CENTER FOR ASIAN AMERICAN MEDIA

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

A30Z

Classification

1000

Street

145 9TH ST STE 350

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

• Media Fund - The Organization's Media Fund program supports the creation of media projects by providing grants to filmmakers and offers training, mentorship, and educational opportunities to help media makers develop their filmmaking skills and produce new works.CAAM SELECTED 32 PROJECTS THAT WERE FUNDED THROUGH OUR OPEN CALL FOR PRODUCTION FUNDING. THE SELECTED FILMS ARE TIMELY AND REPRESENT ISSUES OF NATIONAL AND GLOBAL IMPORTANCE BY FILMMAKERS. CAAM ALSO CONTINUED TO SUPPORT THE GROWTH OF FILMMAKER TALENT THROUGH FELLOWSHIP AND MENTORSHIP ACTIVITIES.

  Expenses $2,533,054 · Grants $1,800,738

• Festival - The Organization's Festival program presents films, panel discussions, workshops, and other events celebrating Asian American media through its annual CAAMFest festival and additional programs held throughout the year.IN MAY, 2025, CAAM PRESENTED ITS 44TH SAN FRANCISCO CAAMFEST FILM FESTIVAL. THIS YEAR'S FESTIVAL PRESENTED NARRATIVE FILMS, DOCUMENTARIES AND NARRATIVES, FEATURES, TO A TOTAL AUDIENCE OF OVER 7,000. THE FESTIVAL ALSO FEATURED NUMEROUS PANELS, WORKSHOPS, AND OTHER PROGRAMMING.

  Expenses $788,320 · Grants $1,000 · Revenue $206,211

• PTV - The Organization's PTV program places completed documentary programs for broadcast and streaming on public media platforms and through other channels accessible to the public, increasing the availability of Asian American content to nationwide audiences.CAAM PRESENTED MORE THAN 40 HOURS OF PUBLIC MEDIA BROADCAST PROGRAMS TO A CUMULATIVE AUDIENCE OF OVER 3 MILLION VIEWERS. THIS HIGH QUALITY PROGRAMING GARNERED NUMEROUS AWARDS.

  Expenses $466,457 · Grants $15,000 · Revenue $16,289

• Digital Media - The Organization's Digital Media program uses social media and other digital platforms to inform and educate the public on topics related to Asian American media, expanding access to programming and increasing public engagement with Asian American stories and perspectives.Innovation - The Organization's Innovation program develops projects that explore new methods of media delivery and produces educational resources, including study guides and other materials that support learning and public engagement.Distribution - The Organization's Distribution program provides educational documentaries and other media to schools, teachers, libraries, community centers, and other educational institutions through sales and distribution activities, expanding access to Asian American media resources.CAAM CONTINUED TO ASSIST INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS AND EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS AS WELL AS THE GENERAL PUBLIC THROUGH FILM DISTRIBUTION AND CO-PRODUCTION OF FILMS ABOUT SUBJECTS AND STORIES FEATURING ASIAN AMERICAN EXPERIENCES.

  Expenses $397,607 · Revenue $45,273

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

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.

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

  $3,653,616

  Expenses

  $5,108,519

  Contributions

  $2,922,209

  Grants paid

  $1,816,738

• 2023

  Revenue

  $11,535,103

  Expenses

  $4,139,308

  Contributions

  $10,944,892

  Grants paid

  $773,750

• 2022

  Revenue

  $4,191,683

  Expenses

  $3,677,521

  Contributions

  $3,829,969

  Grants paid

  $485,750

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

  $4,982,490

  Expenses

  $3,835,946

  Assets (EOY)

  $8,017,126

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $6,137,998

  Expenses

  $3,030,459

  Assets (EOY)

  $7,019,296

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,872,744

  Expenses

  $2,937,243

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,847,406

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,478,502

  Expenses

  $2,573,486

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,823,212

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,744,800

  Expenses

  $2,941,767

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,991,564

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,666,484

  Expenses

  $2,713,551

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,222,080

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,645,189

  Expenses

  $2,125,990

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,258,125

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,893,055

  Expenses

  $2,751,289

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,647,722

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,680,155

  Expenses

  $3,277,120

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,756,341

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.

Grants made

• African Cowboy DBA Dream Seek

  $100,000

  2024 · FILMMAKER AWARD

• Capital K Pictures

  $100,000

  2024 · FILMMAKER AWARD

• Cloud Machine LLC

  $100,000

  2024 · FILMMAKER AWARD

• Sublime Madness

  $100,000

  2024 · FILMMAKER AWARD

• Thank You for Thinking of Me

  $100,000

  2024 · FILMMAKER AWARD

• USMP LLC

  $100,000

  2024 · FILMMAKER AWARD

• Flash Cuts

  $75,000

  2024 · FILMMAKER AWARD

• From Kudzu Collective LLC

  $75,000

  2024 · FILMMAKER AWARD

• Third Cousin Pictures Inc

  $75,000

  2024 · FILMMAKER AWARD

• WNET Educational Broadcasting

  $75,000

  2024 · FILMMAKER AWARD

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

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

• CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING

  $1,217,566

  2023 · TVPRG

• CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING

  $1,217,422

  2022 · TVPRG

• CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING

  $1,216,606

  2024 · TVPRG

• CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING

  $871,000

  2025 · TVPRG

• CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING

  $641,985

  2024 · OSS

• CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING

  $641,169

  2022 · OSS

• CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING

  $641,025

  2023 · OSS

• CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING

  $429,000

  2025 · OSS

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $314,325

  2022 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• THE ASIAN AMERICAN FOUNDATION

  $250,000

  2024 · NARRATIVE CHANGE INITIATIVE

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

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

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