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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by DOCUMENTARY EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,474,860
Total expenses
$1,993,021
Contributions and grants received
$1,183,135
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$224,408
Investment income
$17,114
Other revenue
$50,203
Total assets, end of year
$622,048
Total liabilities, end of year
$233,206
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$388,842
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,791,436
Management and general expenses
$141,397
Fundraising expenses
$60,188
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,791,436

Program services were 89.9% 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)

    $36,748

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,146,387

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $4,032

  • 2a · Program service revenue: FILM STREAMING AND DIS

    total $224,408 · related or exempt $224,408

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $17,126 · excluded $17,126

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $4,098

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $4,110

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$12

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$12 · related or exempt -$12

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $54,728

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $5,012

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $49,716 · related or exempt $49,716

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER REVENUE

    total $487 · related or exempt $487

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $487

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $92,237 · program services $32,283 · management and general $32,283 · fundraising $27,671

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $180,344 · program services $133,756 · management and general $28,176 · fundraising $18,412

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $2,829 · program services $2,414 · management and general $286 · fundraising $129

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $12,900 · program services $10,911 · management and general $800 · fundraising $1,189

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $21,028 · program services $13,003 · management and general $4,570 · fundraising $3,455

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $2,715 · management and general $2,715

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $30,451 · management and general $30,451

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $24,231 · program services $21,204 · management and general $3,027

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $7,243 · management and general $7,243

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $10,169 · program services $6,288 · management and general $2,210 · fundraising $1,671

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $39,135 · program services $24,199 · management and general $8,506 · fundraising $6,430

  • 17 · Travel

    total $14,702 · program services $14,702

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $5,678 · program services $2,694 · management and general $2,268 · fundraising $716

  • 24a · Other expenses: FILM PROJECTS

    total $1,450,557 · program services $1,450,557

  • 24b · Other expenses: ROYALTIES EXPENSE

    total $72,932 · program services $72,932

  • 24c · Other expenses: DUES, FEES, LICENSES &

    total $18,147 · program services $4,485 · management and general $13,662

  • 24d · Other expenses: TELEPHONE AND INTERNET

    total $3,135 · program services $1,939 · management and general $681 · fundraising $515

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $4,588 · program services $69 · management and general $4,519

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $791,174 · end of year $421,500

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $357,580 · end of year $125,029

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $58,927 · end of year $41,403

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $5,905 · end of year $5,721

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $10,772 · end of year $9,959

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $12,405 · end of year $18,436

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $241,341 · end of year $148,428

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $88,419 · end of year $84,778

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $107,366 · end of year -$12,194

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $799,637 · end of year $401,036

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO CHAMPION THE CREATION, CIRCULATION, AND PRESERVATION OF DOCUMENTARY FILM AND MEDIA THAT AMPLIFIES UNDERREPRESENTED VOICES, AND INSPIRES UNDERSTANDING ABOUT PEOPLE, CULTURES, AND IDENTITIES OF THE WORLD.

Activities or mission (Part I)

PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION OF ETHNOGRAPHIC FILMS

  • THE PRIMARY PROGRAM SERVICES THAT THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDES INCLUDE DISTRIBUTION AND OUTREACH FOR ETHNOGRAPHIC FILMS; FILM AND MEDIA MAKER SUPPORT THROUGH CONSULTANCIES AND OTHER SERVICES; AND COLLECTIONS MANAGEMENT RELATED TO PRESERVATION AND REMASTERING OF FILMS.

    Expenses $340,879 · Revenue $274,599

  • THE ORGANIZATION ACTS AS A FISCAL SPONSOR FOR FILM PROJECTS THAT ALIGN WITH ITS OVERALL MISSION TO FOSTER CROSS-CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING AS WELL AS OTHER FILM PROJECTS ADDRESSING SOCIAL AND CULTURAL ISSUES.

    Expenses $1,450,557

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Ryan Evans

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Sue Cabezas

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Toby Alice Volkman

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Mary Anne Saul

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Harjant Gill

    DIRECTOR (FROM MAY 2024 ONWARD)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Jayasinhji Jhala

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Ilisa Barbash

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Peter Dow

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Alice Apley

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $92,237
    From this org
    $82,560
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,677
    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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
16 March 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202610759349300531

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