Termite TV Collective Inc
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
To provide education in the media arts by producing collaborative video works, hosting community-based media workshops, public screenings, and educational programs that foster social awareness.
- Income
- $25,479
- Spending
- $102,334
- Reserves
- 11.1 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 65%
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Fair: 63 out of 100. Higher than 26% of charities in its peer group (education, under $250k).
Reserves
28 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 11.1 months of spending.
Debt
16 of 20It owes 21% of what it owns.
Living within its means
0 of 15Spending exceeded income by 302% of income.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
This organization files the short tax form, which does not ask about boards, policies or audits. That is normal for a small charity and is not a mark against it.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (3)
- $58,700 spent. Places of Power amplifies the stories of under-served neighborhoods and communities in Philadelphia through immersive virtual reality (VR) and augumented reality (AR) media technologies. Activities included a series of community media workshops with an intergenerationalgroup of Latinx residents that teach participants how to develop media projects on a collectively chosen theme. 30,000 people served.
- $19,722 spent. Collaboration with PhillyCAM, Philadelphias Public Access channel, to offer simultaneous video workshops for emergingand established video artists to produce new work. These workshops resulted in the creation of two half-hour videoprograms and a group exhibitionthat included video projection, video sculptures, photography and analog imaging techniques. 25,000 people served.
- $3,117 spent. Termite TV Press extends artist voices and furthers our mission by documenting the media productions and processescreated with communities in the form of toolkits and art books, including the publication of Termite TV Toolkit, a resource for creating collaborativevideo productions with artists and community members. We presented the Toolkit at the 2025 Visible Evidence International Conference. 500 people served.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 30, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 10, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since April 2005.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 7, 2026.
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