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The Center for Investigative Reporting Inc: Form 990, tax year 2017

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Organization
The Center for Investigative Reporting Inc (EIN 94-2434026)
Tax period
2017-01-01 to 2017-12-31
Filed
2018-06-18
IRS object ID
201811699349300821
Schema version
2017v2.2
Source
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Elizabeth Share
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Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssetsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY-$2,449,067BOYAmt
EOY-$1,950,203EOYAmt

Temporarily Rstr Net Assets TemporarilyRstrNetAssetsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$9,658,468BOYAmt
EOY$9,512,545EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$7,209,401BOYAmt
EOY$7,562,342EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$7,933,541BOYAmt
EOY$8,620,384EOYAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part XIYes (X)InfoInScheduleOPartXIInd
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss$378,773ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets-$25,832OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Method Of Accounting AccrualYes (X)MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or ReviewfalseAccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS AuditedYes (true)FSAuditedInd

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasisGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Separate Basis Fincl StmtYes (X)SeparateBasisFinclStmtInd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Audit CommitteeYes (true)AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit RequiredfalseFederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Public Organization170Yes (X)PublicOrganization170Ind

Gifts Grants Contri Rcvd170 GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$7,232,248CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$9,849,975CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$13,330,101CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$9,935,847CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$13,354,109CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$53,702,280TotalAmt

Tax Rev Levied Orgnztnl Bnft170 TaxRevLeviedOrgnztnlBnft170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$0TotalAmt

Govt Furn Srvc Fclts Vl170 GovtFurnSrvcFcltsVl170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$0TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$7,232,248CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$9,849,975CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$13,330,101CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$9,935,847CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$13,354,109CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$53,702,280TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot$12,611,641SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170$41,090,639PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$28,213CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$7,795CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$8,842CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$280CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year-$37CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$45,093TotalAmt

Unrelated Business Net Incm170 UnrelatedBusinessNetIncm170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$0TotalAmt

Other Income170 OtherIncome170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$0TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Support$53,747,373TotalSupportAmt
Gross Receipts Rltd Activities$1,849,738GrossReceiptsRltdActivitiesAmt
Public Support CY1700.76450PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY1700.78180PublicSupportPY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170Yes (X)ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
ContributorRESTRICTEDContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1RESTRICTEDBusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1RESTRICTEDAddressLine1
Address Line2RESTRICTEDAddressLine2
CityRESTRICTEDCity
StateRESTRICTEDState
ZIP CodeRESTRICTEDZIPCode
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total ContributionsRESTRICTEDTotalContributionsAmt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Equipment EquipmentGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$1,111,786OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$906,003DepreciationAmt
Book Value$205,783BookValueAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings$205,783TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Other Liabilities Org OtherLiabilitiesOrgGrp (5 entries)

DescDescAmtAmt
Accrued Vacation$288,207
Deferred Rent$45,304
Fiscal sponsorship liabilities$4,632
Other Payroll Liabilities$43,180
Security Deposit Liability$4,942
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Liability$386,265TotalLiabilityAmt
Footnote TextYes (X)FootnoteTextInd
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt$13,599,529TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Other Revenue$38,079OtherRevenueAmt
Revenue Not Reported$38,079RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal$13,561,450RevenueSubtotalAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990$13,561,450TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt$13,246,588TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Other Expenses Included$63,911OtherExpensesIncludedAmt
Expenses Not Reported$63,911ExpensesNotReportedAmt
Expenses Subtotal$13,182,677ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990$13,182,677TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (3 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDescExplanationExplanationTxt
Part X : FIN48 FootnoteIncome TaxesFinancial statement presentation follows the recommendations of ASC 740, Income Taxes. Under ASC 740, CIR is required to report information regarding its exposure to various tax positions taken by CIR and requires a two-step process that separates recognition from measurement. The first step is determining whether a tax position has met the recognition threshold; the second step is measuring a tax position that meets the recognition threshold. Management believes that CIR has adequately evaluated its current tax positions and has concluded that as of December 31, 2017 CIR does not have any uncertain tax positions for which a reserve or an accrual for a tax liability would be necessary.CIR has received notification from the Internal Revenue Service and the State of California that it qualifies for tax-exempt status under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and Section 23701d of the California Revenue and Taxation Code. The exemptions are subject to periodic review by the federal and state taxing authorities and management is confident that CIR continues to satisfy all federal and state statutes in order to qualify for continued tax exemption status.CIR may periodically receive unrelated business income (such as sublease rental income, advertising income, etc.) requiring CIR to file separate tax returns under federal and state statutes. CIR also has certain transactions requiring the payment of value added taxes. Under such conditions, CIR calculates and accrues the applicable taxes.
Part XI, Line 2d: Other revenue amounts included in F/S but not included on form 990Change in discount for multi-year rcvbls $-25832 990-T Rental Expenses $63911
Part XII, Line 2d: Other expenses and losses per audited F/S990-T Rental Expenses $63911

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Compensation CommitteeYes (X)CompensationCommitteeInd
Form990 Of Other OrganizationsYes (X)Form990OfOtherOrganizationsInd
Written Employment ContractYes (X)WrittenEmploymentContractInd
Compensation SurveyYes (X)CompensationSurveyInd
Board Or Committee ApprovalYes (X)BoardOrCommitteeApprovalInd
Severance PaymentfalseSeverancePaymentInd
Supplemental Nonqual Rtr PlanfalseSupplementalNonqualRtrPlanInd
Equity Based Comp ArrngmfalseEquityBasedCompArrngmInd
Comp Based On Revenue Of Flng OrgfalseCompBasedOnRevenueOfFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd On Rev Related OrgsfalseCompBsdOnRevRelatedOrgsInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Flng OrgfalseCompBsdNetEarnsFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Rltd OrgsfalseCompBsdNetEarnsRltdOrgsInd
Any Non Fixed PaymentsfalseAnyNonFixedPaymentsInd
Initial Contract ExceptionfalseInitialContractExceptionInd
Rebuttable Presumption ProcfalseRebuttablePresumptionProcInd

Rltd Org Officer Trst Key Empl RltdOrgOfficerTrstKeyEmplGrp (9 entries)

TitleTitleTxtBase Compensation Filing OrgBaseCompensationFilingOrgAmtNontaxable Benefits Filing OrgNontaxableBenefitsFilingOrgAmtTotal Compensation Filing OrgTotalCompensationFilingOrgAmtDeferred Compensation Flng OrgDeferredCompensationFlngOrgAmtDeferred Comp Rltd OrgsDeferredCompRltdOrgsAmtNontaxable Benefits Rltd OrgsNontaxableBenefitsRltdOrgsAmtTotal Compensation Rltd OrgsTotalCompensationRltdOrgsAmt
Al Letson
Radio Show Host$168,667$12,778$181,445
Amy Pyle
Editor in Chief$211,667$20,588$238,605$6,350
Christa Scharfenberg
Acting CEO$182,500$16,230$204,205$5,475$6,437$9,871$16,308
Elizabeth Share
Chief Dev Officer$184,400$27,030$215,987$4,557
Joaquin Alvarado
CEO$214,359$9,871$230,661$6,431
Kevin Sullivan
Executive Producer$175,000$13,699$192,345$3,646
Phil Bronstein
Executive Chair$165,000$25,585$190,585
Robert J Rosenthal
Executive Dir.$172,125$10,434$187,723$5,164
Susanne Reber
Digital Media Dir$158,912$13,732$172,644

Schedule L IRS990ScheduleL

Loans Btwn Org Interested Prsn LoansBtwnOrgInterestedPrsnGrp (5 entries)

Relationship With OrgRelationshipWithOrgTxtLoan PurposeLoanPurposeTxtLoan To OrganizationLoanToOrganizationIndOriginal PrincipalOriginalPrincipalAmtBalance DueBalanceDueAmtDefaultDefaultIndBoard Or Committee ApprovalBoardOrCommitteeApprovalIndWritten AgreementWrittenAgreementInd
Tom Lockard
Board MemberOperationsYes (X)$250,000$251,667falseYes (true)Yes (true)
Susan Sachs
Board MemberOperationsYes (X)$150,000$151,000falseYes (true)Yes (true)
Peter Kim
Board MemberOperationsYes (X)$10,000$10,066falseYes (true)Yes (true)
Suzette Clark
Board MemberOperationsYes (X)$25,000$25,167falseYes (true)Yes (true)
Susan Hirsch
Board MemberOperationsYes (X)$10,000$10,033falseYes (true)Yes (true)
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Balance Due$447,933TotalBalanceDueAmt

Schedule M IRS990ScheduleM

Securities Publicly Traded SecuritiesPubliclyTradedGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Non Cash CheckboxYes (X)NonCashCheckboxInd
Contribution4ContributionCnt
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990$27,391NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt
Method Of Determining RevenuesFMVMethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Any Property That Must Be HeldfalseAnyPropertyThatMustBeHeldInd
Review Process Unusual NC GiftsfalseReviewProcessUnusualNCGiftsInd
Third Parties UsedfalseThirdPartiesUsedInd

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (6 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDescExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b: Form 990 Review ProcessFORM 990 IS PREPARED BY AN OUTSIDE TAX PROFESSIONAL. THE FORM IS THEN REVIEWED BYTHE ORGANIZATION'S MANAGEMENT WHICH INCLUDES THE EXECUTIVE CHAIR AND THE CEO. THE CONTENTS OF THE RETURN ARE DISCUSSED WITH THE OUTSIDE TAX PROFESSIONAL. AFTER A FULL REVIEW, THE FINAL VERSION OF THE TAX RETURN IS PROVIDED TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE ORGANIZATION'S VOTING BODY. A REPRESENTATIVE OF MANAGEMENT AUTHORIZES THE FINAL FORM 990 WHICH IS THEN E-FILED WITH THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c: Explanation of Monitoring and Enforcement of ConflictsMEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS REVIEW ALL POTENTIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST ATLEAST ANNUALLY. ALL PERSONNEL AND BOARD MEMBERS ARE REQUIRED TO DISCLOSE (INWRITING) POTENTIAL CONFLICTS AND ANY RELATED PARTY AFFILIATIONS. LOANS BETWEEN THEORGANIZATION AND MEMBERS OF MANAGEMENT AND THE BOARD ARE STRICTLY PROHIBITED. THEORGANIZATION SEEKS FULL TRANSPARENCY ON ALL RELATIONSHIPS. ANY POTENTIAL CONFLICTS (IN FACT OR APPEARANCE) ARE DISCUSSED OPENLY AND RESOLVED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ORGANIZATION'S POLICIES AND PROCEDURES.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 15a: Compensation Review & Approval Process - CEO, Top ManagementPERFORMANCE REVIEWS OF THE ORGANIZATION'S CEO AND EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN ARE CONDUCTED ANNUALLY BY A SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. AS PART OF THE REVIEW, COMPENSATION OF THE CEO IS CONSIDERED. THE SUBCOMMITTEE CONDUCTS A COMPARABILITY SURVEY USING PUBLICLY AVAILABLE SALARY SURVEYS AND BY CONSULTING WITH COMPARABLE ORGANIZATIONS ON THEIR COMPENSATION PACKAGES. A RECOMMENDATION FOR ANY CHANGE IN COMPENSATION IS THEN MADE TO THE FULL BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND REQUIRES MAJORITY APPROVAL.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 15b: Compensation Review and Approval Process for Officers and Key EmployeesThe compensation of other key employees is determined by the organization's CEO and Executive Chair in consultation with other senior management when appropriate, and is based on industry salary surveys, equitable pay scale within the organization, and individual employee performance as assessed in annual reviews.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly AvailableALL OF THE ORGANIZATION'S GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND OTHER LEGALFILINGS ARE MAINTAINED IN A SECURE ENVIRONMENT AND HELD AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION FORTAX AUTHORITIES AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC (WHEN NECESSARY). TAX RETURNS ARE POSTED ANNUALLY ON THE ORGANIZATION'S OWN WEBSITE, ON WWW.GUIDESTAR.ORG (WHERE THEY ARE AVAILABLE FOR VIEWING), AND MADE AVAILABLE FOR A PHYSICAL INSPECTION AT THE ORGANIZATION'S OFFICE IN Emeryville, CALIFORNIA.
Other Changes In Net Assets Or Fund Balances - Other DecreasesChange in discount for multi-year rcvbls = -$25832