California · Nonprofit
LIFE MEDIA PROJECTS INCORPORATED
LIFE MEDIA PROJECTS INCORPORATED (California) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $128,531 to it, the largest being PERSPECTIVE MEDIA INITIATIVES INC ($53,500). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2023
- $93k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $129k
- Net assets
- $13k
What Life Media Projects Incorporated does
Mission
The mission of life media projects, inc. Is to produce, promote and inspire meaningful storytelling for and about marginalized communities. In this process we wish to empower and nsupport media makers to create their own representations as tools for advocacy, education, and social justice.
As stated on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Race relay is a multimedia theater presentation. Designed to explore race relations in america today, it uses drama, music, and video to create a unique interactive experience.
$11,765 spent16% of program spendingCocaine prison from inside one of bolivias notorious prisons, a cocaine worker, a drug mule, and his little sister question the worlds relationship with cocaine. Cocaine prison begins in bolivias notorious san sebastian gaol, a virtual citadel inside a crumbling old colonial house and follows the interlinked lives of hernan, a drug mule who dreams of being a drug-boss, his younger sister, daisy, who struggles to escape the lure to traffic cocaine and hernans friend, mario, a cocaine worker fighting for freedom. In a country where the cocaine trade isnt ruled by violence, these three small fish dispel the guntoting narco' myth and put into perspective the drug war and the lives of the disposable people.
$60,000 spentof which $60,000 as grants84% of program spendingLittle miss african american scholarship pageant the little miss african american scholarship pageant is for young girls aged 6-12 and it is a wonderful experience for them to learn how to always wear their confidence, awareness, and pride (cap). Contestants will learn about great cultural leaders, receive instructions on poise, communication and presentation skills. Plus, they will have fun and make new friends
The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $71,765.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 3 funders, grant income rose $12k → $64k.
3 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 24% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of LIFE MEDIA PROJECTS INCORPORATED’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
LIFE MEDIA PROJECTS INCORPORATED leans on a few funders — its largest provides 42% of grant income and the top three 91%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
55% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund LIFE MEDIA PROJECTS INCORPORATED.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 63% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 84% — growing more concentrated.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
LIFE MEDIA PROJECTS INCORPORATED draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $31k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
LIFE MEDIA PROJECTS INCORPORATED runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 4,605 youth development nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,605 youth development nonprofits under $100k, FY2023
Organizations like LIFE MEDIA PROJECTS INCORPORATED
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for LIFE MEDIA PROJECTS INCORPORATED: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds LIFE MEDIA PROJECTS INCORPORATED?
- LIFE MEDIA PROJECTS INCORPORATED (California) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $128,531 to it, the largest being PERSPECTIVE MEDIA INITIATIVES INC ($53,500). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does LIFE MEDIA PROJECTS INCORPORATED have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $128,531 in grants to LIFE MEDIA PROJECTS INCORPORATED, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LIFE MEDIA PROJECTS INCORPORATED?
- PERSPECTIVE MEDIA INITIATIVES INC is the largest funder on record, with $53,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LIFE MEDIA PROJECTS INCORPORATED find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2023 (financials across 2023–2023), and the filings of 6 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing