Focolare Media INC FY2020 filing

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Our mission is to provide content that empowers people to grow spiritually, improve relationships, engage in dialogue and foster collaboration within the Church and throughout society.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
100¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$52K 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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FY2020 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
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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
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IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
5 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $10K a year · 2% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 5 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
100%
of spending
Looks good: 100% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$52K
to officers and key staff · 13% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 13% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
9 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 8.8 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $251K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$154K
18% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 18% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
11
of 11 voting members
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Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$420K
Spent
$394K
To programs
100%
Net assets
$686K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$420K
FY2020
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$420K
FY2021$353K
FY2022$409K
FY2023$455K
FY2024$541K
FY2025$574K
Expenses
$394K
FY2020
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$394K
FY2021$349K
FY2022$402K
FY2023$473K
FY2024$527K
FY2025$549K
Net assets
$686K
FY2020
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$686K
FY2021$526K
FY2022$7K
FY2023−$18K
FY2024$13K
FY2025$25K

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Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Mar 1946.

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Where the money goes

100 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 100% · $394K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

1 person listed on the 990; $52K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Director/Publisher
$51,700Pt VII · Sec A

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

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Matteo Pota$55,000$51,244$49,992$49,992——
Claude Blanc————$45,000$51,700
Greg Metzger—$18,750$48,850$45,400——
Karol Joy Dizon$47,000$13,738————
Jonathan Sweeney$43,000$43,000$32,249———
Victor Ramos$32,340$29,400$29,400$17,150——
Manuel Salazar—$7,350$17,640$26,015——
Susanne Jansen———$16,500——

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

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

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Creates and publishes content promoting unity and dialogue based on gospel values.

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1 program · $394K · in their own filed words · FY2020
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New city press is the publishing house of the focolare movement. Its mission is to sustain through print and other forms of media religious, charitable, eleemosynary, educational, social service and public welfare works, and works in the relief of poverty, the advancement of religion and other works beneficial to the community.

$394Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$251K

By the numbers

The FY2020 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$420K
Ln 12
Other incomeLn 4–11$408K
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$12K
Investment incomeLn 3$830
Money outPt IX
$394K
Ln 25
Programscol B$394K
Owns and owesPt X
$686K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$290K
Total assetsLn 16$840K
LiabilitiesLn 26$154K
PeoplePt VI, VII
1
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a11
IndependentVI 1b11
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$12K
Government grantsLn 1e$0
Noncash giftsLn 1g$0
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$0
Investment incomeLn 3$830
Other incomeLn 4–11$408K
Total revenueLn 12$420K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$45K
SavingsLn 2$245K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$290K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$123K
Total assetsLn 16$840K
LiabilitiesLn 26$154K
Net assetsLn 32$686K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 56
VolunteersI 60
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY20End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$235K$290K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$134K$123K
Total assetsLn 16$740K$840K
LiabilitiesLn 26$81K$154K
Net assetsLn 32$659K$686K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$52K$52K$0$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$65K$65K$0$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$672$672$0$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$10K$10K
Management feesLn 11a$87K$87K$0$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$7K$7K$0$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$2K$2K$0$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$41K$41K$0$0
Office expensesLn 13$14K$14K$0$0
Information technologyLn 14$4K$4K$0$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$66K$66K$0$0
OccupancyLn 16$9K$9K$0$0
TravelLn 17$4K$4K$0$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$1K$1K$0$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$13K$13K$0$0
InsuranceLn 23$8K$8K$0$0
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$10K$10K$0$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$394K$394K$0$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $574K$549K$25K$25K 990 PDF
FY2024 $541K$527K$13K$13K 990 PDF
FY2023 $455K$473K−$18K−$18K 990 PDF
FY2022 $409K$402K$7K$7K 990 PDF
FY2021 $353K$349K$4K$526K 990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing $420K$394K$26K$686K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $420,132 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $887$11,777
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $2,816$830
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $324,252$407,525
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $327,955$420,132
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $102,949$127,107
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $192,786$266,547
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $295,735$393,654
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $32,220$26,478
Part VI · Governance 11 of 11 board members independent, 3 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body11
VI-1b Independent voting members11
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
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $420,132 across 11 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $407,525 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$0
VIII-1b Membership dues$0
VIII-1c Fundraising events$0
VIII-1d Related organizations$0
VIII-1e Government grants$0
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$11,777
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$0
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$11,777
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $830 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$830
VIII-5 RoyaltiesRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $408,355 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$420,132
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $393,654 across 17 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $51,700 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$51,700
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $64,944 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$64,944
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $672 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$672
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $9,791$9,791
IX-11a Management feesPrograms $87,478 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$87,478
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $6,827 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$6,827
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $1,758 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$1,758
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $41,378 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$41,378
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $14,357 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$14,357
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $3,804 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$3,804
IX-15 RoyaltiesPrograms $66,412 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$66,412
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $8,778 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$8,778
IX-17 TravelPrograms $4,062 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$4,062
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $1,250 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$1,250
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $12,778 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$12,778
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $7,974 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$7,974
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $9,691 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$9,691
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $393,654 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$393,654
Part X · Balance sheet $839,964 assets, 15 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $19,120$44,813
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $216,193$245,167
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $51,445$53,266
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $313,619$374,158
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $5,599$0
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $134,168$122,560
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $740,144$839,964
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $80,873$87,086
X-19 Deferred revenue$46,729
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payable$20,400
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $80,873$154,215
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $659,271$685,749
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $0$0
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $659,271$685,749
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $740,144$839,964
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $685,749 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$420,132
XI-2 Total expenses$393,654
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$26,478
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$659,271
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$0
XI-6 Donated services and use of facilities$0
XI-7 Investment expenses$0
XI-8 Prior period adjustments$0
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$685,749

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