Public Charity

KARTEMQUIN EDUCATIONAL FILMS

KARTEMQUIN EDUCATIONAL FILMS is a Public Charity headquartered in CHICAGO, IL. Financial data from the 2024 filing: $1.7M revenue, $1.8M expenses, $3.7M total assets. 59 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $3.5M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 237430402 CHICAGO, IL Latest filing: 2024
Total Revenue$1.7M
Total Expenses$1.8M
Total Assets$3.7M
Grant Records59
Funding Total$3.5M
Filing Years2020–2024

Mission

KARTEMQUIN'S MISSION IS TO EMPOWER THE CREATION OF STORIES THAT FOSTER A MORE ENGAGED AND JUST SOCIETY -- TURNING TOWARD AND GRAPPLING WITH THE MOST CRITICAL ISSUES OF OUR TIME. WE DO THIS BY PRODUCING DOCUMENTARIES ON A WIDE RANGE OF ISSUES, CHAMPIONING FILMMAKERS IN DEVELOPING THEIR CRAFT, AND ALIGNING WITH PARTNERS WHO UNDERSTAND THAT DOCUMENTARIES ARE POWERFUL VEHICLES FOR TRUTH THAT CAN TRANSFORM THE WORLD AROUND US.

Officers & Directors

ACTING CHAIR Ann Manikas
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Betsy Leonard
DIRECTOR Elizabeth Iams Wellman
DIRECTOR Elspeth Revere
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Gordon Quinn
DIRECTOR Ivan Garcia

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Top Grant Purposes

For grant recipient's exempt purposes
$957,969 9 grants
PROJECT SUPPORT
$950,000 1 grant
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
$300,000 1 grant
See attached.
$252,500 1 grant
CORE SUPPORT
$145,000 4 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2024 $1.7M $1.8M $3.7M
2023 $3.1M $1.9M $3.6M
2022 $2.2M $2.5M $2.5M
2021 $4.5M $3.8M $3.2M
2020 $4.5M $4.1M $2.1M

Between 2020 and 2024, reported annual revenue declined from $4.5M to $1.7M (-63%), with total assets most recently reported at $3.7M.

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