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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by NEVADA NEWS BUREAU INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,208,499
Total expenses
$3,626,434
Contributions and grants received
$3,117,295
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$91,204
Total assets, end of year
$408,166
Total liabilities, end of year
$113,578
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$294,588
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,158,041
Management and general expenses
$695,353
Fundraising expenses
$773,040
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,158,041

Program services were 59.5% 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

    $3,117,295

  • 11a · Other revenue: ADVERTISING

    total $91,204 · unrelated business $91,204

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $91,204

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $458,368 · program services $242,341 · management and general $121,515 · fundraising $94,512

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $2,043,785 · program services $1,329,370 · management and general $258,272 · fundraising $456,143

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $50,897 · program services $31,584 · management and general $7,829 · fundraising $11,484

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $190,134 · program services $124,911 · management and general $23,861 · fundraising $41,362

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $200,354 · program services $126,223 · management and general $30,053 · fundraising $44,078

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $40,426 · management and general $40,426

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $274,151 · program services $71,435 · management and general $94,716 · fundraising $108,000

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $11,933 · program services $4,933 · management and general $7,000

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $34,115 · program services $12,819 · management and general $21,296

  • 17 · Travel

    total $54,164 · program services $34,545 · management and general $5,670 · fundraising $13,949

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $18,548 · program services $352 · management and general $18,196

  • 24a · Other expenses: EVENT EXPENSES

    total $140,973 · program services $140,890 · management and general $83

  • 24b · Other expenses: OPERATION EXPENSES

    total $108,528 · program services $38,638 · management and general $66,378 · fundraising $3,512

  • 24c · Other expenses: TAXES & LICENSES

    total $58 · management and general $58

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $804,343 · end of year $396,866

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $11,300 · end of year $11,300

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $103,120 · end of year $113,578

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $287,375 · end of year $213,588

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $425,148 · end of year $81,000

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

WE WILL CHANGE THE FACE OF JOURNALISM IN NEVADA AND ESTABLISH NEW PARADIGMS FOR NONPROFIT, COMMUNITY-SUPPORTED NEWS ORGANIZATIONS.

  • THE NEVADA INDEPENDENT IS A NEWS WEBSITE FOUNDED BY VETERAN POLITICAL JOURNALIST JON RALSTON AND FOCUSED ON TRUTHFUL, TRANSPARENT JOURNALISM AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND EDUCATION. THE SITE LAUNCHED ON JAN. 17, 2017 AND IS A PROJECT OF NEVADA NEWS BUREAU, INC., A NONPROFIT FOUNDED IN 2010 BY BLOGGER AND JOURNALIST ELIZABETH THOMPSON, THE NEVADA INDEPENDENTS MANAGING EDITOR.

    Expenses $2,158,041

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • JON RALSTON

    CEO & DIRECT

    Total calculated
    $270,033
    From this org
    $249,496
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,537
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $249,496
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    $20,537
    Filer's total
    $270,033
  • ROBERT STODAL

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • MIKE PEQUEEN

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • ELIZABETH THOMPSON

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $188,334
    From this org
    $177,022
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,312
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $177,022
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $1,300
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,012
    Filer's total
    $188,334
  • PAULA FRANCIS

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • ALEX BYBEE

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • ABBI WHITAKER

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • ALEX DE CASTROVERDE

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • ROBIN GREENSPUN

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • CLIFFORD KEENEY

    CHIEF TECHNO

    Total calculated
    $195,639
    From this org
    $167,214
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $28,425
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $167,214
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $4,500
    Nontaxable benefits
    $23,925
    Filer's total
    $195,639
  • BRETT BURKE

    CHIEF REVENU

    Total calculated
    $201,276
    From this org
    $170,842
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $30,434
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $170,842
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $2,450
    Nontaxable benefits
    $27,984
    Filer's total
    $201,276

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 · 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
  • 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
16 August 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.0
Source object
202402299349301410

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