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← 70 FACES MEDIA INC

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by 70 FACES MEDIA INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$7,947,717
Total expenses
$8,042,457
Contributions and grants received
$5,429,397
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$2,508,992
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$9,328
Total assets, end of year
$3,755,255
Total liabilities, end of year
$947,452
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,807,803
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$6,606,087
Management and general expenses
$686,275
Fundraising expenses
$750,095
Program service expenses (Part III)
$6,606,087

Program services were 82.1% 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

    $5,429,397

  • 2a · Program service revenue: WEB SPONSORSHIP

    total $1,866,297 · related or exempt $1,668,425 · unrelated business $197,872

  • 2b · Program service revenue: NEWS SERVICE

    total $642,695 · related or exempt $642,695

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $9,328 · excluded $9,328

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $9,328

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $1,561,379 · program services $1,167,535 · management and general $133,300 · fundraising $260,544

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $3,498,826 · program services $3,028,350 · management and general $131,052 · fundraising $339,424

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $421,010 · program services $350,131 · management and general $24,607 · fundraising $46,272

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $335,555 · program services $280,479 · management and general $17,498 · fundraising $37,578

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $80,501 · management and general $80,501

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $146,944 · management and general $146,944

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $577,938 · program services $554,023 · management and general $15,620 · fundraising $8,295

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $113,826 · program services $93,718 · management and general $10,305 · fundraising $9,803

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $48,678 · program services $40,890 · management and general $3,894 · fundraising $3,894

  • 17 · Travel

    total $70,936 · program services $59,372 · management and general $6,426 · fundraising $5,138

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $28,867 · program services $24,249 · management and general $2,309 · fundraising $2,309

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $58,672 · program services $49,284 · management and general $4,694 · fundraising $4,694

  • 24a · Other expenses: EXCISE AND UBIT TAX

    total $14,123 · program services $0 · management and general $14,123 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: WEB HOSTING AND INTERNE

    total $552,569 · program services $543,793 · management and general $6,376 · fundraising $2,400

  • 24c · Other expenses: LICENSES AND ROYALTIES

    total $148,352 · program services $124,711 · management and general $16,506 · fundraising $7,135

  • 24d · Other expenses: AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT

    total $128,549 · program services $128,549 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $255,732 · program services $161,003 · management and general $72,120 · fundraising $22,609

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,223,160 · end of year $1,388,914

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $2,117,927 · end of year $2,144,480

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

    $227,736

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

    $179,478

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $51,350 · end of year $48,258

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $80,000 · end of year $70,000

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $164,137 · end of year $103,603

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $512,452 · end of year $751,495

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    end of year $12,371

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $221,579 · end of year $183,586

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,015,585 · end of year $1,398,915

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $886,958 · end of year $1,408,888

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

70 FACES MEDIA SERVES AS THE DIGITAL CONNECTIVE TISSUE OF THE JEWISH COMMUNITY, MEETING PEOPLE WHERE THEY ARE AND PROVIDING THEM PATHWAYS TO DEEPEN KNOWLEDGE, CONNECTION, BELONGING AND MEANING.

Activities or mission (Part I)

70 FACES MEDIA IS THE LARGEST NONPROFIT JEWISH DIGITAL MEDIA COMPANY IN NORTH AMERICA, OPERATING SIX ONLINE PUBLICATIONS - THE JEWISH TELEGRAPHIC AGENCY, MY JEWISH LEARNING, KVELLER, THE NOSHER, HEY ALMA AND THE NEW YORK JEWISH WEEK. THROUGH OUR EXPANDING PORTFOLIO OF PUBLICATIONS, PRODUCTS AND EVENTS, WE CONNECT PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES IN NORTH AMERICA, ISRAEL AND AROUND THE GLOBE, PROVIDING A MULTITUDE OF ENTRYWAYS FOR INDIVIDUALS TO EXPLORE AND CONNECT WITH JEWISH CULTURE, TRADITIONS AND COMMUNITY ONLINE. 70 FACES MEDIA EMPOWERS INDIVIDUALS TO DEEPEN THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF THEIR JEWISH HERITAGE, EXPLORE PERSONAL CONNECTIONS TO JUDAISM AND FORGE MEANINGFUL RELATIONSHIPS WITHIN AND BEYOND THEIR JEWISH COMMUNITIES.

  • THE JEWISH TELEGRAPHIC AGENCY: TRUSTED GLOBAL SOURCE OF NEWS AND ANALYSIS ON ISSUES OF JEWISH INTEREST AND CONCERN.NY JEWISH WEEK: HELPING NEW YORKERS EXPLORE AND CONNECT WITH THE CITY'S VIBRANT JEWISH CULTURE AND DIVERSE COMMUNITY.MY JEWISH LEARNING: EMPOWERING JEWISH DISCOVERY FOR ANYONE INTERESTED IN LEARNING MORE. HEY ALMA: FEMINIST JEWISH CULTURE SITE AND ONLINE COMMUNITY.KVELLER: CONNECTING PARENTS TO THEIR JEWISH IDENTITY.THE NOSHER: CONNECT PEOPLE TO THEIR OWN JEWISH IDENTITY AND GLOBAL JEWISH EXPERIENCE THROUGH JEWISH FOOD.

    Expenses $6,606,087 · Revenue $2,311,120

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Elisa Spungen Bildner

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Fred Claar

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kai Falkenberg

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jeff Feig

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Daniel Gorlin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Carolyn Starman Hessel

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Suellen Kadis

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Zina Kramer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michael Laufer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Norman Lipoff

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jonah Platt

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dana Raucher

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Shereen Rutman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jonathan Sarna

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Scott Seligman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Daniel Septimus

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Clive Sirkin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Geula Solomon

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Carol Brennglass Spinner

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Brian Sterling

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Marshall Weinberg

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michael Wertheim

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Elizabeth Wolfe

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Joseph Yomtoubian

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Marcie Orley

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jane Weitzman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Amiram Eden

    CEO, EXECUTIVE EDITOR

    Total calculated
    $333,249
    From this org
    $300,354
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $32,895
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $250,354
    Bonus
    $50,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $3,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $29,895
    Filer's total
    $333,249
  • Deborah Kolben

    CHIEF CONTENT OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $210,943
    From this org
    $183,719
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $27,224
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $174,663
    Bonus
    $9,056
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $2,980
    Nontaxable benefits
    $24,244
    Filer's total
    $210,943
  • Danielle Elkins

    CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $202,696
    From this org
    $190,657
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,039
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $168,157
    Bonus
    $22,500
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $1,503
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,536
    Filer's total
    $202,696
  • Leonard Lazar

    VP BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT & STRATEGY/ASSOCIATE PUB

    Total calculated
    $206,920
    From this org
    $204,305
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $2,615
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $186,338
    Bonus
    $17,967
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $2,015
    Nontaxable benefits
    $600
    Filer's total
    $206,920
  • Jordana Cohen

    VP. DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $210,557
    From this org
    $180,662
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,895
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $171,556
    Bonus
    $9,106
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $29,895
    Filer's total
    $210,557
  • Rebecca Wilchins

    VP. AUDIENCE & DIGITAL STRATEGY

    Total calculated
    $201,001
    From this org
    $198,507
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $2,494
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $181,007
    Bonus
    $17,500
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $1,894
    Nontaxable benefits
    $600
    Filer's total
    $201,001
  • Philissa Cramer

    EDITOR IN CHIEF

    Total calculated
    $167,428
    From this org
    $136,062
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $31,366
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $136,062
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $1,471
    Nontaxable benefits
    $29,895
    Filer's total
    $167,428
  • Thea Fattal

    DIRECTOR OF STRATEGIC PROJECTS AND PUBLICK PROGRAM

    Total calculated
    $146,054
    From this org
    $134,224
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,830
    Hours/week
    35
  • Andrew Silow-Carroll

    EDITOR IN CHIEF, NY JW

    Total calculated
    $154,725
    From this org
    $142,780
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,945
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $142,780
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $1,409
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,536
    Filer's total
    $154,725

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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
15 October 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202413179349308086

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