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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by DOC SOCIETY INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,356,986
Total expenses
$1,717,622
Contributions and grants received
$2,281,346
Grants paid
$890,738
Program service revenue
$71,025
Investment income
$3,213
Other revenue
$1,402
Total assets, end of year
$2,908,575
Total liabilities, end of year
$110,849
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,797,726
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,526,837
Management and general expenses
$160,965
Fundraising expenses
$29,820
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,526,837

Program services were 88.9% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $2,281,346

  • 2a · Program service revenue: CONSULTING INCOME

    total $71,025 · related or exempt $71,025

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $3,213 · excluded $3,213

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $1,402 · excluded $1,402

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $1,402

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $366,250 · program services $366,250

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $13,000 · program services $13,000

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $511,488 · program services $511,488

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $301,275 · program services $280,185 · management and general $18,077 · fundraising $3,013

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $200,839 · program services $187,440 · management and general $11,485 · fundraising $1,914

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $19,637 · program services $18,305 · management and general $1,142 · fundraising $190

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $25,149 · program services $23,422 · management and general $1,480 · fundraising $247

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $650 · management and general $650

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $27,828 · management and general $27,828

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $57,598 · program services $32,314 · management and general $22,554 · fundraising $2,730

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $20,720 · program services $5,387 · management and general $13,054 · fundraising $2,279

  • 17 · Travel

    total $82,416 · program services $24,725 · management and general $42,032 · fundraising $15,659

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $2,353 · program services $612 · management and general $1,482 · fundraising $259

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $6,150 · program services $1,599 · management and general $3,874 · fundraising $677

  • 24a · Other expenses: PRODUCTION EXPENSES

    total $39,951 · program services $39,551 · management and general $400

  • 24b · Other expenses: EVENTS AND HOSPITALITY

    total $18,255 · program services $15,152 · management and general $2,738 · fundraising $365

  • 24c · Other expenses: OPERATIONS

    total $16,731 · program services $4,350 · management and general $10,541 · fundraising $1,840

  • 24d · Other expenses: BUSINESS ENTERTAINING

    total $2,576 · program services $670 · management and general $1,623 · fundraising $283

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $4,756 · program services $2,387 · management and general $2,005 · fundraising $364

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,325,027 · end of year $1,900,195

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $202,532 · end of year $205,575

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $499,140 · end of year $626,456

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $209,862 · end of year $162,377

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $2,444 · end of year $9,648

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

    $11,310

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

    $7,686

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $5,977 · end of year $3,624

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $3,600 · end of year $700

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $44,186 · end of year $62,545

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $70,694 · end of year $48,304

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $903,856 · end of year $901,568

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,229,846 · end of year $1,896,158

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

WE BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER TO UNLEASH THE TRANSFORMATIONAL POWER OF INDEPENDENT DOCUMENTARY FILM. WE SERVE INDIVIDUAL FILMMAKERS AND THE GROWING NETWORK OF PARTNERS WHO SUPPORT THEM GLOBALLY. WE HELP BUILD NEW MODELS, AIMING TO INNOVATE, SHARE FREELY AND INNOVATE AGAIN.A COMMITMENT TO ANTI-RACISM, ECONOMIC EQUITY AND CLIMATE JUSTICE IS EMBEDDED IN AND INFORMS ALL WE DO TO PROMOTE DIGNITY AND BELONGING.

Activities or mission (Part I)

DOC SOCIETY INC SUPPORTS DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKERS GLOBALLY BY PROVIDING PRODUCTION FINANCING, AS WELL AS CREATIVE, EDITORIAL, STRATEGIC, LEGAL, AND OTHER FORMS OF ASSISTANCE. WE FOSTER COLLABORATIONS BETWEEN PUBLIC INTEREST FILMMAKERS AND CHARITIES, AND OTHER PARTNERS TO ENHANCE FINANCING, STRATEGIC SUPPORT, AND DISTRIBUTION OPPORTUNITIES FOR DOCUMENTARY PROJECTS THAT SERVE THE PUBLIC GOOD.IN UNDERTAKING THIS WORK, DOC SOCIETY COOPERATES CLOSELY WITH ITS SISTER ENTITIES: DOC SOCIETY, AND DOC SOCIETY CHARITABLE TRUST IN THE UK, STICHTING DOC SOCIETY IN THE NETHERLANDS, AND DOC SOCIETY AUSTRALIA PTY LTD. THESE ENTITIES ARE LEGALLY INDEPENDENT, BUT HAVE IDENTICAL AIMS AND OBJECTIVES AND OFTEN COLLABORATE WITH ONE ANOTHER.

  • THE ORGANIZATION SUPPORTS DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKERS WORLDWIDE BY PROVIDING FINANCIAL RESOURCES AND STRATEGIC GUIDANCE TO ADVANCE IMPACTFUL STORYTELLING. OUR MISSION INCLUDES: - PROVIDING PRODUCTION FINANCING AND STRATEGIC SUPPORT TO INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS. - FACILITATING PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN FILMMAKERS AND OTHER PHILANTHROPIC FUNDERS TO STRENGTHEN DOCUMENTARY PROJECTS WITH SOCIAL IMPACT. - ORGANIZING AND LEADING LABS AND WORKSHOPS TO ENGAGE STORYTELLING COMMUNITIES REGIONALLY, NATIONALLY, AND INTERNATIONALLY. - ASSISTING FILMMAKERS IN DEVELOPING IMPACT STRATEGIES TO REACH BROADER AUDIENCES, INCLUDING UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES AND CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS.THROUGH CULTURAL STRATEGY INITIATIVES, THE ORGANIZATION SEEKS TO FOSTER STORYTELLING THAT CONTRIBUTES TO MORE JUST, INCLUSIVE SOCIETIES AND SUSTAINABLE FUTURES. OUR LABS MODEL HAS BEEN SUCCESSFULLY IMPLEMENTED AND ADAPTED ACROSS VARIOUS REGIONS, INCLUDING THE BRAZILIAN AMAZON, EAST AND WEST AFRICA, SOUTH ASIA, MENA, AND EUROPE.BEYOND GRANTMAKING AND CREATIVE DEVELOPMENT, THE ORGANIZATION IS COMMITTED TO STRENGTHENING INDEPENDENT VOICES, REACHING UNDERSERVED AUDIENCES, AND FACILITATING CRITICAL PUBLIC CONVERSATIONS THAT EXTEND BEYOND MAINSTREAM MEDIA.

    Expenses $1,526,837 · Grants $890,738 · Revenue $71,025

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Maxyne Franklin

    SECY/TREASURER & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $156,456
    From this org
    $144,621
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,835
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $144,621
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,835
    Filer's total
    $156,456

  • Jess Search

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $82,036
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $77,928
    Other
    $4,108
    Hours/week
    5 + 50 related

  • Megha Agrawal Sood

    BOARD MEMBER AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $154,157
    From this org
    $154,157
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $154,157
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $154,157

  • Edith Finzi

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $80,155
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $76,136
    Other
    $4,019
    Hours/week
    5 + 50 related

  • Anurima Bhargava

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • Jade Begay

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Heather Grady

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Twiggy Pucci Garcon

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Keri Putnam

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Vincent Warren

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Katharine Wilkinson

    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. 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

  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

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

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

  • DOC SOCIETY UK

    501(C)(3) · ENABLING DOCUMENTARY FILMS AND CONNECTING THEM TO AUDIENCES GLOBALLY · UK

  • DOC SOCIETY CHARITABLE TRUST

    501(C)(3) · TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE SUBJECT OF DOCUMENTARY FILM. · UK

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
14 February 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202540459349301889

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