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Allied Media Projects

Website:

www.alliedmedia.org
Location:

DETROIT, MI
Tax ID:

01-0559608
Tax-Exempt Status:

501(c)(3)

Budget (2021):

Revenue: $40,799,256
Expenses: $18,595,772
Assets: $44,433,468
Type:

Membership Network
Formation:

2002
Executive Director:

Toni Moceri
Budget (2022):

Revenue: $28,466,047

Expenses: $25,703,493

Assets: $44,358,582 1

References

  1. Allied Media Projects Inc. Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax. (Form 990), 2022. https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/10559608/202303199349319360/full

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Allied Media Projects is a critical race theory-aligned umbrella network of media organizations based or active in Detroit, Michigan. It is notable for previously coordinating the now-defunct Allied Media Conference from 2002 to 2023. Its advocacy counterpart is the Allied Media Action Fund.

Background

In 1999, the Midwest Zine Conference was founded in Bowling Green, Ohio, to convene annual conferences for left-wing alternative magazines and media organizations based in the area. In 2002, the conference was renamed the Allied Media Conference and Allied Media Projects was registered as a charitable organization to serve as an umbrella organization to coordinate the conference’s annual gathering. According to its website, the activity and aims of the conference were shaped by the Black Power, Prison Industrial Complex Abolition, and Black Liberation movements, among others. 1

In 2007, the Allied Media Conference was moved to align with the Allied Media Projects moving its base of operations and focus to Detroit, Michigan, to reflect the organization’s changing membership. 2

In 2019, the conference did not meet. The next year, the organization conducted the Allied Media Conference virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2023, the conference met for the last time and Allied Media Projects announced that the annual gathering had reached a “sunset.” 3

Though Allied Media Projects no longer coordinates the annual Allied Media Conference, it remains an umbrella membership and fiscal sponsorship organization. 4

Membership and Activity

Allied Media Projects provides both fiscal sponsorship and administrative support to its member organizations, which include the Decolonizing Wealth Project, Detroit Digital Justice Coalition, Intelligent Mischief, Seraphine Collective, Roaming Center for Magnetic Alternatives, Shrine of the Black Medusa, Petty Propolis, Project Hajra, Aadizookaan, The Remedy: Afrosonic Liberation Sessions, Bklyn Boihood, Trangender Oral History Project, Long Hairz Collective, Lifewerq Project, Racial Imaginary Institute, Espicy Nipples, and Conspiracy of Geniuses. 5

MacArthur Foundation

Between 2017 and 2023, the MacArthur Foundation made 22 grants to Allied Media Projects and its member organizations, totaling $9,111,000. Particularly large grants to member organizations during this period include $3,000,000 to the Decolonizing Wealth Project, $450,000 to the Kairos Fellowship, $200,000 to A People’s Guide Press, and $150,000 to the Undocumented Filmmakers Collective. 6

Allied Media Action Fund

The Allied Media Project’s 501(c)(4) advocacy counterpart, the Allied Media Action Fund, was founded in 2020. According to its filings with the Internal Revenue Service, its net assets at its founding were $558,194 and by 2022 had roughly doubled to $1,017,443. 7

Leadership

Toni Moceri is the executive director of Allied Media Projects. She joined the organization in 2016 as the director of its Sponsored Projects Program. Previously, she served as a Macomb County Commissioner, representing residents around Warren, Michigan, for three terms, from 2009 to 2014. 8

Shatona Holcomb is the director of people and culture for Allied Media Projects. Previously, Holcomb founded and led the Holcomb Consulting Group, a human resources consulting firm; worked as the director of talent and culture at Edsel and Eleanor Ford House; and held other human resources and admissions roles at companies including Avalon International Breads, Ignite Social Media, Campbell Ewald, and the University of Michigan. 9

Moya Bailey is the president of the board of directors of the Allied Media Projects as well as an assistant professor of Africana studies and women’s, gender, and sexuality studies at Northeastern University, and a “digital alchemist” for the Octavia E. Butler Legacy Network. As of 2024, Bailey curates the #transformDH Tumblr initiative in Digital Humanities. 10

References

  1. “History.” Allied Media Projects. Accessed February 5, 2024. https://amc.alliedmedia.org/about/history
  2. “History.” Allied Media Projects. Accessed February 5, 2024. https://amc.alliedmedia.org/about/history
  3. “History.” Allied Media Projects. Accessed February 5, 2024. https://amc.alliedmedia.org/about/history
  4. “History.” Allied Media Projects. Accessed February 5, 2024. https://amc.alliedmedia.org/about/history
  5. “SPONSORED PROJECTS PROGRAM.” Allied Media Projects. Accessed February 5, 2024. https://alliedmedia.org/projects
  6. “Allied Media Projects.” MacArthur Foundation. Accessed February 5, 2024. https://www.macfound.org/grantee/allied-media-projects-10114418/
  7.  “Allied Media Action Fund.” ProPublica. Accessed February 5, 2024. https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/850895977.
  8. [1] “Toni Moceri.” Allied Media Projects. Accessed February 5, 2024. https://alliedmedia.org/people/toni-moceri
  9. “Shatona Holcomb, MSA.” The Org. Accessed February 5, 2024. https://theorg.com/org/allied-media-projects/org-chart/shatona-holcomb-msa
  10. “Moya Bailey.” Allied Media Projects. Accessed February 5, 2024. https://alliedmedia.org/people/moya-bailey
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Nonprofit Information

  • Accounting Period: December - November
  • Tax Exemption Received: July 1, 2002

    • Available Filings

    Period Form Type Total revenue Total functional expenses Total assets (EOY) Total liabilities (EOY) Unrelated business income? Total contributions Program service revenue Investment income Comp. of current officers, directors, etc. Form 990
    2021 Dec Form 990 $40,799,256 $18,595,772 $44,433,468 $2,837,440 Y $38,552,310 $2,297,187 $20,903 $116,795
    2020 Dec Form 990 $21,148,102 $11,550,036 $21,909,153 $2,516,609 Y $19,487,670 $1,710,142 $24,977 $106,559
    2019 Dec Form 990 $12,891,446 $7,907,200 $11,671,031 $1,876,553 Y $11,658,216 $1,289,780 $13,340 $95,793 PDF
    2018 Dec Form 990 $8,040,019 $5,458,610 $6,159,056 $1,348,824 Y $6,823,837 $1,234,293 $7,717 $74,724 PDF
    2017 Dec Form 990 $4,125,277 $3,495,050 $2,415,421 $186,598 N $3,518,985 $602,483 $3,809 $72,469 PDF
    2016 Dec Form 990 $2,693,704 $2,498,242 $1,740,762 $142,166 N $2,178,071 $512,739 $2,894 $73,138 PDF
    2015 Dec Form 990 $2,278,161 $1,504,229 $1,455,236 $52,102 N $1,739,145 $537,918 $1,782 $65,456 PDF
    2014 Dec Form 990 $1,215,754 $899,512 $654,623 $25,421 N $982,674 $232,590 $490 $56,797 PDF
    2013 Dec Form 990 $826,780 $933,288 $335,754 $22,794 N $666,844 $157,058 $363 $59,047 PDF
    2012 Dec Form 990 $1,069,824 $1,055,377 $482,007 $62,539 N $835,154 $233,849 $821 $167,655 PDF
    2011 Dec Form 990 $1,128,743 $819,405 $487,485 $82,464 N $982,140 $140,464 $153 $139,284 PDF
    2010 Dec Form 990 $337,627 $242,509 $120,391 $24,708 N $228,889 $108,404 $0 $101,250 PDF

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