Program areas at A Closer Look
A Closer Look has spent $12,000 during 2022 on distributing and marketing the film "children of the inquisition". This film promotes public awareness of religious persecution and discrimination. A Closer Look offers community screenings of "children of the inquisition" with educational discussion panels with experts and outreach material and began development of academic curricula around the film. Screenings in 2022, were hosted at tulane university by their department of jewish studies, the holocaust museum of houston, and the 25th jewish films festival of dallas. By the end of the year we have established that in 2023: "children of the inquisition" will have A public broadcast run with neta and will have an event at the bishop fulton j. sheen center for thought & culture. Additionally at the beginning of this year the film had A virtual screening and talk back with the american jewish historical society. A Closer Look has spent $15,000 during 2022 on distribution and marketing of the film "going blind", which has been made available to over 300 blind service organizations around the world. In 2022, A Closer Look held screenings and activities for "going blind" with suny college of optometry, future in sight new hampshire (formerly the nh association for the blind), the glaucoma foundation, and leadership fellows new york. In addition to that we have had multiple educational purchases of the film from organizations and individuals including the Texas school for the blind & visually impaired and the orlando va medical center. For our most recent project, "something terrible happened to joey", we've had conversations with the children's museum of art new york about creating an educational program around the film. We have also been accepted to participate in the new york mental health film festival and the film has received acknowledgement from other festivals as well: finalist at the santa barbara international short fest; official selection for the festival mental - mental health arts and film festival; semi finalist for the berlin shorts award; official selection for flickers' rhode island international film festival; best animated short for the one-reeler short film competition; best animated short for the paris international short festival. A Closer Look also disbursed $9,100 in 2022 to circle ten productions for production costs related to the documentary film "after the final no" which explores the astonishing phenomenon of renewal after trauma, revealing the little-known stories of jewish holocaust survivors in displaced persons camps in germany, austria, and italy from 1945- 1957.a Closer Look has spent an additional $15,704 on other costs directly related to its film projects.
Who funds A Closer Look
Grants from foundations and other nonprofits
Personnel at A Closer Look
Name | Title | Compensation | Date of data |
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Joseph Lovett | Director | $0 | 2022-07-11 |
Stephen Swiatkiewicz | Officer | $0 | 2021-12-31 |
Financials for A Closer Look
Revenues | FYE 12/2022 | FYE 12/2021 | % Change |
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Total grants, contributions, etc. | $239,865 | $256,292 | -6.4% |
Program services | $0 | $0 | - |
Investment income and dividends | $0 | $0 | - |
Tax-exempt bond proceeds | $0 | $0 | - |
Royalty revenue | $0 | $0 | - |
Net rental income | $0 | $0 | - |
Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets | $0 | $0 | - |
Net income from fundraising events | $0 | $0 | - |
Net income from gaming activities | $0 | $0 | - |
Net income from sales of inventory | $0 | $0 | - |
Miscellaneous revenues | $9,453 | $11,751 | -19.6% |
Total revenues | $249,318 | $268,043 | -7% |
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New Hampshire Film Expo NHFX | 501(c)(3) | Portsmouth, NH | $85,976 |
Pacific Film Foundation | 501(c)(3) | Pacific Palisades, CA | $117,350 |
Stone Soup Productions | 501(c)(3) | Washinton, DC | $150,124 |
American Genre Film Archive | 501(c)(3) | Austin, TX | $713,340 |
Metropole Film Board | 501(c)(3) | New York, NY | $391,850 |
Data update history
May 14, 2023
Received grants
Identified 1 new grant, including a grant for $15,000 from Atran Foundation August 22, 2021
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019
July 7, 2021
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2020
June 30, 2021
Updated personnel
Identified 2 new personnel
September 30, 2020
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2018
Nonprofit Types
Arts, culture, and humanities nonprofitsMedia and communications organizationsCharities
Issues
Arts, cultural, and humanities
Characteristics
Tax deductible donationsNo full-time employees
General information
- Address
- 17 Vandam St
- New York, NY 10013
- Metro area
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA
- County
- New York County, NY
- Website URL
- acloserlook.org/Â
- Phone
- (212) 242-8999
IRS details
- EIN
- 47-1512046
- Fiscal year end
- December
- Taxreturn type
- Form 990
- Year formed
- 2014
- Eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions (Pub 78)
- Yes
Categorization
- NTEE code, primary
- A31: Film, Video
- NAICS code, primary
- 512110: Motion Picture and Video Production
- Parent/child status
- Independent
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