Other expenses: PRINTING & GRAPHIC DESI
total $50,051 · program services $50,051
-
24d · Other expenses: DUES & SUBSCRIPTIONS
total $36,591 · program services $36,591
-
24e · All other expenses
total $37,459 · program services $24,768 · management and general $559 · fundraising $12,132
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $1,172,333 · end of year $1,153,630
-
2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $418,387 · end of year $823,734
-
3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $362,000 · end of year $513,776
-
9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $10,897 · end of year $47,420
-
10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$57,764
-
10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$39,550
-
10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $14,386 · end of year $18,214
-
15 · Other assets
beginning of year $242,899 · end of year $91,111
-
17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $97,315 · end of year $96,361
-
19 · Deferred revenue
beginning of year $2,000 · end of year $2,000
-
25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $212,771 · end of year $62,708
-
27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $763,011 · end of year $668,961
-
28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $1,145,805 · end of year $1,817,855
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ON MATTERS OF IMPORTANCE THROUGH PRODUCING INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING AND ANALYSIS ON ISSUES SUCH AS ECONOMIC INEQUALITY, ENVIRONMENT, RENEWABLE ENERGY, HEALTH CARE, HOUSING AND IMMIGRATION, AMONG OTHERS.
Activities or mission (Part I)
SEE SCHEDULE O
-
CAPITAL & MAIN IS A CALIFORNIA NONPROFIT PUBLIC BENEFIT CORPORATION, WHOSE SPECIFIC PURPOSE IS TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ON MATTERS OF IMPORTANCE THROUGH PRODUCING INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING AND ANALYSIS OF ISSUES SUCH AS ECONOMIC INEQUALITY, ENVIRONMENT, HEALTH CARE, HOUSING AND IMMIGRATION, AMONG OTHERS. CAPITAL & MAIN IS THE WINNER OF MORE THAN 200 JOURNALISM AWARDS INCLUDING THE ONLINE JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR PRIZE FROM THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA JOURNALISM AWARDS AND SEVERAL BEST IN THE WEST AWARDS. ITS STORIES HAVE BEEN CO-PUBLISHED IN MORE THAN 200 MEDIA OUTLETS, FROM USA TODAY, FORTUNE, THE GUARDIAN AND FAST COMPANY TO THE AMERICAN PROSPECT, GRIST, PROPUBLICA AND THE LA TIMES. ALL REPORTING IS PROVIDED FREE OF CHARGE.
Expenses $2,668,459 · Grants $3,052
As filed on the 2024 return.
Listed in Part VII
-
Danny FeingoldDANNY FEINGOLD
PUBLISHER/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $222,615
- From this org
- $179,333
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $43,282
- Hours/week
- 48
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $179,333
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $8,967
- Nontaxable benefits
- $34,315
- Filer's total
- $222,615
-
Diana BuckhantzDIANA BUCKHANTZ
CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Aaron DorfmanAARON DORFMAN
VICE-CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Morris PearlMORRIS PEARL
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Rick WartzmanRICK WARTZMAN
TEMPORARY SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Harold MeyersonHAROLD MEYERSON
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Alia GriffingALIA GRIFFING
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Emily GordonEMILY GORDON
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Keith PaceKEITH PACE
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Yuh-Line NiouYUH-LINE NIOU
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Theresa RutherfordTHERESA RUTHERFORD
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Erin Aubry KaplanERIN AUBRY KAPLAN
CHAIR (UNTIL MAY 2024)
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Cole FratesCOLE FRATES
DIRECTOR (UNTIL MAY 2024)
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Rubit OrozcoRUBIT OROZCO
FINANCE AND ADMIN DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $111,572
- From this org
- $93,667
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $17,905
- Hours/week
- 40
-
Carlo M Amador ZellerbachCARLO M AMADOR ZELLERBACH
CREATIVE DIRECTOR AND MULTIMEDIA EDITOR
- Total calculated
- $135,521
- From this org
- $100,742
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $34,779
- Hours/week
- 48
-
Deborah YoungDEBORAH YOUNG
MANAGING EDITOR
- Total calculated
- $120,998
- From this org
- $104,500
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $16,498
- Hours/week
- 48
-
Jessica GoodheartJESSICA GOODHEART
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
- Total calculated
- $128,354
- From this org
- $122,700
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $5,654
- Hours/week
- 48
-
Peter HongPETER HONG
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
- Total calculated
- $183,121
- From this org
- $153,000
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $30,121
- Hours/week
- 48
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $153,000
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $7,650
- Nontaxable benefits
- $22,471
- Filer's total
- $183,121
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 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
The filer's explanations (Part III)
- PART I, LINE 3
- CAPITAL & MAIN'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS HAS A PROCESS FOR REVIEWING AND APPROVING THE COMPENSATION OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ON A REGULAR BASIS TO DETERMINE IT IS FAIR AND REASONABLE WITH THE GOAL OF RETAINING EMPLOYEES AT COMPENSATION LEVELS WITHIN APPROPRIATE MARKET RANGE. THE PROCESS FOR DETERMINING THE COMPENSATION PAID TO THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR INCLUDES THE APPROVAL OF THE COMPENSATION ARRANGEMENT IN ADVANCE, BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, WITH ALL PERSONS WITH A CONFLICT OF INTEREST ABSTAINING FROM THE BOARD'S DELIBERATION AND DISCUSSION. THE BOARD REVIEWS DATA OF COMPARABLE COMPENSATION FOR SIMILARLY QUALIFIED NONPROFIT EXECUTIVES AT SIMILARLY SITUATED ENTITIES. THE DOCUMENTATION OF THE BOARD INCLUDES THE TERMS OF THE TRANSACTION AND THE DATE OF APPROVAL, THE MEMBERS WHO WERE PRESENT DURING THE DEBATE AND VOTE ON THE TRANSACTION, A DESCRIPTION OF THE COMPARABLE DATA AND HOW IT WAS OBTAINED, AND DOCUMENTATION OF THE BASIS FOR THE DETERMINATION.
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
- 2024
- Filed
- 14 November 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.2
- Source object
- 202513209349300361
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