Z costs and revenues are not particularly complicated and have become far simpler of late.
There are infrastructure costs, typically called fixed costs, that are rooted in basic existence. We have a staff of three however, two are volunteer, so that means salary and diverse taxes, health insurance, and upkeep costs associated with staff, materials, etc. Housing is essentially free. We do have accounting, computer maintenance, office supplies, etc.
Then there are costs of operations each month, which depend on scale – and on what is being done. These correlate largely to product output. Here we have paying creators, costs of printing Z Magazine and of video manufacturing, costs of delivery and all kinds of mail and promotion, costs of hosting and servicing our web systems, and deficits for special undertakings we may undertake.
On the revenue side we have revenues from Z subscriptions, video, book, and other sales. And we have Sustainer and One Time Donor revenues.
Here is a summary of monthly projections for the coming year, after various cuts, etc. Of course, things will vary somewhat…
Income per month on average
Sustainer Donations – $9,000
Quarterly Fund Raising – $3,000
Z Magazine Subs – $5,500
DVDs Books – $ 500
Total: $18,000
Costs per month on average
Salaries, taxes – $ 6,500
Health Insurance – $ 2,500
Rent – $ 500
Utilities / Internet – $ 250
ZMag Production – $ 5,000
Delivery… – $ 2,000
Web Maintanence – $ 1,250
Accounting – $ 750
Supplies, Computers… $ 500
Total: $19,250