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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by DOCUMENTED LTD.

What the amendment changed

Compared with the return it replaced , filed 10 May 2023. 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
$1,729,937 changed to $2,655,615
Total expenses
$654,734 changed to $1,856,109
Contributions and grants received
$1,713,885 changed to $2,566,290
Program service revenue
$16,052 changed to $74,808
Investment income
$0 changed to $14,517
Total assets, end of year
$1,288,005 changed to $2,086,918
Total liabilities, end of year
$43,195 changed to $40,657
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,244,810 changed to $2,046,261
Program services expenses
$332,048 changed to $1,161,404
Management and general expenses
$155,307 changed to $230,351
Fundraising expenses
$167,379 changed to $464,354
Program service expenses (Part III)
$332,048 changed to $1,161,404

Listed only on the earlier return

  • Andrea Bichman
  • Christina Mbwake-Medina
  • John Benson
  • Max Siegelbaum

Listed only on the later return

  • Andrea Kathryn Bichan
  • Christina Mbakwe-Medina
  • Ethar El-Katatney
  • Josh Benson
  • Max Herschel Siegelbaum

Listed under a different title

  • Dr Wilneida Negron: Trustee then DIRECTOR
  • Michael Hirschhorn: TRUSTEE then DIRECTOR

Totals

Total revenue
$2,655,615
Total expenses
$1,856,109
Contributions and grants received
$2,566,290
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$74,808
Investment income
$14,517
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$2,086,918
Total liabilities, end of year
$40,657
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,046,261
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,161,404
Management and general expenses
$230,351
Fundraising expenses
$464,354
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,161,404

Program services were 62.6% 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

    $2,566,290

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $1,100,000

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM SERVICE REVENUE

    total $74,808 · related or exempt $74,808

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $14,517 · excluded $14,517

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $0

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $0

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 9a · Gaming: gross income

    $0

  • 9b · Gaming: direct expenses

    $0

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $0

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $0

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $275,323 · program services $131,507 · management and general $75,383 · fundraising $68,433

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $868,884 · program services $670,726 · fundraising $198,158

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $92,754 · program services $72,174 · management and general $548 · fundraising $20,032

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $78,002 · program services $54,954 · management and general $4,832 · fundraising $18,216

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $205 · management and general $205

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $42,009 · management and general $42,009

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $24,473 · fundraising $24,473

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $225,931 · program services $120,845 · management and general $68,393 · fundraising $36,693

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $16,278 · program services $11,194 · management and general $647 · fundraising $4,437

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $5,524 · program services $3,877 · management and general $329 · fundraising $1,318

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $54,145 · program services $37,901 · management and general $3,249 · fundraising $12,995

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $50,501 · program services $35,441 · management and general $3,012 · fundraising $12,048

  • 17 · Travel

    total $37,302 · fundraising $37,302

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $6,814 · program services $4,237 · management and general $621 · fundraising $1,956

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $8,765 · management and general $8,765

  • 24a · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $46,777 · program services $15,709 · management and general $19,519 · fundraising $11,549

  • 24b · Other expenses: EVENT REFRESHMENTS AND SUPPLIE

    total $22,422 · program services $2,839 · management and general $2,839 · fundraising $16,744

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,016,902 · end of year $1,323,506

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $250,505 · end of year $736,773

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $4,427 · end of year $9,888

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

    $26,239

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

    $9,488

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $13,371 · end of year $16,751

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $2,800 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $43,195 · end of year $40,657

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $596,348 · end of year $873,860

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $648,462 · end of year $1,172,401

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

See schedule O for the organizations mission statement.

Activities or mission (Part I)

Documented uses community-driven journalism to serve low-wage immigrants with critical information, enhancing their agency and helping immigrant communities in New York

  • Documented uses community-driven journalism to serve low-wage immigrants with critical information and reporting, enhancing their agency and helping immigrant communities in New York and beyond to thrive. Documented publishes original, award-winning stories on the most important issues and policies facing immigrants -- inspiring real-world impact -- including shining a light on wage theft practices that exploit immigrants and other low-wage workers. In FY2023 we conducted in-depth research on the needs of Chinese and Caribbean New Yorkers and continued to build on learnings about Spanish-speaking immigrants, to better understand their news and information needs, and rapidly grew the community of users who engage in 2-way conversations via our award-winning WhatsApp news service and trust Documented to deliver high value, actionable journalism that tangibly improves their lives. Additionally, we wrote over 100 guides in English, Spanish, Chinese and Haitian Creole responding to immigrant needs as they navigate their new homes and access services and opportunities. Documented also gained access to the behind-the-scenes experiences of over 100,000 new migrants who came to New York and shared their voices and experiences.

    Expenses $1,161,404 · Revenue $74,808

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Andrea Kathryn Bichan

    Director of Development

    Total calculated
    $134,561
    From this org
    $124,630
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,931
    Hours/week
    40
  • mazin Sidahmed

    co-executive director

    Total calculated
    $121,987
    From this org
    $113,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,487
    Hours/week
    40
  • Max Herschel Siegelbaum

    Co-Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $121,707
    From this org
    $104,138
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,569
    Hours/week
    40
  • Josh Benson

    Board Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dr Wilneida Negron

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Christina Mbakwe-Medina

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ethar El-Katatney

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michael Hirschhorn

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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.

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.

  • Documented Inc

    s corp · media · NY · 100% owned · share of income $1 · share of assets $1

    Directly controlled by Documented Ltd

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
10 May 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202441359349306089

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