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← PORTLAND COMMUNITY MEDIA

Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by PORTLAND COMMUNITY MEDIA.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,554,674
Total expenses
$3,568,585
Contributions and grants received
$1,923,434
Grants paid
$229,585
Program service revenue
$1,604,480
Investment income
$2,130
Other revenue
$24,630
Total assets, end of year
$5,621,201
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,595,653
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$4,025,548
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,832,802
Management and general expenses
$609,182
Fundraising expenses
$126,601
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,832,802

Program services were 79.4% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $1,677,637

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $245,797

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PEG PROGRAMMING

    total $1,213,938 · related or exempt $1,213,938

  • 2b · Program service revenue: SERVICE FEES

    total $390,542 · related or exempt $390,542

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $2,130 · excluded $2,130

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $24,630 · related or exempt $24,630

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $24,630

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $229,585 · program services $229,585

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $546,777 · program services $314,814 · management and general $196,386 · fundraising $35,577

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $739,826 · program services $639,139 · management and general $100,687

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $17,425 · program services $15,981 · management and general $1,444

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $76,803 · program services $72,206 · management and general $4,597

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $114,075 · program services $88,371 · management and general $25,704

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $334,320 · program services $129,258 · management and general $141,845 · fundraising $63,217

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $221,951 · program services $200,524 · management and general $16,653 · fundraising $4,774

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $61,095 · program services $3,957 · management and general $57,138

  • 17 · Travel

    total $67,159 · program services $54,786 · management and general $12,373

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $614,700 · program services $551,831 · management and general $41,671 · fundraising $21,198

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $35,128 · program services $35,128

  • 24a · Other expenses: PRODUCTION AND CREW

    total $474,472 · program services $474,472

  • 24b · Other expenses: TRAINING AND EDUCATION

    total $14,907 · program services $9,369 · management and general $5,538

  • 24c · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $13,692 · program services $6,711 · management and general $5,146 · fundraising $1,835

  • 24d · Other expenses: EVENTS

    total $6,670 · program services $6,670

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $2,083,588 · end of year $2,247,011

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $400,293 · end of year $401,377

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $163,008

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $56,896 · end of year $70,243

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $52,289 · end of year $29,514

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

    $6,259,355

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

    $3,422,460

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $2,226,460 · end of year $2,836,895

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $38,653 · end of year $36,161

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $182,602 · end of year $694,072

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $795,613 · end of year $901,581

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,762,800 · end of year $4,025,548

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $280,172 · end of year $0

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

OPEN SIGNAL'S MISSION IS TO NURTURE THE CHANGE-MAKING POWER OF COMMUNITY MEDIA IN SERVICE OF A JUST AND EQUITABLE WORLD.

  • COMMUNITY MEDIA - THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDES ONLINE AND CABLE BROADCAST OF MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT MEETINGS AND COMMUNITY EVENTS. TRAINING AND PRODUCTION TOOLS ENABLE COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO CREATE ORIGINAL MEDIA IN THEIR OWN VOICE. THROUGH APPLICATION-BASED PROGRAMS AND NONPROFIT PARTNERSHIPS, MEDIAMAKERS OF COLOR, LOW-INCOME MAKERS, AND ARTISTS WITH DISABILITIES RECEIVE SPECIALIZED TRAINING, CREATING A SAFE SPACE TO BUILD TECHNICAL AND ARTISTIC SKILLS, AND TO TAKE RISKS. OPEN SIGNAL BROADCASTS INDEPENDENTLY PRODUCED MEDIA, FROM PORTLAND AND BEYOND, ON FIVE LOCAL CABLE CHANNELS AND THROUGH A GROWING ONLINE PLATFORM. IN ADDITION, FOR-HIRE VIDEO PRODUCTION AND CLOSED CAPTIONING RAISES FUNDS TO SUPPORT COMMUNITY PROGRAMMING.

    Expenses $1,766,723 · Revenue $1,614,278

  • OPEN SIGNAL LABS - LABS CREATES SPACES BY AND FOR LOCAL BLACK MEDIA MAKERS TO CREATE FILMS THAT PUSH THE BOUNDARIES OF WHAT STORYTELLING CAN LOOK, FEEL AND SOUND LIKE. THIS PROGRAM CONVENES THE BLACK COMMUNITY THROUGH PRODUCTION, TRAINING, AND EVENTS, WITH A FOCUS ON CREATIVE AND PROFESSIONAL ADVANCEMENT FOR INDIVIDUAL FILMMAKERS.

    Expenses $1,066,079 · Grants $229,585 · Revenue $14,832

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Karim Hassanein

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Andrew Devigal

    VICE-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Vega Tom

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Justice Hager

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Andre Gray

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Evelyn Liu

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Fionna McCann

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Dawn Mott

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jamie Plakos

    DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $92,821
    From this org
    $75,292
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,529
    Hours/week
    40

  • Kathryn Garcia

    DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY MEDIA

    Total calculated
    $71,761
    From this org
    $58,659
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,102
    Hours/week
    40

  • James Bruce

    DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION SY

    Total calculated
    $85,429
    From this org
    $77,406
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,023
    Hours/week
    40

  • Rebecca Burrell

    PAST DIRECTOR OF STRATEGY

    Total calculated
    $89,523
    From this org
    $72,617
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,906
    Hours/week
    40

  • Ifanyichakuwa Bell

    PAST EXECUTIVE PRODUCER, LABS

    Total calculated
    $91,171
    From this org
    $77,406
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,765
    Hours/week
    40

  • Elisa Barrios

    PAST DIRECTOR OF PARTNERSHIP EDUCATION

    Total calculated
    $87,953
    From this org
    $77,406
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,547
    Hours/week
    40

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

  • LION SPEAKS

    $229,585

    TRANSFER OF FISCAL SPONSOR OBLIGATION OF OPEN SIGNAL LABS TO LION SPEAKS. TO FACILITATE THE TRANSFER, OPEN SIGNAL TRANSFERRED CASH OF $229,585 FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PROGRM.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
14 May 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202411359349313241

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