Public Charity

LEXINGTON OBSERVER INC

LEXINGTON OBSERVER INC, of LEXINGTON, MA, is a Public Charity tracked in Imperigo's IRS 990 database. The 2024 filing shows $4.0M in revenue, $5.0M in expenses, $176K in total assets. 16 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $3.3M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 874640985 LEXINGTON, MA Printing & Publishing NTEE: A33 Latest filing: 2024
Total Revenue$4.0M
Total Expenses$5.0M
Total Assets$176K
Grant Records16
Funding Total$3.3M
Filing Years2023–2024

Mission

THE LEXINGTON OBSERVER IS A HYPERLOCAL, DIGITAL-FIRST, NONPROFIT NEWS SITE COVERING ISSUES THAT MATTER MOST TO PEOPLE IN LEXINGTON, INCLUDING LOCAL GOVERNMENT, EDUCATION, ECONOMY, ENVIRONMENT AND CULTURE. THE MISSION OF THE ORGANIZATION IS TO INCREASE UNDERSTANDING AND PARTICIPATION IN LEXINGTON MASSACHUSETTS THROUGH LOCAL, COMMUNITY JOURNALISM.

Where $100 goes at Lexington Observer Inc

How Lexington Observer Inc divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 2 years.

$99 Programs the work itself
$1 Management running the organization
$0 Fundraising none reported

No fundraising costs are reported. That often means fundraising runs through a separate affiliated organization that files its own return.

Inside the $99 for programs

$92
Local news hub
93% of program spending
$7
Lexington Observer
7% of program spending
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2024. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

SECRETARY Cameron Hickey
DIRECTOR Craig Sandler
DIRECTOR Elizabeth Hansen
TREASURER Nagarjuna Venna
CHAIR Nicholas Mele

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$2,703,325 11 grants
Food Assistance & Nutrition
$300,000 1 grant
Arts & Culture
$269,435 2 grants
Environment & Conservation
$6,000 1 grant
Unspecified
$20,000 1 grant

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2024 $4.0M $5.0M $176K
2023 $1.7M $640K $1.1M

Between 2023 and 2024, reported annual revenue grew from $1.7M to $4.0M (+133%), with total assets most recently reported at $176K.

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