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← NIAGARA FRONTIER RADIO READING SERVICE INC

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by NIAGARA FRONTIER RADIO READING SERVICE INC.

This return was superseded by a later amendment. matched by us It is kept because history is preserved rather than replaced.

What the amendment changed

Compared with the latest return for 2023 , filed 25 June 2026. 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
$155,107 changed to $1,576,949
Total expenses
$293,114 changed to $307,934
Contributions and grants received
$103,859 changed to $107,107
Other revenue
$3,248 changed to $1,421,842
Total assets, end of year
$721,473 changed to $692,934
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,396,650 changed to $12,735
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
-$675,177 changed to $680,199
Program services expenses
$263,802 changed to $266,078
Management and general expenses
$29,312 changed to $41,856
Program service expenses (Part III)
$263,802 changed to $266,078

Totals

Total revenue
$155,107
Total expenses
$293,114
Contributions and grants received
$103,859
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$48,000
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$3,248
Total assets, end of year
$721,473
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,396,650
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
-$675,177
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$263,802
Management and general expenses
$29,312
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$263,802

Program services were 90.0% 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.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $582

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $103,277

  • 2a · Program service revenue: RENTAL REVENUE

    total $48,000 · related or exempt $48,000

  • 11a · Other revenue: EVENT REVENUE

    total $3,248 · related or exempt $3,248

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $3,248

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $152,925 · program services $137,633 · management and general $15,292

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $3,846 · program services $3,461 · management and general $385

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $36,183 · program services $32,565 · management and general $3,618

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $9,538 · program services $8,584 · management and general $954

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $50 · program services $45 · management and general $5

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $4,620 · program services $4,158 · management and general $462

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $1,096 · program services $986 · management and general $110

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $3,349 · program services $3,014 · management and general $335

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $7,338 · program services $6,605 · management and general $733

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $10,420 · program services $9,378 · management and general $1,042

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $180 · program services $162 · management and general $18

  • 20 · Interest

    total $8 · program services $7 · management and general $1

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $4,262 · program services $3,836 · management and general $426

  • 24a · Other expenses: PODCASTS & STREAMING

    total $21,035 · program services $18,931 · management and general $2,104

  • 24b · Other expenses: OTHER OPERATING EXPS

    total $19,547 · program services $17,592 · management and general $1,955

  • 24c · Other expenses: REPAIRS & MAINTENANCE

    total $11,187 · program services $10,068 · management and general $1,119

  • 24d · Other expenses: EVENT EXPENSES

    total $7,330 · program services $6,597 · management and general $733

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $200 · program services $180 · management and general $20

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $74,983 · end of year $135,139

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $327 · end of year $327

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $5,850

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

    $725,480

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

    $145,323

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $556,823 · end of year $580,157

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    end of year $5,093

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $4,000

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $1,200,032 · end of year $1,391,557

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year -$571,899 · end of year -$675,177

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

TO PROVIDE RADIO READING SERVICE TO THE BLIND

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO PROVIDE RADIO READING SERVICE TO THE BLIND.

  • PRODUCED A 24/7 ONLINE AND ON-AIR BROADCAST OF NEWSPAPERS, MAGAZINES, BOOKS AND OTHER PUBLICATIONS TO PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR HAVE A PRINT DISABILITY AS READ BY VOLUNTEERS. SERVED MORE THAN 5,000 PEOPLE ACROSS WESTERN NEW YORK - INCLUDING BUFFALO, ROCHESTER, AND THE SOUTHERN TIER.

    Expenses $263,802 · Revenue $51,248

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Paul D Beakman Sr

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2.5 related

  • Richard Dread

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1.5 related

  • Ann L Scherff

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related

  • Sue Ann Sehl

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related

  • Patricia Lamonte

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Charles Nellis

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 1 related

  • Kenneth Sullivan

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Michael Benzin

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $67,314
    From this org
    $55,280
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,034
    Hours/week
    20 + 20 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.

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
14 August 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202502269349302530

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