NonprofitsKovno Communications Inc

Arts, Culture & Humanities

Kovno Communications Inc

BERKELEY, CA

Total revenue

$842K

Total expenses

$810K

Net assets

$17K

Grants received

$1.9M

58 grants

EIN

943260911

Tax year

2024

Mission

Production and distribution of educational film and video.

Programs

2 programs

Production and distribution of "Stripped for Parts: American Journalism on the Brink"

Expenses: $111K

Distribution of 4 films produced by Rick Goldsmith

Expenses: $4K

Financials

FY 2024

Revenue

Contributions & grants$842K
Program service revenue
Investment income
Other revenue
Total revenue$842K

Expenses

Grants paid
Salaries & benefits$45K
Fundraising
Other expenses$765K
Total expenses$810K
Total assets$99K
Net assets$17K

People

4 listed

NameRoleCompensation

Rick Goldsmith

President

Board

$45K

30 hrs/wk

Michael Yonchenko

director

Board

1 hrs/wk

Gail Silva

Treasurer

Board

1 hrs/wk

Martin Lynch

Secretary

Board

1 hrs/wk

Independent contractors

Ginzberg Video Productions

Film Producer

$452K

Liz Carpenter Film Partners

Film Production

$187K

Grants received

Showing 58 of 58

FromAmountPurposeYear
$15K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$10K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$10K
GENERAL PROGRAM SUPPORT
2024
$8K
GRANT SUPPORTS EXTENDED SCREENINGS OF "SHAKING IT UP: THE LIFE & TIMES OF LIZ CARPENTER", A FULL LENGTH DOCUMENTARY CHRONICLING THE LIFE OF LIZ CARPENTER, THE INFLUENTIAL TEXAS JOURNALIST, ACTIVIST, AND POLITICAL OPERATOR WHO BECAME A HOUSEHOLD NAME WHILE WORKING IN LBJ'S WHITE HOUSE.
2024
$7K
support for the "Labors of Love: Henrietta Szolds Life and Legacy" documentary
2024
$1K
CHARITABLE PURPOSES
2024
$127K
ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES
2023
$28K
TO SUPPORT THE PRODUCTION OF "JUDGING JURIES." FOR THE DOCUMENTARY, "A DOUBLE LIFE."
2023
$25K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$25K
TO SUPPORT ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2023
$20K
DOCUMENTARY "SHE DARED TO DREAM"
2023
$20K
DOCUMENTARY FILM "SHAKING IT UP: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF LIZ CARPENTER"
2023
$20K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$10K
LIZ CARPENTER FILMDOCUMENTARY
2023
$10K
SUPPORT FOR FILM - STRIPPED FOR PARTS: AMERICAN JOURNALISM AT THE CROSSROADS
2023
$7K
ARTS, CULTURE
2023
$6K
For Stripped for Parts: American Journalism on the Brink, a feature-length documentary about a hedge fund that is plundering America's newspapers and the journalists who are fighting back.
2023
$6K
FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2023
$111K
FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2022
$102K
ADVISED - FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT OF THE FILM. JUDGING JURIES. ADVISED - FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT OF DIGITIZING THE ARCHIVES PROJECT. ADVISED - FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT OF THE FILM SHE DARED TO DREAM
2022
$100K
"BARBARA LEE: SPEAKING TRUTH TO POWER" 2022 OUTREACH
2022
$50K
ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES
2022
$10K
SUPPORT FOR FILM - STRIPPED FOR PARTS: AMERICAN JOURNALISM AT THE CROSSROADS
2022
$10K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$7K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2022
$3K
TO SUPPORT THE RE-BROADCAST OF AND THEN THEY CAME FOR US ON PUBLIC TELEVISION.
2022
$3K
GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSE
2022
$2K
Donation to support documentary film IRS # 94-3260911
2022
$55K
ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES
2021
$10K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2021
$10K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2021
$10K
OPERATIONS
2021
$1K
CHARITY/GENERAL
2021
$180K
DOCUMENTARY STAY WOKE: BARBARA SPEAKS FOR ME
2020
$64K
OUTREACH FOR DOCUMENTARY AND THEN THEY CAME FOR US
2020
$60K
CULTURE & ARTS
2020
$35K
DEVELOP, PRODUCE, AND DISTRIBUTE FILM AND VIDEO FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES
2020
$25K
For outreach and community screening efforts for the film Waging Change, a documentary film about the efforts to end the tipped minimum wage
2020
$25K
WAGING CHANGE DOCUMENTARY FILM OUTREACH
2020
$25K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2020
$10K
CORE PROGRAMS
2020
$8K
ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES
2020
$60K
ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES
2019
$51K
CULTURE & ARTS
2019
$38K
FOR SUPPORT FOR OUT OF THE PAST. FOR THE FILM RUNNING FROM TOMORROW, FOR THE DOCUMENTARY: STAY WOKE.
2019
$56K
ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES
2018
$26K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2018
$5K
CHARITABLE
2018
$11K
FOR GRANT RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSES
2017
$10K
ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES
2017

Funded by

$1.9M from 32 funders · 58 grants · 2017–2024

Jonathan Logan Family Foundation

$384K · 5 grants · 2020–2023

Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc

$366K · 7 grants · 2017–2023

Silicon Valley Community Foundation

$359K · 4 grants · 2020–2024

The San Francisco Foundation

$167K · 3 grants · 2019–2023

National Philanthropic Trust

$111K · 2 grants · 2019–2020

Kazan Mcclain Partners' Foundation

$91K · 4 grants · 2018–2024

The Ford Foundation

$45K · 2 grants · 2020–2023

Details

EIN943260911
NTEE codeA31
Subsection03
Ruling date1997-09
Formed1997
Employees0
Volunteers0
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