Form 990 for tax year 2022
Filed by MOUNTAIN STATE SPOTLIGHT INC.
This return was superseded by a later amendment. matched by us It is kept because history is preserved rather than replaced.
What the amendment changed
Compared with the latest return for 2022 , filed 23 May 2025. matched by us Only the Part I totals and the names listed in Part VII are compared. We relate returns by organization, tax year and form, and order them by each return's own timestamp; the filer's own "amended return" checkbox is a separate fact.
Both are the same on the two returns, so the amendment changed something else.
Totals
- Total revenue
- $1,123,213
- Total expenses
- $955,903
- Contributions and grants received
- $1,123,213
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $0
- Other revenue
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $1,039,145
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $193,394
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $845,751
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $576,146
- Management and general expenses
- $315,050
- Fundraising expenses
- $64,707
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $576,146
Program services were 60.3% 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
$1,123,213
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3 · Investment income
total $0
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4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds
total $0
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5 · Royalties
total $0
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6d · Net rental income or loss
total $0
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7d · Net gain or loss
total $0
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $0
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9c · Net income from gaming
total $0
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10c · Net income from sales of inventory
total $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
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2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $0
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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 $168,452 · program services $151,607 · management and general $16,845
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6 · Compensation of disqualified persons
total $0
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $410,128 · program services $258,981 · management and general $108,493 · fundraising $42,654
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $0
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $24,957 · program services $7,989 · management and general $9,827 · fundraising $7,141
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $46,698 · program services $33,188 · management and general $9,984 · fundraising $3,526
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11a · Fees: management
total $0
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11b · Fees: legal
total $6,421 · management and general $6,421
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $0
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11d · Fees: lobbying
total $0
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11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $0
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11f · Fees: investment management
total $0
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11g · Fees: other
total $92,524 · program services $51,752 · management and general $40,772
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $17,600 · program services $6,654 · management and general $2,839 · fundraising $8,107
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13 · Office expenses
total $9,390 · program services $2,980 · management and general $6,331 · fundraising $79
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14 · Information technology
total $0
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15 · Royalties
total $0
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16 · Occupancy
total $52,641 · program services $24,000 · management and general $28,641
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17 · Travel
total $21,101 · program services $13,129 · management and general $6,312 · fundraising $1,660
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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 $6,248 · management and general $6,248
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23 · Insurance
total $13,766 · program services $10,187 · management and general $3,579
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24a · Other expenses: SOFTWARE subscriptions
total $33,380 · management and general $33,380
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24b · Other expenses: technology
total $30,884 · program services $5,154 · management and general $25,730
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24c · Other expenses: PAYROLL FEES
total $12,605 · program services $9,430 · management and general $1,987 · fundraising $1,188
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24d · Other expenses: MISC BUSINESS EXPENSES
total $8,475 · program services $1,045 · management and general $7,430
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24e · All other expenses
total $633 · program services $50 · management and general $231 · fundraising $352
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $518,251 · end of year $587,487
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
end of year $0
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $187,030 · end of year $220,102
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4 · Accounts receivable
end of year $0
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5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people
end of year $0
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6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons
end of year $0
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7 · Other notes and loans receivable
end of year $0
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8 · Inventories for sale or use
end of year $0
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $8,720 · end of year $19,619
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$65,062
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$6,248
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
end of year $58,814
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
end of year $0
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12 · Investments: other securities
end of year $0
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13 · Investments: program-related
end of year $0
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14 · Intangible assets
end of year $0
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15 · Other assets
end of year $153,123
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $17,717 · end of year $6,567
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25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $17,843 · end of year $186,827
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $400,673 · end of year $745,482
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $277,768 · end of year $100,269
Mission and programs · 2022
Mission
To serve the general public as an independent, civic news organization that tells stories of importance to West Virginians about issues and challenges facing their communities.
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Operation of digital news room serving universally-accessible information focused on major issues facing West Virginians, including public health threats, economic development challenges, environment issues, and government accountability. In 2021, the organization: increased readership of its website and sign-ups for its email newsletter produced investigative projects focused on foster care, economic development, environmental protection, and other issues grew staff reporter headcount
Expenses $576,146
As filed on the 2022 return.
Listed in Part VII
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Ellen Allen
Executive Dir.
- Total calculated
- $94,832
- From this org
- $79,447
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $15,385
- Hours/week
- 40
-
Ken Ward Jr
President
- Total calculated
- $73,620
- From this org
- $70,576
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $3,044
- Hours/week
- 40
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BENJAMIN L BAILEY
Chairman
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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SUZANNE M WEISE
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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STEVEN D CANTERBURY
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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AMAR RAJWANI
Treasurer
- 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
- 18 October 2023
- IRS schema version
- 2022v5.0
- Source object
- 202342919349301704
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