- Revenue 2023
- $3,081,848
- Expenses 2023
- $1,882,837
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
- Classification
- 2000
- Street
- 1757 N KIMBALL AVE 103A
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 · 2023
Mission
KARTEMQUIN FILMS IS A HOME FOR INDEPENDENT MEDIA MAKERS WHO SEEK TO CREATE SOCIAL CHANGE THROUGH FILM. WITH A NOTED TRADITION OF NURTURING EMERGING TALENT AND ACTING AS A LEADING VOICE FOR INDEPENDENT MEDIA, KARTEMQUIN IS BUILDING ON MORE THAN 50 YEARS OF HISTORY AS CHICAGO'S DOCUMENTARY POWERHOUSE.
Activities or mission (Part I)
KARTEMQUIN FILMS IS A COLLABORATIVE CENTER FOR DOCUMENTARY MEDIA MAKERS WHO SEEK TO FOSTER A MORE INFORMED AND EMPOWERED SOCIETY. WITH A NOTED TRADITION OF NURTURING EMERGING TALENT AND ACTING AS A LEADING VOICE FOR INDEPENDENT MEDIA, KARTEMQUIN IS CHICAGO'S DOCUMENTARY POWERHOUSE.
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KARTEMQUIN'S FILMMAKER DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS ARE THE ENTRY POINT FOR MANY INTO OUR COMMUNITY AND THE BACKBONE OF OUR ORGANIZATION. OUR PROGRAMS SERVE OVER 50 FILMMAKERS ANNUALLY AND HAVE CULTIVATED A NETWORK OF 500+ ALUMNI. THE ORGANIZATION IS A COMMITTED ADVOCATE FOR THE SUSTAINABILITY OF THE DOCUMENTARY FIELD.
Expenses $1,479,122 · Grants $61,000 · Revenue $252,274
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DIVERSE VOICES IN DOCS IS A PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND MENTORSHIP PROGRAM FOR DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKERS OF COLOR, ORGANIZED BY KARTEMQUIN FILMS AND THE COMMUNITY FILM WORKSHOP OF CHICAGO. THE PROGRAM HONES SKILLS AS FILMMAKERS DEVELOP PROJECTS, SHARING EXPERIENCES AND EXPERTISE OVER THE COURSE OF NINE MONTHLY WORKSHOPS. FELLOWS BECOME ELIGIBLE FOR GRANT FUNDS UPON GRADUATION. GRADUATES HAVE GONE ON TO RECEIVE FUNDING FROM SUNDANCE AND ITVS, AND HAD THEIR WORK RECEIVE AWARDS AT MAJOR FILM FESTIVALS AND BE DISTRIBUTED ON PBS, NETFLIX, AND HULU.
Expenses $41,628 · Revenue $15,249
As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Officers and directors · 2023
As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.
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Sylvia EwingSYLVIA EWING
CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Neal RobinNEAL ROBIN
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Gordon QuinnGORDON QUINN
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $30,000
- From this org
- $30,000
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
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Lainey CanevaroLAINEY CANEVARO
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Fenell DoremusFENELL DOREMUS
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Ivan GarciaIVAN GARCIA
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Elizabeth Iams WellmanELIZABETH IAMS WELLMAN
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Abby Lynn Kang DavisABBY LYNN KANG DAVIS
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Jack LernerJACK LERNER
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Mike NarciscoMIKE NARCISCO
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Elspeth RevereELSPETH REVERE
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Stacy RobinsonSTACY ROBINSON
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Floyd WebbFLOYD WEBB
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Shirley YangSHIRLEY YANG
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Betsy LeonardBETSY LEONARD
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $120,000
- From this org
- $120,000
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- 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
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2023
- Revenue
- $3,081,848
- Expenses
- $1,882,837
- Contributions
- $2,734,897
- Grants paid
- $61,000
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2022
- Revenue
- $2,245,183
- Expenses
- $2,475,704
- Contributions
- $1,442,321
- Grants paid
- $7,500
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
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2021 · 990
- Revenue
- $4,498,578
- Expenses
- $3,757,564
- Assets (EOY)
- $3,174,379
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2020 · 990
- Revenue
- $4,522,579
- Expenses
- $4,144,339
- Assets (EOY)
- $2,146,395
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2019 · 990
- Revenue
- $6,022,525
- Expenses
- $6,393,055
- Assets (EOY)
- $3,314,543
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2018 · 990
- Revenue
- $5,300,784
- Expenses
- $4,782,866
- Assets (EOY)
- $2,240,317
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2018 · 990
- Revenue
- $5,391,663
- Expenses
- $4,771,999
- Assets (EOY)
- $2,486,116
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
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CLOUD MACHINE LLC
$22,000
2023 TO SUPPORT AAPI PROGRAMS.
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OYSTER FILMS LLC
$22,000
2023 TO SUPPORT AAPI PROGRAMS.
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SHOES OFF MEDIA
$17,000
2023 TO SUPPORT AAPI PROGRAMS.
Grants received
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2024 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
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NCRC COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUND INC
$115,000
2023 ILLINOIS CORONAVIRUS FISCAL RECOVERY FUNDS
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$45,000
2024 CORE PROGRAMS
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2022 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
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CENTER FOR ASIAN AMERICAN MEDIA
$25,000
2024 FILMMAKER AWARD
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2022 Development and production of Sitting in Limbo
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$17,000
2022 General Operating Support, support for educational films and programming
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2023 FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
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2023 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
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$10,000
2024 ARTS, CULTURE
The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.
Taxable family
From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.
Disregarded entities on its 2023 return
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ABACUS FILM LLC
FILM PRODUCTION · IL
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LIFE ITSELF LLC
FILM PRODUCTION · IL
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GENERATION FOOD LLC
FILM PRODUCTION · IL
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HARD EARNED LLC
FILM PRODUCTION · IL
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RAISING BERTIE FILM LLC
FILM PRODUCTION · IL
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MINDING THE GAP LLC
FILM PRODUCTION · IL
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EATING UP EASTER FILM LLC
FILM PRODUCTION · IL
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CHICAGO STORY FILM LLC
FILM PRODUCTION · IL
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CHICAGO LAWN
FILM PRODUCTION · IL
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JOAN AND TED FILM
FILM PRODUCTION · IL
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TMOF FILM KTQ LLC
FILM PRODUCTION · IL
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CHICAGO WALMART
FILM PRODUCTION · IL
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DILEMMA OF DESIRE
FILM PRODUCTION · IL
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FOR THE LEFT HAND
FILM PRODUCTION · IL
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FINDING YINGYING
FILM PRODUCTION · IL
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SCIENTIST PROJECT KTQ LLC
FILM PRODUCTION · IL
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UNTITLED DISABILITY CULTURE LLC
FILM PRODUCTION · IL
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 29 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.