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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by CONNECTICUT PUBLIC AFFAIRS NETWORK INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,532,000
Total expenses
$3,403,891
Contributions and grants received
$608,934
Grants paid
$25,114
Program service revenue
$2,695,254
Investment income
$34,852
Other revenue
$192,960
Total assets, end of year
$2,065,092
Total liabilities, end of year
$218,136
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,846,956
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,817,922
Management and general expenses
$585,969
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,817,922

Program services were 82.8% 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

    $22,500

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $586,434

  • 2a · Program service revenue: CT-N

    total $2,330,877 · related or exempt $2,330,877

  • 2b · Program service revenue: OLD STATE HOUSE

    total $364,377 · related or exempt $364,377

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $34,852 · excluded $34,852

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $2,258

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $22,500

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $13,842

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$11,584 · excluded -$11,584

  • 11a · Other revenue: LEASED EMPLOYEES AND O

    total $204,544 · related or exempt $204,544

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $204,544

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $25,114 · program services $25,114

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $263,872 · program services $224,291 · management and general $39,581

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $2,113,638 · program services $1,789,460 · management and general $324,178

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $43,328 · program services $36,345 · management and general $6,983

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $216,674 · program services $181,704 · management and general $34,970

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $185,989 · program services $156,230 · management and general $29,759

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $29,449 · management and general $29,449

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $83,337 · management and general $83,337

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $5,705 · management and general $5,705

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $33,673 · program services $33,673

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $66,123 · program services $64,646 · management and general $1,477

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $33,659 · program services $28,273 · management and general $5,386

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $30,379 · program services $25,519 · management and general $4,860

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $86,865 · program services $75,550 · management and general $11,315

  • 17 · Travel

    total $81,295 · program services $77,744 · management and general $3,551

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $19,636 · program services $19,636

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $9,453 · program services $7,941 · management and general $1,512

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $23,532 · program services $19,767 · management and general $3,765

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $52,170 · program services $52,029 · management and general $141

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,223,762 · end of year $1,113,963

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $105,728 · end of year $250,204

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $3,308 · end of year $4,072

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $20,556 · end of year $12,014

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

    $151,411

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

    $98,536

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $21,703 · end of year $52,875

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $505,395 · end of year $631,964

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $22,897 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $192,857 · end of year $216,136

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    end of year $2,000

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $37,883 · end of year $0

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,672,609 · end of year $1,794,739

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    end of year $52,217

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO INSPIRE PEOPLE OF ALL AGES TO ENGAGE IN CIVIC LIFE AND STRENGTHEN THEIR COMMUNITIES, THROUGH A VARIETY OF PROGRAM INITIATIVES TARGETING DIFFERENT AGE GROUPS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO EDUCATE CONNECTICUT AUDIENCES OF ALL AGES ABOUT CIVICS, CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND STATE GOVERNMENT

  • TELEVISION AND STREAMING/WEBCAST COVERAGE OF CONNECTICUT STATE GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC POLICY THROUGH THE MANAGEMENT OF THE CONNECTICUT NETWORK (CT-N) IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CONNECTICUT GENERAL ASSEMBLY. CTDC HAS MANAGED, NEARLY WITHOUT INTERRUPTION, CT-N SINCE ITS INCEPTION IN 1999, PROVIDING COMPLETE AND BALANCED COVERAGE OF HOUSE AND SENATE SESSIONS, COMMITTEE MEETINGS AND HEARINGS, EXECUTIVE BRANCH MEETINGS AND HEARINGS, STATE SUPREME COURT ORAL ARGUMENTS, ROUTINE AND EMERGENCY NEWS CONFERENCES BY THE GOVERNOR, LEGISLATIVE LEADERSHIP AND OTHER ELECTED LEADERS, AND OTHER EVENTS OF PUBLIC POLICY IMPORT IN CONNECTICUT.

    Expenses $1,668,831 · Revenue $2,535,421

  • MANAGEMENT OF CONNECTICUT'S OLD STATE HOUSE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CONNECTICUT GENERAL ASSEMBLY. A FORMER CONNECTICUT STATE CAPITOL FROM 1796 TO 1878, THE OLD STATE HOUSE NOW SERVES AS A HISTORY MUSEUM AND CIVICS EDUCATION LAB FOR K-12 SCHOOL GROUPS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC. CTDC ALSO USES THIS HISTORIC SITE AS A BASE OF OPERATIONS FOR PUBLIC PROGRAMMING FOCUSED ON BRINGING TOGETHER HISTORY AND CIVICS AND TWO MAJOR EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH PROGRAMS: KID GOVERNOR (KIDGOVERNOR.ORG) AND CONNECTICUT HISTORY DAY (HISTORYDAYCT.ORG).

    Expenses $345,594 · Revenue $364,377

  • PUBLIC AND EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH PROGRAMMING ALL CONNECTICUT DEMOCRACY CENTER EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVES ARE DESIGNED TO INFORM AND ENGAGE AUDIENCES OF ALL AGES, TO GIVE THEM THE INFORMATION AND SKILLS TO BE EFFECTIVE MODERN CITIZENS IN BIG AND SMALL WAYS. THESE INCLUDE PUBLIC PROGRAMS DELIVERED AT CONNECTICUT'S OLD STATE HOUSE AND VIA WEBSTREAM, AS WELL AS STATEWIDE OUTREACH PROGRAMS SUCH AS CONNECTICUT'S KID GOVERNOR AND CONNECTICUT HISTORY DAY DELIVERED DIRECTLY TO CLASSROOMS AND OTHER VENUES AROUND CONNECTICUT.

    Expenses $803,497 · Grants $25,114

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Michael Imber

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Terryl Mitchell Smith

    VICE CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Alice Ross Gold

    TRESURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Andrew Giering

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jonathan Harris

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Joanne Nesti

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Deirdre Oconnor

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Suzanne Porcello

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Eric J Rigoli

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Anita Ford Saunders

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • James W Turner IV

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jonathan Wharton

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • William Bevacqua

    PRESIDENT/CEO THRU 12/31/24

    Total calculated
    $152,933
    From this org
    $139,776
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,157
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $139,776
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $2,216
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,941
    Filer's total
    $152,933

  • Paul Skaff

    PRESIDENT/CEO FROM 1/1/2025

    Total calculated
    $113,684
    From this org
    $91,510
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,174
    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

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
4 February 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202640369349301429

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