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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by ONE STORY INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$489,533
Total expenses
$426,296
Contributions and grants received
$302,441
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$172,638
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$14,454
Total assets, end of year
$220,917
Total liabilities, end of year
$145,971
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$74,946
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$315,808
Management and general expenses
$86,210
Fundraising expenses
$24,278
Program service expenses (Part III)
$315,808

Program services were 74.1% 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

    $13,715

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $50,000

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $238,726

  • 2a · Program service revenue: WORKSHOP FEES

    total $172,638 · related or exempt $172,638

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $16,985

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

    $13,715

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $16,985

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $75,548

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $64,540

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $11,008 · related or exempt $11,008

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $3,446 · excluded $3,446

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $3,446

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $67,725 · program services $52,400 · management and general $9,245 · fundraising $6,080

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $125,365 · program services $117,919 · management and general $423 · fundraising $7,023

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $745 · program services $657 · management and general $37 · fundraising $51

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $14,196 · program services $12,534 · management and general $710 · fundraising $952

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $11,615 · program services $10,246 · management and general $581 · fundraising $788

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $6,500 · management and general $6,500

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $91,625 · program services $48,000 · management and general $40,225 · fundraising $3,400

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $690 · program services $611 · management and general $79

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $2,628 · program services $1,371 · management and general $844 · fundraising $413

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $14,797 · program services $7,356 · management and general $7,180 · fundraising $261

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $25,037 · program services $17,525 · management and general $3,756 · fundraising $3,756

  • 17 · Travel

    total $881 · program services $756 · management and general $125

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $3,030 · program services $2,161 · fundraising $869

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $617 · management and general $617

  • 24a · Other expenses: POSTAGE AND DELIVERY

    total $46,315 · program services $43,247 · management and general $2,383 · fundraising $685

  • 24b · Other expenses: BANK SERVICE CHARGES

    total $11,002 · management and general $11,002

  • 24c · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSE

    total $3,023 · program services $520 · management and general $2,503

  • 24d · Other expenses: PRINTING

    total $505 · program services $505

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $81,191 · end of year $113,284

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $40,000

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $2,368 · end of year $2,458

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

    $4,820

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

    $4,820

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $2,830 · end of year $65,175

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $13,060 · end of year $56,093

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $53,620 · end of year $28,623

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    beginning of year $8,000 · end of year $0

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $61,255

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $11,709 · end of year $34,946

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    end of year $40,000

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

ONE STORY AIMS TO BRING LITERARY FICTION TO A WIDE AUDIENCE BY MAKING SHORT STORIES PORTABLE AND FUN. WE MAIL ONE PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHED SHORT STORY TO A WIDE AUDIENCE 15 TIMES A YEAR. OUR FORMAT FORGES AN INTIMATE CONNECTION BETWEEN READER AND WRITER AND ALLOWS EACH AUTHOR TO TAKE CENTER STAGE. PART OF ONE STORY'S MISSION IS TO SUPPORT WRITERS. WE ARE COMMITTED TO PUBLISHING BOTH NEW AND ESTABLISHED AUTHORS. TO THAT END, WE WILL ONLY PUBLISH EACH AUTHOR ONCE. WE MENTOR OUR AUTHORS LONG AFTER THEY PUBLISH WITH US, CONNECTING THEM TO AGENTS AND EDITORS, GUIDING THEM DURING TURNING POINTS IN THEIR CAREERS, PROMOTING THEIR BOOKS AND OTHER VENTURES, AND HERALDING THEIR SUCCESSES. AT THE SAME TIME, ONE STORY PAIRS THEIR WRITING WITH AN ENTHUSIASTIC AUDIENCE, ESTABLISHING RELATIONSHIPS WITH READERS THAT LAST A LIFETIME.

Activities or mission (Part I)

ONE STORY AIMS TO BRING LITERARY FICTION TO A WIDE AUDIENCE BY MAKING SHORT STORIES PORTABLE AND FUN. WE MAIL ONE PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHED SHORT STORY A WIDE AUDIENCE 15 TIMES A YEAR. OUR FORMAT FORGES AN INTIMATE CONNECTION BETWEEN READER AND WRITER AND ALLOWS EACH AUTHOR TO TAKE CENTER STAGE.

  • IN 2022, ONE STORY INC. EDITED AND PUBLISHED 12 ISSUES OF ONE STORY AND 3 ISSUES OF ONE TEEN STORY, AND DISTRIBUTED THE MAGAZINES TO READERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND WORLD. ONE STORY PUBLISHED AND MENTORED A MIX OF ESTABLISHED, EMERGING, AND DEBUT WRITERS; ONE TEEN STORY SHOWCASED TEEN WRITING.ONE STORY INC. EXPANDED ITS EDUCATION PROGRAMMING IN 2022, REACHING NEARLY 2,000 WRITERS WITH 9 AFFORDABLE ONLINE CLASSES, TWO WORKSHOPS. AND A VIRTUAL CONFERENCE.TO INCREASE DIVERSITY IN THE FIELD, ONE STORY CONTINUED ITS APPRENCTICE PROGRAM AND ITS EDUCATIONAL FELLOWSHIP.

    Expenses $315,808 · Revenue $183,646

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Julie Barer

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kevin Reymond

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Maribeth Batcha

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $16,738
    From this org
    $15,734
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $1,004
    Hours/week
    20
  • Hannah Tinti

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $50,987
    From this org
    $41,817
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,170
    Hours/week
    20
  • Nicole Aragi

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Robert Raich

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dani Shapiro

    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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
8 November 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202323179349303207

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