Form 990-EZ for tax year 2023

What the amendment changed

Compared with the return it replaced , filed 22 February 2024. matched by us Only the return's totals, a 990-PF's accounting method and the names listed in Part VII (Part VIII on a 990-PF) are compared. We relate returns by organization, tax year and form, and order them by each return's own timestamp; the filer's own "amended return" checkbox is a separate fact.

Total revenue

$108,050 →changed to $84,888

Total expenses

$113,949 →changed to $73,941

Contributions and grants received

$108,050 →changed to $84,888

Total assets, end of year

$41,287 →changed to $56,060

Total liabilities, end of year

$0 →changed to $880

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$41,287 →changed to $55,180

Program service expenses (Part III)

$89,815 →changed to $72,281

Totals

Total revenue

$84,888

Total expenses

$73,941

Contributions and grants received

$84,888

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$0

Membership dues (line 3)

$0

Investment income (line 4)

$0

Gain or loss on sale of assets (line 5c)

$0

Gaming and fundraising events, net (line 6d)

$0

Gross profit on inventory sales (line 7c)

$0

Other revenue (line 8)

$0

Total assets, end of year

$56,060

Total liabilities, end of year

$880

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$55,180

Program service expenses (Part III)

$72,281

Program services were 97.8% of total expenses calculated — Part III's total program service expenses over total expenses, both as filed.

Mission and programs · 2023

• OCN's focus remained on city hall coverage in 2023, enabling people to know and understand the important decisions their elected leaders are making on their behalf. OCN reporters covered more than 637 hours of local public meetings in 2023. It published 2,400 local events, meeting its mission to strengthen community connection. OCN mentored six student interns. An audit of OCN's reporting this year revealed that in addition to city hall reporting, OCN has published 11 articles on the local election, a dozen articles concerning the area's traffic issues, 35 articles on matters that impact your finances and services that you depend on (such as garbage and water), more than half a dozen education articles, a dozen articles concerning the local environment, a four-article housing series and nine articles on local businesses. OCN created a voter guide by gathering reader questions and priorities and using those to press the candidates running for local office in November on issues that matter to voters. Additional reader input inspired us to create a multimedia approach that added video to the guide, deep, data-based analysis, and a social media focus. More than 6,000 people read this in-depth, seven-article resource. OCN was able to hire a second reporter, Abe Aboraya, last quarter. An award-winning journalist, Abe has helped OCN to provide more in-depth coverage, explore more investigations and allow OCN's managers to spend more time developing the business side of the newsroom, strengthening its resiliency. This year, OCN brought home an award in the Florida Press Club's Excellence in Journalism Competition for Environmental Writing as well as a Society of Professional Journalists Sunshine State award for The Early Bird newsletter. OCN's 2022 Voter Guide was also recognized as a national finalist for Local Independent Online News' (LION) Outstanding Coverage award. OCN reaches an audience of 25,000 every month and grew its newsletter subscribers from 2,000 to almost 5,000.

  Expenses $72,281

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part IV

Compensation is as filed in Part IV of the Form 990-EZ: compensation, contributions to benefit plans, expense account, 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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type

form_990_ez

Tax year

2023

Filed

22 February 2024

IRS schema version

2023v5.0

Source object

202402279349200435

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