CULTURE WISE STUDIES INC

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2024 · Form 990 · revenue $500K · expenses $502K · assets $47K

EIN
47-2822152
Address
4073 MISSION OAKS BLVD, CAMARILLO, CA 93012-5156
Website
HTTP://WWW.CULTUREWISESTUDIES.ORG
NTEE code
A99
Exempt type
501(c)(3): charitable, religious, educational, scientific or literary (corporation)
Ruling date
January 2026 (when the IRS recognized its exemption)
IRS status
Exempt: reinstated May 15, 2018 after an automatic revocation on May 15, 2018 IRS data ↗
Tax-deductible donations
Yes: listed in IRS Publication 78 (supporting organization) Pub 78 ↗
Foundation status
Supporting organization, type i
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Mission

CULTURE WISE STUDIES, INC IS DEDICATED TO PROMOTING FAMILY AND CONSERVATIVE VALUES THROUGH THE MEDIA BY INFLUENCING ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY DECISION MAKERS, ARTISTS AND CRAFTSPEOPLE TO PRODUCE MORE FAMILY-FRIENDLY, MORALLY UPLIFTING, INSPIRING ENTERTAINMENT AND TO EQUIP THE PUBLIC, ESPECIALLY PARENTS, GRANDPARENTS AND TEACHERS, TO IMPROVE THE CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT OF FUTURE GENERATIONS (INCLUDING CHILDREN, TEENAGERS AND YOUNG ADULTS) THROUGH CONSERVATIVE, FAMILY-FRIENDLY, MORALLY UPLIFTING, INSPIRING ENTERTAINMENT.

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).

People paid by the organization

None of the 5 people listed on these returns reported compensation from the organization. They are listed below.

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

5 people listed on the returns with $0 (or no amount) in every compensation column: current people first. Hours are as filed on the latest return each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsHrs/wk (latest)CompensationOrganizations
Robert Baehr BOARD MEMBER2018-2024 2 $0 reported 2
Theodore Baehr CEO AND PRESIDENT2018-2024 2 $0 reported 2
Thomas Snyder BOARD MEMBER2018-2024 2 $0 reported 2
Evelyn Carroll BOARD MEMBER2019-2024 2 $0 reported 2
Liliana Baehr (former) DIRECTOR2018-2021 2 $0 reported 2

People by year

2024 · 4 people listed · none paid · 0 employees · 0 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
THEODORE BAEHR CEO AND PRESIDENT2 $0$0$0 $02
ROBERT BAEHR BOARD MEMBER2 $0$0$0 $02
THOMAS SNYDER BOARD MEMBER2 $0$0$0 $02
EVELYN CARROLL BOARD MEMBER2 $0$0$0 $02
2023 · 4 people listed · none paid · 0 employees · 0 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
THEODORE BAEHR CEO2 $0$0$0 $02
ROBERT BAEHR COO2 $0$0$0 $02
THOMAS SNYDER VICE PRESIDENT2 $0$0$0 $02
EVELYN CARROLL DIRECTOR2 $0$0$0 $02
2022 · 4 people listed · none paid · 0 employees · 0 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
THEODORE BAEHR CEO2 $0$0$0 $02
ROBERT BAEHR COO2 $0$0$0 $02
THOMAS SNYDER VICE PRESIDENT2 $0$0$0 $02
EVELYN CARROLL DIRECTOR2 $0$0$0 $02
2021 · 5 people listed · none paid · 0 employees · 5 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
THEODORE BAEHR CEO2 $0$0$0 $02
ROBERT BAEHR COO2 $0$0$0 $02
THOMAS SNYDER VICE PRESIDENT2 $0$0$0 $02
LILIANA BAEHR DIRECTOR2 $0$0$0 $02
EVELYN CARROLL DIRECTOR2 $0$0$0 $02
2020 · 5 people listed · none paid · 0 employees · 6 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
THEODORE BAEHR CEO2 $0$0$0 $02
ROBERT BAEHR COO2 $0$0$0 $02
THOMAS SNYDER VICE PRESIDENT2 $0$0$0 $02
LILIANA BAEHR DIRECTOR2 $0$0$0 $02
EVELYN CARROLL DIRECTOR2 $0$0$0 $02
2019 · 5 people listed · none paid · 0 employees · 5 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
THEODORE BAEHR CEO2 $0$0$0 $02
ROBERT BAEHR COO2 $0$0$0 $02
THOMAS SNYDER VICE PRESIDENT2 $0$0$0 $02
LILIANA BAEHR DIRECTOR2 $0$0$0 $02
EVELYN CARROLL DIRECTOR2 $0$0$0 $02
2018 · 4 people listed · none paid · 0 employees · 0 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
THEODORE BAEHR CEO2 $0$0$0 $02
ROBERT BAEHR COO2 $0$0$0 $02
THOMAS SNYDER VICE PRESIDENT2 $0$0$0 $02
LILIANA BAEHR DIRECTOR2 $0$0$0 $02

Highest-paid independent contractors

No independent contractors reported.

Who the money went to

Grants this organization reported paying: Schedule I Part II of the Form 990, or the grants-paid list on the 990-PF. Open a year for every recipient. Recipients link to their own page when the grant names an EIN we have (990-PF grants list no EIN, so those link only on an exact, unique name and state). Grants to individuals are counted; their names are not shown.

2024 · 1 grant to organizations · $500K
2023 · 1 grant to organizations · $500K
2022 · 1 grant to organizations · $451K
2021 · 1 grant to organizations · $200K
2020 · 1 grant to organizations · $200K
2019 · 1 grant to organizations · $200K

Negative amounts are returned or refunded grants; they are listed last and left out of the totals of grants paid.

Who gave

Contributor names are not public for this form type.

Public charities filing Form 990 or 990-EZ report large donors on Schedule B, but the IRS withholds their names and addresses from public copies. Private foundations (990-PF) are different: their contributors are public.

Finances

Newest first. Each filing: its name on one row, its figures on the row beneath. Greyed filings are superseded by a later return for the same period and are left out everywhere else on this page.

RevenueExpensesAssetsNet assetsContributionsProgram revenueOfficer payEmployeesVolunteers
2024 · Form 990 period ending 2024-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$500,000$502,500 $46,664$46,664 $500,000$0 $000
2023 · Form 990 period ending 2023-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$500,000$500,100 $49,164$49,164 $500,000$0 $000
2022 · Form 990 period ending 2022-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$450,000$452,075 $49,264$49,264 $450,000$0 $000
2021 · Form 990 period ending 2021-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$250,000$201,201 $51,339$51,339 $250,000$0 $005
2020 · Form 990 period ending 2020-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$200,000$200,965 $2,540$2,540 $200,000$0 $006
2019 · Form 990 period ending 2019-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$200,000$200,000 $5,000$4,150 $200,000$0 $005
2018 · Form 990 period ending 2018-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$0$0 $5,000$4,150 $0$0 $000

Connected to

Organizations that list some of the same people on their returns (officers, directors, key employees on this organization’s latest return), and related organizations it lists on Schedule R.

Funders of this organization

1 grantor reported grants to this organization, $2,300,000 in all, tax years 2019 to 2024. Exact: the grantor wrote this organization's EIN. Fuzzy: the grantor wrote only a name (foundations' 990-PF has no EIN field), matched to the same or a near-identical name in the same state; the name as filed is shown. From the latest return for each grantor and year, so amended returns aren't counted twice. CSV

GrantorTypeMatchYears givenGrantsTotalLatest yearLatest year's amountGrants
DIANA DAVIS SPENCER FOUNDATION Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “CULTURE WISE STUDIES INC” 2019-2024 8$2,300,000 2024$500,000
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Every expense line on each return, biggest first: Form 990 Part IX (with its program, management and fundraising columns), 990-EZ Part I, or 990-PF Part I. Event marks lines the organization itself describes as events. “Events” in each summary adds those lines, conferences and meetings, and the direct costs of fundraising events. Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.

2024 · Form 990 · $502,500 spent · pay $0 · grants $500,000 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Grants to US organizations and governments $500,000$500,000-- 99.5%
Fees: accounting $2,400-$2,400- 0.5%
Fees: legal $100-$100- 0.0%
Total$502,500100%

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2023 · Form 990 · $500,100 spent · pay $0 · grants $500,000 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Grants to US organizations and governments $500,000$500,000-- 100.0%
Fees: legal $100-$100- 0.0%
Total$500,100100%

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2022 · Form 990 · $452,075 spent · pay $0 · grants $451,000 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Grants to US organizations and governments $451,000$451,000-- 99.8%
Fees: accounting $1,075-$1,075- 0.2%
Total$452,075100%

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2021 · Form 990 · $201,201 spent · pay $0 · grants $200,000 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Grants to US organizations and governments $200,000$200,000-- 99.4%
Fees: accounting $1,201-$1,201- 0.6%
Total$201,201100%

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2020 · Form 990 · $200,965 spent · pay $0 · grants $200,000 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Grants to US organizations and governments $200,000$200,000-- 99.5%
Fees: accounting $900-$900- 0.4%
Fees: legal $65-$65- 0.0%
Total$200,965100%

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2019 · Form 990 · $200,000 spent · pay $0 · grants $200,000 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Grants to US organizations and governments $200,000$200,000-- 100.0%
Total$200,000100%

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