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← FLORIDA PRESS ASSOCIATION

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by FLORIDA PRESS ASSOCIATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$320,136
Total expenses
$437,128
Contributions and grants received
$95,000
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$146,826
Investment income
$30,545
Other revenue
$47,765
Total assets, end of year
$2,298,522
Total liabilities, end of year
$111,065
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,187,457
Program services expenses (Part IX)
not reported
Management and general expenses
not reported
Fundraising expenses
not reported
Program service expenses (Part III)
not reported

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.

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $95,000

  • 2a · Program service revenue: MEMBERSHIP DUES

    total $129,462 · related or exempt $129,462

  • 2b · Program service revenue: CONTESTS & MEETINGS

    total $17,364 · related or exempt $17,364

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $30,545 · excluded $30,545

  • 11a · Other revenue: FPS MANAGEMENT FEE

    total $47,500 · unrelated business $47,500

  • 11b · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $265 · related or exempt $265

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $47,765

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $154,339

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $54,776

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $10,544

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $14,589

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $55,000

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $30,000

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $5,000

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $11,244

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $1,452

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $6,912

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $15,992

  • 17 · Travel

    total $9,050

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $6,786

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $12,545

  • 24a · Other expenses: DUE AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $15,628

  • 24b · Other expenses: CONTESTS

    total $10,211

  • 24c · Other expenses: AD DONATION COMMISSIONS

    total $7,780

  • 24d · Other expenses: EXECUTIVE SEARCH

    total $5,804

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $9,476

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $98,828 · end of year $42,829

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $687,003 · end of year $717,230

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year -$5,207 · end of year $1,375

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $1,583,605 · end of year $1,537,088

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $1,859 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $11,562 · end of year $11,998

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $113 · end of year $158

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $98,909

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,354,413 · end of year $2,187,457

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO PROTECT THE FREEDOMS AND ADVANCE THE PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS OF THE PRESS OF FLORIDA.

  • LOBBYING EFFORTS WERE SUCCESSFUL IN ENSURING THAT NO SIGNIFICANT LAWS WERE ENACTED THAT HAD A NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCE ON MEMBERS. FPA MAINTAINS YEAR- ROUND WATCH ON THE FLORIDA LEGISLATURE AND ITS COMMITTEES INCLUDING A COMPREHENSIVE BILL ANALYSIS. BI-WEEKLY REPORTS ARE SENT VIA EMAIL TO ALL FPA MEMBERS DURING EACH LEGISLATIVE SESSION, AND SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE REPORTS ARE PROVIDED AS NECESSARY.

  • FPA WORKS CLOSELY WITH THE FLORIDA PRESS FOUNDATION TO CONDUCT A TWO DAY CONVENTION FOR THE ASSOCIATION MEMBERS WITH PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO PROMOTE HIGH STANDARDS OF JOURNALISM. THIS CONVENTION OFFERS KNOWLEDGEABLE SPEAKERS AND PRESENTATIONS WITH INFORMATION MEMBERS CAN TAKE HOME AND USE TO MAKE THEIR NEWSPAPER AND BUSINESS BETTER.

  • CONTESTS WERE HELD DURING THE YEAR THAT CELEBRATE THE BEST OF FLORIDA JOURNALISM AND CREATIVE NEWSPAPER AD DESIGN. THE CONTESTS HAD A SIGNIFICANT SHOWING OF THE ELIGIBLE MEMBERSHIP.

  • FPA PROVIDES A LEGAL HOTLINE FOR ITS MEMBERS THROUGH ITS FULL-TIME STAFF ATTORNEY, SAM MORLEY.

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Samuel Morley

    GENERAL COUNSEL

    Total calculated
    $172,084
    From this org
    $154,339
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,745
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $154,339
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,260
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,485
    Filer's total
    $172,084

  • Glen Nickerson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Sandi Kemp

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • William Barker

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Emerald Greene

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dominic Calabro

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Cheryl Hopkins

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Emily Walsh

    IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Joe Deluca

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Bob McFarlin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Trina Murphy

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Todd Neves

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jay Rey

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Todd Wilson

    SECRETARY/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jc Derrick

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Carolyn Nolte

    PRESIDENT & CEO

    Total calculated
    $262,972
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $240,082
    Other
    $22,890
    Hours/week
    2 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $240,082 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $14,405 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $8,485 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $262,972 related

  • Jodi Bell

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mark Burger

    CFO, FPS

    Total calculated
    $106,370
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $99,752
    Other
    $6,618
    Hours/week
    0 + 40 related

  • Jim Fogler

    FORMER PRESIDENT & CEO

    Total calculated
    $50,257
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $46,078
    Other
    $4,179
    Hours/week
    2 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $46,078 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $2,765 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $1,414 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $50,257 related

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 · Written employment contract
  • 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

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.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

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.

Related corporations and trusts

Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.

  • FLORIDA PRESS SERVICE INC

    C · AD PLACEMENT · FL · 100% owned · share of income -$41,368 · share of assets $5,355,209

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
11 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202503179349301030

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