Liabilities / Assets
70th percentile
Higher debt load relative to assets than 70% of similar nonprofits.
Fostering Media Connections
990 • Fiscal year 2013 • EIN 45-3860344
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0.05x
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Net Margin
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Balance Sheet
Assets
$117,991
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Net Assets
$112,593
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Liabilities
$5,398
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Revenue And Expenses
Revenue
-
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Expenses
$204,716
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Net Income
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Filing Snapshot
- Filing Period
- Jul 1, 2012 to Jun 30, 2013
- Signed
- Dec 31, 2013
- Return Version
- 2012v2.3
- Gross Receipts
- $317,309
Mission and Program Overview
Mission
Fostering media connections is a non-profit news organization that uses a mix of investigative, accountability and solution-oriented journalism to drive reform within the systems that serve vulnerable children, youth and their families.
Major Activities
- Activity 2
- Journalism for social change: journalism for social change (j4sc) is a training program for both undergraduate and graduate students of journalism, public policy and social work. The program teaches them how to use journalism to improve public systems that serve children. Over a semester of coursework and a paid fellowship, each cohort of participants creates solution-based, policy- driven journalism that has an immediate and positive impact on policy affecting children. During the reporting period 40 students took the journalism for social change course at either uc berkeley or usc, and six were included in a summer fellowship.
- Activity 3
- Fostering media connections core activities include reaching out to hundreds of journalists across the country to teach responsible journalism in regards to children's issues and seed solution based stories about the foster care system.
Filing and Contact Details
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- EIN
- 45-3860344
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| ReturnHeader/Officer/Name | 0 | DANIEL HEIMPEL |
| ReturnHeader/Officer/Title | 0 | PRESIDENT |
| ReturnHeader/Preparer/DatePrepared | 0 | 2014-01-06 |
| ReturnHeader/PreparerFirm/PreparerFirmBusinessName/BusinessNameLine1 | 0 | DAVID STONE & ASSOCIATES |
| ReturnHeader/PreparerFirm/PreparerFirmUSAddress/AddressLine1 | 0 | 2447 SANTA CLARA AVE STE 300 |
| ReturnHeader/PreparerFirm/PreparerFirmUSAddress/City | 0 | ALAMEDA |
| ReturnHeader/PreparerFirm/PreparerFirmUSAddress/State | 0 | CA |
| ReturnHeader/PreparerFirm/PreparerFirmUSAddress/ZIPCode | 0 | 945014579 |
| ReturnHeader/Preparer/Name | 0 | RYAN VAN VALER |
| ReturnHeader/Preparer/Phone | 0 | 5106479583 |
| ReturnHeader/Preparer/SelfEmployed | 0 | X |
| ReturnHeader/ReturnType | 0 | 990 |
| ReturnHeader/TaxPeriodBeginDate | 0 | 2012-07-01 |
| ReturnHeader/TaxPeriodEndDate | 0 | 2013-06-30 |
| ReturnHeader/TaxYear | 0 | 2012 |
| ReturnHeader/Timestamp | 0 | 2014-01-29T21:55:35-06:00 |
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2013 • Form 990Facts available. Structured filing facts are available, but richer extracted sections are limited.
- Assets
- $117,991
- Liabilities
- $5,398
- Net assets
- $112,593
- Revenue
- -
- Expenses
- $204,716
- Net income
- -