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KARTEMQUIN EDUCATIONAL FILMS

EIN 23-7430402 CHICAGO, IL

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.

  • 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

  • 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.

  • Sylvia Ewing

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Neal Robin

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Gordon Quinn

    ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $30,000
    From this org
    $30,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Lainey Canevaro

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Fenell Doremus

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ivan Garcia

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Elizabeth Iams Wellman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Abby Lynn Kang Davis

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jack Lerner

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mike Narcisco

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Elspeth Revere

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Stacy Robinson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Floyd Webb

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Shirley Yang

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Betsy 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

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $3,081,848
    Expenses
    $1,882,837
    Contributions
    $2,734,897
    Grants paid
    $61,000
  • 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

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,498,578
    Expenses
    $3,757,564
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,174,379
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,522,579
    Expenses
    $4,144,339
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,146,395
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,022,525
    Expenses
    $6,393,055
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,314,543
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,300,784
    Expenses
    $4,782,866
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,240,317
  • 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

  • CLOUD MACHINE LLC

    $22,000

    2023 TO SUPPORT AAPI PROGRAMS.

  • OYSTER FILMS LLC

    $22,000

    2023 TO SUPPORT AAPI PROGRAMS.

  • SHOES OFF MEDIA

    $17,000

    2023 TO SUPPORT AAPI PROGRAMS.

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

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

  • ABACUS FILM LLC

    FILM PRODUCTION · IL

  • LIFE ITSELF LLC

    FILM PRODUCTION · IL

  • GENERATION FOOD LLC

    FILM PRODUCTION · IL

  • HARD EARNED LLC

    FILM PRODUCTION · IL

  • RAISING BERTIE FILM LLC

    FILM PRODUCTION · IL

  • MINDING THE GAP LLC

    FILM PRODUCTION · IL

  • EATING UP EASTER FILM LLC

    FILM PRODUCTION · IL

  • CHICAGO STORY FILM LLC

    FILM PRODUCTION · IL

  • CHICAGO LAWN

    FILM PRODUCTION · IL

  • JOAN AND TED FILM

    FILM PRODUCTION · IL

  • TMOF FILM KTQ LLC

    FILM PRODUCTION · IL

  • CHICAGO WALMART

    FILM PRODUCTION · IL

  • DILEMMA OF DESIRE

    FILM PRODUCTION · IL

  • FOR THE LEFT HAND

    FILM PRODUCTION · IL

  • FINDING YINGYING

    FILM PRODUCTION · IL

  • SCIENTIST PROJECT KTQ LLC

    FILM PRODUCTION · IL

  • 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.