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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by RHIZOME COMMUNICATIONS INC.

This return was superseded by a later amendment.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 2024 , filed 25 June 2026. 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.

Total revenue
$1,419,490 changed to $1,422,746
Total expenses
$1,157,400 changed to $1,156,656
Contributions and grants received
$1,249,190 changed to $1,299,109
Program service revenue
$112,060 changed to $99,986
Other revenue
$58,130 changed to $23,541
Total assets, end of year
$672,915 changed to $716,915
Total liabilities, end of year
$148,932 changed to $188,932
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$523,983 changed to $527,983
Program services expenses
$1,003,194 changed to $985,583
Management and general expenses
$97,006 changed to $113,472
Fundraising expenses
$57,200 changed to $57,601
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,003,194 changed to $1,000,702

Listed only on the earlier return

  • Hillary Neve

Listed only on the later return

  • Greg Pass
  • Hilary Neve
  • Trevor McFedries

Listed under a different title

  • Jk Brown: BOARD PRESIDENT then BOARD MEMBER

Totals

Total revenue
$1,419,490
Total expenses
$1,157,400
Contributions and grants received
$1,249,190
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$112,060
Investment income
$110
Other revenue
$58,130
Total assets, end of year
$672,915
Total liabilities, end of year
$148,932
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$523,983
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,003,194
Management and general expenses
$97,006
Fundraising expenses
$57,200
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,003,194

Program services were 86.7% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $79,387

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $208,645

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $961,158

  • 2a · Program service revenue: MEMBERSHIP FEES

    total $42,229 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2b · Program service revenue: DIGITAL PRESERVATION

    total $60,562 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2c · Program service revenue: PUBLICATION SALES

    total $9,269 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $110 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $110

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $79,387

  • 11a · Other revenue: EDITIONS INCOME

    total $55,411 · related or exempt $55,411 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11b · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS INCOME

    total $2,719 · related or exempt $2,719 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $58,130

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $414,719 · program services $358,581 · management and general $28,403 · fundraising $27,735

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $64,814 · program services $56,041 · management and general $4,439 · fundraising $4,334

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $33,055 · program services $28,581 · management and general $2,264 · fundraising $2,210

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $48,881 · program services $0 · management and general $41,975 · fundraising $6,906

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $423,026 · program services $405,317 · management and general $5,901 · fundraising $11,808

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $9,894 · program services $9,894 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $2,647 · program services $2,647 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $82,723 · program services $71,969 · management and general $8,272 · fundraising $2,482

  • 17 · Travel

    total $28,261 · program services $25,168 · management and general $2,379 · fundraising $714

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $13,107 · program services $11,403 · management and general $1,311 · fundraising $393

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $6,032 · program services $5,248 · management and general $603 · fundraising $181

  • 24a · Other expenses: PRINTING AND PUBLICATION

    total $8,863 · program services $8,863 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: POSTAGE AND DELIVERY

    total $4,641 · program services $4,641 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24c · Other expenses: BANK AND OTHER FEES

    total $12,079 · program services $10,509 · management and general $1,208 · fundraising $362

  • 24d · Other expenses: SUPPLIES

    total $1,780 · program services $1,780 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $2,878 · program services $2,552 · management and general $251 · fundraising $75

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $6,622 · end of year $527,505

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $330,259 · end of year $132,730

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $851

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $5,324 · end of year $5,747

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

    $48,942

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

    $48,676

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $2,707 · end of year $266

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $17,333 · end of year $6,667

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $30,152 · end of year $148,932

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $71,051 · end of year $0

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year -$185,539 · end of year $523,983

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $447,432

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO CHAMPION BORN-DIGITAL ART AND CULTURE THROUGH COMMISSIONS, EXHIBITION, CRITICAL PUBLISHING, AND PRESERVATION PROGRAMS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO PRESENT NEW MEDIA ART TO THE PUBLIC, FOSTER COMMUNICATION AND CRITICAL DIALOGUE ABOUT NEW ART, AND TO PRESERVE MEDIA ART FOR THE FUTURE.

  • TO EXPOSE THE PUBLIC TO WORKS OF BOTH EMERGING AND ESTABLISHED MEDIA ARTISTS, THROUGH A WEBSITE, EMAIL LISTS AND PROGRAM EVENTS.

    Expenses $1,003,194 · Revenue $125,242

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Michael Connor

    CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $133,472
    From this org
    $120,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,472
    Hours/week
    40

  • Makayla Bailey

    CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $221,308
    From this org
    $102,737
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $118,571
    Hours/week
    40

  • Lindsay Howard

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Fred Benenson

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lisa Roumell

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jk Brown

    BOARD PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Renny Gleeson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • William Palmer

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lisa Phillips

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mark Tribe

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Karen Wong

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • John Wotowicz

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tracy Chou

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Hillary Neve

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Keith Obadike

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mendi Obadike

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Karen Wong

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ron Rosenzweig

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Skawennati

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Gabriel Whaley

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dorothy Chou

    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
12 May 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202601329349304010

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