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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by DEVELOPING RADIO PARTNERS INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$257,543
Total expenses
$261,082
Contributions and grants received
$257,540
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$3
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$131,177
Total liabilities, end of year
$32,543
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$98,634
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$203,249
Management and general expenses
$14,254
Fundraising expenses
$43,579
Program service expenses (Part III)
$203,249

Program services were 77.8% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $257,540

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $3 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $3

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

    total $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $0

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $0

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 9a · Gaming: gross income

    $0

  • 9b · Gaming: direct expenses

    $0

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $0

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

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 $70,000 · program services $49,000 · management and general $10,500 · fundraising $10,500

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $0

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $0

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $5,460 · program services $3,822 · management and general $819 · fundraising $819

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $675 · management and general $675

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $171,921 · program services $141,311 · management and general $305 · fundraising $30,305

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $2,068 · program services $1,448 · management and general $310 · fundraising $310

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $1,486 · program services $1,040 · management and general $223 · fundraising $223

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $0

  • 17 · Travel

    total $630 · program services $440 · management and general $95 · fundraising $95

  • 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 $4,472 · program services $3,130 · management and general $671 · fundraising $671

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $0

  • 24a · Other expenses: DUES

    total $4,370 · program services $3,058 · management and general $656 · fundraising $656

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $109,097 · end of year $104,668

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $25,007 · end of year $25,009

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $1,500 · end of year $1,500

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

    $13,259

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

    $13,259

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $12,200 · end of year $14,919

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $21,231 · end of year $17,624

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $102,173 · end of year $98,634

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

DRP is a nonprofit and media development organization that works with people in low and middle income countries running community based media organizations, including radio stations.Developing Radio Partners brings the most important development information to those hardest to reach in sub-Saharan Africa and across the world, using the most widely used medium--radio--by enriching the programming of community based radio stations. We train journalists about climate-smart agriculture, health for women and youth through workshops, weekly bulletins on timely issues with a problem statement and solutions and production tips. We provide funds for community activities and on-site mentoring. As a result, farmers have improved their livelihoods, trees have been planted, cholera reduced and health services made more accessible. DRP has worked in Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, Zimbabwe, Cameroon, Malawi, Belize and Panama in the last year. By providing much-needed training, DRP helps radio stations and o

Activities or mission (Part I)

MEDIUM-RADIO-BY ENRICHING THE PROGRAMMING OF COMMUNITY BASED RADIO STATIONS. TRAIN JOURNALISTS ON ISSUES, OFFER WORKSHOPS AND PROVIDE FOR COUMMUNITY ACTIVITIES AND ON-SITE MENTORING.

  • Developing Radio Partners is a US-based non-profit media development organization that works with people running community based radio stations in developing countries. We provide them with the skills, content and methodologies they need to bring reliable information services on development topics to their listeners. Developing Radio Partners is dedicated to bringing information on the most important topics in development - population, climate change, health and governance - to those who are hardest to reach, using the most effective media: local radio, text messaging and various social media platforms. Developing Radio Partners,(DRP),is a solutions-oriented organization committed to building vibrant, participatory communities internationally, through the development of financially and editorially independent media services with a focus on community radio. Country by country, we build the capacity of individual radio stations, associations and programming networks by working alongside station managers, their staff and their communities to achieve local development goals that enrich people's lives. Following initial workshops, DRP provides stations with: - Weekly program e-bulletins (fact sheets) that help stations develop local, accurate, timely and useful content. - Professional good practices, helping stations produce quality content and run sustainably. - Useful technologies, such as SMS and social media platforms, aiding stations in communicating with their listeners. - Scientifically-proven interventions communities can undertake in response to environmental degradation and climate change. - Training & support for Magazine-format radio journalism as well as podcast training and development. - Support for community events sponsored by area radio stations. - The use of various social media platforms to complement radio programs and announcements.

    Expenses $203,249

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • charles rice

    PRESIDENT & CEO

    Total calculated
    $70,000
    From this org
    $70,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • brian fix

    chairman

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • paul Maguire

    treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Angelina Njiwa

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • troy etulain

    director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • kevin klose

    director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • rich mcClear

    director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • terrY DUNMIRE

    director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • donatella Livia Lorch

    director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • deborah Mesce

    director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • AMBASSADOR Jeanine Jackson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kate Cummings

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • jack allison

    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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
14 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202521349349312817

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