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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by CITYSIDE JOURNALISM INITIATIVE.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,805,599
Total expenses
$4,227,726
Contributions and grants received
$2,974,914
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$635,417
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$195,268
Total assets, end of year
$1,165,414
Total liabilities, end of year
$255,860
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$909,554
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$3,009,923
Management and general expenses
$800,651
Fundraising expenses
$417,152
Program service expenses (Part III)
$3,009,923

Program services were 71.2% 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

    $896,134

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $2,078,780

  • 2a · Program service revenue: ADVERTISING

    total $254,167 · unrelated business $254,167

  • 2b · Program service revenue: SPONSORSHIP

    total $254,167 · related or exempt $254,167

  • 2c · Program service revenue: UNDERWRITING

    total $127,083 · related or exempt $127,083

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $0

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $0

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $0

  • 11a · Other revenue: EXPENSE REIMBURSEMENT

    total $85,917 · related or exempt $85,917

  • 11b · Other revenue: NEWS SHOWCASE

    total $25,831 · related or exempt $25,831

  • 11c · Other revenue: PRODUCT TESTING

    total $83,520 · related or exempt $83,520

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $195,268

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $0

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $962,029 · program services $748,107 · management and general $85,315 · fundraising $128,607

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,616,669 · program services $1,257,176 · management and general $143,370 · fundraising $216,123

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $89,918 · program services $69,924 · management and general $7,974 · fundraising $12,020

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $106,920 · program services $83,145 · management and general $9,482 · fundraising $14,293

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $190,585 · program services $148,206 · management and general $16,901 · fundraising $25,478

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $7,901 · program services $2,990 · management and general $4,911

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $133,941 · program services $50,681 · management and general $83,260

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $648,643 · program services $520,339 · management and general $113,935 · fundraising $14,369

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $74,138 · program services $45,172 · management and general $28,807 · fundraising $159

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $147,135 · program services $7,654 · management and general $139,442 · fundraising $39

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $108,929 · program services $35,710 · management and general $72,889 · fundraising $330

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $0

  • 17 · Travel

    total $50,895 · program services $16,196 · management and general $31,194 · fundraising $3,505

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $33,338 · management and general $33,338

  • 24a · Other expenses: OTHER EXPENSES

    total $27,392 · program services $10,732 · management and general $15,800 · fundraising $860

  • 24b · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $15,744 · program services $10,454 · management and general $5,021 · fundraising $269

  • 24c · Other expenses: BANK FEES AND CHARGES

    total $8,040 · program services $3,421 · management and general $4,619

  • 24d · Other expenses: CREDIT LOSSES

    total $4,319 · management and general $4,319

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $1,190 · program services $16 · management and general $74 · fundraising $1,100

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $159,364 · end of year $98,770

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $854,761 · end of year $631,412

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $245,000 · end of year $135,000

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $184,116 · end of year $220,143

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $50,255 · end of year $63,799

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    end of year $0

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    end of year $0

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    end of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $16,290 · end of year $16,290

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $175,827 · end of year $251,687

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $2,278 · end of year $4,173

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $88,402 · end of year $29,512

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,243,279 · end of year $880,042

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

Cityside Journalism Initiative is a nonpartisan, nonprofit media organization committed to building community through local journalism. Cityside provides readers with fact-driven, nonpartisan, informative reporting that seeks to reflect the diversity and complexity of the communities we serve. Cityside operates two newsrooms, Berkeleyside and Oaklandside, to provide local journalism in these cities.

  • EDITORIAL - TO PROVIDE READERS WITH FACT-DRIVEN, NONPARTISAN, INFORMATIVE REPORTING THAT SEEKS TO REFLECT THE DIVERSITY AND COMPLEXITY OF THE LOCAL COMMUNITY. Cityside operates two newsrooms, Berkeleyside and Oaklandside, to provide local journalism in these cities.

    Expenses $3,009,923 · Revenue $635,417

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Colleen Leary

    VP, CLIENT PTPS

    Total calculated
    $247,673
    From this org
    $233,922
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,751
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $233,922
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $9,538
    Nontaxable benefits
    $4,213
    Filer's total
    $247,673

  • Lance Knobel

    PRESIDENT & CEO

    Total calculated
    $178,628
    From this org
    $170,546
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,082
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $170,546
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $6,800
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,282
    Filer's total
    $178,628

  • Tanzeem Paghdiwala

    Treasurer, EIC

    Total calculated
    $174,315
    From this org
    $167,557
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,758
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $167,557
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $6,700
    Nontaxable benefits
    $58
    Filer's total
    $174,315

  • Tracey Taylor

    SECY & ED DIR

    Total calculated
    $164,638
    From this org
    $150,030
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,608
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $150,030
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $6,165
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,443
    Filer's total
    $164,638

  • Pamela Lewis Turntine

    Editor In Chief

    Total calculated
    $148,097
    From this org
    $133,042
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,055
    Hours/week
    40

  • Jacob Simas

    MANAGING EDITOR

    Total calculated
    $111,291
    From this org
    $106,931
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,360
    Hours/week
    40

  • Michael Olson

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Stacey Zolt Hara

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Evelyn Nussenbaum

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Martin Reynolds

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Candice Fortman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Emily Ramshaw

    Audit Co. Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Susan Stutzman

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Lisa Armstrong

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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

  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 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
2023
Filed
29 August 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202412429349301531

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