2024-11-11T12:19:13-07:00 2023-12-31 990 2023-01-01 471164106 NEAR EAST MEDIA NEAR 7575818875 4545 Commerce St Unit 2003 Virginia Beach VA 23462 Lee Mitchell Secretary/Treasurer 7575818875 2024-10-17 1 2023 2024-10-15 13:58:12Z X DBA ALL ISRAEL NEWS Joel Rosenberg 4545 Commerce St Unit 2003 Virginia Beach VA 23462 1158145 0 X https://www.allisrael.com/ X 2014 VA Religious Educational Charitable online faith-based news websites This type of activity includes working with writers authors producers of digital content web developers and graphic designers with the goal of disseminating informative faith based content from multiple authors to an international audience. In 2023 Near East Media produced three online websites All Israel News All Arab News and Kehila News 6 0 1 0 0 0 1530286 1142003 0 0 10559 11758 5538 4384 1546383 1158145 0 0 0 0 239096 96961 0 0 0 587489 1213873 826585 1310834 719798 -152689 1232433 1087791 8252 16299 1224181 1071492 X Near East Media's mission is to provide balanced coverage of news and events, commentary and analysis impacting Israel & the Middle East for the Evangelical world as well as the Arab world both Muslims and Christians and the Jewish world by publishing three websites All Israel News All Arab News and Kehila News and by using YouTube and other social media programs 0 1 604933 1158145 In 2023 Near East Media under the dba name All Israel News grew substantially since their initial launch in September 2020 Original news articles and YouTube videos on its news channel both increased substantially. Page views for both articles on all the websites and YouTube videos surpassed 1 million total views a month for the first nine months of 2023 After the war started total monthly views surpassed 7 million In 2023 we combined accomplishments for views of all three websites All Israel News All Arab News and Kehila News and all videos into one program service accomplishment 0 0 0 604933 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 6 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 X X Lee Mitchell 7575818875 4545 Commerce St Unit 2003 Virginia Beach VA 23462 X Lee Mitchell Secretary, Treasurer 25 0 X 31500 0 0 Joseph Magen Chief Operating Officer 50 0 X X X 0 0 0 Joel C Rosenberg Chief Executive Officer, Chairman of the Board 50 0 X X X 0 0 0 Michael Little Vice-Chairman of the Board 0.50 0 X X 0 0 0 Ken Blackwell Officer, Director 0.50 0 X 0 0 0 Skip Heitzig Officer, Director 0.50 0 X 0 0 0 Lynn Rosenberg Officer, Director 0.50 X 0 0 0 31500 0 0 0 0 0 0 Epicenter Media 22 King George St Jerusalem IS Editor in Chief writing and editing 128875 Isratrade Investments and Management Ltd Asif Business Ctr c/o Isratrade 28 General Pierre Koenig Jerusalem Jerusalem IS 9346936 Supervises team of independent contractors of web developers, writers, artists, vidographers 117159 2 X 0 0 0 0 0 1142003 100887 1142003 0 11758 0 0 11758 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advertising Income 541810 959 0 0 959 Credit Card Rewards 522110 2642 0 0 2642 783 0 0 783 4384 1158145 0 0 16142 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 31500 31500 0 0 60000 60000 0 0 0 0 5461 5461 397574 397574 2753 2753 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 115422 115422 0 0 104361 104361 0 0 34134 34134 0 0 0 0 44866 7314 37552 0 0 0 0 0 0 643 643 Video Production - Camera/Editing/Talent 153899 153899 0 0 Web Development Social Media Hosting 78018 78018 0 0 News Editors and Writers 237491 237491 0 0 Financial Fees 24018 12789 11229 0 20694 0 20694 0 1310834 604933 705901 0 232766 86919 851000 822964 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 148667 177908 0 0 0 0 1232433 1087791 8252 16299 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8252 16299 X 1224181 1071492 0 0 1224181 1071492 1232433 1087791 -152689 0 0 0 0 0 X 0 0 0 X 93531 632473 747224 1530286 1142003 4145517 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 93531 632473 747224 1530286 1142003 4145517 4145517 0 0 0 10559 11758 22317 0 0 0 1103 11150 9835 5538 4384 32010 4199844 X Schedule A, Part II, Line 10 Schedule A Part 2 Section B Line 10 Advertising Income 959 Credit Card Rewards 2642 Misc 783 Total 4384 USD X 1 100887 market value 0 0 0 0 Schedule M, Part I, Line 9 Schedule Part 1 Line 9 Publicly Traded Securities Received donation December 20 2023 of 1250 Shares of AFLAC closing value 100887 USD Schedule M, Part I, Line 33 Schedule Part 1 Line 33 Publicly Traded Securities Received donation December 20 2023 of 1250 Shares of AFLAC closing value 100887 USD Form 990, Part III, Line 3 In 2023 in order to simplify record keeping we combined 3 previous program service accomplishments into one program accomplishment which is All Israel News The accomplishments of Kehila News and All Arab News are included with All Israel News Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 2 Form 990 Part VI Section A Line 2 Lee Mitchell is Secretary Treasurer of Near East Media but is not a Board member His son Joseph Magen is a Board member and COO Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 3 Form 990 Part VI Section A Line 3 By agreement with the Board of Directors Joel Rosenberg Chairman of the Board and CEO receives compensation for his services through Epicenter Media LLC which he owns and Joseph Magen COO receives compensation for his services through Isratrade Investments and Management Ltd which he owns Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 8b All meetings of the Board of Directors are held via Zoom due to the diverse locations of each member. All meetings are video recorded and saved. Summary minutes of each meeting are transcribed from the video, saved to pdf, printed and saved in a Minute Book. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b Lee Mitchell Treasurer will submit a draft of this form by email to Joel Rosenberg CEO Joseph Magen COO and all members of the Board of Directors at least 12 days prior to the filing due date for review All board members have the opportunity to question financial entries narratives in the various schedules and check boxes Any board member may email the Treasurer with questions and suggestions about the 990 return Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15 All board members review and set the compensation of Lee Mitchell Treasurer with the exception of Joseph Magen who is a relative Michael Little Ken Blackwell and Skip Heitzig review and set the Subcontractor fees for Epicenter Media LLC owned by Joel Rosenberg CEO and for Isratrade Investments and Management Ltd owned by Joseph Magen CEO This process was last undertaken in 2022 Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 Form 990 Part VI Section C Line 19 Our financial statements are available for public inspection on Guidestar Charity Check Form 990, Part VII, Section A, Line 1a Form 990 Officers Directors Compensation Line 1a List In previous yearly 990 returns we listed compensation for Joel Rosenberg and Joseph Magen. We believe we made an error listing compensation paid directly to them Beginning in tax year 2023 we are listing zero compensation for the following reason. Both Mr Rosenberg and Mr Magen do not personally receive compensation from Near East Media. They both act as subcontractors to provide services for Near East Media. Payments for their services are made to Israeli companies Epicenter Media LLC owned by Joel Rosenberg, and Isratrade Investments and Management Ltd owned by Joseph Magen Payments are wired from the USA to their respective companies The amounts wired also include employer payroll taxes and reimbursements for expenses for Near East Media that they paid out of pocket. In 2023 Epicenter Media LLC received a total of 128875 USD and Isratrade received 117159 USD Form 990, Part VIII, Line 1g Form 990 Part VIII Line 1g Non Cash contributions Near East Media received 1250 shares of AFLAC on December 20, 2023 with a closing market Value that day of 100887 USD This filing is not late We filed for an automatic extension to November 15 2024 and it was approved by the IRS