FLORIDA CENTER FOR INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING CORP: Form 990EZ, tax year 2016

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Organization: FLORIDA CENTER FOR INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING CORP (EIN 27-1187698)
Tax period: 2016-01-01 to 2016-12-31
Filed: 2018-01-10
IRS object ID: 201830149349200403
Schema version: 2016v3.0
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990-EZ
Schedule A
Schedule B
Schedule O
Compensation Explanation

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2018-01-10T03:33:59-00:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2016-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	BRYAN ZINK CPA PA	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	4121 EMPEDRADO ST	AddressLine1Txt
City	TAMPA	CityNm
State Abbreviation	FL	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	33629	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990EZ	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2016-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	271187698	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	FLORIDA CENTER FOR INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING CORP	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	FLOR	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	3055209621	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO BOX 7129	AddressLine1Txt
City	ST PETERSBURG	CityNm
State Abbreviation	FL	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	33734	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	TREVOR AARONSON	PersonNm
Person Title	EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR	PersonTitleTxt
Signature	2018-01-10	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (true)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	BRYAN ZINK CPA	PreparerPersonNm
Phone	8138373380	PhoneNum
Preparation	2018-01-10	PreparationDt
Self Employed	Yes (X)	SelfEmployedInd

Filing Security Information FilingSecurityInformation

IP Address IPAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
I Pv4 Address	47.200.103.115	IPv4AddressTxt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
IP	2018-01-14	IPDt
IP Tm	21:35:15	IPTm
IP Timezone	ES	IPTimezoneCd
Filing License Type	P	FilingLicenseTypeCd
At Submission Creation Device Id	B9DF0D4D8678DB2A578C7B6C7277BB58E6335902	AtSubmissionCreationDeviceId
At Submission Filing Device Id	C6C8DC53C75BC967AD597991F3E4A6CB75CCE382	AtSubmissionFilingDeviceId

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2016	TaxYr
Build TS	2021-01-29 14:40:06Z	BuildTS

Form 990-EZ IRS990EZ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Method Of Accounting Cash	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingCashInd
Website Address	www.fcir.org	WebsiteAddressTxt
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Gross Receipts	$73,971	GrossReceiptsAmt
Info In Schedule O Part I	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIInd
Contributions Gifts Grants Etc	$73,722	ContributionsGiftsGrantsEtcAmt
Program Service Revenue	$231	ProgramServiceRevenueAmt
Investment Income	$18	InvestmentIncomeAmt
Total Revenue	$73,971	TotalRevenueAmt
Salaries Other Comp Empl Bnft	$79,855	SalariesOtherCompEmplBnftAmt
Fees And Other Pymt To Ind Cntrct	$72,591	FeesAndOtherPymtToIndCntrctAmt
Printing Publications Postage	$566	PrintingPublicationsPostageAmt
Other Expenses Total	$12,278	OtherExpensesTotalAmt
Total Expenses	$165,290	TotalExpensesAmt
Excess Or Deficit For Year	-$91,319	ExcessOrDeficitForYearAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$114,194	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$22,875	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt

Cash Savings And Investments CashSavingsAndInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$114,194	BOYAmt
EOY	$22,875	EOYAmt

Form990 Total Assets Form990TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$114,194	BOYAmt
EOY	$22,875	EOYAmt

Net Assets Or Fund Balances NetAssetsOrFundBalancesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$114,194	BOYAmt
EOY	$22,875	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Primary Exempt Purpose	Encourage good government through journalism	PrimaryExemptPurposeTxt

Program Srvc Accomplishment ProgramSrvcAccomplishmentGrp (2 entries)

Description Program Srvc AccomDescriptionProgramSrvcAccomTxt	Program Service ExpensesProgramServiceExpensesAmt
PRODUCED SEVERAL AWARD-WINNING INVESTIGATIVE REPORTS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH VARIOUS MEDIA ORGANIZATIONS.	$94,201
PRODUCED TUSCONSENTINEL.COM, A LOCAL NEWS WEBSITE IN TUCSON, ARIZ., DEDICATED TO PUBLIC NONPARTISAN INTEREST JOURNALISM THAT KEEPS THE COMMUNITY INFORMED.	$50,137

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Expenses	$144,338	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt

Officer Director Trustee Empl OfficerDirectorTrusteeEmplGrp (9 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hrs Per Wk Devoted To PosAverageHrsPerWkDevotedToPosRt	CompensationCompensationAmt
SHARON ROSENHAUSE
PRESIDENT	008.00	$0
JIM BALTZELLE
DIRECTOR	001.00	$0
GREGG D THOMAS
DIRECTOR	001.00	$0
DR STEPHANIE TRIPP
DIRECTOR	001.00	$0
MERCEDES VIGON
DIRECTOR	001.00	$0
TREVOR AARONSON
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR	040.00	$49,268
BARBARA A PETERSEN
DIRECTOR	001.00	$0
TRISTRAM KORTEN
EDITOR	040.00	$12,500
CHARLES M TATELBAUM
DIRECTOR	001.00	$0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part V	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVInd
Activities Not Previously Rpt	Yes (true)	ActivitiesNotPreviouslyRptInd
Chg Made To Orgnzng Doc Not Rpt	false	ChgMadeToOrgnzngDocNotRptInd
Organization Had UBI	false	OrganizationHadUBIInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	false	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Organization Dissolved Etc	false	OrganizationDissolvedEtcInd
Form1120 Pol Filed	false	Form1120PolFiledInd
Made Loans To From Officers	false	MadeLoansToFromOfficersInd
Tax Imposed Under IRC4911	$0	TaxImposedUnderIRC4911Amt
Tax Imposed Under IRC4912	$0	TaxImposedUnderIRC4912Amt
Tax Imposed Under IRC4955	$0	TaxImposedUnderIRC4955Amt
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	false	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	FL	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	TREVOR AARONSON	PersonNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO BOX 7129	AddressLine1Txt
City	ST PETERSBURG	CityNm
State Abbreviation	FL	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	33734	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Phone	8134210195	PhoneNum

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Foreign Office	false	ForeignOfficeInd
Donor Advised Fnds	false	DonorAdvisedFndsInd
Operate Hospital	false	OperateHospitalInd
Tanning Services Provided	false	TanningServicesProvidedInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	false	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Transaction With Control Ent	false	TransactionWithControlEntInd
Political Campaign Acty	false	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	false	LobbyingActivitiesInd
School Operating	false	SchoolOperatingInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	false	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Part VI Of Comp Of Hghst Pd Empl	NONE	PartVIOfCompOfHghstPdEmplTxt
Part VI Hghst Pd Cntrct Prof Srvc	NONE	PartVIHghstPdCntrctProfSrvcTxt
Filed Schedule A	Yes (true)	FiledScheduleAInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Organization170	Yes (X)	PublicOrganization170Ind

Gifts Grants Contri Rcvd170 GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$109,454	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$84,115	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$118,019	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$100,556	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$73,721	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$485,865	TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$109,454	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$84,115	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$118,019	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$100,556	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$73,721	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$485,865	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot	$265,271	SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170	$220,594	PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$213	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$162	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$112	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$90	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$19	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$596	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	$486,461	TotalSupportAmt
Gross Receipts Rltd Activities	$101,604	GrossReceiptsRltdActivitiesAmt
Public Support CY170	0.45350	PublicSupportCY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170	Yes (X)	ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind
Public Support CY509	0.00000	PublicSupportCY509Pct
Investment Income CY	0.00000	InvestmentIncomeCYPct

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor	RESTRICTED	ContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RESTRICTED	BusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	RESTRICTED	AddressLine1
Address Line2	RESTRICTED	AddressLine2
City	RESTRICTED	City
State	RESTRICTED	State
ZIP Code	RESTRICTED	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Contributions	RESTRICTED	TotalContributionsAmt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (11 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16, Other Expenses	Travel 936
Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16, Other Expenses	Insurance 3,905
Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16, Other Expenses	Software 30
Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16, Other Expenses	Membership dues 225
Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16, Other Expenses	Website 705
Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16, Other Expenses	Journalism contest 1,502
Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16, Other Expenses	Advertising and promotion 4,216
Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16, Other Expenses	Public records 149
Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16, Other Expenses	Business registration fees 286
Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16, Other Expenses	Bank fee 324
Form 990-EZ, Part V, Line 33	NEW ACTIVITY - PRODUCED TUSCONSENTINEL.COM, A LOCAL NEWS WEBSITE IN TUCSON, ARIZ., DEDICATED TO PUBLIC NONPARTISAN INTEREST JOURNALISM THAT KEEPS THE COMMUNITY INFORMED.

Compensation Explanation CompensationExplanation

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