Marlborough Cable Trust FY2021 filing

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Marlborough, MA501(c)(3)EIN 04-2741882Revenue $484K in FY2021

On file with the IRS91 Main St Ste 201, 01752-3845 · Marlborough, MATax-exempt since Nov 1983Supporting organization — 509(a)(3)

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Local access television

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
84¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$3K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2021 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
1 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $13K a year · 3% of revenue · last 5 filings
Concern: a surplus in 1 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
84%
of spending
Looks good: 84% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$3K
to officers and key staff · 0.8% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 1% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
5 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 5.1 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Liabilities
$2K
0.6% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 1% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
5
of 5 voting members
Looks good: 5 of 5 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
Looks goodFineWorth a lookConcernNo data yetTap a box for the reason.
Revenue
$484K
Spent
$419K
To programs
84%
Net assets
$315K
By yearFY2021–FY2025
Revenue
$484K
FY2021
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2021$484K
FY2022$370K
FY2023$462K
FY2024$496K
FY2025$480K
Expenses
$419K
FY2021
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2021$419K
FY2022$403K
FY2023$500K
FY2024$517K
FY2025$518K
Net assets
$315K
FY2021
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2021$315K
FY2022$282K
FY2023$244K
FY2024$223K
FY2025$185K

From the FY2021 Form 990 (year ending March 2021) · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Nov 1983.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

84 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 84% · $353K Management & general 16% · $66K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

6 people listed on the 990; $3K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2020); the FY2021 filing did not itemize Part VII
$900Pt VII · Sec A
$900Pt VII · Sec A
$900Pt VII · Sec A
Trustee
$300Pt VII · Sec A
$150Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 8 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2022FY2021
Ryan Malyar$91,064$84,067$8,173—
Michael Lawton——$79,058—
Linda Ossing$1,500$1,500$1,650$900
Arthur Vigeant——$1,650$900
Jerry Christian Dumais$1,500———
Meredith Harris$1,350$1,350——
Mike Bergeron——$1,350$900
Mary Murphy$1,050$1,200——

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo

Programs and updates

Marlborough Cable Trust is a supporting organization based in Marlborough, MA.

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1 program · $353K · in their own filed words · FY2020
01

The Marlborough Cable Trust prepares and broadcasts programming of particular interest to the Marlborough Community; a portion of this will include public service announcements. Marlborough Cable Trust also prepares and presents educational programs in conjunction with the Marlborough school system.

$353Kprogram expense

By the numbers

The FY2021 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$484K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$484K
Investment incomeLn 3$337
Money outPt IX
$419K
Ln 25
Programscol B$353K
Managementcol C$66K
Owns and owesPt X
$315K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$179K
Total assetsLn 16$317K
LiabilitiesLn 26$2K
PeoplePt VI, VII
6
listed · VII A
PaidVII A5
Voting boardVI 1a5
IndependentVI 1b5
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$484K
Investment incomeLn 3$337
Total revenueLn 12$484K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$179K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$179K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$133K
Other assetsLn 15$3K
Total assetsLn 16$317K
LiabilitiesLn 26$2K
Net assetsLn 32$315K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 59
VolunteersI 60
Fiscal year endsHeaderMarch
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aNo
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY21End FY21
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$47K$179K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$156K$133K
Total assetsLn 16$209K$317K
LiabilitiesLn 26$16K$2K
Net assetsLn 32$192K$315K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$59K$56K$3K$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$171K$171K$0$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$18K$18K$0$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$8K$0$8K$0
Office expensesLn 13$3K$3K$0$0
OccupancyLn 16$50K$0$50K$0
TravelLn 17$697$697$0$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$23K$23K$0$0
InsuranceLn 23$62K$62K$0$0
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$13K$7K$5K$0
All other expensesLn 24e$11K$11K$0$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$419K$353K$66K$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $480K$518K−$38K$185K 990 PDF
FY2024 $496K$517K−$21K$223K 990 PDF
FY2023 $462K$500K−$38K$244K 990 PDF
FY2022 $370K$403K−$33K$282K 990 PDF
FY2021 Viewing $484K$419K$65K$315K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
See the full FY2021 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $484,116 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $510,832$483,779
I-9 Program service revenue$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $1,046$337
I-11 Other revenue$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $511,878$484,116
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $313,532$248,871
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $202,910$170,474
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $516,442$419,345
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$4,564$64,771
Part VI · Governance 5 of 5 board members independent, 4 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body5
VI-1b Independent voting members5
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyNo
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $484,116 across 4 lines filed
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$483,779
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$483,779
VIII-3 Investment incomeUnrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $337$337
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $337$484,116
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $419,345 across 11 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $56,109 · Management $3,150 · Fundraising $0$59,259
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $171,115 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$171,115
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $18,497 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$18,497
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $0 · Management $7,913 · Fundraising $0$7,913
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $2,954 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$2,954
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $0 · Management $49,901 · Fundraising $0$49,901
IX-17 TravelPrograms $697 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$697
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $23,037 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$23,037
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $62,347 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$62,347
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $7,418 · Management $5,119 · Fundraising $0$12,537
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $11,088 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$11,088
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $353,262 · Management $66,083 · Fundraising $0$419,345
Part X · Balance sheet $316,697 assets, 11 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $46,660$178,878
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $2,128$951
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $156,461$133,425
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $3,443$3,443
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $208,692$316,697
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $16,339$1,972
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $16,339$1,972
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $192,353$314,725
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $192,353$314,725
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $208,692$316,697
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $314,725 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$484,116
XI-2 Total expenses$419,345
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$64,771
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$192,353
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$57,601
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$314,725

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2021 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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