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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by COMMITTEE FOR ACCURACY IN MIDDLE EAST REPORTING IN AMERICA INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$6,178,239
Total expenses
$5,814,684
Contributions and grants received
$5,298,574
Grants paid
$933,914
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$727,706
Other revenue
$151,959
Total assets, end of year
$14,885,459
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,138,975
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$13,746,484
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$5,468,420
Management and general expenses
$195,164
Fundraising expenses
$151,100
Program service expenses (Part III)
$5,468,420

Program services were 94.0% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $5,298,574

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $45,850

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $228,830 · excluded $228,830

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $3,664,351

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $3,165,475

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $498,876

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $498,876 · related or exempt $498,876

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $439,239

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $288,679

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $150,560

  • 11a · Other revenue: LIST RENTALS

    total $1,399 · excluded $1,399

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $1,399

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $933,914 · program services $933,914

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $437,324 · program services $401,250 · management and general $20,556 · fundraising $15,518

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $2,356,004 · program services $2,161,660 · management and general $110,742 · fundraising $83,602

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $68,406 · program services $62,764 · management and general $3,215 · fundraising $2,427

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $299,706 · program services $274,984 · management and general $14,087 · fundraising $10,635

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $206,817 · program services $189,757 · management and general $9,721 · fundraising $7,339

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $49,704 · program services $49,281 · management and general $349 · fundraising $74

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $305,097 · program services $286,186 · management and general $8,319 · fundraising $10,592

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $86,186 · program services $86,186

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $282,494 · program services $268,295 · management and general $2,283 · fundraising $11,916

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $286,848 · program services $268,089 · management and general $13,384 · fundraising $5,375

  • 17 · Travel

    total $188,808 · program services $188,808

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $220,308 · program services $218,842 · fundraising $1,466

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $47,190 · program services $43,297 · management and general $2,218 · fundraising $1,675

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $22,422 · program services $20,893 · management and general $1,048 · fundraising $481

  • 24a · Other expenses: BANK CHARGES

    total $9,242 · management and general $9,242

  • 24b · Other expenses: SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $8,561 · program services $8,561

  • 24c · Other expenses: BOOKS & PUBLICATIONS

    total $5,653 · program services $5,653

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $5,182,637 · end of year $2,963,921

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $1,398,802

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $40,350 · end of year $57,200

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $50,535 · end of year $69,269

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

    $450,932

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

    $340,597

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $140,224 · end of year $110,335

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $6,156,846 · end of year $9,277,902

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $1,164,442 · end of year $928,358

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $658,978 · end of year $79,672

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $81,431 · end of year $177,267

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $1,283,058 · end of year $961,708

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $11,929,523 · end of year $13,746,484

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $100,000

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

MEDIA-MONITORING, RESEARCH AND MEMBERSHIP ORGANIZATION DEVOTED TO PROMOTING ACCURATE AND BALANCED COVERAGE OF ISRAEL AND THE MIDDLE EAST

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES ON MIDDLE EAST MEDIA REPORTING.

  • MEDIA WATCH AND EDUCATIONAL SERVICES TO HELP REPORTERS, EDITORS, MEMBERS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC BETTER UNDERSTAND CURRENT EVENTS AND HISTORY RELATED TO ISRAEL AND THE MIDDLE EAST. INTERACT WITH JOURNALISTS AND EDITORS TO FOSTER BETTER AND MORE ACCURATE, NUANCED COVERAGE OF ISRAEL AND THE MIDDLE EAST.

    Expenses $4,764,568 · Grants $933,914

  • CAMPUS SERVICES - CAMERA'S CAMERAONCAMPUS SITE HELPS STUDENTS PRESENT A POSITIVE, TRUTHFUL MESSAGE ABOUT ISRAEL WHILE ALSO COUNTERING MISINFORMATION. CAMERA ALSO PROVIDES ONE-ON-ONE ASSISTANCE TO STUDENTS WHO ENCOUNTER MIDDLE EAST DISTORTIONS IN THE CLASSROOM AND IN CAMPUS PUBLICATIONS, FLYERS, RALLIES AND OTHER EVENTS. CAMERA'S FELLOWS PROGRAM OFFERS SUPPORT, TRAINING AND STIPENDS TO STUDENTS WITH EXCELLENT COMMUNICATION SKILLS WHO ORGANIZE EVENTS ON CAMPUS THAT EDUCATE AND INFORM THEIR CAMPUS COMMUNITY ABOUT ISRAEL AND THE MIDDLE EAST. FELLOWS ALSO MONITOR AND HELP COUNTER ACTIVITIES ON CAMPUS THAT PROMOTE FALSE OR DISTORTED CLAIMS. SIMILARLY, CAMERA OFFERS SUPPORT AND GUIDANCE TO CAMPUS ISRAEL GROUPS VIA OUR PROGRAM CAMERA ON CAMPUS COALITION.

    Expenses $703,852

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • ANDREA LEVIN

    PRESIDENT &

    Total calculated
    $281,337
    From this org
    $262,280
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,057
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $262,280
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $10,600
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,457
    Filer's total
    $281,337

  • ALEX SAFIAN PHD

    ASSOCIATE DI

    Total calculated
    $190,901
    From this org
    $175,044
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,857
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $175,044
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $7,400
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,457
    Filer's total
    $190,901

  • RICHARD ALLEN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ALAN ALTMAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CHARLES CRAMER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LINDA FRIEZE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CAROL GREENWALD

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • REGINA HERZLINGER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • AMELIA WELT KATZEN

    CLERK

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JOSHUA KATZEN

    EXEC CHAIR/D

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ANDREW LAPPIN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KENNETH LEVIN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • RUSSEL PERGAMENT

    CHAIRMAN & D

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • RICHARD RUBIN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SUSAN SCHWARTZ

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DAVID P STEINMANN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • GEORGE VIOLIN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ROBERT WEISBERG

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MAXINE LAURA WOLF

    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. 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 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 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.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

  • PRESSPECTIVA

    FOREIG · REPORTING · IS · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by CAMERA INC

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
15 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.0
Source object
202433209349302383

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