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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by OHIO LOCAL INFORMATION INITIATIVE INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$5,899,131
Total expenses
$3,730,859
Contributions and grants received
$5,887,179
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$11,369
Other revenue
$583
Total assets, end of year
$3,899,916
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,731,644
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,168,272
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,544,165
Management and general expenses
$976,685
Fundraising expenses
$210,009
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,544,165

Program services were 68.2% 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

    $5,887,179

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $11,369 · excluded $11,369

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER REVENUE

    total $583 · excluded $583

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $583

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $217,366 · program services $21,736 · management and general $65,210 · fundraising $130,420

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,707,483 · program services $1,392,939 · management and general $280,255 · fundraising $34,289

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $2,018 · program services $1,646 · management and general $372

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $164,986 · program services $134,593 · management and general $30,393

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $149,417 · program services $121,892 · management and general $27,525

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $26,657 · program services $6,455 · management and general $20,202

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $188,002 · program services $45,523 · management and general $142,479

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $460,587 · program services $122,011 · management and general $293,276 · fundraising $45,300

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $54,683 · program services $52,908 · management and general $1,775

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $38,888 · program services $34,855 · management and general $4,033

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $134,127 · program services $103,081 · management and general $31,046

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $113,336 · program services $105,663 · management and general $7,673

  • 17 · Travel

    total $60,622 · program services $20,168 · management and general $40,454

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $2,112 · program services $1,969 · management and general $143

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $26,692 · program services $4,758 · management and general $21,934

  • 24a · Other expenses: EDITORIAL SERVICES

    total $360,718 · program services $360,718

  • 24b · Other expenses: STAFF TRAINING

    total $14,307 · program services $11,671 · management and general $2,636

  • 24c · Other expenses: DONATION PROCESSING FEE

    total $5,276 · program services $940 · management and general $4,336

  • 24d · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $3,438 · program services $613 · management and general $2,825

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $144 · program services $26 · management and general $118

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $2,802,864

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $881,150

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $24,439

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

    $43,141

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

    $2,112

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $41,029

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $150,434

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $228,392

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $1,363,064

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $140,188

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $1,757,021

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $411,251

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

TO PROVIDE PUBLIC SERVICE JOURNALISM TO PEOPLE IN OHIO.

  • SIGNAL OHIO, FORMERLY KNOWN AS THE OHIO LOCAL NEWS INITIATIVE, IS A NETWORK OF INDEPENDENT, COMMUNITY-LED, NONPROFIT NEWSROOMS BACKED BY A COALITION OF OHIO ORGANIZATIONS, COMMUNITY LEADERS AND THE AMERICAN JOURNALISM PROJECT. IT'S ONE OF THE LARGEST LOCAL NONPROFIT NEWS STARTUPS IN THE COUNTRY, WITH NEWSROOMS IN CLEVELAND AND AKRON.THE NEWSROOMS PRODUCE HIGH-QUALITY ACCOUNTABILITY JOURNALISM WHILE WORKING DIRECTLY WITH RESIDENTS TO PRODUCE AND DISTRIBUTE COMMUNITY REPORTING THAT IS FREE TO ACCESS AND AVAILABLE FOR REPUBLISHING.

    Expenses $2,544,165

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Tom Katenmeyer

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Henry J Gomez

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Debra Adams

    GOVERNANCE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michael Ouimette

    FINANCE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Doug Ulman

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dale Anglin

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Timothy L Tramble

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Julia McNeil Danish

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $217,366
    From this org
    $210,433
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,933
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $210,433
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,601
    Nontaxable benefits
    $332
    Filer's total
    $217,366

  • Lila Mills

    EDITOR IN CHIEF

    Total calculated
    $155,953
    From this org
    $150,090
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,863
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $150,090
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,501
    Nontaxable benefits
    $362
    Filer's total
    $155,953

  • Mark Naymik

    MANAGING EDITOR, NEWSROOM

    Total calculated
    $127,614
    From this org
    $122,758
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,856
    Hours/week
    40

  • Lawrence Caswell

    MANAGING EDITOR, DOCUMENTERS

    Total calculated
    $126,322
    From this org
    $122,590
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,732
    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
2023
Filed
12 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202433189349306633

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