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POINTS NORTH INSTITUTE

EIN 45-1622247 CAMDEN, ME

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Revenue 2024
$1,801,395
Expenses 2024
$2,388,903

Program services were 72.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
A31
Classification
1000
Street
PO BOX 836

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

Points North Institute inspires and supports the creators and audiences of documentary media.

  • The Points North Institute is a launching pad for the next generation of nonfiction storytellers. We build a unique, interdisciplinary community of filmmakers, artists, journalists, industry leaders and local audiences, forming a creative hub where stories and talent are discovered, collaborations are born, and the future of nonfiction media is shaped. Our programs include the annual Camden International Film Festival and Points North Forum, as well as a growing suite of artist development initiatives: retreats, residencies, workshops and fellowships that nurture the careers of diverse nonfiction storytellers and help them develop a stronger artistic voice.

    Expenses $1,734,083 · Grants $465,700 · Revenue $629,070

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.

  • Caroline von Kuhn

    Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • Julia Metcalfe

    Vice Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • Rick Rector

    Treasurer and Interim Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $49,725
    From this org
    $49,725
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    35

  • Miguel Gomez-Ibanez

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • Richard Aroneau

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • George Cooke

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • Alexander Jiga

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • Andrea Meditch

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • Monika Navarro

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • Benjamin Fowlie

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $23,178
    From this org
    $22,720
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $458
    Hours/week
    40

  • Sean Flynn

    Program Director

    Total calculated
    $122,747
    From this org
    $117,247
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,500
    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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $1,801,395
    Expenses
    $2,388,903
    Contributions
    $1,122,396
    Grants paid
    $465,700
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,928,266
    Expenses
    $1,870,036
    Contributions
    $1,323,138
    Grants paid
    $165,980
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $2,028,241
    Expenses
    $1,626,094
    Contributions
    $1,664,177
    Grants paid
    $79,802

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
    $1,770,861
    Expenses
    $1,251,972
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,316,546

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,153,759
    Expenses
    $845,466
    Assets (EOY)
    $793,108

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $968,629
    Expenses
    $898,161
    Assets (EOY)
    $337,388

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $713,384
    Expenses
    $845,253
    Assets (EOY)
    $264,307

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $602,152
    Expenses
    $727,336
    Assets (EOY)
    $399,513

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $852,839
    Expenses
    $616,716
    Assets (EOY)
    $524,050

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $555,190
    Expenses
    $453,941
    Assets (EOY)
    $290,015

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $416,227
    Expenses
    $368,818
    Assets (EOY)
    $180,205

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $327,274
    Expenses
    $280,799
    Assets (EOY)
    $135,240

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $318,727
    Assets (EOY)
    $88,362

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

  • Women Make Movies

    $150,000

    2024 Grant for film support for Production of the World and Last Nomads

  • Women Make Movies

    $100,000

    2023 Grant for film support

  • Kilgust and Cohen LLC

    $50,000

    2024 Grant for film support

  • Documentalista LLC

    $50,000

    2024 Grant for film support

  • Megan Ruffe Productions

    $15,000

    2022 Grant for film support

  • Light on Light LLC

    $10,000

    2022 Grant for film support

  • Buffalo Media Resources Inc

    $10,000

    2022 Grant for film support

  • Gabriela Arp

    $10,000

    2022 Grant for film support

  • SCHH Production Inc

    $10,000

    2022 Grant for film support

  • In Proportion LLC

    $10,000

    2022 Grant for film support

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

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 13 October 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 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.