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← THE SCRIBE VIDEO CENTER INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by THE SCRIBE VIDEO CENTER INC.

What the amendment changed

Compared with the return it replaced , filed 17 November 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
$1,046,536 changed to $1,054,821
Total expenses
$1,750,750 changed to $1,752,400
Contributions and grants received
$989,623 changed to $997,908
Total assets, end of year
$4,033,081 changed to $4,039,714
Total liabilities, end of year
$567,747 changed to $567,745
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$3,465,334 changed to $3,471,969
Program services expenses
$1,508,561 changed to $1,541,221
Management and general expenses
$209,617 changed to $145,342
Fundraising expenses
$32,572 changed to $65,837
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,508,561 changed to $1,541,221

Totals

Total revenue
$1,054,821
Total expenses
$1,752,400
Contributions and grants received
$997,908
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$56,913
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$4,039,714
Total liabilities, end of year
$567,745
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$3,471,969
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,541,221
Management and general expenses
$145,342
Fundraising expenses
$65,837
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,541,221

Program services were 87.9% 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)

    $39,897

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $958,011

  • 2a · Program service revenue: SERVICES, SALES AND OTHER

    total $34,961 · related or exempt $34,961

  • 2b · Program service revenue: WORKSHOP FEES

    total $15,883 · related or exempt $15,883

  • 2c · Program service revenue: UNDERWRITING

    total $6,069 · related or exempt $6,069

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $59,813 · program services $19,938 · management and general $19,938 · fundraising $19,937

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $340,298 · program services $302,330 · fundraising $37,968

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $8,161 · program services $6,452 · management and general $407 · fundraising $1,302

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $11,491 · program services $9,085 · management and general $572 · fundraising $1,834

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $32,976 · program services $26,537 · management and general $1,643 · fundraising $4,796

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $394 · management and general $394

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $55,053 · management and general $55,053

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $184,063 · program services $178,224 · management and general $5,839

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $2,384 · program services $2,384

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $17,612 · program services $11,972 · management and general $5,640

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $88,556 · program services $88,556

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $25,782 · program services $25,782

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $1,650 · program services $1,650

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $14,417 · program services $2,500 · management and general $11,917

  • 24a · Other expenses: FISCAL SPONSORSHIP EXPEND

    total $711,549 · program services $711,549

  • 24b · Other expenses: AWARDS EXPENSE

    total $123,764 · program services $123,764

  • 24c · Other expenses: SUPPLIES

    total $20,048 · management and general $20,048

  • 24d · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT AND FURNITURE E

    total $10,633 · program services $10,633

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $43,756 · program services $19,865 · management and general $23,891

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $789,844 · end of year $488,407

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $2,219,792 · end of year $2,169,270

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $1,120,500 · end of year $801,515

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $8,357 · end of year $76,199

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $7,808

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

    $390,933

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

    $383,333

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $864 · end of year $7,600

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $673,899 · end of year $496,723

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $89,577 · end of year $55,684

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $561,939 · end of year $512,061

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $788,093 · end of year $714,146

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,381,455 · end of year $2,757,823

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

VIDEO AND FILM PRODUCTION EDUCATION AND MANAGING A NON-PROFIT COMMUNITY RADIO STATION.

  • SCRIBE HELD THREE SEASONS OF PROGRAMMING DURING THE FIRST YEAR OF THE GRANT PERIOD. ACTIVITIES INCLUDED WORKSHOPS (MULTIWEEK, SPECIAL LEARNING SESSIONS, FILM SCHOLARS, DOCUMENTARY HISTORY PROJECT FOR YOUTH), SCREENING SERIES (PRODUCERS' FORUM, STORYVILLE, BODY OF WORK, STREET MOVIES), COMMUNITY PRODUCTION PROGRAMS (PRECIOUS PLACES, MUSLIM VOICES, TENANTS OF LENEPAHOCKING, POWER POLITICS), RADIO PROGRAMMING (ARCHIVAL REVIVAL, LOCAL BROADCASTERS, EVERY VOICE, EVERY VOTE ELECTION COVERAGE, SYNDICATED PROGRAMMING), DISTRIBUTION OF OUR NATIONAL SCREENING SERIES (WE TELL). WE ALSO SUPPORTED REGIONAL ARTISTS IN THE REGION WITH TWO REGRANTING PROGRAMS; THE PHILADELPHIA INDEPENDENT MEDIA FUND AND THE PHILADELPHIA STUDENT MEDIAMAKERS FUND DISTRIBUTING 95,000 PER YEAR TO GRANTEES. THROUGH THESE ACTIVITIES, SCRIBE RE-WRITES THE MEDIA NARRATIVE THAT DEVALUES CULTURAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE REGION OF PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF THE DOMINANT GROUP. SCRIBE'S WORK IN CREATING ART AND DOCUMENTING CULTURE OFFERS NEW NARRATIVES AND NEW VISIONS TO PROMOTE EQUITY. THE SPECIFIC RESULTS WE ACHIEVE ARE: 1) COUNTER THE HARMFUL MASS-MEDIA-NARRATIVES IN ORDER TO HONOR THE VOICES THAT ARE NOT ALWAYS FOUND IN MAINSTREAM BOOKS, FILMS, OR MUSEUM EXHIBITS. 2) WORK WITHIN NEIGHBORHOODS TO MAKE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN CULTURAL EXPERIENCES AND CURRENT-DAY-COMMUNITIES. 3) SHARE MEDIA AND TRAIN PEOPLE TO PRODUCE WORKS THAT ACKNOWLEDGE HARM, FIND VALUE IN LIVES AND CULTURES FROM OUTSIDE THE DOMINANT GROUP, AND PROMOTE GREATER UNDERSTANDING OF THESE EXPERIENCES.

    Expenses $814,835 · Revenue $56,913

  • Withheld by Nonprofiteer: this text may name a private individual.

    Expenses $14,837

  • FISCAL SPONSORSHIP.

    Expenses $711,549

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here. A text marked withheld matched a screen for wording that may name a private individual, such as an honorific or "in memory of". Most of what it withholds names no one; it is withheld so that what does is never shown.

Listed in Part VII

  • LOUIS MASSIAH

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $59,813
    From this org
    $59,813
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • REGINA AUSTIN

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DENISE BROWN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • FREDERICA MASSIAH-JACKSON

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MAIDA ODOM

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • PEPON OSORIO

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SAMANTHA PORTER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KAREN REDROBE

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MICHAEL REPAK

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JOYCE WILKERSON

    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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
23 January 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202640299349301709

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