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US nonprofit · EIN 920893292 · Gualala, CAiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 920893292) - NTEE activity code, address.Board and officers IRS Form 990 annual filings, Part VII (directors, trustees, officers, key employees), read year by year to observe tenure.Latest return IRS Form 990 series e-file data - 990 for the year to 31 December 2025: assets, liabilities, staff, website, telephone, pay.Finances by year IRS Form 990 e-file data - total revenue and total expenses by tax year.Renewal outlook Computed by Governance Register from the observed filing history and filed revenue (us-approach-v4-clean). Not a statement that the organisation is recruiting.Deductibility IRS Publication 78 data (code PC), downloaded 18 October 2026.Licence US Federal Government public domain.How we handle data

Independent Coast Observer Community News

Donations deductible
Revenue
$815k
year to 31 December 2025
Expenses
$592k
year to 31 December 2025
Total assets
$337k
$0 liabilities
Net assets
$337k
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
3
3.8y av
Staff
0
employees, year to 31 December 2025
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Officers and senior staff
1
named in Part VII
How am I connected?

Independent Coast Observer Community News' network

3 people1 organisationi3 people and 1 organisation on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (3). Violet dotted lines (1) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.

The board

3 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Tenure and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed tenure is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 0 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI; we list 3 in Part VII (Part VII does not always name every voting member).
NameRole as filedSinceOn the board
Andrew Fagan (also filed as Drew Fagan)President2022
4 yrs
Jeanne A Jackson (also filed as Jeanne Jackson)SecretaryTreasurer2022
4 yrs
Pat ChabanVice-President2024
2 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more

Officers and senior leadership

1 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.
NameTitle as filedOn the filings
Mary Christine McManusEditor Publishersince 2023

Pay and hours

year to 31 December 2025iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.
NameTitle as filedHours a weekPay from the organisationRelated organisationsOther
Pat ChabanVice President0$0
Ruth DownesSecretary0$0
Jeanne JacksonTreasurer0$0
Mark HancockBoard Member0$0
Drew FaganPresident0$0

No pay was reported for anyone in Part VII on this return.

About

Legal name
Independent Coast Observer Community News
EIN
920893292
Address
Po Box 1200, Gualala, CA, 95445-1200
State
California
Mission
The Independent Coast Observer Community News, Inc, a nonprofit corporation, will continue to publish the Independent Coast Observer each week as a 24 page printed newspaper serving the Mendonoma community of the coastal towns from Jenner to Elk.The papers vision and mission will remain the same as when it was founded in 1969 by Johanna McLauglin: To keep our rural, coastal community... (as filed on the Form 990)
Activity (NTEE)
A33 Arts, culture and humanities
IRS classification
501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
Classified purpose
Arts, Culture & Humanities
Size band
4 (IRS master file code)
Formed
2023
IRS ruling date
1 September 2023
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
Form 990 filings on record
3, latest 2024
IRS Publication 78
PC (contributions deductible)

Most connected

Longest observed on the filings

≥4years on the filingsAndrew Fagan
≥4years on the filingsJeanne A Jackson
≥2years on the filingsPat Chaban

Latest return

year to 31 December 2025iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 December 2025. US dollars, as filed.
Total assets
$337k
Total liabilities
$0
Net assets or fund balances
$337k
Contributions and grants received
$338k
Program service revenue
$468k
Employees
0

Filed finances

2 yearsiTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.
Tax yearTotal revenueTotal expensesSurplus or deficit
2024$555k$527k$28k
2023$376k$311k$65k

As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.