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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by CAPITAL B NEWS INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$6,572,381
Total expenses
$3,520,800
Contributions and grants received
$6,572,381
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$8,164,642
Total liabilities, end of year
$64,472
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$8,100,170
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,970,728
Management and general expenses
$1,008,521
Fundraising expenses
$541,551
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,970,728

Program services were 56.0% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $6,572,381

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $529,190 · program services $182,077 · management and general $209,583 · fundraising $137,530

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,842,984 · program services $1,276,285 · management and general $311,038 · fundraising $255,661

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $155,035 · program services $100,043 · management and general $23,789 · fundraising $31,203

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $170,970 · program services $106,402 · management and general $35,592 · fundraising $28,976

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $40,872 · management and general $40,872

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $57,719 · management and general $57,719

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $413,407 · program services $167,815 · management and general $189,546 · fundraising $56,046

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $67,093 · management and general $67,093

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $91,916 · program services $57,203 · management and general $19,135 · fundraising $15,578

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $15,227 · program services $9,476 · management and general $3,170 · fundraising $2,581

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $21,399 · program services $20,107 · management and general $1,292

  • 17 · Travel

    total $64,838 · program services $40,351 · management and general $13,498 · fundraising $10,989

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $17,625 · program services $10,969 · management and general $3,669 · fundraising $2,987

  • 24a · Other expenses: DUES & SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $21,866 · management and general $21,866

  • 24b · Other expenses: BANK CHARGES

    total $9,975 · management and general $9,975

  • 24c · Other expenses: OTHER EXPENSES

    total $684 · management and general $684

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $2,325,209 · end of year $5,765,619

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $2,781,161 · end of year $2,390,462

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $338 · end of year $8,561

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $46,018 · end of year $55,605

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $12,101 · end of year $8,867

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,102,222 · end of year $2,194,668

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,946,367 · end of year $5,905,502

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

CAPITAL B IS A FIRST-OF-ITS-KIND LOCAL AND NATIONAL NONPROFIT NEWS ORGANIZATION REPORTING FOR BLACK COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. OUR MISSION IS TO COMBAT INEQUALITY AND BUILD MORE INFORMED BLACK COMMUNITIES THROUGH ACCESSIBLE, TRANSPARENT AND EXCEPTIONAL JOURNALISM.

  • CAPITAL B LAUNCHED A NATIONAL WEBSITE AND AN ATLANTA WEBSITE, ESTABLISHED AND GREW OUR EDITORIAL NEWSLETTER AND SOCIAL PLATFORM PRESENCE IN OUR FIRST YEAR OF LIVE OPERATIONS, AND EXECUTED A CONTENT STRATEGY FOR CAPITAL B'S NATIONAL AND LOCAL JOURNALISM, INCLUDING PUBLISHING WEEKLY ARTICLES AND ENGAGING IN ORIGINAL REPORTING. ADDITIONALLY, CAPITAL B GREW STAFF TO POPULATE OUR NEWSROOMS, WHILE EXPANDING OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PRACTICE WITH FOCUS GROUPS AND CONVENINGS, AND EXECUTING MULTI-DAY AND SINGLE SESSION VIRTUAL LIVE JOURNALISM EVENTS FOR AUDIENCE MEMBERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

    Expenses $1,970,728

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Lauren Williams

    PRESIDENT & CEO

    Total calculated
    $276,099
    From this org
    $275,060
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $1,039
    Hours/week
    60

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $275,060
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,039
    Filer's total
    $276,099
  • Maurisse Johnson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Akoto Ofori-Atta

    TREASURER/SECRETARY/CAO

    Total calculated
    $258,713
    From this org
    $229,637
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,076
    Hours/week
    60

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $229,637
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $29,076
    Filer's total
    $258,713
  • Sarabeth Berman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Marsha Cooke

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Matt Thompson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Gavin Godfrey

    ATLANTA EDITOR

    Total calculated
    $130,721
    From this org
    $115,003
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,718
    Hours/week
    40
  • Simone Sebastian

    EDITORIAL DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $201,055
    From this org
    $186,363
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,692
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $186,363
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,692
    Filer's total
    $201,055
  • Kimberly Spencer

    SENIOR DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $143,818
    From this org
    $125,648
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,170
    Hours/week
    40
  • Gillian White

    SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $253,039
    From this org
    $216,865
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $36,174
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $206,865
    Bonus
    $10,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $36,174
    Filer's total
    $253,039
  • Michelle Williams

    GROWTH & PARTNERSHIPS DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $122,522
    From this org
    $115,478
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,044
    Hours/week
    40

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

None.

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
2022
Filed
6 September 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202342499349301564

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