Form 990 for tax year 2023
Filed by BLCK PRESS CENTER FOR BROADCAST JOURNALISM.
Totals
- Total revenue
- $341,423
- Total expenses
- $154,443
- Contributions and grants received
- $340,066
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $870
- Investment income
- $2
- Other revenue
- $485
- Total assets, end of year
- $189,118
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $2,138
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $186,980
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $122,662
- Management and general expenses
- $13,758
- Fundraising expenses
- $18,023
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $122,662
Program services were 79.4% 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.
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$340,066
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2a · Program service revenue: ADVERTISING REVENUE
total $870 · unrelated business $870
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3 · Investment income
total $2 · excluded $2
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11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE
total $485 · excluded $485
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11e · Other revenue, total
$485
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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6 · Compensation of disqualified persons
total $41,920 · program services $28,203 · management and general $6,621 · fundraising $7,096
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $2,538 · management and general $2,538
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11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $3,975 · fundraising $3,975
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11g · Fees: other
total $85,216 · program services $85,216
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $509 · program services $509
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13 · Office expenses
total $3,718 · program services $3,020 · management and general $698
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14 · Information technology
total $3,299 · program services $1,211 · management and general $2,088
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16 · Occupancy
total $458 · program services $458
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $392 · management and general $392
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $2,716 · program services $2,716
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23 · Insurance
total $2,155 · program services $855 · management and general $1,193 · fundraising $107
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24a · Other expenses: BANK AND CREDIT CARD FE
total $7,073 · management and general $228 · fundraising $6,845
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24b · Other expenses: MEMBERSHIP DUES
total $474 · program services $474
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
end of year $99,093
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
end of year $50,000
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
end of year $1,085
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$41,656
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$2,716
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $0 · end of year $38,940
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
end of year $2,138
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
end of year $186,980
Mission and programs · 2023
Mission
CENTER FOR BROADCAST JOURNALISM (CBJ) IS TRANSFORMING MEDIA TO BETTER REPRESENT THE DIVERSE COMMUNITIES WE SERVE. WE DO THIS THROUGH OUR EDUCATION WORK, OUR NEWSROOM, AND OUR COMMUNITY RADIO STATION.
Activities or mission (Part I)
CENTER FOR BROADCAST JOURNALISM IS TRANSFORMING MEDIA TO BETTER REPRESENT THE DIVERSE COMMUNITIES WE SERVE. WE DO THIS THROUGH OUR EDUCATION WORK, OUR NEWSROOM, AND OUR COMMUNITY RADIO STATION.
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CBJ RUNS A LOCAL NEWSROOM WHICH PROVIDES ON-THE-JOB TRAINING TO EARLY CAREER REPORTERS WHILE COVERING STORIES THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO ETHNICALLY DIVERSE COMMUNITIES. CBJ TRAINED TWO REPORTERS IN THE NEWSROOM, AND OVERSAW THE PUBLICATION OF APPROXIMATELY 175 STORIES.
Expenses $86,366
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CBJ ACQUIRED THE FCC LICENSE FOR A LOW POWER FM RADIO STATION IN ST. PAUL'S EAST SIDE (WEQY POWER104.7FM), BUILT OUT A NEW, STATE OF THE ART STUDIO, AND RELAUNCHED THE STATION UNDER A NEW BRAND IN SEPTEMBER 2023. IT CREATED LOCAL PROGRAMMING, BROADCAST RADIO STORIES REPORTED BY THE NEWSROOM, AND PROVIDED FREE/LOW-COST OPPORTUNITIES FOR LOCAL BUSINESSES TO ADVERTISE THEIR SERVICES. THE RADIO STATION SERVES AN AREA WITH A POPULATION OF APPROXIMATELY 30,000.
Expenses $25,198
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CBJ LAUNCHED ITS ADULT EDUCATION PROGRAM, OFFERING EVENING CLASSES IN SKILLS RELATED TO JOURNALISM (NEWS WRITING, INTERVIEWING SKILLS, AUDIO RECORDING, AND VISUAL STORYTELLING). CBJ OFFERED FOUR CLASSES IN THE FALL OF 2023, SERVING 25 STUDENTS.
Expenses $11,098
As filed on the 2023 return.
Listed in Part VII
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Georgia FortGEORGIA FORT
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $24,000
- From this org
- $24,000
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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Marianne CombsMARIANNE COMBS
BOARD CO-CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $17,920
- From this org
- $17,920
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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Kimberly NightingaleKIMBERLY NIGHTINGALE
BOARD CO-CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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Bianca RhodesBIANCA RHODES
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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.
Grants on this return
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2023
- Filed
- 24 June 2024
- IRS schema version
- 2023v5.1
- Source object
- 202411839349300211
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