What the amendment changed
Compared with the return it replaced , filed 15 November 2023. matched by us Only the return's totals, a 990-PF's accounting method and the names listed in Part VII (Part VIII on a 990-PF) 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.
- Program services expenses
- $24,373,718 changed to $24,473,918
- Fundraising expenses
- $1,183,223 changed to $1,083,023
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $24,373,718 changed to $24,473,918
Totals
- Total revenue
- $36,699,021
- Total expenses
- $25,556,941
- Contributions and grants received
- $35,004,347
- Grants paid
- $431,500
- Program service revenue
- $2,206,513
- Investment income
- -$555,738
- Other revenue
- $43,899
- Total assets, end of year
- $20,286,909
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $4,779,751
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $15,507,158
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $24,473,918
- Management and general expenses
- $0
- Fundraising expenses
- $1,083,023
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $24,473,918
Program services were 95.8% 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.
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$35,004,347
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2a · Program service revenue: Field of Vision
total $2,155,215 · related or exempt $2,155,215
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2b · Program service revenue: The Intercept
total $51,298 · related or exempt $51,298
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3 · Investment income
total $69,007 · excluded $69,007
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7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory
securities $2,257,497
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7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses
securities $2,882,242
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7c · Gain or loss
securities -$624,745
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7d · Net gain or loss
total -$624,745 · excluded -$624,745
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11a · Other revenue: Advertising
total $40,202 · unrelated business $40,202
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11b · Other revenue: Merchandise
total $3,697 · unrelated business $3,697
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11e · Other revenue, total
$43,899
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $108,000 · program services $108,000
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2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $1,000 · program services $1,000
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3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals
total $322,500 · program services $322,500
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $1,514,479 · program services $1,514,479
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $13,925,646 · program services $12,902,623 · fundraising $1,023,023
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11a · Fees: management
total $1,632,514 · program services $1,632,514
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11b · Fees: legal
total $753,046 · program services $753,046
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11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $60,000 · fundraising $60,000
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11g · Fees: other
total $66,761 · program services $66,761
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13 · Office expenses
total $1,129,314 · program services $1,129,314
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16 · Occupancy
total $2,462,515 · program services $2,462,515
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17 · Travel
total $141,700 · program services $141,700
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $112,411 · program services $112,411
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24a · Other expenses: Non Capitalized COGS
total $1,337,522 · program services $1,337,522
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24b · Other expenses: Amortization
total $1,273,504 · program services $1,273,504
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24c · Other expenses: Content Impairment
total $520,686 · program services $520,686
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24d · Other expenses: Research Services
total $195,343 · program services $195,343
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $5,673,065 · end of year $18,218,805
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4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $1,034,563 · end of year $1,100,903
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $376,206 · end of year $260,662
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$861,640
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$531,458
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $205,740 · end of year $330,182
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $1,633,689 · end of year $376,357
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $2,325,909 · end of year $1,985,056
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22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people
beginning of year $2,232,276 · end of year $2,529,471
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25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $0 · end of year $265,224
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $4,365,078 · end of year $15,507,158
Mission and programs · 2022
Mission
First Look Institute is a nonprofit organization committed to fearless reporting, bold filmmaking, and defending those who speak truth to power. By empowering journalists to unearth injustices, unbeholden to outside influence, by investing in a generation of trailblazing filmmakers, and by protecting risk-taking reporters and whistleblowers from retribution, First Look Institute vigilantly defends our First Amendment rights so democracy can flourish.
Activities or mission (Part I)
See Schedule O.
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Intercept is an independent news organization delivering unflinching investigative journalism that unearths injustices and holds the powerful accountable. Beholden only to the public, never to corporate influence, The Intercept is committed to defending its First Amendment right to report information that the public deserves to know. Its in-depth investigations focus on politics, war, surveillance, corruption, criminal justice, the environment, immigration, the media, technology and more. Intercept Brasil is Intercept's news agency based in Rio de Janeiro that produces investigative articles focused on Brazil for an international audience. Intercept gives its journalists in the US and Brazil the editorial freedom and legal support they need to expose corruption and injustice where they find it.
Expenses $17,855,198 · Revenue $51,298
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Prioritizing artistic approach, creative innovation, and integrated mentorship, Field of Vision commissions and produces nonfiction films that empower filmmakers to tell the vital stories of our world. By exploring contemporary global issues through a cinematic lens, creators are able to push boundaries, perspectives, and narratives in storytelling. With comprehensive multidisciplinary support for filmmakers, journalists, and artists, Field of Vision advocates for greater equity, inclusion, and sustainability, with an unwavering commitment to supporting filmmakers and their development.FOV's work includes individual short and feature-length films, episodic series, thematic approaches to a single topic by multiple filmmakers, deep-dive investigations pairing filmmakers with journalists, rapid-response assignments, and collaborations with artists across mediums. FOV's commitment to short-form documentary films allows filmmakers to respond quickly, take creative risks, explore new ways of storytelling, and make new films with a faster production cycle. FOVs films are distributed through a variety of outlets, including news organizations, film festivals, online platforms, broadcast, streaming and cable. Through fellowships and production support and agreements, FOV provides filmmakers the necessary support and resources to create their films.
Expenses $5,311,089 · Grants $15,500 · Revenue $2,155,215
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The Press Freedom Defense Fund gives direct financial support to news organizations, reporters, and whistleblowers to pay for legal expenses, along with providing technical assistance and professional guidance, so information that is critical to our democracy can be brought to light without fear of retribution. Through grants (often paid directly to expert legal counsel who agree to provide representation at reduced/capped fees) and educational outreach to support established and non-traditional journalists and news organizations, the Fund opposes official actions that restrict press freedoms and seek source information or journalistic materials. It is one of the few programs that supports whistleblowers and other journalistic sources.
Expenses $1,307,631 · Grants $416,000
As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
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Jeffrey Alvord
Director/Vice Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1.01
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Patricia L Christen
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.36
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Michael Bloom
Director/President/CEO
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
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David Bralow
Secretary/Sr. VP, Law
- Total calculated
- $335,747
- From this org
- $291,127
- From related orgs
- $12,130
- Other
- $32,490
- Hours/week
- 38.6 + 1.6 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $291,127 + $12,130 related
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $0
- Nontaxable benefits
- $31,190 + $1,300 related
- Filer's total
- $322,317 + $13,430 related
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Shani Boone
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
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Ian Stratford
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
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Roger Hodge
Deputy Editor
- Total calculated
- $282,622
- From this org
- $254,161
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $28,461
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $254,161
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $0
- Nontaxable benefits
- $28,461
- Filer's total
- $282,622
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Charlotte Cook
Executive Producer
- Total calculated
- $197,421
- From this org
- $186,300
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $11,121
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $186,300
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $0
- Nontaxable benefits
- $11,121
- Filer's total
- $197,421
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Elizabeth Reed
Editor in Chief
- Total calculated
- $205,446
- From this org
- $180,174
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $25,272
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $180,174
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $0
- Nontaxable benefits
- $25,272
- Filer's total
- $205,446
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Beth Nathanson
Chief Philanthropy Officer
- Total calculated
- $314,068
- From this org
- $293,912
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $20,156
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $293,912
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $0
- Nontaxable benefits
- $20,156
- Filer's total
- $314,068
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Michael Sherrard
Department Head
- Total calculated
- $179,175
- From this org
- $167,360
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $11,815
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $167,360
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $0
- Nontaxable benefits
- $11,815
- Filer's total
- $179,175
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James Risen
Sr. National Security Corr
- Total calculated
- $333,526
- From this org
- $303,257
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $30,269
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $303,257
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $0
- Nontaxable benefits
- $30,269
- Filer's total
- $333,526
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Ryan Grim
Washington Bureau Chief
- Total calculated
- $253,397
- From this org
- $221,063
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $32,334
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $221,063
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $0
- Nontaxable benefits
- $32,334
- Filer's total
- $253,397
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Peter Maass
Senior Editor
- Total calculated
- $232,902
- From this org
- $216,619
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $16,283
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $216,619
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $0
- Nontaxable benefits
- $16,283
- Filer's total
- $232,902
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Jeremy Scahill
Producer
- Total calculated
- $408,550
- From this org
- $369,213
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $39,337
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $369,213
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $0
- Nontaxable benefits
- $39,337
- Filer's total
- $408,550
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Vanessa M Gezari
National Security Editor
- Total calculated
- $205,557
- From this org
- $196,712
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $8,845
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $196,712
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $0
- Nontaxable benefits
- $8,845
- Filer's total
- $205,557
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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.
Schedule J
Answered yes
None.
Answered no
- 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
- 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
- 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
- 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
- 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
- 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
- 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
- 7 · Other non-fixed payments
- 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception
Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.
Grants on this return
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General support for the Grantee's Operations
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Support the work of the NPAA in its establishment of a Legal Advocacy Fund
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$13,000
Redford Center - Event Planning, Coordination and Sponsorship
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.
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First Look Media Brasil Agencia de Noticias Eireli
News reporting agency for internet distribution channels · BR · income -$14,499 · assets $0
Directly controlled by First Look Institute Inc
Related corporations and trusts
Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.
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First Look Entertainment Inc
S · Digital Media Production · NY
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First Look Services Inc
S · Information Security · CA
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2022
- Filed
- 15 November 2023
- IRS schema version
- 2022v5.0
- Source object
- 202430309349301913
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