Totals
- Total revenue
- $474,628
- Total expenses
- $549,794
- Contributions and grants received
- $464,882
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $6,495
- Investment income
- $3,251
- Other revenue
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $398,041
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $31,418
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $366,623
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $468,111
- Management and general expenses
- $20,725
- Fundraising expenses
- $60,958
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $468,111
Program services were 85.1% 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.
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1a · Federated campaigns
$0
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1b · Membership dues
$0
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1c · Fundraising events
$0
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1d · Related organizations
$0
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1e · Government grants (contributions)
$201,021
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$263,861
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1g · Noncash contributions included above
$0
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2a · Program service revenue: Mission based advertising
total $6,495 · related or exempt $6,495 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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2f · All other program service revenue
total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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3 · Investment income
total $3,251 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $3,251
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4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds
total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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5 · Royalties
total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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6c · Rental income or loss
real property $0 · personal property $0
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7c · Gain or loss
securities $0 · other assets $0
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8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c
$0
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11e · Other revenue, total
$0
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $0 · program services $0
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2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $0 · program services $0
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3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals
total $0 · program services $0
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4 · Benefits paid to or for members
total $0 · program services $0
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $50,000 · program services $45,000 · management and general $2,500 · fundraising $2,500
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6 · Compensation of disqualified persons
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $256,270 · program services $225,225 · management and general $5,978 · fundraising $25,067
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $3,623 · program services $3,623
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $3,215 · program services $2,566 · management and general $203 · fundraising $446
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $30,263 · program services $25,776 · management and general $1,599 · fundraising $2,888
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11a · Fees: management
total $12,000 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $12,000
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11b · Fees: legal
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $7,336 · program services $0 · management and general $7,336 · fundraising $0
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11d · Fees: lobbying
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $0 · fundraising $0
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11f · Fees: investment management
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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11g · Fees: other
total $40,294 · program services $40,294 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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13 · Office expenses
total $1,387 · program services $385 · management and general $525 · fundraising $477
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14 · Information technology
total $1,370 · program services $1,370 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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15 · Royalties
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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16 · Occupancy
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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17 · Travel
total $8,362 · program services $8,149 · management and general $213 · fundraising $0
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18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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20 · Interest
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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21 · Payments to affiliates
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $702 · program services $702 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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23 · Insurance
total $9,051 · program services $9,051 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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24a · Other expenses: Postage and delivery
total $73,434 · program services $66,209 · management and general $16 · fundraising $7,209
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24b · Other expenses: Printing
total $33,484 · program services $26,663 · management and general $0 · fundraising $6,821
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24c · Other expenses: Mail Processing
total $6,331 · program services $4,908 · management and general $0 · fundraising $1,423
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24d · Other expenses: Clipping Services
total $4,748 · program services $4,748 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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24e · All other expenses
total $7,924 · program services $3,442 · management and general $2,355 · fundraising $2,127
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $54,971 · end of year $25,360
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $328,752 · end of year $347,977
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
end of year $0
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $77,353 · end of year $21,358
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$7,016
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$3,670
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $4,048 · end of year $3,346
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
beginning of year $0
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $23,335 · end of year $31,418
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $329,789 · end of year $331,017
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $112,000 · end of year $35,606
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
Bay-Journal Media is a non-profit whose mission is to expand independent, unbiased reporting that informs the public about environmental issues affecting the Chesapeake Bay and which inspires effective action to restore, protect and preserve the region's natural heritage.
Activities or mission (Part I)
Bay Journal Media is a nonprofit news organization covering environmental issues in the Chesapeake Bay region. Our mission is to produce and expand high quality, in-depth reporting on environmental issues affecting the Chesapeake Bay watershead. The products are available free to our readers.
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The Chesapeake Bay Journal provides independent environmental news for the Chesapeake region. It publishes the Bay Journal in print, via email and on its website; produces podcasts, films and videos; partners with public media; and distributes content for free use by other media throughout and beyond the Bay region. Our products and activities reach approximately 250,000 people every month.
Expenses $468,111 · Revenue $474,628
As filed on the 2024 return.
Listed in Part VII
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Lara Lutz
Executive Director
- Total calculated
- $50,000
- From this org
- $50,000
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
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Mary Barber
President and Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
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Bill Eichbaum
Vice President and Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Kim Coble
Treasurer and Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Donald Luzzatto
Director and Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Lara Fowler
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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Mark Platts
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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Don Boesch
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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Jeanette Davis
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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
- 23 February 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.0
- Source object
- 202510779349301131
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