Totals
- Total revenue
- $990,695
- Total expenses
- $305,673
- Contributions and grants received
- $990,495
- Grants paid
- $67,500
- Program service revenue
- $200
- Investment income
- $0
- Other revenue
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $722,085
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $3,857
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $718,228
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $180,430
- Management and general expenses
- $96,043
- Fundraising expenses
- $29,200
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $180,430
Program services were 59.0% 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.
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$990,495
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2a · Program service revenue: MAGAZINE DISTRIBUTION
total $200 · related or exempt $200
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $48,000 · program services $48,000
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3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals
total $19,500 · program services $19,500
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $61,632 · program services $35,816 · management and general $2,582 · fundraising $23,234
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $52,000 · management and general $52,000
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $15,633 · management and general $15,633
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $7,449 · program services $1,524 · management and general $4,554 · fundraising $1,371
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $2,508 · management and general $2,508
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $1,202 · program services $1,202
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13 · Office expenses
total $680 · program services $139 · management and general $416 · fundraising $125
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16 · Occupancy
total $14,716 · program services $3,010 · management and general $8,997 · fundraising $2,709
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17 · Travel
total $4,213 · program services $862 · management and general $2,575 · fundraising $776
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $688 · management and general $688
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23 · Insurance
total $3,118 · program services $638 · management and general $1,906 · fundraising $574
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24a · Other expenses: PRODUCTION AND PRINTING
total $33,360 · program services $33,360
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24b · Other expenses: EVENT PROGRAMMING
total $19,961 · program services $19,961
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24c · Other expenses: SHIPPING
total $3,547 · program services $3,547
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24e · All other expenses
total $17,466 · program services $12,871 · management and general $4,184 · fundraising $411
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $38,420 · end of year $114,505
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
end of year $600,000
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$46,526
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$44,922
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $1,870 · end of year $1,604
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $300 · end of year $5,976
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $7,384 · end of year $3,857
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $33,206 · end of year $718,228
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
BIDOUN PROJECTS IS A PUBLISHING AND CURATORIAL INITIATIVE WHOSE AIM IS TO PRESENT NEW AND UNEXPECTED IDEAS ABOUT MIDDLE EASTERN ARTS AND CULTURE. BIDOUN PRODUCES AN AVANT-GARDE MAGAZINE THAT COMBINES ELEMENTS OF AN ART MAGAZINE AND LITERARY JOURNAL(CON'T ON SCHEDULE O) IT IS CIRCULATED TO APPROXIMATELY 4,500 INDIVIDUALS AND INSTITUTIONS, AND MORE THAN 23,000 READERS VIEW THE MATERIAL VIA OUR WEBSITE, NEWSLETTERS AND SOCIAL MEDIA FEEDS. OUR CONTRIBUTORS INCLUDE ARTISTS, WRITERS, ACTIVISTS, FILMMAKERS AND ENTREPRENEURS FROM ACROSS THE GLOBE AND OUR CURATORIAL ACTIVITIES TAKE FORM AS EXHIBITIONS, FILM SCREENINGS, LECTURES AND BOOK LAUNCHES.
Activities or mission (Part I)
BIDOUN PROJECTS IS A PUBLISHING AND CURATORIAL INITIATIVE WHOSE AIM IS TO (CON'T ON SCHEDULE O) PRESENT NEW AND UNEXPECTED IDEAS ABOUT MIDDLE EASTERN ARTS AND CULTURE. BIDOUN PRODUCES AN AVANT-GARDE MAGAZINE THAT COMBINES ELEMENTS OF AN ART MAGAZINE AND LITERARY JOURNAL. IT IS CIRCULATED TO APPROXIMATELY 4,500 INDIVIDUALS AND INSTITUTIONS, AND MORE THAN 23,000 READERS VIEW THE MATERIAL VIA OUR WEBSITE, NEWSLETTERS AND SOCIAL MEDIA FEEDS. OUR CONTRIBUTORS INCLUDE ARTISTS, WRITERS, ACTIVISTS, FILMMAKERS AND ENTREPRENEURS FROM ACROSS THE GLOBE AND OUR CURATORIAL ACTIVITIES TAKE FORM AS EXHIBITIONS, FILM SCREENINGS, LECTURES AND BOOK LAUNCHES.
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BIDOUN.ORGBIDOUN.ORG IS THE COMPREHENSIVE ARCHIVAL WEBSITE AND PUBLISHING PLATFORM FOR BIDOUN MAGAZINE. COMPRISED OF 6,039 IMAGES, 1,071 ARTICLES, 512 AUTHORS AND 29 ISSUES, BIDOUN.ORG PRESENTS 10 YEARS OF THE PRINT MAGAZINE IN A DIGITAL ARCHIVE MADE AVAILABLE ONLINE FOR FREE. IN ADDITION, NEWLY COMMISSIONED LONG-FORM ARTICLES, TRANSLATIONS, AND ARTIST PROJECTS WERE PUBLISHED ON THE PLATFORM THROUGHOUT THE CALENDAR YEAR ON A MONTHLY BASIS REACHING OVER 23,000 UNIQUE VIEWERS ONLINE AND OVER 26,000 FOLLOWERS ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
Expenses $94,363 · Revenue $200
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SOLIDARITY MICROGRANTSBIDOUN ADMINISTERED MICROGRANTS TO ARTISTS, WRITERS, AND CURATORS WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED SERIOUS ECONOMIC HARDSHIP AND PROFESSIONAL CENSORSHIP DUE TO THEIR ANTI-WAR STANCE IN THE CONTEXT OF THE ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT. MICROGRANTS WERE ISSUED TO 12 INDIVIDUALS FROM 3 DIFFERENT COUNTRIES IDENTIFIED FROM OVER 100 UNIQUE GRANT REQUEST SUBMISSIONS.
Expenses $67,500 · Grants $67,500
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NICOLAS MOUFARREGE PUBLICATIONBIDOUN CONDUCTED RESEARCH AND PLANNING FOR A FORTHCOMINGLARGE-SCALE MONOGRAPH ON THE LIFE AND WORK OF ARTIST NICOLASMOUFARREGE. THIS INCLUDED EDITORIAL AND SCHOLARLY RESEARCH, THECOMMISSIONING OF LONG-FORM ESSAYS, EDITORIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ANDDOCUMENTATION OF ARCHIVAL WORKS.
Expenses $18,567
As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
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Negar AzimiNEGAR AZIMI
SECRETARY/SENIOR EDITOR
- Total calculated
- $61,632
- From this org
- $46,000
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $15,632
- Hours/week
- 20
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Aarthi BelaniAARTHI BELANI
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Lisa FarjamLISA FARJAM
DIRECTOR/FOUNDING EDITOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Dana FaroukiDANA FAROUKI
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Glenn LowryGLENN LOWRY
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Shirin NeshatSHIRIN NESHAT
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Burkhard P VarnholtBURKHARD P VARNHOLT
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Kambiz ShahbaziKAMBIZ SHAHBAZI
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Luiza Texeira De FreitasLUIZA TEXEIRA DE FREITAS
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Pedro BarbosaPEDRO BARBOSA
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Maria SukkarMARIA SUKKAR
DIRECTOR
- 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
- 2024
- Filed
- 6 November 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.2
- Source object
- 202543149349304584
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