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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by MEDIA WORKING GROUP.

Totals

Total revenue
$215,037
Total expenses
$845,535
Contributions and grants received
$190,119
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$24,177
Investment income
$741
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$30,241
Total liabilities, end of year
$36,000
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
-$5,759
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$760,982
Management and general expenses
$84,553
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$760,982

Program services were 90.0% 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.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $250

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $14,885

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $174,984

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Earned Revenue

    total $24,177 · excluded $24,177

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $741 · related or exempt $741

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $0

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $0

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $11,800 · program services $10,620 · management and general $1,180

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $0

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $0

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $0

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $6,211 · program services $5,590 · management and general $621

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $1,531 · program services $1,378 · management and general $153

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $697,510 · program services $627,758 · management and general $69,752

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $910 · program services $819 · management and general $91

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $0

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $0

  • 17 · Travel

    total $51,937 · program services $46,743 · management and general $5,194

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $300 · program services $270 · management and general $30

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $0

  • 24a · Other expenses: Production Expenses

    total $48,321 · program services $43,489 · management and general $4,832

  • 24b · Other expenses: General Operating Expense

    total $14,145 · program services $12,731 · management and general $1,414

  • 24c · Other expenses: Space Rental

    total $5,220 · program services $4,698 · management and general $522

  • 24d · Other expenses: Telephone

    total $2,105 · program services $1,895 · management and general $210

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $5,545 · program services $4,991 · management and general $554

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $638,551 · end of year $9,469

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $31,003 · end of year $20,772

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $0

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $0

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    end of year $0

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

    $16,307

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

    $16,307

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    end of year $0

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    end of year $0

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    end of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    end of year $0

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $36,700 · end of year $36,000

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $632,844 · end of year -$5,774

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $10 · end of year $15

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

Media Working Group, Inc (MWG) provides capacity and infra-structure for artists, educators, writers and researchers to conduct their work in a non-commercial environment. It supports projects that intervene in mass media culture and help media artists realize the potential for participating in emerging local and global cultures. MWG works to inform us and make us aware of the importance of independent media and diverse media art forms which further self-representation, diversity and community development. MWG promotes media literacy education as a means of creating an informed citizenry and to strengthen our democratic society.

  • Media Working Group (MWG)encourages the public's understanding and appreciation of the artistic and cultural impact of the multi-media arts by:1. Presenting Media Literacy, Networked Media Production Training and education programs;2. Participating in exhibitions and workshops;3. Supporting the creation and distribution of video, film and networked media by artists;4. Collaborating and co-producing media art with non-profit community institutions.MWG supports non-commercial film makers, writers, multi-media producers, researchers and educators. Support includes access to high definition video equipment packages, office space and a web site with a collectively managed store and production catalogue. MWG also provides web hosting services for individual project sites and blogs. MWG provides support, education and training to artists for the creation and maintenance of their own web sites. Other services include project management, fund development, accounting, IRS reporting, curriculum development, promotion, event management, public engagement development and implementation.

    Expenses $760,982

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Fred Johnson

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $9,000
    From this org
    $9,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Jean Donohue

    President

    Total calculated
    $2,000
    From this org
    $2,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Shawn Walker

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $800
    From this org
    $800
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Tim Kraus

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

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
14 November 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202323189349304557

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