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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by SUBJECT MATTER INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$537,690
Total expenses
$445,002
Contributions and grants received
$521,357
Grants paid
$266,952
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$16,333
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$658,757
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,007
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$657,750
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$361,819
Management and general expenses
$47,464
Fundraising expenses
$35,719
Program service expenses (Part III)
$361,819

Program services were 81.3% 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

    $521,357

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $3,553

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $16,333 · excluded $16,333

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $266,952 · program services $266,952

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $99,916 · program services $43,463 · management and general $32,473 · fundraising $23,980

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $1,261 · program services $261 · management and general $856 · fundraising $144

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $8,358 · program services $3,636 · management and general $2,716 · fundraising $2,006

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $100 · management and general $100

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $9,372 · management and general $9,372

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $2,000 · program services $2,000

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $1,947 · management and general $1,947

  • 17 · Travel

    total $17,142 · program services $16,261 · fundraising $881

  • 24a · Other expenses: GRANTEE EVENTS

    total $29,246 · program services $29,246

  • 24b · Other expenses: FUNDRAISING FEES

    total $8,708 · fundraising $8,708

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $37,153 · end of year $41,740

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $462,909 · end of year $534,242

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $65,000 · end of year $82,775

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    end of year $1,007

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $565,062 · end of year $657,750

Mission and programs · 2025

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.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO CONNECT INSPIRING STORYTELLING AND MEANINGFUL CHANGE BY PROVIDING FUNDS AND OTHER RESOURCES TO DOCUMENTARIES THAT HIGHLIGHT SOCIAL ISSUES AND BY AWARDING CORRESPONDIN GRANTS TO NONPROFITS TACKLING THE FEATURED TOPICS.

  • IN 2025, SUBJECT MATTER AWARDED OVER $253,000 IN GRANTS TO FIVE SOCIAL ISSUE DOCUMENTARIES AND FIVE NONPROFITS ADDRESSING THE ISSUES FEATURED IN THE FILMS. THE SUBJECT AREAS BEING ADDRESSED BY OUR GRANTEES INCLUDE THE CLIMATE CRISIS, INDIGENOUS RIGHTS, SEXUAL ABUSE, GUN VIOLENCE, TRANS YOUTH HEALTHCARE, AND INTELLECTUAL FREEDOM. WE PARTICIPATED IN TWELVE SCREENING EVENTS THROUGH COLLABORATIONS WITH SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL, TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL, HAMPTONS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, AND DOC NYC. INSPIRED AUDIENCE MEMBERS JOINED US IN CREATING POSITIVE COMMUNITY ACTION IN RESPONSE TO THE FILMS BY DONATING AN ADDITIONAL $13K+ TO OUR NONPROFIT GRANTEES FOLLOWING THE SCREENINGS.

    Expenses $361,819 · Grants $266,952

As filed on the 2025 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • LILY BAND

    BOARD CO-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JEFFREY WRIGHT

    BOARD CO-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SAMANTHA RUDIN EARLS

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LOREN HAMMONDS

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CHRISTIE MARCHESE

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DIN BLANKENSHIP

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SAL AL-RASHID

    FORMER BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • COLLEEN HAMMOND

    CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $65,000
    From this org
    $65,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • DAVID EARLS

    CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $35,000
    From this org
    $35,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

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

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
29 June 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.2
Source object
202631809349301033

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