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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by FOUNDATION FOR CREATIVE BROADCASTING INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,526,998
Total expenses
$1,297,538
Contributions and grants received
$1,221,325
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$229,469
Investment income
$35,097
Other revenue
$41,107
Total assets, end of year
$2,176,837
Total liabilities, end of year
$427,729
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,749,108
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$833,398
Management and general expenses
$106,205
Fundraising expenses
$357,935
Program service expenses (Part III)
$833,398

Program services were 64.2% 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.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $688,553

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $28,000

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $504,772

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $45,560

  • 2a · Program service revenue: UNDERWRITING

    total $188,707 · related or exempt $188,707

  • 2b · Program service revenue: BARTER TRANSACTIONS

    total $24,806 · related or exempt $24,806

  • 2c · Program service revenue: OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES

    total $15,956 · related or exempt $15,956

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $37,264 · excluded $37,264

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $86,072

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

    securities $88,239

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$2,167

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$2,167 · excluded -$2,167

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $77,384

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

    $28,000

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $38,802

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $38,582 · excluded $38,582

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER

    total $2,525 · excluded $2,525

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $2,525

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $107,784 · program services $71,658 · management and general $5,575 · fundraising $30,551

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $546,752 · program services $355,669 · management and general $29,486 · fundraising $161,597

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $81,094 · program services $52,753 · management and general $4,373 · fundraising $23,968

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $52,227 · program services $33,974 · management and general $2,817 · fundraising $15,436

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $1,340 · program services $871 · management and general $469

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $43,454 · program services $18,505 · management and general $24,949

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $32,004 · program services $16,928 · management and general $1,875 · fundraising $13,201

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $21,857 · program services $14,178 · management and general $1,594 · fundraising $6,085

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $27,911 · program services $11,101 · management and general $4,054 · fundraising $12,756

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $25,652 · program services $2,330 · management and general $1,510 · fundraising $21,812

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $131,727 · program services $126,048 · management and general $1,893 · fundraising $3,786

  • 17 · Travel

    total $6,055 · program services $4,152 · fundraising $1,903

  • 20 · Interest

    total $28,384 · program services $11,356 · management and general $5,676 · fundraising $11,352

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $32,378 · program services $12,801 · management and general $6,775 · fundraising $12,802

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $20,914 · program services $8,453 · management and general $6,139 · fundraising $6,322

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM ACQUISITION & S

    total $73,247 · program services $73,247

  • 24b · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $17,239 · program services $7,657 · management and general $5,333 · fundraising $4,249

  • 24c · Other expenses: REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE

    total $15,618 · program services $8,958 · management and general $2,308 · fundraising $4,352

  • 24d · Other expenses: BARTER TRANSACTIONS

    total $12,806 · fundraising $12,806

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $19,095 · program services $2,759 · management and general $1,379 · fundraising $14,957

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $95 · end of year $95

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $896,842 · end of year $1,076,409

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $0

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $22,983 · end of year $23,641

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $13,215 · end of year $11,391

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

    $1,539,466

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

    $935,399

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $593,237 · end of year $604,067

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $56,532 · end of year $68,051

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $454,383 · end of year $393,183

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $131,371 · end of year $100,581

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $392,339 · end of year $327,148

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,428,741 · end of year $1,678,969

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $84,836 · end of year $70,139

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO CONNECT THE COMMUNITIES OF TUCSON AND SOUTHERN ARIZONA TO EACH OTHER AND TO THE WORLD, WITH INFORMATIVE, ENGAGING AND CREATIVE COMMUNITY-BASED PROGRAMMING.

Activities or mission (Part I)

PROVIDE EDUCATION ON MEDIA

  • PROVIDE PUBLIC RADIO FOR THE TUCSON COMMUNITY, INCLUDING BROADCASTING, PROGRAMMING, LIVE PERFORMANCES AND OTHER RELATED COMMUNITY SERVICE ACTIVITIES REPRESENTING THE DIVERSITY OF TUCSON.

    Expenses $833,398 · Revenue $229,469

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Yissel Salafsky

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Eli Burke

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Fernando Gonzalez

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Rachel Abraham

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michelle Herzog

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Vicki Chandler

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Elva De La Torre

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $77,222
    From this org
    $71,142
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,080
    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
2024
Filed
4 March 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202620999349301417

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