Totals
- Total revenue
- $715,460
- Total expenses
- $754,859
- Contributions and grants received
- $629,040
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $78,318
- Investment income
- $4,393
- Other revenue
- $3,709
- Total assets, end of year
- $54,277
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $9,208
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $45,069
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $624,057
- Management and general expenses
- $71,353
- Fundraising expenses
- $59,448
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $624,057
Program services were 82.7% 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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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$629,040
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2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM SERVICE FEES
total $2,368
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2b · Program service revenue: SPECIAL PROJECTS
total $75,000
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2c · Program service revenue: WRITING
total $950
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3 · Investment income
total $4,393
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11a · Other revenue: ADS
total $2,973
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11b · Other revenue: MEDIA SERVICES
total $736
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11e · Other revenue, total
$3,709
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $0
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2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $0
-
3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals
total $0
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4 · Benefits paid to or for members
total $0
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $95,088 · program services $71,316 · management and general $14,263 · fundraising $9,509
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6 · Compensation of disqualified persons
total $0
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $329,290 · program services $279,633 · management and general $9,931 · fundraising $39,726
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $0
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $0
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $45,677 · program services $35,136 · management and general $6,149 · fundraising $4,392
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11a · Fees: management
total $0
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11b · Fees: legal
total $0
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $29,384 · program services $3,820 · management and general $21,156 · fundraising $4,408
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11d · Fees: lobbying
total $0
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11f · Fees: investment management
total $0
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11g · Fees: other
total $142,102 · program services $142,102
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $0
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13 · Office expenses
total $20,191 · program services $12,922 · management and general $5,855 · fundraising $1,413
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14 · Information technology
total $0
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15 · Royalties
total $0
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16 · Occupancy
total $22,209 · program services $16,657 · management and general $5,552
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17 · Travel
total $8,361 · program services $8,361
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18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials
total $0
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $0
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20 · Interest
total $0
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21 · Payments to affiliates
total $0
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $3,064 · program services $1,532 · management and general $1,532
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23 · Insurance
total $9,468 · program services $4,734 · management and general $4,734
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24a · Other expenses: BANK AND CC FEES
total $2,181 · management and general $2,181
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24b · Other expenses: PRODUCTION/ SYNDICATION FEES
total $46,309 · program services $46,309
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24c · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT RENTALS
total $1,535 · program services $1,535
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24e · All other expenses
total $0
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $81,843 · end of year $40,555
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$24,529
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$16,867
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $10,726 · end of year $7,662
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
beginning of year $6,876 · end of year $2,703
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $4,152 · end of year $3,357
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $9,294 · end of year $9,208
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25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $80,715
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31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds
beginning of year $13,588 · end of year $45,069
Mission and programs · 2022
Mission
CURIOUS COMMUNICATIONS PROVIDES EDUCATIONAL SERVICES TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC WITH RESPECT TO CURRENT EVENTS, AND THE ROLE OF CIVIC INVOLVEMENT AND CITIZEN INITIATIVES IN THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS. THE GROUP ACHIEVES THIS MISSION BY PRODUCING REGULAR PROGRAMS IN MULTIMEDIA INCLUDING PUBLIC TELEVISION BROADCAST THAT HIGHLIGHT CIVIC ENGAGEMENT
Activities or mission (Part I)
CURIOUS COMMUN. PROVIDES EDUCATIONAL SERVICES TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC WITH RESPECT TO CURRENT EVENTS, AND THE ROLE OF CIVIC INVOLVEMENT AND CITIZEN INITIATIVES IN THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS.
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THE ORGANIZATION MISSION IS ACCOMPLISHED VIA THE PRODUCTION, 50 WEEKS PER YEAR, OF A CURRENT EVENTS NEWSWORTHY BROADCAST AIRED ON PUBLIC TELEVISION AND ALSO AVAILABLE VIA ONLINE STREAMING. WE ALSO PRODUCE WEEKLY PODCASTS, AND CONDUCT OCCASIONAL MEDIA TRAINING EVENTS FOR OTHER NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.
Expenses $624,057
As filed on the 2022 return.
Listed in Part VII
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Laura FlandersLAURA FLANDERS
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $95,088
- From this org
- $95,088
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- not reported
- Bonus
- not reported
- Other
- not reported
- Deferred
- not reported
- Nontaxable benefits
- not reported
- Filer's total
- not reported
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Kim ConnerKIM CONNER
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Gus SpheerisGUS SPHEERIS
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Adrienne TorfADRIENNE TORF
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Darrel FrostDARREL FROST
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Terry McGovernTERRY MCGOVERN
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Isaiah PooleISAIAH POOLE
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Dara BaldwinDARA BALDWIN
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
None.
Answered no
- 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
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
- 20 October 2023
- IRS schema version
- 2022v5.0
- Source object
- 202343079349300034
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