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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by BIDOUN PROJECTS INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$81,840
Total expenses
$161,460
Contributions and grants received
$81,705
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$135
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$102,066
Total liabilities, end of year
$6,770
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$95,296
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$112,142
Management and general expenses
$21,679
Fundraising expenses
$27,639
Program service expenses (Part III)
$112,142

Program services were 69.5% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $81,705

  • 2a · Program service revenue: MAGAZINE DISTRIBUTION

    total $135 · related or exempt $135

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $35,944 · program services $28,161 · management and general $1,297 · fundraising $6,486

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $39,116 · program services $27,381 · management and general $1,956 · fundraising $9,779

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $13,944 · program services $9,761 · management and general $697 · fundraising $3,486

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $15,178 · program services $10,624 · management and general $759 · fundraising $3,795

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $4,005 · management and general $4,005

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $250 · program services $250

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $959 · program services $959

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $2,191 · management and general $2,191

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $10,838 · program services $7,587 · management and general $541 · fundraising $2,710

  • 17 · Travel

    total $2,742 · management and general $2,742

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $462 · program services $370 · management and general $46 · fundraising $46

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $779 · program services $545 · management and general $39 · fundraising $195

  • 24a · Other expenses: PRODUCTION AND PRINTING

    total $15,998 · program services $15,998

  • 24b · Other expenses: SHIPPING

    total $3,353 · program services $3,353

  • 24c · Other expenses: FEES & BANK CHARGES

    total $1,463 · management and general $1,463

  • 24d · Other expenses: FUNDRAISING EXPENSES

    total $771 · fundraising $771

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $13,467 · program services $7,153 · management and general $5,943 · fundraising $371

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $176,368 · end of year $99,734

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

    $46,035

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

    $43,703

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $446 · end of year $2,332

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,898 · end of year $6,770

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $174,916 · end of year $95,296

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

BIDOUN PROJECTS IS A PUBLISHING AND CURATORIAL INITIATIVE WHOSE AIM IS TO PRESENT NEW AND UNEXPECTED IDEAS ABOUT MIDDLE EASTERN ARTS AND CULTURE. BIDOUN PRODUCES AN AVANT-GARDE MAGAZINE THAT COMBINES ELEMENTS OF AN ART MAGAZINE AND LITERARY JOURNAL(CON'T ON SCHEDULE O) IT IS CIRCULATED TO APPROXIMATELY 4,500 INDIVIDUALS AND INSTITUTIONS, AND MORE THAN 23,000 READERS VIEW THE MATERIAL VIA OUR WEBSITE, NEWSLETTERS AND SOCIAL MEDIA FEEDS. OUR CONTRIBUTORS INCLUDE ARTISTS, WRITERS, ACTIVISTS, FILMMAKERS AND ENTREPRENEURS FROM ACROSS THE GLOBE AND OUR CURATORIAL ACTIVITIES TAKE FORM AS EXHIBITIONS, FILM SCREENINGS, LECTURES AND BOOK LAUNCHES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

BIDOUN PROJECTS IS A PUBLISHING AND CURATORIAL INITIATIVE WHOSE AIM IS TO (CON'T ON SCHEDULE O) PRESENT NEW AND UNEXPECTED IDEAS ABOUT MIDDLE EASTERN ARTS AND CULTURE. BIDOUN PRODUCES AN AVANT-GARDE MAGAZINE THAT COMBINES ELEMENTS OF AN ART MAGAZINE AND LITERARY JOURNAL. IT IS CIRCULATED TO APPROXIMATELY 4,500 INDIVIDUALS AND INSTITUTIONS, AND MORE THAN 23,000 READERS VIEW THE MATERIAL VIA OUR WEBSITE, NEWSLETTERS AND SOCIAL MEDIA FEEDS. OUR CONTRIBUTORS INCLUDE ARTISTS, WRITERS, ACTIVISTS, FILMMAKERS AND ENTREPRENEURS FROM ACROSS THE GLOBE AND OUR CURATORIAL ACTIVITIES TAKE FORM AS EXHIBITIONS, FILM SCREENINGS, LECTURES AND BOOK LAUNCHES.

  • BIDOUN.ORGBIDOUN.ORG IS THE COMPREHENSIVE ARCHIVAL WEBSITE AND PUBLISHING PLATFORM FOR BIDOUN MAGAZINE. COMPRISED OF 6,039 IMAGES, 1,071 ARTICLES, 512 AUTHORS AND 29 ISSUES, BIDOUN.ORG PRESENTS 10 YEARS OF THE PRINT MAGAZINE IN A DIGITAL ARCHIVE MADE AVAILABLE ONLINE FOR FREE. IN ADDITION, NEWLY COMMISSIONED LONG-FORM ARTICLES, TRANSLATIONS, AND ARTIST PROJECTS WERE PUBLISHED ON THE PLATFORM THROUGHOUT THE CALENDAR YEAR ON A MONTHLY BASIS REACHING OVER 23,000 UNIQUE VIEWERS ONLINE AND OVER 15,000 FOLLOWERS ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

    Expenses $78,336 · Revenue $135

  • MERIEM BENANNI PUBLICATIONBIDOUN PRINTED AND PUBLISHED THE FIRST MONOGRAPH ON THE WORK OF THE MORRACAN ARTIST MERIEM BENANNI. THIS INCLUDED THE COMMISSIONING AND EDITING OF 9 CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE ARTISTS WORK AS WELL AS 4 NEWLY COMMISSIONED LONG-FORM ESSAYS.

    Expenses $26,356

  • NICOLAS MOUFARREGE PUBLICATIONBIDOUN CONDUCTED RESEARCH AND PLANNING FOR A FORTHCOMINGLARGE-SCALE MONOGRAPH ON THE LIFE AND WORK OF ARTIST NICOLASMOUFARREGE. THIS INCLUDED EDITORIAL AND SCHOLARLY RESEARCH, THECOMMISSIONING OF LONG-FORM ESSAYS, EDITORIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ANDDOCUMENTATION OF ARCHIVAL WORKS. THIS ALSO INCLUDED EXCUTING A SYMPOSIUM AND EXHIBITION ON MOUFARREGE IN BERLIN, GERMANY DURING FEBRUARY 2022.

    Expenses $7,450

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Negar Azimi

    SECRETARY/SENIOR EDITOR

    Total calculated
    $35,944
    From this org
    $22,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,944
    Hours/week
    20

  • Aarthi Belani

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lisa Farjam

    DIRECTOR/FOUNDING EDITOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dana Farouki

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Glenn Lowry

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Shirin Neshat

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Burkhard P Varnholt

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kambiz Shahbazi

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Luiza Texeira De Freitas

    DIRECTOR

    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
2022
Filed
13 November 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202343179349310159

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