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← YELLOW DOT STUDIOS INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by YELLOW DOT STUDIOS INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,613,196
Total expenses
$1,809,971
Contributions and grants received
$1,613,196
Grants paid
$270,000
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$79,361
Total liabilities, end of year
$16,370
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$62,991
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$743,612
Management and general expenses
$1,066,359
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$743,612

Program services were 41.1% 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

    $1,613,196

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $270,000 · program services $270,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $379,231 · management and general $379,231

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $375,001 · management and general $375,001

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $48,524 · management and general $48,524

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $12,618 · management and general $12,618

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $79,121 · management and general $79,121

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $50,183 · program services $50,183

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $10,101 · program services $10,101

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $4,237 · management and general $4,237

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $707 · management and general $707

  • 17 · Travel

    total $21,732 · program services $21,644 · management and general $88

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $144,421 · management and general $144,421

  • 24a · Other expenses: PRODUCTION EXPENSE

    total $391,529 · program services $391,529

  • 24b · Other expenses: DUES & SUBSCRIPTION

    total $13,702 · management and general $13,702

  • 24c · Other expenses: MEALS & ENTERTAINMENT

    total $5,997 · management and general $5,997

  • 24d · Other expenses: PAYROLL FEES

    total $2,380 · management and general $2,380

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $487 · program services $155 · management and general $332

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $288,508 · end of year $54,575

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $17,592 · end of year $24,786

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $45,883 · end of year $16,370

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $162,365 · end of year $62,991

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $97,852 · end of year $0

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE PRIMARY ACTIVITY OF THE ORGANIZATION WILL BE TO PRODUCE VIDEOS AND OTHER CONTENT TO BUILD AWARENESS TO THE PUBLIC OF THE PUSH FOR URGENT CLIMATE ACTION.

Activities or mission (Part I)

YELLOW DOT IS A NONPROFIT MEDIA STUDIO ESTABLISHED TO CHALLENGE POLLUTER DISINFORMATION & MOBILIZE ACTION ON THE CLIMATE EMERGENCY.

  • YELLOW DOT CREATES ENTERTAINING, MEMORABLE, AND SCIENTIFICALLY ACCURATE VIDEOS AND (OTHER STUFF) TO CHALLENGE DECADES OF DISINFORMATION PUSHED BY OIL COMPANIES AND AMPLIFIED BY LARGE SWATHS OF ELECTED LEADERS AND THE MEDIA. BY SHINING A LIGHT ON THE URGENCY, RESPONSIBLE PARTIES, AND SCIENTIFICALLY PROVEN SOLUTIONS, WE AIM TO EMPOWER MORE PEOPLE TO BE PART OF THE CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT WE'RE FACING AND WHAT WE CAN DO ABOUT IT. YELLOW DOT IS FUNDED BY PHILANTHROPISTS, COMMISSIONED WORK, AND REGULAR PEOPLE. THE ORGANIZATION AIMS TO SUPPORT THE CREATIVES, ORGANIZATIONS, SCIENTISTS, AND INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE SIMILARLY ALLIED WITH THE CAUSE OF CONTINUED HUMAN EXISTENCE ON EARTH.

    Expenses $743,612 · Grants $270,000

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Adam McKay

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Ayana Elizabeth Johnson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Brittney Badduke

    CREATIVE EXECUTIVE

    Total calculated
    $86,970
    From this org
    $79,231
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,739
    Hours/week
    40

  • David Fenton

    SENIOR ADVISOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Shira Piven

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Matthew Lichtenberg

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Stephanie Roberts-Steele

    MANAGING DIR/HEAD OF PRODU

    Total calculated
    $325,485
    From this org
    $300,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,485
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $300,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $25,485
    Filer's total
    $325,485

  • Anna N Wenger

    EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

    Total calculated
    $200,877
    From this org
    $190,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,877
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $190,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,877
    Filer's total
    $200,877

  • Elijah Zarlin

    HEAD OF DIGITAL AND ENGAGE

    Total calculated
    $213,910
    From this org
    $185,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $28,910
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $185,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $28,910
    Filer's total
    $213,910

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

None.

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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
15 October 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202502909349300045

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