Civic Intelligence

The Community Reporting Alliance Inc

990EZ • Fiscal year 2019 • EIN 27-1246184

Jan 01, 2019 to Dec 31, 2019 • Filed on May 15, 2020

Organization Profilereportingalliance.org
20 West AveChester, NY 10918

(845) 469-9000

Siviq Scores

Precomputed percentiles for this filing year versus similar nonprofits in the same peer cohort.

Liabilities / Assets

67th percentile

0.05x

Higher debt load relative to assets than 67% of similar nonprofits.

2019 filings • NTEE A • <$500k nonprofits • Source year 2019

Liabilities / Revenue

77th percentile

0.08x

Higher debt load relative to revenue than 77% of similar nonprofits.

2019 filings • NTEE A • <$500k nonprofits • Source year 2019

Net Margin

64th percentile

9.7%

Higher net margin than 64% of similar nonprofits.

2019 filings • NTEE A • <$500k nonprofits • Source year 2019

Top Officer Pay

72nd percentile

$0

Higher top officer pay than 72% of similar nonprofits.

Top officer pay equals 0.0% of source-year revenue.

2019 filings • NTEE A • <$500k nonprofits • Source year 2019

Asset Growth

70th percentile

21%

Faster asset growth than 70% of similar nonprofits.

2019 filings • NTEE A • <$500k nonprofits • Annualized from 2016 to 2019

Revenue Growth

22nd percentile

-24%

Faster revenue growth than 22% of similar nonprofits.

2019 filings • NTEE A • <$500k nonprofits • Annualized from 2016 to 2019

Balance Sheet
Liabilities / Assets67th percentile

Assets

Up

$32,457

Up $14,132 (+77%) from 2016

Net Assets

Up

$30,813

Up $14,952 (+94%) from 2016

Liabilities

Down

$1,644

Down $820 (-33%) from 2016

Revenue And Expenses
Liabilities / Revenue77th percentileNet Margin64th percentile

Revenue

Down

$20,000

Down $25,000 (-56%) from 2016

Expenses

Down

$18,051

Down $36,277 (-67%) from 2016

Net Income

Up

$1,949

Up $11,277 (+121%) from 2016

Historical Trend

Balance Sheet Trend

Asset Growth70th percentile

The highlighted filing sits inside the broader history for assets, liabilities, and net assets.

$60K$40K$20K$0Assets 2013: $20,125Liabilities 2013: $1,234Net Assets 2013: $18,8912013Assets 2015: $30,543Liabilities 2015: $5,354Net Assets 2015: $25,1892015Assets 2016: $18,325Liabilities 2016: $2,464Net Assets 2016: $15,8612016Assets 2019: $32,457Liabilities 2019: $1,644Net Assets 2019: $30,8132019Assets 2020: $44,425Liabilities 2020: $1,497Net Assets 2020: $42,9282020Assets 2021: $49,117Liabilities 2021: $0Net Assets 2021: $49,1172021Assets 2022: $46,617Liabilities 2022: $1,497Net Assets 2022: $45,1202022

Highlighted filing

2019

Assets$32,457
Liabilities$1,644
Net Assets$30,813
Open 2019 Filing

Operations Trend

Revenue Growth22nd percentile

Revenue, expenses, and net income across loaded years, with this filing highlighted.

$60K$40K$20K$0-$20KRevenue 2013: $38,000Expenses 2013: $37,631Net Income 2013: $3692013Revenue 2015: $50,377Expenses 2015: $58,283Net Income 2015: -$7,9062015Revenue 2016: $45,000Expenses 2016: $54,328Net Income 2016: -$9,3282016Revenue 2019: $20,000Expenses 2019: $18,051Net Income 2019: $1,9492019Revenue 2020: $20,000Expenses 2020: $7,885Net Income 2020: $12,1152020Revenue 2021: $10,000Expenses 2021: $5,308Net Income 2021: $4,6922021Revenue 2022: $0Expenses 2022: $2,500Net Income 2022: -$2,5002022

Highlighted filing

2019

Revenue$20,000
Expenses$18,051
Net Income$1,949
Open 2019 Filing
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Filing Snapshot
Filing Period
Jan 1, 2019 to Dec 31, 2019
Signed
May 15, 2020
Return Version
2019v5.0
Gross Receipts
$20,000
Mission and Program Overview

Mission

Sustainable journalism and a well-informed public

The Community Reporting Alliance (CRA) mission is to support local journalism in areas where news coverage is lacking by pairing students with public libraries to publish both print and online editions of a local newspaper, guided by adult editors, mentors and volunteers. We currently fund four local newspapers

Program Services

DescriptionGrantsExpenses
Ditams & Ferguson: The Ditmas Examiner published two issues during the 2019-2020 academic year, published one issue in October 2019 and one in December 2019. They received training in making a podcast, which is something else we were exploring this year with our team. We also heard a few outside speakers giving us some reporting training and exercises to do. Students were preparing to look into a few complex issues this year, including the election process (not all were eligible to vote, but our meetings were held in a room where voting was held and our library held lots of community classes preparing people for citizenship and the voting process, which we were looking into) and racism towards students by transit officers after a recent event in our neighborhood. We had also looked at racism in NYC schools in a more general story. I am extremely proud of what our students accomplished this year, given that most of them were applying either to college or to high schools.$0$6,798
Manor Ink continues to thrive, publishing 10 issues ranging from 16 - 24 pages and now gets more than a third of its revenue from advertising sales. It created a journalism handbook, "The Manor Ink Handbook" (attached) that CRA shares with its sister papers.$0$2,500
Coal Craker launched two successful fundraising campaigns seeking financial sustainability in an economically depressed area$0$1,771
Compensation and Service Providers
Top Officer Pay72nd percentile

Employees

NameTitleFull / Part TimeBaseOtherTotal
Jeanne StrausBoard President-$0--
Laura HandmanBoard Of Directors-$0--
Gary Pierre-PierreBoard Of Directors-$0--
Mireya NavaroExecutive DirectorPT$0--
Filing and Contact Details

Filer

Filer Name
Community Reporting Alliance
EIN
27-1246184
Phone
8454699000
Address
20 West Ave, Chester, NY 10918

Signing Officer

Name
Otilia Bertolotti
Title
CFO
Phone
5706478100
Signed
2020-05-15
Supplemental Narrative

Additional Explanations

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Form 990-EZ, Part II, Line 24

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Form 990-EZ, Part II, Line 26

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Filings

Displayed year

2019 • Form 990EZDetailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year.

Open filing
Assets
$32,457
Liabilities
$1,644
Net assets
$30,813
Revenue
$20,000
Expenses
$18,051
Net income
$1,949
Balance SheetOperations
YearAssetsLiabilitiesNet AssetsRevenueExpensesNet Income
2022XML pending. An XML filing is linked for this year, but detailed extraction is still pending.$46.6$1.50$45.1$0.00$2.50$2.50
2021Detailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year.$49.1$0.00$49.1$10.0$5.31$4.69
2020XML pending. An XML filing is linked for this year, but detailed extraction is still pending.$44.4$1.50$42.9$20.0$7.89$12.1
2019Detailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year.$32.5$1.64$30.8$20.0$18.1$1.95
2016XML pending. An XML filing is linked for this year, but detailed extraction is still pending.$18.3$2.46$15.9$45.0$54.3$9.33
2015XML pending. An XML filing is linked for this year, but detailed extraction is still pending.$30.5$5.35$25.2$50.4$58.3$7.91
2013Detailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year.$20.1$1.23$18.9$38.0$37.6$0.37