Nonprofit · EIN 27-1912845
CATCHLIGHT
Tax-exempt · SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94107
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2024 | 990 | $3,711,054 | $3,287,416 | $423,638 | $2,769,814 | $198,417 | $2,571,397 |
| December 31, 2023 | 990 | $3,124,440 | $2,461,774 | $662,666 | $2,296,236 | $148,477 | $2,147,759 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $3,369,722
- Program service revenue
- $325,883
- Investment income
- $34,742
- Net income from fundraising events
- -$19,293
- Other revenue
- -$19,293
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $110,750
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $336,440
- Other salaries and wages
- $1,358,375
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $2,026,883
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Occupancy
- $45,910
- Travel
- $140,526
- Depreciation
- $1,030
- Program services (functional)
- $2,528,214
- Management and general (functional)
- $416,294
- Fundraising (functional)
- $342,908
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $2,296,236
- Total assets, end of year
- $2,769,814
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $198,417
- Net assets, end of year
- $2,571,397
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $172
- Publicly traded securities
- $805,443
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $161,569
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $2,409,828
- Gross receipts
- $3,744,097
- Employees
- 14
- Volunteers
- 10
- Year formed
- 2010
- State of legal domicile
- CA
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elodie Mailliet Storm | CEO Trustee or director, Officer | 40 | $286,728 | $49,712 |
| Erica Garber | VP of Development | 40 | $184,723 | $35,200 |
| Jennifer Stratton | Executive Editor | 40 | $178,730 | $16,298 |
| Mazher Ali | Director of Comm. | 40 | $143,836 | $16,339 |
| Adriana Garcia | Chief of Staff | 40 | $120,506 | $13,891 |
| Deirdre Atkin Hockett | Director Trustee or director | 0.25 | $0 | $0 |
| Umbreen Bhatti | Director Trustee or director | 0.25 | $0 | $0 |
| Nancy Farese | Board Chair Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Lisa Kleiner Chanoff | Director Trustee or director | 0.25 | $0 | $0 |
| Christopher Michel | Director Trustee or director | 0.25 | $0 | $0 |
| Shazna Nessa | Director Trustee or director | 0.25 | $0 | $0 |
| Mike Ramsay | Director Trustee or director | 0.25 | $0 | $0 |
| Robert J Rosenthal | Director Trustee or director | 0.25 | $0 | $0 |
| Alan Marks | Director Trustee or director | 0.25 | $0 | $0 |
| Jim Bildner | Director Trustee or director | 0.25 | $0 | $0 |
1 more people on this return
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amanda Minami | Director Trustee or director | 0.25 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 15 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elodie Mailliet Storm | CEO Trustee or director, Officer | 40 | $254,495 | $39,853 |
| Erica Garber | VP of Development | 40 | $157,706 | $31,455 |
| Jennifer Stratton | Executive Editor | 40 | $147,861 | $17,403 |
| Mazher Ali | Director of Comm. | 40 | $134,375 | $16,993 |
| Adriana Garcia | Chief of Staff | 40 | $115,743 | $9,059 |
| Deirdre Atkin Hockett | Director Trustee or director | 0.25 | $0 | $0 |
| Umbreen Bhatti | Director Trustee or director | 0.25 | $0 | $0 |
| Nancy Farese | Board Chair Trustee or director, Officer | 20 | $0 | $0 |
| Stacy-Marie Ishmael | Director Trustee or director | 0.25 | $0 | $0 |
| Lisa Kleiner Chanoff | Director Trustee or director | 0.25 | $0 | $0 |
| Stephen Mayes | Director Trustee or director | 0.25 | $0 | $0 |
| Christopher Michel | Director Trustee or director | 0.25 | $0 | $0 |
| Shazna Nessa | Director Trustee or director | 0.25 | $0 | $0 |
| Mike Ramsay | Director Trustee or director | 0.25 | $0 | $0 |
| Robert Rosenthal | Director Trustee or director | 0.25 | $0 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 1150 25TH ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94107-3510
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- Elodie Mailliet
- Signed the 990
- Elodie Mailliet, CEO
- Phone
- (415) 323-0549
- Website
- www.catchlight.io
- Return prepared by
- Shining Star Consulting LLC
California records
California keeps its own records of charities and corporations. Search them by EIN 27-1912845 or by the name CATCHLIGHT.
- Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers
- Registration status and filed reports (CT-TR-1, RRF-1)
- Secretary of State, bizfile Online
- Corporation status, entity number, agent for service
- Franchise Tax Board
- Entity status letter (state tax exemption, good standing)
Mission
CatchLight is a hybrid nonprofit media organization combining the practices of art, journalism and social justice. We are a transformational force, urgently bringing resources and organizations together to nurture and grow a thriving visual ecosystem. We leverage the power of visuals to inform, connect and transform communities.
Program accomplishments
- CatchLight's Local Program works to build a local news ecosystem that is thriving in communities across the US, where everyone sees themselves represented in their local media, and where social cohesion and trust is rebuilt. Our approach to this work is three-pronged: We partner with newsrooms through a collaborative Visual Desk, offering customized visual services, tools, mentorship, and support to strengthen newsrooms capacity to serve as trusted messengers in their communities; We advance trust and representation in local journalism by placing high-quality, community-driven photojournalists in local newsrooms throughout the US; and We convene the public like-minded people across media, academia, technology, and the arts to foster a robust and inclusive community to deepen critical thought, imagine new ways to leverage visuals for connection, and inspire action. In 2024, through the Visual Desk we supported the production of 1,114 local news stories, collectively reaching an audience of more than 546,000 people each month. Our Local Fellows and newsroom partners continued to push the boundaries of visual storytelling, earning nine awards and twelve nominations for their work. We expanded our reach and training efforts through 10 educational workshops attended by over 200 journalists, and through public programs that brought together more than 1,500 people to engage directly with the power of visual journalism.Expenses $1,483,988 · revenue $289,250
- On April 27, 2024, CatchLight held its 5th annual Visual Storytelling Summit, our signature event connecting artists, innovators, and audiences. Our theme was "Seeing Truths," reflecting the unique power of photography, visual journalism, and creative practices can have to help usher a return to critical thinking. The goal of the Summit is to build an inclusive network, centering CatchLight and our partners as leaders in a relevant, future-facing, diverse, inclusive, and community-building space. As always, the Summit was free and open to the public, inviting audiences of all kinds to connect with a global community of visual storytellers, media, and technology leaders. The event sold out three weeks after the launch and exceeded our targets-and last year's numbers-with 450 registrants and 300 attendees. This year's Summit gathered leaders using photography, art, film, and technology to discuss how the rise of synthetic images undermines our ability to trust what we see and what the role of visual storytellers and journalists is in ushering a return to critical thinking and cooperation.Expenses $746,542 · grants $29,750 · revenue $36,633
- The CatchLight Global Fellowship supports innovative leaders leveraging visual storytelling to inspire human connection and ignite social change by providing two-year grants for long-form storytelling projects. Since 2017, CatchLight has awarded $30,000 to 26 innovative visual storytellers covering a multitude of topics from all over the world. From working with Indigenous women fighting to defend their land and promote rainforest conservation in Ecuador to documenting the racial divide and reclamation of Black history more than 100 years after a race massacre in Elaine, Arkansas, to recording the civilian experiences of war in eastern Ukraine, CatchLight 2024 Global Fellows Harlan Bozeman, Anastasia Taylor-Lind, and Johanna Alarcon are leaders who are leveraging the power of visual storytelling to inform the world, connect and transform their communities.Expenses $297,684 · grants $81,000
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | December 31, 2025 | May 15, 2026 | Not on file |
| 2024 | December 31, 2024 | May 15, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | December 31, 2023 | May 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 27-1912845
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 2011
- Accounting year ends
- December
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Arts, culture and humanities (A40)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $2,769,814
- Income (IRS master file)
- $3,744,097
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | December 2024 | $3,711,054 | $3,287,416 | $2,769,814 | XML |
| 990 | December 2023 | $3,124,440 | $2,461,774 | $2,296,236 | XML |
| 990 | December 2022 | $1,112,098 | $1,921,392 | $1,638,980 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2018 | – | – | – | IRS |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 27-1912845).
Questions about CATCHLIGHT
- What is the EIN of CATCHLIGHT?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of CATCHLIGHT is 27-1912845.
- Is CATCHLIGHT tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2011.
- Are donations to CATCHLIGHT tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does CATCHLIGHT file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of CATCHLIGHT due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending December 31, 2025) is due May 15, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did CATCHLIGHT last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2024.
- Who is the principal officer of CATCHLIGHT?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 names Elodie Mailliet.
- Who are the officers and directors of CATCHLIGHT?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 lists 16 people; 5 received compensation from the organization, the highest $286,728 (Elodie Mailliet Storm, CEO).
- How much revenue does CATCHLIGHT have?
- On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 it reported revenue of $3,711,054, expenses of $3,287,416 and total assets of $2,769,814 at year end.
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