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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by SUBJECT MATTER INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$462,617
Total expenses
$172,959
Contributions and grants received
$462,617
Grants paid
$120,000
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$309,658
Total liabilities, end of year
$20,000
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$289,658
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$131,775
Management and general expenses
$26,242
Fundraising expenses
$14,942
Program service expenses (Part III)
$131,775

Program services were 76.2% 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.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $0

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $0

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $0

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $0

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $0

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $462,617

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $0 · other assets $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $120,000 · program services $120,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $30,000 · program services $10,000 · management and general $10,000 · fundraising $10,000

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $629 · program services $207 · management and general $211 · fundraising $211

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $3,223 · program services $1,061 · management and general $1,081 · fundraising $1,081

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $12,000 · program services $0 · management and general $12,000 · fundraising $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,975 · program services $0 · management and general $1,975 · fundraising $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $2,238 · program services $0 · management and general $120 · fundraising $2,118

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $1,646 · program services $0 · management and general $239 · fundraising $1,407

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $0

  • 24a · Other expenses: SUBSCRIPTIONS AND FEES

    total $1,248 · program services $507 · management and general $616 · fundraising $125

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    end of year $301,876

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $7,782

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    end of year $20,000

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $289,658

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

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.

  • SUBJECT MATTER LAUNCHED IN 2022 WITH OUR INAUGURAL PROGRAM FOCUSED ON CONNECTING 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. OUR SELECTION COMMITTEE CHOSE FOUR FEATURE LENGTH DOCUMENTARY PROJECTS TO RECEIVE GRANTS TO SUPPORT THEIR MARKETING AND IMPACT EFFORTS. WE THEN VETTED CORRESPONDING NONPROFITS AND SELECTED FOUR ORGANIZATIONS TO RECEIVE GRANTS TO SUPPORT THEIR WORK ADDRESSING THE ISSUES FEATURED IN THE FILMS. THE SUBJECT AREAS BEING ADDRESSED THROUGH OUR INAUGURAL GRANTS ARE THE MATERNAL MORALITY CRISIS IMPACTING BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES; THE BETRAYAL, ASSIMILATION, AND EXTERMINATION OF THE LAKOTA NATION; THE GROWING EPIDEMIC OF HATE AND EXTREMISM IN THE US; AND THE HARMS OF MASS INCARCERATION ON WOMEN AND COMMUNITIES. A TOTAL OF $120,000 WAS AWARDED IN GRANTS BETWEEN THE FILMS AND NONPROFITS IN NOVEMBER OF 2022. OUR WORK WITH THIS GROUP OF GRANTEES WILL CONTINUE IN 2023 WITH PROGRAMMING FOCUSED ON SCREENING THE FILMS FOR AUDIENCES AND CREATING A ROADMAP FOR INSPIRED AUDIENCES TO TAKE ACTION AND DONATE FUNDS TO THE CORRESPONDING NONPROFITS.

    Expenses $131,775 · Grants $120,000

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Colleen Hammond

    CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $10,000
    From this org
    $10,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    20
  • David Earls

    CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $10,000
    From this org
    $10,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    20
  • Amy Hobby

    CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $10,000
    From this org
    $10,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    20
  • Christie Marchese

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Loren Hammonds

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Julia Greenberg

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jeffrey Wright

    BOARD CO-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lily Band

    BOARD CO-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Samantha Rudin Earls

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ferne Pearlstine

    SECRETARY

    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

  • MM FILMS LLC

    $20,000

    FILMMAKING SUPPORT

  • UNCEDED FILMS LLC

    $20,000

    FILMMAKING SUPPORT

  • CLARKSTON FILM LLC

    $20,000

    FILMMAKING SUPPORT

  • SCHUYLKILL PUNCH LLC

    $20,000

    FILMMAKING SUPPORT

  • GENERAL PROGRAM SUPPORT

  • GENERAL PROGRAM SUPPORT

  • SAVEAROSE FOUNDATION

    $10,000

    GENERAL PROGRAM SUPPORT

  • GENERAL PROGRAM SUPPORT

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
20 June 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202301779349300525

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