FLORIDA CENTER FOR INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING CORP: Form 990EZ, tax year 2013

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Organization: FLORIDA CENTER FOR INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING CORP (EIN 27-1187698)
Tax period: 2013-01-01 to 2013-12-31
Filed: 2014-11-16
IRS object ID: 201403219349201845
Schema version: 2013v3.1
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	2014-11-16T10:51:19-00:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2013-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	BRYAN ZINK CPA PA	BusinessNameLine1

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	4121 EMPEDRADO ST	AddressLine1
City	TAMPA	City
State	FL	State
ZIP Code	33629	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990EZ	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2013-01-01	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	BusinessNameLine1

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 416362	AddressLine1
City	MIAMI BEACH	City
State	FL	State
ZIP Code	33141	ZIPCode

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	TREVOR AARONSON	PersonNm
Person Title	EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR	PersonTitleTxt
Signature	2014-11-06	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	2014-11-16	PreparationDt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2013	TaxYr
Build TS	2015-11-30 17:44:51Z	BuildTS

Form 990-EZ IRS990EZ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Change	Yes (X)	AddressChangeInd
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	$111,777	GrossReceiptsAmt
Info In Schedule O Part I	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIInd
Contributions Gifts Grants Etc	$84,116	ContributionsGiftsGrantsEtcAmt
Program Service Revenue	$27,499	ProgramServiceRevenueAmt
Investment Income	$162	InvestmentIncomeAmt
Total Revenue	$111,777	TotalRevenueAmt
Salaries Other Comp Empl Bnft	$57,812	SalariesOtherCompEmplBnftAmt
Fees And Other Pymt To Ind Cntrct	$55,829	FeesAndOtherPymtToIndCntrctAmt
Printing Publications Postage	$329	PrintingPublicationsPostageAmt
Other Expenses Total	$12,069	OtherExpensesTotalAmt
Total Expenses	$126,039	TotalExpensesAmt
Excess Or Deficit For Year	-$14,262	ExcessOrDeficitForYearAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$146,536	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$132,274	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt

Cash Savings And Investments CashSavingsAndInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$146,536	BOYAmt
EOY	$132,274	EOYAmt

Form990 Total Assets Form990TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$146,536	BOYAmt
EOY	$132,274	EOYAmt

Net Assets Or Fund Balances NetAssetsOrFundBalancesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$146,536	BOYAmt
EOY	$132,274	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.	$55,888
PROVIDED DATA JOURNALISM SERVICES AND TRAINING TO U.S. AND LATIN AMERICAN MEDIA ORGANIZATIONS.	$3,717

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Expenses	$59,605	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt

Officer Director Trustee Empl OfficerDirectorTrusteeEmplGrp (8 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
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR	040.00	$25,375
MC NELLY COLON-TORRES
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR	040.00	$23,200
BARBARA A PETERSEN
DIRECTOR	001.00	$0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Activities Not Previously Rpt	false	ActivitiesNotPreviouslyRptInd
Chg Made To Orgnzng Doc Not Rpt	false	ChgMadeToOrgnzngDocNotRptInd
Organization Had UBI	false	OrganizationHadUBIInd
Organization Filed990 T	false	OrganizationFiled990TInd
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

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 416362	AddressLine1
City	MIAMI BEACH	City
State	FL	State
ZIP Code	33141	ZIPCode

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
Related Org Sect527 Org	false	RelatedOrgSect527OrgInd
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 Minus2 Years	$172,371	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$109,454	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$84,115	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$365,940	TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$172,371	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$109,454	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$84,115	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$365,940	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total170	$365,940	PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$86	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$213	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$162	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$461	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	$366,401	TotalSupportAmt
Gross Receipts Rltd Activities	$30,689	GrossReceiptsRltdActivitiesAmt
First5 Years170	Yes (X)	First5Years170Ind
Public Support CY170	0.00000	PublicSupportCY170Pct
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 (12 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16, Other Expenses	Travel 3,502
Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16, Other Expenses	Conferences, conventions, and meetings 125
Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16, Other Expenses	Telephone 1
Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16, Other Expenses	Insurance 5,167
Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16, Other Expenses	Miscellaneous 75
Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16, Other Expenses	Membership dues 150
Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16, Other Expenses	Website 170
Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16, Other Expenses	Journalism contest 1,330
Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16, Other Expenses	Advertising and promotion 150
Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16, Other Expenses	Fiscal sponsorship expenses 258
Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16, Other Expenses	Public records 1,080
Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16, Other Expenses	Business registration fees 61

Compensation Explanation CompensationExplanation

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