THE PALEY CENTER FOR MEDIA

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

A500

Classification

2000

Street

25 WEST 52ND STREET

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

• SEE SCHEDULE O.

  Expenses $8,478,164 · Revenue $1,171,663

• SEE SCHEDULE O.

  Expenses $2,277,572 · Revenue $47,959

• SEE SCHEDULE O.

  Expenses $1,987,492 · Revenue $39,000

• OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES:THE PALEY CENTER'S EDUCATION PROGRAMS FOR K-12 STUDENTS AND TEACHERS UTILIZE THE PALEY CENTER ARCHIVE TO BUILD PARTICIPANTS' ANALYTICAL THINKING, VIEWING, AND LISTENING SKILLS AND TO DEEPEN STUDENTS' UNDERSTANDING OF MEDIA AS A POWERFUL TOOL TO PERSUADE AND INFORM. CLASSES FOR STUDENTS EXAMINE MEDIA'S SHAPING INFLUENCE ON HISTORIC AND CONTEMPORARY EVENTS AND ITS UNIQUE POWER TO EDUCATE AND ENGAGE AUDIENCES. ALL EDUCATION CLASSES ARE ALIGNED WITH STATE AND LOCAL STANDARDS FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS, SOCIAL STUDIES, AND VISUAL ARTS. DURING CLASSES, STUDENTS VIEW A CURATED SELECTION OF CLIPS FROM THE ARCHIVE TO EXAMINE MEDIA'S COVERAGE OF AND IMPACT ON A PARTICULAR ERA OR THEME, SUCH AS THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT, THE COLD WAR, ACTIVISM, AND PORTRAYALS OF WOMEN ON TELEVISION. EDUCATORS THEN GUIDE AN INQUIRY-BASED DISCUSSION WHERE STUDENTS ARE ASKED TO CRITICALLY EVALUATE THE CONTENT THEY HAVE VIEWED AND TO PROVIDE EVIDENCE-BASED RESPONSES. EDUCATORS SPEAK ABOUT TECHNIQUES USED TO CONSTRUCT A NARRATIVE, VISUAL AND AUDITORY CLUES, AND COMPARE AND CONTRACT TECHNIQUES ACROSS DIFFERENT PROGRAMS, EXAMINING THEM FOR PURPOSE AND EFFECT. TO REINFORCE LEARNING AND INTEGRATE IT WITH CLASSROOM CURRICULUM, TEACHERS RECEIVE PRE- AND POST-VISIT MATERIALS THAT COVER KEY VOCABULARY, DISCUSSION QUESTIONS, AND INCLUDE SUGGESTED CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES TO EXTEND THE LEARNING EXPERIENCE. CLASSES AND ONLINE RESOURCES ARE DESIGNED TO PREPARE STUDENTS FOR A 21ST CENTURY DIGITAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENT.EACH YEAR, OUR EDUCATORS LEAD OVER 150 MEDIA LITERACY CLASSES AND WORKSHOPS SERVING MORE THAN 5,000 K-12 SCHOOL CHILDREN AND EDUCATORS. CLASSES ARE ADJUSTED ACCORDING TO GRADE LEVEL, COVER A BROAD RANGE OF SUBJECTS, AND INCORPORATE GUIDED DISCUSSION TO ENCOURAGE ACTIVE OBSERVATION AND CRITICAL THINKING. OVER 80% OF STUDENTS SERVED COME FROM NEW YORK CITY.

  Expenses $1,321,748 · Revenue $65,981

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.

The first 25 listed. 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

  $17,189,064

  Expenses

  $20,973,398

  Contributions

  $12,863,463

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $17,054,085

  Expenses

  $19,262,870

  Contributions

  $13,939,529

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $16,176,407

  Expenses

  $23,113,975

  Contributions

  $13,692,568

  Grants paid

  $0

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

• 2024 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2023 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2022 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $17,338,252

  Expenses

  $14,852,194

  Assets (EOY)

  $169,480,071

• 2021 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $16,736,827

  Expenses

  $15,860,134

  Assets (EOY)

  $149,800,581

• 2020 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $16,522,500

  Expenses

  $20,971,974

  Assets (EOY)

  $135,793,374

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $25,112,563

  Expenses

  $18,442,236

  Assets (EOY)

  $121,192,517

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $20,438,025

  Expenses

  $20,236,116

  Assets (EOY)

  $120,002,155

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

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

• AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC

  $231,162

  2024 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $220,350

  2022 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• THE AYCO CHARITABLE FOUNDATION

  $205,000

  2024 · ARTS AND CULTURE

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $202,730

  2023 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC

  $155,548

  2023 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TR

  $125,000

  2023 · EDUCATION

• GS DONOR ADVISED PHILANTHROPY FUND FOR WEALTH MANAGEMENT INC

  $121,125

  2024 · ARTS AND CULTURE

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $116,350

  2024 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL CHARITIES INC

  $110,000

  2022 · General Operating Support

• NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TR

  $101,000

  2024 · EDUCATION

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

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