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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by KARTEMQUIN EDUCATIONAL FILMS.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,081,848
Total expenses
$1,882,837
Contributions and grants received
$2,734,897
Grants paid
$61,000
Program service revenue
$328,378
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$18,573
Total assets, end of year
$3,637,639
Total liabilities, end of year
$229,565
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$3,408,074
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,520,750
Management and general expenses
$317,360
Fundraising expenses
$44,727
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,520,750

Program services were 80.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $216,311

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $2,518,586

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $519,750

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PRODUCTION SUPPORT

    total $193,682 · related or exempt $193,682

  • 2b · Program service revenue: DISTRIBUTION INCOME

    total $73,841 · related or exempt $73,841

  • 2c · Program service revenue: INTERNAL PROJECT BILLI

    total $60,855 · related or exempt $60,855

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER

    total $18,573 · related or exempt $18,573

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $18,573

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $61,000 · program services $61,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $150,000 · program services $105,000 · management and general $40,500 · fundraising $4,500

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $552,338 · program services $386,637 · management and general $149,131 · fundraising $16,570

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $13,983 · program services $9,789 · management and general $3,775 · fundraising $419

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $39,295 · program services $27,506 · management and general $10,610 · fundraising $1,179

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $51,930 · program services $36,351 · management and general $14,021 · fundraising $1,558

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $13,398 · program services $9,780 · management and general $2,278 · fundraising $1,340

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $19,231 · program services $14,039 · management and general $3,269 · fundraising $1,923

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $7,613 · program services $7,613

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $28,084 · program services $4,306 · management and general $18,888 · fundraising $4,890

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $7,199 · program services $3,743 · management and general $2,880 · fundraising $576

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $59,667 · program services $59,667

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $60,263 · program services $31,337 · management and general $24,105 · fundraising $4,821

  • 17 · Travel

    total $18,051 · program services $6,498 · management and general $11,553

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $13,305 · program services $9,314 · management and general $3,592 · fundraising $399

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $63,122 · program services $32,823 · management and general $25,249 · fundraising $5,050

  • 24a · Other expenses: FILM PROJECT EXPENSES

    total $596,319 · program services $596,319

  • 24b · Other expenses: INTERNAL PROJECT EXPENS

    total $60,855 · program services $60,855

  • 24c · Other expenses: PROGRAM

    total $48,412 · program services $48,412

  • 24d · Other expenses: OTHER

    total $18,772 · program services $9,761 · management and general $7,509 · fundraising $1,502

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,585,903 · end of year $1,892,617

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $298,936 · end of year $298,669

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $594,517 · end of year $1,390,751

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    end of year $27,229

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $268,301

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $239,928

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $39,079 · end of year $28,373

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $306,443 · end of year $229,565

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $2,929

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,201,086 · end of year $2,149,950

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,007,977 · end of year $1,258,124

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

KARTEMQUIN FILMS IS A HOME FOR INDEPENDENT MEDIA MAKERS WHO SEEK TO CREATE SOCIAL CHANGE THROUGH FILM. WITH A NOTED TRADITION OF NURTURING EMERGING TALENT AND ACTING AS A LEADING VOICE FOR INDEPENDENT MEDIA, KARTEMQUIN IS BUILDING ON MORE THAN 50 YEARS OF HISTORY AS CHICAGO'S DOCUMENTARY POWERHOUSE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

KARTEMQUIN FILMS IS A COLLABORATIVE CENTER FOR DOCUMENTARY MEDIA MAKERS WHO SEEK TO FOSTER A MORE INFORMED AND EMPOWERED SOCIETY. WITH A NOTED TRADITION OF NURTURING EMERGING TALENT AND ACTING AS A LEADING VOICE FOR INDEPENDENT MEDIA, KARTEMQUIN IS CHICAGO'S DOCUMENTARY POWERHOUSE.

  • KARTEMQUIN'S FILMMAKER DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS ARE THE ENTRY POINT FOR MANY INTO OUR COMMUNITY AND THE BACKBONE OF OUR ORGANIZATION. OUR PROGRAMS SERVE OVER 50 FILMMAKERS ANNUALLY AND HAVE CULTIVATED A NETWORK OF 500+ ALUMNI. THE ORGANIZATION IS A COMMITTED ADVOCATE FOR THE SUSTAINABILITY OF THE DOCUMENTARY FIELD.

    Expenses $1,479,122 · Grants $61,000 · Revenue $252,274

  • DIVERSE VOICES IN DOCS IS A PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND MENTORSHIP PROGRAM FOR DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKERS OF COLOR, ORGANIZED BY KARTEMQUIN FILMS AND THE COMMUNITY FILM WORKSHOP OF CHICAGO. THE PROGRAM HONES SKILLS AS FILMMAKERS DEVELOP PROJECTS, SHARING EXPERIENCES AND EXPERTISE OVER THE COURSE OF NINE MONTHLY WORKSHOPS. FELLOWS BECOME ELIGIBLE FOR GRANT FUNDS UPON GRADUATION. GRADUATES HAVE GONE ON TO RECEIVE FUNDING FROM SUNDANCE AND ITVS, AND HAD THEIR WORK RECEIVE AWARDS AT MAJOR FILM FESTIVALS AND BE DISTRIBUTED ON PBS, NETFLIX, AND HULU.

    Expenses $41,628 · Revenue $15,249

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Sylvia Ewing

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Neal Robin

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Gordon Quinn

    ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $30,000
    From this org
    $30,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Lainey Canevaro

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Fenell Doremus

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ivan Garcia

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Elizabeth Iams Wellman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Abby Lynn Kang Davis

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jack Lerner

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mike Narcisco

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Elspeth Revere

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Stacy Robinson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Floyd Webb

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Shirley Yang

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Betsy Leonard

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $120,000
    From this org
    $120,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

  • CLOUD MACHINE LLC

    $22,000

    TO SUPPORT AAPI PROGRAMS.

  • OYSTER FILMS LLC

    $22,000

    TO SUPPORT AAPI PROGRAMS.

  • SHOES OFF MEDIA

    $17,000

    TO SUPPORT AAPI PROGRAMS.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Disregarded entities

Part I: entities that legally are the filer and file no return of their own.

  • ABACUS FILM LLC

    FILM PRODUCTION · IL

    Directly controlled by KARTEMQUIN EDUCATIONAL FILMS

  • LIFE ITSELF LLC

    FILM PRODUCTION · IL

    Directly controlled by KARTEMQUIN EDUCATIONAL FILMS

  • GENERATION FOOD LLC

    FILM PRODUCTION · IL

    Directly controlled by KARTEMQUIN EDUCATIONAL FILMS

  • HARD EARNED LLC

    FILM PRODUCTION · IL

    Directly controlled by KARTEMQUIN EDUCATIONAL FILMS

  • RAISING BERTIE FILM LLC

    FILM PRODUCTION · IL

    Directly controlled by KARTEMQUIN EDUCATIONAL FILMS

  • MINDING THE GAP LLC

    FILM PRODUCTION · IL

    Directly controlled by KARTEMQUIN EDUCATIONAL FILMS

  • EATING UP EASTER FILM LLC

    FILM PRODUCTION · IL

    Directly controlled by KARTEMQUIN EDUCATIONAL FILMS

  • CHICAGO STORY FILM LLC

    FILM PRODUCTION · IL

    Directly controlled by KARTEMQUIN EDUCATIONAL FILMS

  • CHICAGO LAWN

    FILM PRODUCTION · IL

    Directly controlled by KARTEMQUIN EDUCATIONAL FILMS

  • JOAN AND TED FILM

    FILM PRODUCTION · IL

    Directly controlled by KARTEMQUIN EDUCATIONAL FILMS

  • TMOF FILM KTQ LLC

    FILM PRODUCTION · IL

    Directly controlled by KARTEMQUIN EDUCATIONAL FILMS

  • CHICAGO WALMART

    FILM PRODUCTION · IL

    Directly controlled by KARTEMQUIN EDUCATIONAL FILMS

  • DILEMMA OF DESIRE

    FILM PRODUCTION · IL

    Directly controlled by KARTEMQUIN EDUCATIONAL FILMS

  • FOR THE LEFT HAND

    FILM PRODUCTION · IL

    Directly controlled by KARTEMQUIN EDUCATIONAL FILMS

  • FINDING YINGYING

    FILM PRODUCTION · IL

    Directly controlled by KARTEMQUIN EDUCATIONAL FILMS

  • SCIENTIST PROJECT KTQ LLC

    FILM PRODUCTION · IL

    Directly controlled by KARTEMQUIN EDUCATIONAL FILMS

  • UNTITLED DISABILITY CULTURE LLC

    FILM PRODUCTION · IL

    Directly controlled by KARTEMQUIN EDUCATIONAL FILMS

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
1 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202423099349301002

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