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← THE FILM COLLABORATIVE INC

Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by THE FILM COLLABORATIVE INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$11,678,623
Total expenses
$12,150,514
Contributions and grants received
$11,155,616
Grants paid
$11,444,009
Program service revenue
$493,693
Investment income
$1,713
Other revenue
$27,601
Total assets, end of year
$4,510,423
Total liabilities, end of year
$75,849
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$4,434,574
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$12,002,016
Management and general expenses
$148,498
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$12,002,016

Program services were 98.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $24,326

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $14,400

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $11,116,890

  • 2a · Program service revenue: DIGITAL

    total $50,380 · related or exempt $50,380

  • 2b · Program service revenue: EDUCATION

    total $25,393 · related or exempt $25,393

  • 2c · Program service revenue: FESTIVALS

    total $410,122 · related or exempt $410,122

  • 2d · Program service revenue: SALES FEE

    total $7,798 · related or exempt $7,798

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $1,713 · excluded $1,713

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $0

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $0

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER

    total $27,601 · excluded $27,601

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $27,601

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $10,713,703 · program services $10,713,703

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $106,906 · program services $106,906

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $623,400 · program services $623,400

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $146,500 · program services $123,035 · management and general $23,465

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $82,900 · program services $69,636 · management and general $13,264

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $0

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $19,415 · program services $15,015 · management and general $4,400

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $0

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $367,537 · program services $340,579 · management and general $26,958

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $968 · management and general $968

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $29,437 · management and general $29,437

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $0

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $0

  • 17 · Travel

    total $11,374 · management and general $11,374

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $407 · management and general $407

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $0

  • 24a · Other expenses: OTHER EXPENSE

    total $30,824 · management and general $30,824

  • 24b · Other expenses: PROGRAM DIRECT EXPENSE

    total $9,742 · program services $9,742

  • 24c · Other expenses: OTHER GRANTS

    total $7,400 · management and general $7,400

  • 24d · Other expenses: ROUNDING

    total $1 · management and general $1

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $4,954,351 · end of year $4,484,524

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $0

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $0

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $35,848 · end of year $25,899

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    end of year $0

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    end of year $0

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    end of year $0

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    end of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $83,734 · end of year $75,849

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $167,754 · end of year $315,381

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $4,738,711 · end of year $4,119,193

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

THE FILM COLLABORATIVE INC., (TFC), PROVIDES INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS WITH A ROBUST OFFERING OF FREE EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS ABOUT DISTRIBUTION AND A FULL RANGE OF SERVICES, INCLUDING FISCAL SPONSORSHIP, FILM DISTRIBUTION AND IMPACT MARKETING SERVICES WITHOUT TAKING FILMMAKERS' RIGHTS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

ORGANIZATION OFFERS EDUCATION TO FILMMAKERS ABOUT DISTRIBUTION AND DISTRIBUTION SERVICES WITHOUT TAKING RIGHTS.

  • FISCAL SPONSORSHIP: TFC GREW ITS FISCAL SPONSORSHIP PROGRAM DURING 2022 BY CONTINUING TO ADD NEW PROJECTS. TFC'S FISCAL SPONSORSHIP PROGRAM OFFERS ONE OF THE LOWEST COMMISSION STRUCTURES AVAILABLE TO FILMMAKERS, SO THEY CAN CREATE CULTURALLY IMPORTANT/EDUCATIONAL CINEMA SUSTAINABLY.

    Expenses $11,463,525 · Grants $11,187,399 · Revenue $11,116,890

  • TFC CONTINUED TO EXPAND ITS DISTRIBUTION EDUCATION BY 1) MAINTAINING AND GROWING THE DIGITAL DISTRIBUTION GUIDE; 2) CONTINUING TO REGULARLY PUBLISH DISTRIBUTION BLOG CONTENT (INCLUDING AUDIO-VISUAL PANEL DISCUSSIONS); 3) DEVELOPING ADDITIONAL DISTRIBUTION CASE STUDIES; AND 4) LAUNCHING THE DISTRIBUTOR REPORT CARD. IT CONTINUES ITS FESTIVAL AND COMMUNITY SCREENING DISTRIBUTION OF NON-COMMERCIAL CINEMA, HANDLING UP TO 25-35 FILMS ANNUALLY THAT ADDRESS SOCIAL JUSTICE, CULTURAL, ENVIRONMENTAL, AND LGBT ISSUES, AMONG OTHERS. TFC HAS ALSO MAINTAINED TWO GRANT-SUPPORTED DISTRIBUTION INITIATIVES: COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS AND TFC IMPACT VOD. TFC CONTINUES TO BE A CRITICAL RESOURCE FOR FILMMAKERS OF SUCH FILMS, AND FOR AUDIENCES WHO ARE EAGER TO SEE THESE FILMS THAT ARE OFTEN OTHERWISE NOT AVAILABLE."

    Expenses $482,981 · Grants $271,010 · Revenue $25,393

  • TFC OFFERS FILMMAKERS A WAY TO JOIN TFC AT VARIOUS LEVELS TO GAIN ACCESS TO NON-COMPLIMENTARY OFFERINGS SUCH AS ONE-ON-ONE ADVISING AND CONSULTATION.

    Expenses $55,510 · Revenue $24,326

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Jeffrey Winter

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $118,000
    From this org
    $118,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Orly Ravid

    President

    Total calculated
    $28,500
    From this org
    $28,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    20
  • Joseph Anthony Bilancio

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Fran Marranca

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lauri Apelian

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

  • Lilly Movie Development Compa

    $4,665,362

    Lilly movie project

  • The Joy Film LLC

    $858,605

    Mission Joy project

  • Complexity Pictures LLC

    $756,615

    American Solitaire project

  • YOU ARE NOT ALONE LLC

    $420,768

    You Are Not Alone project

  • Millenial Movie LLC

    $331,715

    Revolution Generation project

  • Triptych Films LLC

    $275,471

    A Desert of Pure Feeling project

  • Big Boys LLC

    $267,158

    Big Boys project

  • Elizabeth A Lane

    $219,124

    Would You Hide Me project

  • One of a Kind Movie LLC

    $152,838

    One of a Kind project

  • Throuple The Movie LLC

    $131,533

    Throuple project

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
8 November 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202313129349304491

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