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California media organizations

There are 1,496media production and publishing organizations in California. Combined, these Californianmedia organizationsemploy 7,616 people, earn more than $2 billion in revenue each year, and have assets of $3 billion.
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Types of media organizations in California

Nonprofit typeNumberRevenues
Media production and publishing organizations
1,496
$1,639,685,753
Film and video production organizations
611
$516,738,648
Nonprofit presses and publishers
358
$176,548,869
Radio producing and broadcasting organizations
129
$480,346,476
Television producing and broadcasting nonprofits
123
$336,517,484
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Media organizations by major California cities

Metro areaNonprofitsRevenues
Los Angeles
601
$730,078,559
San Francisco
363
$392,518,703
San Diego
83
$24,815,569
San Jose
78
$30,897,786
Sacramento
64
$280,876,835
Riverside
51
$6,742,923
Oxnard
32
$10,650,096
Santa Rosa
30
$10,503,776
Santa Cruz
23
$2,030,664
Santa Maria
21
$6,506,012
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Job trends for California media organizations

Employees per organizationNumber of organizations
0
190
1-10
153
11-25
70
26-100
40
101 to 1,000
18
1,000+
0
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Sizes of media organizations in California

Revenues per organizationNumber of organizations
< $250k
384
$250k to $1M
174
$1M to $5M
99
$5M to $25M
31
$25M to $100M
6
$100M+
5
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Directory of media organizations in California

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Common Sense Media

Common Sense Media (CSM) is a San Francisco-based non-profit organization that provides education and advocacy to families to promote safe technology and media for children.
Revenue
$24.6m
Assets
$40.8m
Employees
186
EIN
41-2024986
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Film Independent

Film Independent help filmmakers make their movies, build an audience for their projects and work to diversify the film industry. They provide access to a network of like-minded artists who are driving creativity in the film industry.
Revenue
$17.5m
Assets
$6.6m
Employees
92
EIN
95-3943485
IRS type
501(c)(3)

KCRW Foundation

KCRW Foundation delivers innovative programming on radio, digitally & in person to diverse, curious communities around the world.
Revenue
$23.9m
Assets
$52.5m
Employees
176
EIN
95-3750631
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Broadcast Film Critics Association (BFCA)

The Broadcast Film Critics Association is the largest film critics organization in the United States and Canada, representing 199 television, radio and online critics.
Revenue
$7.2m
Assets
$674.4k
Employees
0
EIN
95-4560659
IRS type
501(c)(6)

Creative Visions

Creative Visions empowers creative activists worldwide to raise awareness of critical issues and drive positive change through impact storytelling - one of the most powerful tools we have for creating a more just, caring and sustainable world.
Revenue
$15.2m
Assets
$3.4m
Employees
9
EIN
39-1902814
IRS type
501(c)(3)

New Tang Dynasty Televison La

NTD TV educates viewers about important topics, promotes rational debate, and facilitates Chinese culture exchange. Based in El Monte, CA.
Revenue
$9.5m
Assets
$1.1m
Employees
115
EIN
20-3196533
IRS type
501(c)(3)

The Pacifica Foundation

The Pacifica Foundation is a Non-Commercial, listener-supported, education and community public radio organization operating in various markets throughout the country. Listener-supported, non-commercial, education and community public radio organization. ....
Revenue
$11.3m
Assets
$3.8m
Employees
141
EIN
94-1347046
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Vine Street Archive Foundation

Vine Street Archive Foundation supports the Academy Foundation and promotes the importance of motion pictures through science and technology and screenwriting.
Revenue
$8.6m
Assets
$40.9m
Employees
0
EIN
95-4860162
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Academy of Television Arts and Sciences

The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (ATAS) is a professional honorary organization dedicated to the advancement of the television industry in the United States.
Revenue
$43.3m
Assets
$45.2m
Employees
90
EIN
95-3130853
IRS type
501(c)(6)

Kvie

Kvie inspires viewers via public media, broadcasting from Sacramento to a widespread audience in California and engages through virtual and in-person events.
Revenue
$16.5m
Assets
$35.5m
Employees
69
EIN
94-1421463
IRS type
501(c)(3)

American Cinematheque

The American Cinematheque is an independent, non-profit cultural organization in Los Angeles dedicated exclusively to the public presentation of the Moving Image in all its forms. It is considered among the premier organizations of its kind in America.
Revenue
$5.2m
Assets
$25.5m
Employees
52
EIN
95-3902004
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Academy Foundation

Academy Foundation promotes and oversees cultural activities in the motion picture industry while providing grants to related organizations.
Revenue
$108.3m
Assets
$93.0m
Employees
265
EIN
95-2243698
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Film Musicians Secondary Markets Fund (FMSMF)

The Film Musicians Secondary Markets Fund is an organization borne of a labor agreement which functions as an agent for producers, independent of the interests of labor and/or management, and as a not for profit simple trust.
Revenue
$129.3m
Assets
$152.3m
Employees
49
EIN
13-6695765
IRS type
501(c)(6)

Array Alliance

Array Alliance amplifies underrepresented voices through storytelling, education, and support of women filmmakers and people of color in Encino, CA.
Revenue
$16.1m
Assets
$30.6m
Employees
23
EIN
82-5248574
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Southern California Public Radio

KPCC and LAist Studios provide high-quality news and information to Southern California, striving for ethnic diversity among staff.
Revenue
$42.1m
Assets
$54.3m
Employees
225
EIN
95-4765734
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Sound of Hope Radio Network

Provide independent and objective news reporting, culture programs that preserve and promote traditional chinese culture, programs that introduce to chinese people to the best value of the west, such as freedom, human rights and democracy, and also report....
Revenue
$6.1m
Assets
$30.7m
Employees
34
EIN
72-1562499
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Mother Jones

First published in 1976 by the nonprofit Foundation for National Progress, Mother Jones' mission is to produce revelatory journalism that in its power and reach informs and inspires a more just and democratic world.
Revenue
$21.5m
Assets
$7.7m
Employees
133
EIN
94-2282759
IRS type
501(c)(3)

The National Film Preserve

The National Film Preservation Society (NFPS) is an international educational organization that organizes an annual event called "National Film Preservation Month" in order to celebrate and appreciate the art of film.
Revenue
$8.3m
Assets
$40.4m
Employees
219
EIN
23-7426302
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Archival Foundation

The Archival Foundation is a supporting organization of the Academy Foundation. It manages the Douglas Fairbanks Center for Motion Picture Study, Margaret Herrick Library, and Academy Film Archive. The primary purpose of the organization is to promot...
Revenue
$22.3m
Assets
$59.5m
Employees
0
EIN
20-4366551
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Kcetlink PBS Socal Or Link TV

KCET is the largest independent television station in the country. The station serves Southern California.
Revenue
$54.3m
Assets
$120.0m
Employees
189
EIN
95-2211661
IRS type
501(c)(3)
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Methodology: Cause IQ mines all tax-exempt organizations that file a Form 990, Form 990-EZ, or Form 990-PF with the IRS. We collect and aggregate this information from OCR'd paper taxreturns, XML e-file taxreturns, IRS-provided extract, the Business Master File, and Cause IQ secret sauce for data cleaning, categorization, classification, analytics, etc.
This category corresponds to the "A30: Media, Communications Organizations" National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) code. Cause IQ determines NTEEs for organizations by its own internally-developed secret-sauce algorithms.
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