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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by CORTICO CORPORATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,375,561
Total expenses
$2,220,101
Contributions and grants received
$3,000,486
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$368,645
Investment income
$6,430
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$4,505,246
Total liabilities, end of year
$29,906
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$4,475,340
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,754,733
Management and general expenses
$414,139
Fundraising expenses
$51,229
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,754,733

Program services were 79.0% 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

    $3,000,486

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM SERVICE FEES

    total $368,645 · related or exempt $368,645

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $6,430 · excluded $6,430

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $66,597 · program services $52,637 · management and general $12,423 · fundraising $1,537

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,154,165 · program services $912,234 · management and general $215,296 · fundraising $26,635

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $34,357 · program services $27,155 · management and general $6,409 · fundraising $793

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $115,425 · program services $91,230 · management and general $21,531 · fundraising $2,664

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $93,841 · program services $74,170 · management and general $17,505 · fundraising $2,166

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $97,962 · program services $77,428 · management and general $18,274 · fundraising $2,260

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $39,035 · program services $30,853 · management and general $7,281 · fundraising $901

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $192,680 · program services $152,292 · management and general $35,943 · fundraising $4,445

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $7,077 · program services $5,594 · management and general $1,320 · fundraising $163

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $78,899 · program services $62,361 · management and general $14,718 · fundraising $1,820

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $1,541 · program services $1,218 · management and general $287 · fundraising $36

  • 17 · Travel

    total $50,808 · program services $40,158 · management and general $9,478 · fundraising $1,172

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $1,350 · program services $1,067 · management and general $252 · fundraising $31

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $260,904 · program services $206,215 · management and general $48,670 · fundraising $6,019

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $3,586 · program services $2,834 · management and general $669 · fundraising $83

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM EXPENSES

    total $11,973 · program services $9,463 · management and general $2,234 · fundraising $276

  • 24b · Other expenses: OTHER EXPENSES

    total $8,854 · program services $6,998 · management and general $1,652 · fundraising $204

  • 24c · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT

    total $553 · program services $436 · management and general $104 · fundraising $13

  • 24d · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES

    total $268 · program services $211 · management and general $51 · fundraising $6

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $226 · program services $179 · management and general $42 · fundraising $5

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,478,674 · end of year $3,904,198

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $964,692 · end of year -$35,308

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $11,078 · end of year -$280

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

    $19,837

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

    $19,223

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $3,399 · end of year $614

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $887,460 · end of year $629,022

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $7,000 · end of year $7,000

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $32,423 · end of year $29,906

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,453,805 · end of year $4,475,340

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $866,075 · end of year $0

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

WE BELIEVE CIVIC LIFE CAN BE REVITALIZED WHEN WE HOLD SPACE FOR CONVERSATION, RECOGNIZING THAT TRADITIONALLY UNDERHEARD VOICES AND MARGINAL EXPERIENCES CAN YIELD IMPROVED UNDERSTANDING AND COMMUNICATION ACROSS BOUNDARIES. SEE SCHEDULE O.OUR FRAGMENTED SOCIETY DEMANDS CIVIC SPACES WHERE INPUT SHARED BY COMMUNITY MEMBERS ABOUT THEIR IDENTITY AND EXPERIENCES SPARKS MORE INFORMED AND TRANSPARENT DECISIONS FROM OUR LEADERS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO FOSTER CONSTRUCTIVE PUBLIC CONVERSATION TO IMPROVE OUR UNDERSTANDING OF ONE ANOTHER.

  • IN 2022 CORTICO CONTINUED TO EXPAND THE LOCAL VOICES NETWORK, A UNIQUE PHYSICAL-DIGITAL NETWORK TO BRING UNDER-HEARD COMMUNITY VOICES, PERSPECTIVES, AND STORIES INTO THE CENTER OF A HEALTHIER PUBLIC SPHERE. LVN BRINGS TOGETHER SMALL GROUPS OF 4-8 PEOPLE TOGETHER FOR FACILITATED CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHAT MATTERS MOST TO THEM IN THEIR COMMUNITIES AND IN THE NATION. CONVERSATIONS MIGHT FOCUS BROADLY ON HOPES AND CONCERNS, OR BE MORE TOPICALLY FOCUSED; BUT, THE COMMON QUALITIES ARE SURFACING THE VALUES DRIVING INDIVIDUAL PARTICIPATION, SHARING PERSONAL EXPERIENCES THAT INFORM THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS ABOUT THEIR COMMUNITIES, AND ENGAGING IN MEANING-MAKING THROUGH REFLECTION ON PERSPECTIVES OF OTHERS BOTH WITHIN THEIR CONVERSATION AND FROM OTHER CONVERSATIONS IN THE NETWORK. POWERFUL MACHINE LEARNING TECHNOLOGY AND AN INNOVATIVE DIGITAL PLATFORM COMBINE TO SUPPORT LVN'S COLLECTION, CURATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF AUTHENTIC VOICES AT A NATIONWIDE SCALE.BEGINNING IN MARCH 2020 CORTICO PAUSED IN-PERSON CONVERSATIONS AND TRANSITIONED TO SUPPORTING VIRTUAL SMALL GROUP DIALOGUES, SUPPORTING THE WORK OF 20+ NEW PARTNERS NATIONWIDE ACROSS MEDIA, GOVERNMENT, EDUCATION, AND OTHER NON-PROFIT SECTORS.

    Expenses $1,754,733 · Revenue $368,645

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Deb Roy

    CEO & CO-FOUNDER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Eugene Yi

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Kathy Kramer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Yat Siu

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Ali Rowghani

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Russell Stevens

    TREASURER & CO-FOUNDER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • David Van Dokkum

    COO THRU 2/2022

    Total calculated
    $66,597
    From this org
    $64,036
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $2,561
    Hours/week
    40
  • Alex Kelly Berman

    VP OF PARTNERSHIPS & PROGRAMS

    Total calculated
    $145,551
    From this org
    $131,999
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,552
    Hours/week
    40
  • Jenine Turner-Trauring

    INTERIM SOFTWARE ENGINEERING TEAM LEAD

    Total calculated
    $148,784
    From this org
    $131,501
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,283
    Hours/week
    40
  • Josiah Oberholtzer

    SOFTWARE ENGINEER

    Total calculated
    $137,207
    From this org
    $122,750
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,457
    Hours/week
    40
  • Tevin Brown

    SOFTWARE ENGINEER

    Total calculated
    $113,934
    From this org
    $105,531
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,403
    Hours/week
    40
  • Dan Toyama

    PRODUCT MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $112,511
    From this org
    $104,145
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,366
    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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
11 November 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202303179349304665

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