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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by UNREPORTED STORY SOCIETY.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,873,561
Total expenses
$1,862,079
Contributions and grants received
$2,825,070
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$48,491
Total assets, end of year
$1,364,433
Total liabilities, end of year
$13,227
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,351,206
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,666,003
Management and general expenses
$147,181
Fundraising expenses
$48,895
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,666,003

Program services were 89.5% 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)

    $46,582

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $2,778,488

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $0

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

    total $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $0

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $0

  • 11a · Other revenue: Other Income

    total $48,491 · excluded $48,491

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $48,491

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 $519,889 · program services $519,889

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $151,814 · program services $151,814

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $62,112 · program services $62,112

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $0

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $16,649 · management and general $16,649

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $14,163 · management and general $14,163

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $22,883 · program services $22,883

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $425,261 · program services $425,261

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $66,805 · management and general $66,805

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $0

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $18,204 · management and general $18,204

  • 17 · Travel

    total $781 · program services $781

  • 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 $1,869 · management and general $1,869

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $28,256 · program services $439 · management and general $27,817

  • 24a · Other expenses: Other Production Costs

    total $482,824 · program services $482,824

  • 24b · Other expenses: FUNDRAISING COSTS

    total $48,895 · fundraising $48,895

  • 24c · Other expenses: Postage and Shipping

    total $1,674 · management and general $1,674

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $392,590 · end of year $1,359,790

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $0

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $0

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $0

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    end of year $0

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

    $10,428

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

    $5,785

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $6,513 · end of year $4,643

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    end of year $0

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    end of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $12,797 · end of year $13,227

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $46,582

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $339,724 · end of year $1,351,206

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

The Society is dedicated to investigating and reporting stories the mainstream media neglects and providing those stories to the general public.

  • PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION OF FILMS, PODCASTS, VIDEOS, PLAYS AND OTHER MEDIA WHICH REPORT ON IMPORTANT NEGLECTED STORIES TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC.

    Expenses $1,666,003

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Ann McElhinney

    President & Sec

    Total calculated
    $272,178
    From this org
    $250,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,178
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $250,000
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $7,460
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,718
    Filer's total
    $272,178
  • Magdalena Segieda

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $247,712
    From this org
    $229,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,212
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $229,500
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $6,885
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,327
    Filer's total
    $247,712
  • June Thornton

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mark Paoletta

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tana Sherwood

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • John Harpole

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Arlynn Whittaker

    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. 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

  • 1a · First-class or charter travel
  • 1a · Payments for business use of a personal residence
  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study

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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

Part I, Line 1a: Relevant information in regards to selections on 1a.

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
15 November 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202303199349319485

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