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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by CAMERA NEWS INC D B A THIRD WORLD NEWSREEL.

This return was superseded by a later amendment. matched by us It is kept because history is preserved rather than replaced.

What the amendment changed

Compared with the latest return for 2023 , filed 24 March 2025. matched by us Only the Part I totals and the names listed in Part VII are compared. We relate returns by organization, tax year and form, and order them by each return's own timestamp; the filer's own "amended return" checkbox is a separate fact.

Total revenue
$1,481,532 changed to $1,602,805
Total expenses
$953,389 changed to $955,636
Contributions and grants received
$1,258,323 changed to $1,344,020
Grants paid
$124,314 changed to $124,014
Program service revenue
$217,431 changed to $236,496
Investment income
$9 changed to $10
Other revenue
$5,769 changed to $22,279
Total assets, end of year
$2,174,783 changed to $2,207,283
Total liabilities, end of year
$852,475 changed to $1,137,925
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,322,308 changed to $1,069,358
Program services expenses
$858,206 changed to $868,374
Management and general expenses
$93,104 changed to $86,444
Fundraising expenses
$2,079 changed to $818
Program service expenses (Part III)
$858,206 changed to $868,374

Totals

Total revenue
$1,481,532
Total expenses
$953,389
Contributions and grants received
$1,258,323
Grants paid
$124,314
Program service revenue
$217,431
Investment income
$9
Other revenue
$5,769
Total assets, end of year
$2,174,783
Total liabilities, end of year
$852,475
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,322,308
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$858,206
Management and general expenses
$93,104
Fundraising expenses
$2,079
Program service expenses (Part III)
$858,206

Program services were 90.0% 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)

    $267,115

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $991,208

  • 2a · Program service revenue: FILMS AND VIDEO SALES

    total $83,582 · related or exempt $83,582

  • 2b · Program service revenue: FILMS AND VIDEO RENTALS

    total $29,163 · related or exempt $29,163

  • 2c · Program service revenue: WORKSHOPS AND SEMINARS

    total $4,781 · related or exempt $4,781

  • 2d · Program service revenue: CUSTODIAL MANAGEMENT FEES

    total $49,492 · related or exempt $49,492

  • 2e · Program service revenue: PROGRAM FEES

    total $50,413 · related or exempt $50,413

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $9 · excluded $9

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $5,769 · related or exempt $5,769

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $5,769

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $62,090 · program services $62,090

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $62,224 · program services $62,224

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $14,750 · program services $10,325 · management and general $3,688 · fundraising $737

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $75,477 · program services $75,477

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $4,353 · program services $4,307 · management and general $38 · fundraising $8

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $7,502 · program services $7,134 · management and general $307 · fundraising $61

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $8,600 · program services $8,200 · management and general $400

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $15,912 · program services $1,530 · management and general $14,382

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $300,874 · program services $292,474 · management and general $8,400

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $11,064 · program services $11,024 · management and general $40

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $105,430 · program services $93,866 · management and general $10,291 · fundraising $1,273

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $0

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $21,623 · program services $21,623

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $69,110 · program services $68,072 · management and general $1,038

  • 17 · Travel

    total $24,329 · program services $24,102 · management and general $227

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $43,797 · program services $43,663 · management and general $134

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $8,251 · program services $6,667 · management and general $1,584

  • 24a · Other expenses: MEDIA SERVICES

    total $51,919 · program services $51,919

  • 24b · Other expenses: FISCAL SPONSORSHIP FEES

    total $49,492 · management and general $49,492

  • 24c · Other expenses: FEES, DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $14,485 · program services $12,754 · management and general $1,731

  • 24d · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $2,107 · program services $755 · management and general $1,352

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,505,269 · end of year $1,441,760

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $455,009

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $81,330 · end of year $189,615

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $16,469

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $47,940 · end of year $47,940

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $7,199 · end of year $5,767

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $58,423 · end of year $34,692

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $67,173 · end of year $21,173

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $855,292 · end of year $831,302

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $540,497 · end of year $925,221

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $253,668 · end of year $397,087

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

CAMERA NEWS, INC. DBA THIRD WORLD NEWSREEL TWN IS A NONPROFIT ALTERNATIVE MEDIA ARTS ORGANIZATION FOUNDED IN 1967 THAT FOSTERS THE CREATION, APPRECIATION, DISSEMINATION AND PRESERVATION OF INDEPENDENT FILM AND VIDEO BY AND ABOUT PEOPLE OF COLOR AND SOCIAL JUSTICE ISSUES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TRAINS ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED ARTISTS, DISTRIBUTES PRESERVES FILMS VIDEOS, CURATES EXHIBITIONS, PRODUCES ITS OWN FILMS PROVIDES TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FISCAL SPONSORSHIP TO INDEPENDENT MEDIA PRODUCERS.

  • DISTRIBUTION AND PRESERVATION OF EDUCATIONAL FILMS AND VIDEOS, PROVIDING WORKSHOPS AND TRAINING PROGRAMS FOR LOW INCOME AND MINORITY STUDENTS OF FILM AND VIDEO, AS WELL AS PRODUCING EDUCATIONAL FILMS WITH AN EMPHASIS ON MINORITY COMMUNITIES.

    Expenses $858,206 · Grants $124,314 · Revenue $217,431

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Orinne Jt Takagi

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $14,250
    From this org
    $14,250
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    30

  • Seymour Burgess

    CO-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dorothy Thigpen

    CO-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Afua Kafi Akua

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Betty Yu

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Joel Katz

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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

  • Paradox Films Inc 922 Main

    $15,050

    Film Distribution

  • Overground Railroad 100A

    $14,380

    Film Distribution

  • SkinnyBoyz Productions LLC

    $9,500

    Film Distribution

  • Clandestine Productions Inc

    $9,500

    Film Distribution

  • Many Oceans LLC 3141

    $9,500

    Film Distribution

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
13 January 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202520169349300512

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