Totals
- Total revenue
- $418,718
- Total expenses
- $516,058
- Contributions and grants received
- $52,011
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $363,913
- Investment income
- $34
- Other revenue
- $2,760
- Total assets, end of year
- $425,399
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $40,338
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $385,061
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $482,984
- Management and general expenses
- $21,165
- Fundraising expenses
- $11,909
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $482,984
Program services were 93.6% 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
$52,011
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2a · Program service revenue: Honorarium
total $5,925 · related or exempt $5,925
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2b · Program service revenue: Licensing fees
total $11,648 · related or exempt $11,648
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2c · Program service revenue: Merchandise sales
total $2,845 · related or exempt $2,845
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2d · Program service revenue: Production Services
total $343,495 · related or exempt $343,495
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3 · Investment income
total $34 · related or exempt $34
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4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds
total $0
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5 · Royalties
total $0
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6d · Net rental income or loss
total $0
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7d · Net gain or loss
total $0
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $0
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9c · Net income from gaming
total $0
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10c · Net income from sales of inventory
total $0
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11a · Other revenue: Miscellaneous
total $2,760 · related or exempt $2,760
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11e · Other revenue, total
$2,760
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $0
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2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $0
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3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals
total $0
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4 · Benefits paid to or for members
total $0
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $131,333 · program services $114,333 · management and general $8,500 · fundraising $8,500
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6 · Compensation of disqualified persons
total $0
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $111,807 · program services $111,807
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $0
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $15,870 · program services $12,696 · management and general $1,587 · fundraising $1,587
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $23,945 · program services $21,223 · management and general $1,361 · fundraising $1,361
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11a · Fees: management
total $0
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11b · Fees: legal
total $0
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $4,912 · management and general $4,912
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11d · Fees: lobbying
total $0
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11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $0
-
11f · Fees: investment management
total $0
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11g · Fees: other
total $141,046 · program services $141,046
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $834 · program services $834
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13 · Office expenses
total $3,077 · management and general $3,077
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14 · Information technology
total $0
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15 · Royalties
total $0
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16 · Occupancy
total $4,800 · program services $4,800
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17 · Travel
total $45,839 · program services $45,839
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18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials
total $0
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $0
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20 · Interest
total $0
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21 · Payments to affiliates
total $0
-
22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $6,213 · program services $6,213
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23 · Insurance
total $3,395 · program services $3,395
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24a · Other expenses: Subscriptions
total $5,345 · program services $5,345
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24b · Other expenses: Licenses & Dues
total $4,981 · program services $4,981
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24c · Other expenses: Telephone
total $4,617 · program services $3,694 · management and general $462 · fundraising $461
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24d · Other expenses: Supplies and materials
total $3,183 · program services $3,183
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24e · All other expenses
total $4,861 · program services $3,595 · management and general $1,266
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $125,276 · end of year $63,831
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $344,577 · end of year $344,612
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
end of year $0
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4 · Accounts receivable
end of year $0
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5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people
end of year $0
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6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons
end of year $0
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7 · Other notes and loans receivable
end of year $0
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8 · Inventories for sale or use
end of year $0
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
end of year $0
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$95,952
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$78,996
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $15,063 · end of year $16,956
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
end of year $0
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12 · Investments: other securities
end of year $0
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13 · Investments: program-related
end of year $0
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14 · Intangible assets
end of year $0
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15 · Other assets
end of year $0
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $2,515 · end of year $40,338
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $482,401 · end of year $385,061
Mission and programs · 2022
Mission
Talking Eyes Media (TEM) creates powerful media for pressing issues. The Organization includes visual storytellers who create documentary films, photography, books, exhibitions and public programming that actively stimulate dialogue and advocate for positive social change. Talking Eyes turns a probing eye on situations where people struggle unduly, where resources are poorly distributed, and where theres tremendous opportunity to improve society for future generations. The work is used extensively by educational institutions, nonprofit organizations and foundations to illuminate, educate and inspire people to become more engaged.
Activities or mission (Part I)
Talking Eyes Media (TEM) produces documentary films, photography, books, exhibitions and programming that actively stimulate dialogue and advocate for positive social change. The Organization works to illuminate, educate and inspire people to become more engaged.
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Production Services In 2022, TEMs project Newest Americans continued production and launched the Newark Story Bus. This multi-year digital media project examines immigration and American identity. Developed in partnership with Rutgers University-Newark and VII Photo, Newest Americans produces short films, radio pieces, written essays, exhibitions and public events that explore the lives and communities, trials and aspirations of Americas diverse immigrant population. The project was awarded Best Online Storytelling Project in 2021 by Pictures of the Year International.TEM continues to develop curriculum centered around our media that facilitates middle, high school and college-aged students in exploring American demographics, personal histories and the concept of citizenship. TEM partnered with the Newark Board of Education to hold an afterschool workshop for middle school children centered around our curricular materials. Through Newest Americans, TEM developed a partnership with the Newark Museum of Art, Newark Public Library, NJPAC and Newark Symphony Hall to launch a monthly screening series of TEM media and conversations local thought leaders. This series launched in January 2022 and was held online to facilitate wide distribution. The concept is to activate and collaborate with the anchor cultural institutions in the city to provide compelling online content to a broad audience.With support from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Newest Americans launched the Newark Story Bus. This retrofitted former school bus serves as a mobile media lab to collect stories throughout the city at community events, schools and businesses. It is also used to educate students on basic media skills. The bus contains a portrait studio and audio recording booth. TEM commissioned mural artists Gera & Werc to paint the exterior, and the bus officially launched in 2021. In 2022 we had a robust programming schedule that included NJPACs Sounds of the City, the Dodge Poetry Festival, Halsey Street Festival, a celebration of Nat Turner Park and numerous other community events. From the media we gathered, we curated and edited stories to share through social media and our website. We also partnered with the City of Newark to deploy the Bus to collect youth voices for the citys Master Plan. These materials were incorporated into the digital and print versions of the plan, as well as a short video that is shared online.Through Newest Americans, TEM produced a film about a Palestinian refugee who received her doctorate degree at Rutgers Newark. The film addresses the importance of higher education in breaking the cycle of statelessness for refugee youth. We are currently developing partnerships in higher education to release the film widely. TEM film, Bring It to The Table, continues to be licensed by universities across the country. This film addresses political partisanship and each citizens responsibility in bridging the divide.TEM's film, The Sacrifice Zone, had over 40 screenings in 2022, all followed by engaging discussions around environmental justice, structural racism, and waste removal. The film follows a group of activists in Newarks Ironbound neighborhood as they fight for clean air. TEM invites environmental justice activists who appear in the film to engage in post-screening discussions. The screenings have been hosted by conversation commissions, grassroots organizers, concerned citizens and educators. TEM received support from the NJ Council for the Humanities, the Dodge Foundation. In 2022, the film had 7 festival screenings and was acquired for the permanent collections of six libraries.TEM was commissioned by Princeton University to produce a series of three films about researchers in the High Meadow Environmental Institute. TEM began pre-production on these films in 2021 and completed them during 2022. These films cover Princetons groundbreaking research on climate change related to infectious disease, climate modeling and biodiversity. The films are available online. TEM produced six videos for the James Irvine Leadership Awards featuring nonprofits in California that address homelessness, English as a second language, food waste, Native American child services and formerly incarcerated reintegration services.
Expenses $482,984
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Permissions Permissions or licensing fees grant the right to republish photos, video and text from TEM projects.
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Honoraria TEM staff and contributors received $6,000 in honoraria to present TEM projects to diverse audiences. Over the past year, the Executive Director, Julie Winokur, and the protagonists from the film presented The Sacrifice Zone at over 40 online screenings, which were followed by robust post-screening discussion.
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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Julie Winokur
Executive Director
- Total calculated
- $85,000
- From this org
- $85,000
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
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Edmond Kashi
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $46,333
- From this org
- $46,333
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 8
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Maryanne Greenfield
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Andrew Ross
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Robert Feinberg
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
- 2022
- Filed
- 7 July 2023
- IRS schema version
- 2022v5.0
- Source object
- 202331889349301308
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