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BAY AREA VIDEO COALITION INC

EIN 94-2403876 SAN FRANCISCO, CA

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Revenue 2024
$3,605,830
Expenses 2024
$4,459,261

Program services were 80.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
A310
Classification
2000
Street
145 9TH ST STE 101

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

Bay Area Video Coalition, "BAVC Media", inspires social change by enabling the sharing of diverse stories through art, education and technology.

Activities or mission (Part I)

BAVC Media is a California Not-for-profit corporation with the primary purpose of providing a resource center for educational and artistic work in the video and multimedia.

  • Preservation & Technology: Hundreds of hours of rare and unique audio and video material preserved; free and open source software designed for the audio/visual archiving community; development of an educational platform to assist with prioritizing audio/visual collections; in-depth collection assessments preformed for organizations in need. In keeping with general trajectory of the department, Fee-for-service work was balanced by a range of exciting grant-funded endeavors. BAVC preservation was supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities, the National Endowment for the Arts (The Preservation Access Program). Throughout the year, staff members participated in numerous conferences and events including the American Moving Image Archivists (AMIA), American Library Association (ALA), the American Institute for Conservation of Historic & Artistic Works (AIC), extending the departments reputation for educational leadership and advocacy in the field. Just as BAVC as an organization has transcended its video origins, BAVCs Preservation department has adapted to the needs of the digital world while staying true to its core mission: To democratize access to tools of media making and media preserving.

    Expenses $1,669,148 · Grants $2,500 · Revenue $176,821

  • Training & Resources: BAVCs training programs provide industry-recognized certifications in video, digital audio, web design and multimedia training to more than 2,000 students per year. BAVC offers free or subsidized training to over 250 individuals per year. BAVC also offers career counseling, soft-skill development workshops and job and internship placement services. For over 40 years, BAVC, has trained a diverse mix of artists, experienced media professionals, educators, low-income adults, nonprofit and community based organizations and industry partners in various multimedia technologies. BAVC is also a training partner for the City of San Franciscos TechSF Apprenticeship Initiative.

    Expenses $1,171,216 · Grants $545,356 · Revenue $45,675

  • Youth & Emerging Media Maker Program: BAVCs Youth and Emerging Media Maker (YEMM) programs provide comprehensive free and fee-for-service year-long digital media storytelling training to over a hundred Bay Area Youth per year. BAVCs Next Gen program includes the digital pathway program, which provides a comprehensive model of industry-standard digital medial youth training and artistic development, offering training in video and audio production and creative open source software programming in a supportive, artist-led environment, aiming to diversify the pool of skilled artist, digital media producers and innovators in the field. The program bridges a pathway to higher education and the workforce for youth facing multiple barriers to education and employment. Over the last several years, BAVCs youth programs have offered opportunities for creative expression, self-discovery and leadership in over 130 youth. Next Generation programs also include professional development programs for educators, including the Adobe Youth Voices program, providing training and support to educators to help them integrate digital media into their classrooms. After a merger with Reel Stories in 2021, BAVC continued expanding its youth programming in free and fee-for-service after school classes and summer camps in East Bay and for youth who identify as female or nonbinary.

    Expenses $762,263 · Grants $21,000 · Revenue $28,851

As filed on the 2024 return.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Paula Smith Arrigone

    Executive Dir.

    Total calculated
    $165,119
    From this org
    $165,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $119
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $165,000
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    $119
    Filer's total
    $165,119

  • Dawn Valadez

    Program Director

    Total calculated
    $114,694
    From this org
    $101,553
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,141
    Hours/week
    35

  • Kathleen Lam

    Dir. Fin. & Ops

    Total calculated
    $72,447
    From this org
    $72,447
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    28

  • Penny Kreuger

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Cassandra Herrman

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Samantha Gill

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Aditya Amonkar

    Borad Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Soumyaa Behrens

    Borad Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Peter Hockaday

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Rachel Holbrook

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Juan Rivera

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Morgan Morel

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Almetria Vaba

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Debra A Wilson

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $3,605,830
    Expenses
    $4,459,261
    Contributions
    $3,350,150
    Grants paid
    $568,856
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $4,069,297
    Expenses
    $3,677,686
    Contributions
    $3,622,639
    Grants paid
    $86,751
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $4,223,877
    Expenses
    $3,551,758
    Contributions
    $3,915,173
    Grants paid
    $140,550

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,177,189
    Expenses
    $3,609,892
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,856,423

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,346,475
    Expenses
    $2,869,558
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,413,949

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,257,717
    Expenses
    $2,562,029
    Assets (EOY)
    $741,973

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,859,376
    Expenses
    $3,724,914
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,133,507

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,362,112
    Expenses
    $4,116,733
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,961,263

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,997,766
    Expenses
    $4,319,389
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,079,974

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,735,103
    Expenses
    $4,865,761
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,382,379

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,757,775
    Expenses
    $4,645,525
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,152,090

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,143,967
    Expenses
    $4,098,551
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,266,916

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $4,416,009
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,343,755

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

  • Specific Pictures LLC

    $118,750

    2024 Fiscally sponsored project

  • End of Isolation LLC

    $92,801

    2024 Fiscally sponsored project

  • Home is a Hotel LLC

    $49,554

    2024 Fiscally sponsored project

  • Birjinder Films LLC

    $49,070

    2024 Fiscally sponsored project

  • Doodles and Digits LLC

    $47,500

    2024 Fiscally sponsored project

  • Nomad Trilogy LLC

    $45,572

    2024 Fiscally sponsored project

  • Black List LLC

    $19,000

    2024 Fiscally sponsored project

  • Sprinkle Lab LLC

    $14,250

    2024 Fiscally sponsored project

  • Reawakening Pictures LLC

    $9,500

    2024 Fiscally sponsored project

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

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

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 11 November 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.