MEDIA LAW RESOURCE CENTER INC
EIN 13-4033612 · Small Business Development (S43)
What they do
MEDIA LAW RESOURCE CENTER, INC. PURSUES ITS MISSION and GOALS of MONITORING and REPORTING ON DEVELOPMENTS IN THE FIELD of LIBEL,PRIVACY and RELATED MEDIA LAWS, ON BEHALF of MEDIA SUPPORTERS THROUGH THE PUBLICATIONS of REPORTS, BULLETINS and ANNUAL LEGAL SURVEYS, THE COLLECTION and DISTRIBUTION of PERTINENT MATERIALS, THE MAINTENANCE of CURRENT INFORMATION FILES and THE SPONSORSHIP of CONFERENCES, COMMITTEES, THE PRODUCTION and RECORDING of ZOOM PRESENTATIONS ON MEDIA DEVELOPMENTS, and PROGRAMS IN THE FIELD of MEDIA-RELATED LAW.
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They name their leaders14 people are listed in the latest report.
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GEORGE FREEMANEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
DAVID HELLERDEPUTY DIRECTOR
JEFFREY HERMESDEPUTY DIRECTOR
ADAM CANNONBOARD MEMBER
BRENDAN HEALEYDCS PRESIDENT
CAROLYN FORRESTCHAIR PERSON
DAVID MCCRAWBOARD MEMBER
DREW SHENMANBOARD MEMBER
JACOB GOLDSTEINBOARD MEMBER
JAMES MCLAUGHLINBOARD MEMBER
LAUREN CHAMBLEEBOARD MEMBER
RANDY SHAPIROCHAIR EMERITUS
REGINA THOMASCHAIR PERSON
TED LAZARUSBOARD MEMBER
About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 1999
- Location
- 520 8TH AVENUE NORTH TOWER, NEW YORK, NY 10018
- County
- New York
- In care of
- GEORGE FREEMAN
- Primary officer
- GEORGE FREEMAN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
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Filing and classification
- Latest tax year
- 2025
- Tax period began
- January 1, 2025
- Return type
- 990
- Tax preparer
- DSJ ADVISORY GROUP LLC
- NTEE classification
- Small Business Development (S43)
- IRS tax category
- Small Business Development