Community Access Television INC

Tax-deductible

White River Junction, VT501(c)(3)Since 1993Arts & CultureEIN 22-3205843Revenue $622K in FY2025

On file with the IRSuvjam.org5 S Main St, 05001-7145 · White River Junction, VTTax-exempt since Jan 1993Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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JAM's mission is to build community through the media arts in the Upper Valley of VT and NH.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
80¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 11 volunteers and 22 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
4 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $27K a year · 5% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
80%
of spending
Looks good: 80% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$69K
to officers and key staff · 11% of spending
Top officer’s pay higher than 64% of similar orgs
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 11% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
4 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 3.7 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $10K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$4K
0.5% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 0% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
10
of 10 voting members
Looks good: 10 of 10 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$622K
+2% vs prior year
Spent
$646K
To programs
80%
Net assets
$784K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$622K
FY2025▲ +2%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$442K
FY2021$438K
FY2022$496K
FY2023$573K
FY2024$612K
FY2025$622K
Expenses
$646K
FY2025▲ +2%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$392K
FY2021$345K
FY2022$440K
FY2023$561K
FY2024$635K
FY2025$646K
Net assets
$784K
FY2025▲ +5%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$558K
FY2021$651K
FY2022$668K
FY2023$733K
FY2024$744K
FY2025$784K

From the FY2025 Form 990 · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Jan 1993.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

80 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 80% · $519K Management & general 10% · $63K Fundraising 10% · $64K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

14 people listed on the 990; $69K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Director
$69,256Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Samantha Davidson’s $69K as Executive Director is at the 64th percentile of top reported officer pay among 2215 $100K–1M arts & culture nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 3 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Samantha Davidson$69,256$66,245————
Samantha Davidson Green——$66,304$62,425$38,892—
Donna Fringuello-Girot—————$63,225

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

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  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

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Builds community using media arts in Vermont and New Hampshire.

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3 programs · $519K · in their own filed words · FY2025
01

Production and Programming

Junction Arts & Media is an award-winning community access media organization (AMO) supporting free speech and local creativity in the Upper Valley region of Vermont and New Hampshire. In FY25 JAM staff worked on community productions, cable casted over 17,000 hours of content on two local access cable channels (Comcast 1075/VTel 169 and…

$434Kprogram expense
02

JAM provides a production studio, venue space for community events, a lending library of audio/visual equipment, and media equipment orientations - free and accessible to all local community members.

$44Kprogram expense
03

JAM's media arts programming is low-cost or free and includes youth after-school clubs and summer camps, media courses for adults, community access channels, film screenings, podcast production, live municipal government meeting hybrid coverage, media arts exhibitions, 12 on-going biweekly, monthly, bimonthly and annual community…

$41Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$10K

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$622K
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$418K
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$190K
Investment incomeLn 3$14K
Money outPt IX
$646K
Ln 25
Programscol B$519K
Managementcol C$63K
Fundraisingcol D$64K
Owns and owesPt X
$784K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$201K
Total assetsLn 16$788K
LiabilitiesLn 26$4K
PeoplePt VI, VII
14
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a10
IndependentVI 1b10
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$190K
Government grantsLn 1e$6K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$0
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$0
Fees for servicesLn 2g$418K
Investment incomeLn 3$14K
Total revenueLn 12$622K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$75K
SavingsLn 2$126K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$201K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$571K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$12K
Total assetsLn 16$788K
LiabilitiesLn 26$4K
Net assetsLn 32$784K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 522
VolunteersI 611
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$239K$201K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$498K$571K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$16K$12K
Total assetsLn 16$753K$788K
LiabilitiesLn 26$9K$4K
Net assetsLn 32$744K$784K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$170$170
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$69K$14K$28K$28K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$353K$328K$514$25K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$30K$29K$704$754
Payroll taxesLn 10$33K$27K$2K$4K
Accounting feesLn 11c$10K$10K
Investment management feesLn 11f$2K$2K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$34K$31K$2K$532
Advertising and promotionLn 12$6K$4K$2K
Office expensesLn 13$10K$7K$2K$2K
Information technologyLn 14$10K$10K
OccupancyLn 16$44K$41K$4K
TravelLn 17$647$293$115$239
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$3K$2K$1K
InterestLn 20$42$42
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$7K$7K
InsuranceLn 23$11K$11K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$21K$20K$82$2K
Total functional expensesLn 25$646K$519K$63K$64K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $622K$646K−$24K$784K 990 PDF
FY2024 $612K$635K−$23K$744K 990 PDF
FY2023 $573K$561K$12K$733K 990 PDF
FY2022 $496K$440K$56K$668K 990 PDF
FY2021 $438K$345K$92K$651K 990 PDF
FY2020 $442K$392K$49K$558K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $621,875 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $153,115$189,815
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $435,745$418,073
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $23,605$13,987
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $612,465$621,875
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $3,041$170
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $453,359$485,851
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $2,070$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $177,019$159,782
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $635,489$645,803
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$23,024−$23,928
Part VI · Governance 10 of 10 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body10
VI-1b Independent voting members10
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $621,875 across 12 lines filed
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$0
VIII-1b Membership dues$4,429
VIII-1c Fundraising events$0
VIII-1d Related organizations$0
VIII-1e Government grants$6,000
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$179,386
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$0
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$189,815
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $418,073 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$418,073
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $13,987$13,987
VIII-5 RoyaltiesRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $418,073 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $13,987$621,875
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $645,803 across 18 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $170$170
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $13,783 · Management $27,727 · Fundraising $27,746$69,256
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $327,508 · Management $514 · Fundraising $25,341$353,363
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $28,635 · Management $704 · Fundraising $754$30,093
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $26,651 · Management $2,317 · Fundraising $4,171$33,139
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $10,234$10,234
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $1,936$1,936
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $31,295 · Management $2,326 · Fundraising $532$34,153
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $4,176 · Fundraising $1,639$5,815
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $6,554 · Management $1,545 · Fundraising $1,673$9,772
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $9,571$9,571
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $40,741 · Management $3,684$44,425
IX-17 TravelPrograms $293 · Management $115 · Fundraising $239$647
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $2,388 · Management $1,006$3,394
IX-20 InterestPrograms $42$42
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $7,481$7,481
IX-23 InsuranceManagement $10,868$10,868
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $19,630 · Management $82 · Fundraising $1,732$21,444
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $518,918 · Management $63,058 · Fundraising $63,827$645,803
Part X · Balance sheet $788,185 assets, 14 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $78,800$75,234
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $160,192$125,507
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $0$864
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred charges$3,404
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $15,953$11,721
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $498,465$571,455
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $753,410$788,185
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $5,970$4,070
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $3,415$0
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $9,385$4,070
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $744,025$784,115
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $0$0
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $744,025$784,115
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $753,410$788,185
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $784,115 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$621,875
XI-2 Total expenses$645,803
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$23,928
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$744,025
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$64,891
XI-6 Donated services and use of facilities$0
XI-7 Investment expenses$0
XI-8 Prior period adjustments−$873
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$784,115

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