Public Charity

MEDIA ALLIANCE

MEDIA ALLIANCE is a Public Charity headquartered in San Francisco, CA. Financial data from the 2024 filing: $1.5M revenue, $1.5M expenses, $1.5M total assets. 44 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $3.1M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 942563400 San Francisco, CA Media & Communications NTEE: A30 Latest filing: 2024
Total Revenue$1.5M
Total Expenses$1.5M
Total Assets$1.5M
Grant Records44
Funding Total$3.1M
Filing Years2019–2024

Mission

MA was founded with the belief that in order to ensure the free and unfettered flow of information and ideas necessary to maintain a truly democratic society, media must be accessible, accountable, decentralized, representative of society's diversity and free from covert or overt government control and corporate dominance. MA dedicates itself to fostering a genuine diversity of media voices and perspectives, holding the media accountable for their impact on society and protecting freedom of speech.

Where $100 goes at Media Alliance

How Media Alliance divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 8 years.

$75 Programs the work itself
$19 Management running the organization
$6 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $75 for programs

$57
Provide grassroots education and raise public awareness on communications policy, governmental transparency, freedom of expression, privacy and media accountability using the website, email blasts and public speaking
76% of program spending
$10
Provide media skills training and publicity assistance for grassroots and community organizations
14% of program spending
$8
Fiscally sponsor related projects that have not yet achieved independent corporate status
10% of program spending
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2024. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

Chair of the Board Al Kielwasser
Treasurer Oriana Saportas
Secretary Phavia Kujichagulia
Director Samantha Calamari
ED Tracy Rosenberg

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

Arts & Culture
$2,479,328 7 grants
General Support
$380,220 23 grants
Civil Rights & Social Justice
$46,375 4 grants
Environment & Conservation
$20,000 1 grant
Training & Professional Development
$6,500 1 grant

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2024 $1.5M $1.5M $1.5M
2023 $1.9M $1.5M $1.6M
2022 $1.6M $1.1M $1.2M
2020 $360K $342K $173K
2019 $237K $224K $156K

Between 2019 and 2024, reported annual revenue grew from $237K to $1.5M (+528%), with total assets most recently reported at $1.5M.

Interactive year-over-year charts and full filing details available with membership.

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