A Closer Look

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New York, NY501(c)(3)Civil Rights & AdvocacyEIN 47-1512046

A closer look inc's mission is to promote awareness of public and private resources available to the public on matters of health and social justice through the production of film and outreach campaigns.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
Run by 4 volunteers.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · 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
FY2025
latest Form 990-EZ
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
2 of 4
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $7K a year · 3% of revenue · last 4 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 2 of the last 4 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 4 filings
Pay to officers and key staff
$87K
to officers and key staff
Top officer’s pay higher than 64% of similar orgs
No data yet: the filing does not give pay as a share of spending.
Pt VII · Sec A
Named funders
1
named funder · $153K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$3K
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
$162K
-6% vs prior year
Net assets
$4K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$162K
FY2025▼ -6%
Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$153K
FY2021$268K
FY2022$249K
FY2023$142K
FY2024$172K
FY2025$162K
Expenses
—
FY2025
Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$218K
FY2021$233K
FY2022$131K
FY2023$201K
FY2024Not on file
FY2025Not on file
Net assets
$4K
FY2025▼ -98%
Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$53K
FY2021$88K
FY2022$206K
FY2023$146K
FY2024$143K
FY2025$4K

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 Apr 2015.

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

Who runs it and what they're paid

5 people listed on the 990-EZ; $87K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Chief Operating Officer
$87,156Pt VII · Sec A
President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Peace McAllister’s $87K as Chief Operating Officer is at the 64th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1031 $100K–1M civil rights & advocacy 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 · 1 named individual · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024
Peace McAllister$87,156$68,942

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

Creates films and outreach campaigns to raise awareness of health and social justice resources.

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1 program service account for $130K of program spending, described in the organization's own filed words · FY2023.
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In 2023, a closer look spent $61,430 on direct project expenses. Of that, a closer look spent $7.2k on editing and formatting of our documentary feature "children of the inquisition" for its release on public television through neta.

$130Kprogram expense

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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 · FY2024
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$153K

By the numbers

The FY2025 990-EZ, line by line.

1The main four
Money in
$162K
Other income$162K
Owns and owes
$4K
net assets
Liabilities$3K
People
5
listed
Paid1
2In more detail
Revenue in detail
Other income$162K
Total revenue$162K
Assets in detailEnd of year
Liabilities$3K
Net assets$4K
Operations
Employees0
Volunteers4
Fiscal year endsDecember

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $162K$4K 990 PDF
FY2024 $172K$143K 990 PDF
FY2023 $142K$201K−$59K$146K 990 PDF
FY2022 $249K$131K$118K$206K 990 PDF
FY2021 $268K$233K$35K$88K 990 PDF
FY2020 $153K$218K−$66K$53K 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) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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