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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by SUBJECT MATTER INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$487,822
Total expenses
$359,570
Contributions and grants received
$471,437
Grants paid
$177,082
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$16,385
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$565,062
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$565,062
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$289,862
Management and general expenses
$35,011
Fundraising expenses
$34,697
Program service expenses (Part III)
$289,862

Program services were 80.6% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $471,437

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $16,385 · excluded $16,385

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $177,082 · program services $177,082

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $99,934 · program services $60,000 · management and general $15,934 · fundraising $24,000

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $1,204 · program services $723 · management and general $192 · fundraising $289

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $8,358 · program services $5,018 · management and general $1,333 · fundraising $2,007

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $2,345 · management and general $2,345

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $9,102 · management and general $9,102

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $2,000 · fundraising $2,000

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $10,169 · management and general $5,371 · fundraising $4,798

  • 17 · Travel

    total $11,456 · program services $10,722 · management and general $734

  • 24a · Other expenses: GRANTEE EVENTS

    total $36,317 · program services $36,317

  • 24b · Other expenses: FUNDRAISING FEES

    total $1,603 · fundraising $1,603

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $24,427 · end of year $37,153

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $339,043 · end of year $462,909

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $75,250 · end of year $65,000

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,910

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $436,810 · end of year $565,062

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

NONE

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO CONNECT INSPIRING STORYTELLING AND MEANINGFUL CHANGE BY PROVIDING FUNDS AND OTHER RESOURCES TO DOCUMENTARIES THAT HIGHLIGHT SOCIAL ISSUES AND BY AWARDING CORRESPONDING GRANTS TO NONPROFITS TACKLING THE FEATURED TOPICS.

  • IN 2024, SUBJECT MATTER AWARDED OVER $171K IN GRANTS TO FOUR SOCIAL ISSUE DOCUMENTARIES AND FOUR NONPROFITS ADDRESSING THE ISSUES FEATURED IN THE FILMS. THE SUBJECT AREAS BEING ADDRESSED BY OUR GRANTEES INCLUDE THE IMPACTS OF MASS INCARCERATION ON CHILDREN; IMMIGRANT RIGHTS AND THE ASYLUM SEEKING PROCESS; LGBTQIA+ RIGHTS; AND THE RISE OF POLITICAL VIOLENCE IN THE UNITED STATES. WE PARTICIPATED IN NINE SCREENING EVENTS THROUGH COLLABORATIONS WITH SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL, MOUNTAINFILM, TRIBECA FESTIVAL, AND DOC NYC. INSPIRED AUDIENCES JOINED US IN CREATING POSITIVE COMMUNITY ACTIONS IN RESPONSE TO THE FILMS BY DONATING AN ADDITIONAL $16K TO OUR NONPROFIT GRANTEES FOLLOWING THE SCREENINGS.

    Expenses $289,862 · Grants $177,082

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • LILY BAND

    BOARD CO-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JEFFREY WRIGHT

    BOARD CO-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SAMANTHA RUDIN EARLS

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LOREN HAMMONDS

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CHRISTIE MARCHESE

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • FERNE PEARLSTEIN

    FORMER BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DIN BLANKENSHIP

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SAL AL-RASHID

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • COLLEEN HAMMOND

    CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $60,000
    From this org
    $60,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • DAVID EARLS

    CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $40,000
    From this org
    $40,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
12 August 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202502319349300925

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