Orbmedia INC

Tax-deductible

Washington, DC501(c)(3)Arts & CultureEIN 45-3806445

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Orb media fuses journalism, data science and knowledge from the crowd to illuminate our human story in order to better educate and unite a global audience.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
Run by 8 volunteers and 10 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2024 · Form 990-EZIndependent: 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
FY2024
latest Form 990-EZ
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
1 of 3
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $109K a year · 25% of revenue · last 3 filings
Concern: a surplus in 1 of the last 3 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 3 filings
Named funders
1
named funder · $7K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$0
total owed
No data yet: the filing does not give total assets.
Pt X · Ln 26
Looks goodFineWorth a lookConcernNo data yetTap a box for the reason.
Revenue
$85
-98% vs prior year
Net assets
$3K
By yearFY2019–FY2024
Revenue
$85
FY2024▼ -98%
Revenue by fiscal year
FY2019$610K
FY2020$488K
FY2021$222K
FY2022$62K
FY2023$5K
FY2024$85
Expenses
—
FY2024
Expenses by fiscal year
FY2019$893K
FY2020$408K
FY2021$346K
FY2022Not on file
FY2023Not on file
FY2024Not on file
Net assets
$3K
FY2024▼ -58%
Net assets by fiscal year
FY2019$17K
FY2020$97K
FY2021−$27K
FY2022$8K
FY2023$8K
FY2024$3K

From the FY2024 Form 990 (year ending September 2024) · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Mar 2014.

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

Who runs it and what they're paid

3 people listed on the 990-EZ.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2023); the FY2024 filing did not itemize Part VII
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Victoria Fine’s $155K as CEO is at the 100th percentile of top reported officer pay among 250 <$100K 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

NameFY2021FY2020FY2019
Naja Nielsen Thru Feb 2019——$201,811
Margaret Bergen——$198,030
Victoria Fine$155,000$25,833—

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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Programs and updates

Illuminates our human story by fusing journalism, data, and crowd knowledge to educate and unite.

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2 programs · $216K · in their own filed words · FY2020
01

Journalism programsee schedule ojournalism programorb tracks, reports and reveals how we as a human community are collectively faring. Our journalism is designed to be accessible and relevant to as many people around the world as possible.

$215Kprogram expense
02

Data programsee schedule odata programorb media's data program was paused during FY2021 in order to conduct investigations based in scientific research that were brought together less expensively. Orb media's investment in working with data informs the training programs designed by the team during FY2021.

$300program 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 · FY2022
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$7K

By the numbers

The FY2024 990-EZ, line by line.

1The main four
Money in
$85
Other income$85
Owns and owes
$3K
net assets
Liabilities$0
People
3
listed
Paid0
2In more detail
Revenue in detail
Other income$85
Total revenue$85
Assets in detailEnd of year
Liabilities$0
Net assets$3K
Operations
Employees10
Volunteers8
Fiscal year endsSeptember

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest Viewing $85$3K 990 PDF
FY2023 $5K$8K 990 PDF
FY2022 $62K$8K 990 PDF
FY2021 $222K$346K−$124K−$27K 990 PDF
FY2020 $488K$408K$80K$97K 990 PDF
FY2019 $610K$893K−$283K$17K 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

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2024 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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