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← NEW JERSEY CIVIC INFORMATION CONSORTIUM

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by NEW JERSEY CIVIC INFORMATION CONSORTIUM.

Totals

Total revenue
$4,759,622
Total expenses
$4,628,026
Contributions and grants received
$4,599,386
Grants paid
$3,502,755
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$160,236
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$6,087,351
Total liabilities, end of year
$4,575,654
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,511,697
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$4,332,816
Management and general expenses
$243,888
Fundraising expenses
$51,322
Program service expenses (Part III)
$4,332,816

Program services were 93.6% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $3,988,447

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $610,939

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $58,947 · excluded $58,947

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $14,556,384

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $14,455,095

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $101,289

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $101,289 · excluded $101,289

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $3,502,755 · program services $3,502,755

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $120,105 · program services $60,000 · management and general $60,105

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $211,143 · program services $129,054 · management and general $49,547 · fundraising $32,542

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $43,069 · program services $25,643 · management and general $13,223 · fundraising $4,203

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $20,507 · program services $12,772 · management and general $4,903 · fundraising $2,832

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $71,965 · management and general $71,965

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $609,064 · program services $583,220 · management and general $22,299 · fundraising $3,545

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $98 · program services $98

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $12,269 · program services $2,974 · management and general $9,295

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $16,513 · management and general $8,313 · fundraising $8,200

  • 17 · Travel

    total $9,589 · program services $9,589

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $6,624 · program services $6,624

  • 20 · Interest

    total $87 · program services $87

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $904 · management and general $904

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $3,334 · management and general $3,334

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $439,054 · end of year $465,386

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $4,975,000 · end of year $5,469,502

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $505,429 · end of year $131,000

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $7,930 · end of year $20,262

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

    $2,711

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

    $1,510

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $2,105 · end of year $1,201

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $629,464 · end of year $605,020

  • 18 · Grants payable

    end of year $822,478

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $4,136,603 · end of year $3,148,156

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $383,903 · end of year $570,133

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $779,548 · end of year $941,564

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE PURPOSE OF THE CONSORTIUM IS TO ADVANCE RESEARCH AND INNOVATION IN THE FIELD OF MEDIA AND TECHNOLOGY TO BENEFIT THE STATE'S CIVIC LIFE AND EVOLVING INFORMATION NEEDS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE NEW JERSEY CIVIC INFORMATION CONSORTIUM REIMAGINES HOW PUBLIC FUNDING CAN BE USED TO ADDRESS THE GROWING PROBLEM OF NEWS DESERTS, MISINFORMATION, AND SUPPORT MORE INFORMED COMMUNITIES.

  • THE CONSORTIUM PROVIDES GRANTS FOR PROJECTS THAT ACHIEVE THE FOLLOWING GOALS. IMPROVE THE QUANTITY AND QUALITY OF CIVIC INFORMATION IN NEW JERSEY COMMUNITIES. GIVE RESIDENTS ENHANCED ACCESS TO USEFUL GOVERNMENT DATA AND PUBLIC INFORMATION THROUGH INNOVATIVE APPLICATIONS, PLATFORMS, AND TECHNOLOGIES. TRAIN STUDENTS, PROFESSIONALS, AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN THE PRACTICE OF COMMUNITY STORYTELLING, JOURNALISM, AND MEDIA PRODUCTION. NURTURE BETTER CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND DIALOGUE INSIDE AND BETWEEN NEW JERSEY COMMUNITIES. BETTER MEET THE INFORMATION NEEDS OF LOW-INCOME COMMUNITIES AND RACIAL AND ETHNIC COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE BEEN UNDERSERVED BY THE MEDIA. INVEST IN RESEARCH AND PRACTICES THAT CAN HELP MEDIA OUTLETS BECOME MORE CLOSELY CONNECTED TO THEIR AUDIENCES AND MORE SUSTAINABLE WITHOUT GOVERNMENT SUPPORT.

    Expenses $4,332,816 · Grants $3,502,755

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Christopher J Daggett

    CHAIR/INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $120,105
    From this org
    $120,105
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    30

  • Therise Edwards

    VICE CHAIRPERSON

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • John Rd Celock

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • Molly De Aguiar

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • Kevin Belfield

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Carl Hausman

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Dena Mottola Jaborska

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Audrey Kelly

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Maria Lopez-Nunez

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Kim Pearson

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Marisol Mendez Peron

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Charles W Powers

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Michael Rispoli

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • Kevin J Rooney

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Matthew Weber

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Robin Wilson-Glover

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

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

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

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.

  • ROWAN UNIVERSITY

    UNIVERSITY EDUCATION · NJ

  • MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY

    UNIVERSITY EDUCATION · NJ

  • THE COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY

    UNIVERSITY EDUCATION · NJ

  • NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

    UNIVERSITY EDUCATION · NJ

  • RUTGERS THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NJ

    UNIVERSITY EDUCATION · NJ

  • KEAN UNIVERSITY

    UNIVERSITY EDUCATION · NJ

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
17 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202543229349300324

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