Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
81 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.
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
10 people listed on the 990; $85K paid to officers and key staff.
Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 1 named individual · Part VII
| Name | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joleen Deatherage | $65,000 | $65,000 | $42,500 |
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
The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.
- Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
- Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes
- Loans to or from officersSch L · Pt II6 listed
Programs and updates
Creates educational documentaries to open minds, provoke dialogue, and encourage positive social change.
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The lost shtetl museum (LSM) is an introductory film that introduces visitors to eduva's jewish history and more broadly the history of lithuanian jewry from the early settlement days to 1918. It is a documentary with archival materials, recreations and scholar interviews.
Heschel, directed by roberta grossman, is a feature length documentary about abraham joshua heschel, one of the leading theologians and philosophers of the 20TH century. Heschel authored a number of widely read books on jewish philosophy and was active in the civil rights movement, marching with martin luther king, JR. At selma.
Who will write our history is a documentary about emanuel ringelblum and the secret archive of the warsaw ghetto. Ringelblum's oyneg shabes archive is regarded among historians as an extraordinary achievement of scholarly self-study in the very depths of hell.
Vishniac (on going project) is a new feature length film in development about the life, work, and legacy of roman vishniac. A passionate photographer and scientist, vishniac is best known for having traversed eastern europe from 1935 through 1938, on assignment for the joint distribution committee, to photograph jewish life in eastern…
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Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
By the numbers
The FY2022 990, line by line.
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Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 Latest | $64K | $0 | 990 PDF | ||
| FY2024 | $687K | $1.8M | −$1.1M | $43K | 990 PDF |
| FY2023 | $6.9M | $6.4M | $427K | $1.2M | 990 PDF |
| FY2022 Viewing | $2.0M | $1.9M | $56K | $1.1M | 990 PDF |
| FY2021 | $1.8M | $1.8M | −$57K | $490K | 990 PDF |
| FY2020 | $1.4M | $830K | $571K | $547K | 990 PDF |
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Schedules filed Part IV
See the full FY2022 990 (1 part)
Part VI · Governance 4 of 4 board members independent, no flags
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2022 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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