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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by BROOKLINEDOTNEWS.

Totals

Total revenue
$495,698
Total expenses
$205,333
Contributions and grants received
$497,590
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$1,276
Other revenue
-$3,168
Total assets, end of year
$360,719
Total liabilities, end of year
$24,859
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$335,860
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$156,895
Management and general expenses
$35,820
Fundraising expenses
$12,618
Program service expenses (Part III)
$156,895

Program services were 76.4% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $27,679

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $1,900

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $468,011

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $1,276 · excluded $1,276

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $8,200

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $27,679

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $11,368

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$3,168 · excluded -$3,168

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $126,441 · program services $110,332 · management and general $12,959 · fundraising $3,150

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $5,093 · program services $4,838 · management and general $255

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $10,386 · program services $8,934 · management and general $1,152 · fundraising $300

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $19 · management and general $19

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $11,158 · management and general $11,158

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $29,339 · program services $24,988 · management and general $4,289 · fundraising $62

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $1,407 · management and general $1,407

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $220 · management and general $220

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $2,750 · management and general $2,750

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $987 · program services $856 · management and general $105 · fundraising $26

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $7,379 · program services $6,397 · management and general $785 · fundraising $197

  • 24a · Other expenses: CREDIT CARD PROCESSING

    total $4,896 · fundraising $4,896

  • 24b · Other expenses: FISCAL SPONSORSHIP ADMI

    total $2,318 · fundraising $2,318

  • 24c · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS FUNDRAISI

    total $1,669 · fundraising $1,669

  • 24d · Other expenses: DUES & SUBSCRIPTION EXP

    total $650 · management and general $650

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $621 · program services $550 · management and general $71

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $40,918 · end of year $117,807

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $201,253

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $25,500

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $10,054

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $5,967 · end of year $6,105

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,390 · end of year $3,866

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    end of year $20,993

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $335,860

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $45,495 · end of year $0

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

BROOKLINE.NEWS IS AN INDEPENDENT, NONPROFIT NEWS ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO PROVIDING COMPREHENSIVE LOCAL COVERAGE TO BROOKLINE RESIDENTS. BROOKLINE.NEWS WORKS TO TRAIN THE NEXT GENERATION OF JOURNALISTS AND TO BUILD A NETWORK OF HYPERLOCAL OUTLETS THAT BENEFITS FROM SHARED BEST PRACTICES AND ECONOMIES OF SCALE.

  • BROOKLINE.NEWS WORKS TO TRAIN THE NEXT GENERATION OF JOURNALISTS AND TO BUILD A NETWORK OF HYPERLOCAL OUTLETS THAT BENEFITS FROM SHARED BEST PRACTICES AND ECONOMIES OF SCALE.

    Expenses $156,895 · Revenue $8,200

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Julie Rafferty

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20
  • Frederick Perry

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Ellen Clegg

    CLERK

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20
  • Irene Sege

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
7 April 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202530979349300913

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