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PERSPECTIVE MEDIA INITIATIVES INC

NEW YORK, NY · EIN 874236519 · Form 990PF · FY2023 · NTEE T20 · Philanthropy & Grantmaking · Large ($10M-$50M)
revenue
$20.5M
expenses
$2.8M
net assets
$20.4M
employees
profile · synthesized from sources

Perspective Media Initiatives Inc is a grantmaking organization based in New York that supports media-related initiatives, particularly in documentary film and storytelling. It funds organizations focused on social impact media, organizational capacity building, and research on the documentary field. The organization does not appear to deliver services directly but instead provides financial support to other nonprofits.

named programs · 3 · from sources

What they call their work

Documentary Field Research
Funds studies on the state and trends of the documentary film sector
Impact Campaign Funding
Provides grants to support documentary impact campaigns and audience engagement strategies
Organizational Capacity Building
Supports leadership development and institutional strengthening of media nonprofits
activities · 3 groups

What they do

  • Film Production Funding and Fiscal Sponsorship 3 activities
    • Funding general operating support for documentary and media organizations
      Provides general operating support grants to organizations in the documentary and media field, including Potential Energy Coalition Inc., Women Make Movies’ Multitude Films, Doc Society, and Working Films.
    • Funding research on the documentary field
      Awards grants to support research on the state and future of the documentary field, including funding for American University’s State of the Documentary Field study.
    • Funding specific media impact and storytelling programs
      Supports targeted programs that advance media impact and storytelling, including Cinema Tropical's Marketing Interventions Fund, Firelight Media’s William Greaves and Impact Campaign funds, Represent Justice’s core storytelling programs, and Doc Society’s Global Impact Producers Alliance project.
  • General Operating Support Grants 1 activity
    • Funding organizational capacity building in media nonprofits
      Finances capacity-building initiatives for media-focused nonprofits, including $150,000 to Represent Justice for capacity building and support for Denver Film Society’s Exposure Lab organizational capacity.
  • Uncategorized 1 activity
    • Funding operating support for media advocacy and change organizations
      Provides operating support to organizations focused on media-driven social change, including Accelerate Change.
financials · form 990PF · fy2023
revenue
Total revenue$20.45M
Contributions & grants$19.50M95%
Program service revenue
Investment income$954K5%
Other revenue
expenses
Total expenses$2.76M
Program expenses
Admin / overhead
Fundraising
Salaries & benefits$290K
Grants paid out$8.01M
balance sheet
Total assets$21.12M
Cash
Investments
Liabilities
Net assets$20.38M
3 years on record · 2021–2023 · YoY revenue +29.1%
leadership · form 990 part vii · fy2023

Who runs it

paid leadership · 3
NameTitleHours/wkCompensation
ELIANA KRAUS PIPER CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER, TREASURER 40 $283K
JACOB TAYLOR CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, CHAIR 40 $31K
MICHAEL HIRSCHHORN FOREIGN GRANTS OFFICER 1 $2K
board members · 3
  • C FREDERICK TAYLOR — BOARD MEMBER
  • JOHN TAYLOR — BOARD MEMBER
  • MESKEREM TAYLOR — BOARD MEMBER
relationships · 10

Who they work with

  • ACCELERATE CHANGE Partner — Recipient of operating support grant
  • AMERICAN UNIVERSITY Partner — Recipient of funding for State of the Documentary Field study
  • CINEMA TROPICAL Partner — Recipient of funding for Marketing Interventions Fund
  • DENVER FILM SOCIETY Partner — Recipient of funding for Exposure Lab's organizational capacity
  • DOC SOCIETY Partner — Recipient of funding for Global Impact Producers Alliance project and general operating support
  • FIRELIGHT MEDIA Partner — Recipient of funding for William Greaves and Impact Campaign funds
  • POTENTIAL ENERGY COALITION INC Partner — Recipient of general operating support grant
  • REPRESENT JUSTICE Partner — Recipient of multiple grants for storytelling programs, operating support, and capacity building
  • WOMEN MAKE MOVIES Partner — Recipient of general operating support grant for Multitude Films
  • WORKING FILMS Partner — Recipient of general operating support grant