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California media organizations

There are 1,534 media production and publishing organizations in California. Combined, these Californian media organizations employ 7,757 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
 
1,534
 
$1,649,617,222
Film and video production organizations
 
632
 
$527,795,100
Nonprofit presses and publishers
 
367
 
$274,502,436
Radio producing and broadcasting organizations
 
125
 
$483,894,122
Television producing and broadcasting nonprofits
 
116
 
$206,385,183
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Media organizations by major California cities

Metro areaNonprofitsRevenues
Los Angeles
 
628
 
$790,290,968
San Francisco
 
360
 
$424,906,252
San Diego
 
87
 
$26,341,891
San Jose
 
84
 
$32,232,182
Sacramento
 
67
 
$291,805,930
Riverside
 
55
 
$7,224,149
Santa Rosa
 
31
 
$14,882,979
Oxnard
 
31
 
$12,367,937
Santa Maria
 
21
 
$6,899,314
Santa Cruz
 
20
 
$2,449,568
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Job trends for California media organizations

Employees per organizationNumber of organizations
0
 
206
1-10
 
158
11-25
 
67
26-100
 
42
101 to 1,000
 
19
1,000+
 
0
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Sizes of media organizations in California

Revenues per organizationNumber of organizations
< $250k
 
396
$250k to $1M
 
164
$1M to $5M
 
110
$5M to $25M
 
36
$25M to $100M
 
8
$100M+
 
3
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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
$19.4m
Assets
$8.7m
Employees
89
EIN
95-3943485
IRS type
501(c)(3)

KCRW Foundation

The KCRW Foundation engages audiences with eclectic music, NPR news, and cultural programming, connecting diverse perspectives and fostering community in Los Angeles.
Revenue
$22.3m
Assets
$53.2m
Employees
184
EIN
95-3750631
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
$10.6m
Assets
$39.8m
Employees
0
EIN
95-4860162
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)

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)

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)

The Pacifica Foundation

Non-commercial, listener-supported public radio organization with five stations and an archive of programs available to other stations and individuals.
Revenue
$11.3m
Assets
$3.8m
Employees
141
EIN
94-1347046
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)

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
$142.3m
Assets
$172.1m
Employees
48
EIN
13-6695765
IRS type
501(c)(6)

Academy Foundation

Academy Foundation promotes and oversees cultural activities in the motion picture industry while providing grants to related organizations.
Revenue
$78.7m
Assets
$79.1m
Employees
251
EIN
95-2243698
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
$5.9m
Assets
$11.5m
Employees
64
EIN
95-3902004
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Center for the Collaborative Classroom

Center for the Collaborative Classroom fosters academic, social, and emotional development through innovative literacy programs and supportive school environments that empower students and teachers.
Revenue
$29.5m
Assets
$35.3m
Employees
117
EIN
94-2311291
IRS type
501(c)(3)

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
$18.4m
Assets
$42.8m
Employees
74
EIN
94-1421463
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Forest Creatures Foundation

Forest Creatures Foundation promotes peace, coexistence, and community through art forms such as film, TV, and dramatic arts.
Revenue
$21.3m
Assets
$20.2m
Employees
2
EIN
65-1295226
IRS type
501(c)(3)

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)

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)

Kalw Public Media

Kalw Public Media is a noncommercial public radio station in San Francisco that provides local and global news, music, and culture programming.
Revenue
$5.5m
Assets
$3.0m
Employees
13
EIN
84-3580297
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
$16.2m
Assets
$12.2m
Employees
96
EIN
94-2282759
IRS type
501(c)(3)

EdSource

EdSource is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, journalism organization whose mission is to clarify complex education issues in California and to promote thoughtful policy decisions about public school improvement.
Revenue
$5.7m
Assets
$7.5m
Employees
29
EIN
94-2434900
IRS type
501(c)(3)
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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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