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Thank you for taking interest in our journey. For over ten years, 100cameras operated as a volunteer-driven initiative, powered by passion and purpose. Today, we are experiencing a pivotal chapter of growth, and we’re just getting started.
We remain committed to scaling our impact while staying true to our core values. Partnerships — through donations, sponsorships, grants, and aligned collaborations — are vital to our continued momentum. Every investment also directly supports our needs-based scholarship model, which ensures that our programming remains accessible and inclusive to schools and community organizations that need it most.
Investing in Sustainable Growth and Real Impact
We’re often asked how such a small team reaches thousands of youth across hundreds of classrooms and partners with institutions like the UN and some of the world’s largest brands. The answer lies in our unwavering commitment to sustainability, systems, and stewardship. Quick and big growth isn’t always the best path. Instead, we’ve grown intentionally — guided by continuous feedback from students, educators, and partners. Every step of our evolution has been grounded in thoughtful design and real-world application.
We’ve proven our curriculum through third-party research at the United Nations and through implementation with both industry leaders and grassroots organizations. By embracing technology — including AI and our SaaS platform for curriculum delivery and educator training — we keep overhead low and impact high. Any investment in our organization is an investment in meaningful, scalable program growth. We’re ready to scale, with continued integrity and care.
Our Growth Journey at a Glance
2014–2018: Led entirely by volunteers, we piloted and refined a curriculum that integrates emotional intelligence, resilience, well-being, and community-building skills through visual storytelling. After collecting feedback from key stakeholders since 2008 — including students and local organization leaders — we learned that the program experience was far more than the foundations of photojournalism. Youth were seeking a way to process and share their everyday emotions and experiences. In response, we developed a new curriculum focused on helping them do just that. Created in collaboration with experts and a team at Adobe for Education, it meets Literacy, CASEL, Common Core, and SEL standards. During this time, we also built a scalable train-the-trainer model to equip local educators and volunteers, prioritizing both inclusivity and representation.
2019: Expanded to hiring staff, laying the foundation for operational scale.
2020: In response to the global pandemic, we launched an online curriculum - rapidly expanding access and unlocking significant corporate funding streams.
2021: Corporate partnerships flourished, resulting in a financial surplus earmarked for strategic reinvestment to meet surging demand.
2022/2023/2024: Made strategic investments to strengthen organizational infrastructure and staffing, effectively utilizing our surplus to address rising demand from schools and local organizations.
2025: On track to meet budget targets, with expenses below projections. Continuing to support long-standing partnerships with Adobe, UNIDIR, Apple, and Paramount, among others, while also establishing new collaborations. Our self-sustaining paid services model with schools and local organizations, in coordination with like-minded foundations and corporations, is poised for rapid growth, with real-time revenue projections indicating a potential doubling within its first year of implementation.
The RECORDS
Please find out 2024, IRS Form 990 HERE.
For a more in-depth look at our organization, view our Guidestar Profile HERE.
Established in 2009, 100cameras is a registered 501c3 non-profit organization in the United States of America and funded by programming partnerships with schools, districts, and local nonprofits as well as donations from corporations, foundations, and individuals. View our privacy policy here.
Tax ID Number: 26-4692506