Totals
- Total revenue
- $308,788
- Total expenses
- $85,382
- Contributions and grants received
- $308,087
- Grants paid
- $62,500
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $701
- Other revenue
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $224,452
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $36
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $224,416
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $80,105
- Management and general expenses
- $5,277
- Fundraising expenses
- $0
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $80,105
Program services were 93.8% 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
$308,087
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3 · Investment income
total $701 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $62,500 · program services $62,500
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11b · Fees: legal
total $2,573 · program services $0 · management and general $2,573 · fundraising $0
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $210 · program services $0 · management and general $210 · fundraising $0
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17 · Travel
total $5,697 · program services $5,697 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $3,908 · program services $3,908 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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24a · Other expenses: Bank Fees
total $587 · program services $0 · management and general $587 · fundraising $0
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24b · Other expenses: Printing and Copy
total $88 · program services $0 · management and general $88 · fundraising $0
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24c · Other expenses: Postage
total $200 · program services $0 · management and general $200 · fundraising $0
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24d · Other expenses: Software
total $1,619 · program services $0 · management and general $1,619 · fundraising $0
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24e · All other expenses
total $8,000 · program services $8,000 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $1,010 · end of year $224,452
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
end of year $36
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29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds
beginning of year $1,010 · end of year $224,416
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
Funding projects and programs that relate to traditional Persian art and culture; that build capacity for education and studies in that cultures; Supporting victims of human rights abuses and refugees.
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Joonam - Executive Produced, provided funds to clear music rights so that the film can be distributed on The Criterion Collection and American Airlines
Expenses $25,000 · Grants $25,000 · Revenue $25,000
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Blind Runner - Produced a play as part of Under the Radar international theater festival in NYC, funds provided towards subsidizing venue costs and accompanying festival.
Expenses $25,000 · Grants $25,000 · Revenue $25,000
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Once Upon A Time In Persia - Executive produced short film
Expenses $7,500 · Grants $7,500 · Revenue $7,500
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Other
Expenses $22,605 · Revenue $251,288
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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Rostam
Zafari
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Sepanta
Mohseni
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
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Azadeh
Vatanpour
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 10
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
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$25,000
Production of Blind Runner
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Joonam Film LLC
$25,000
Support of right for film Joonam
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Elephant Train LLC
$7,500
Short film production
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 8 November 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.2
- Source object
- 202543199349303909
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