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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by FILM MAKERS COLLABORATIVE INCORPORATED.

Totals

Total revenue
$6,431,586
Total expenses
$5,709,461
Contributions and grants received
$6,280,242
Grants paid
$15,000
Program service revenue
$129,829
Investment income
$21,515
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$1,674,815
Total liabilities, end of year
$19,348
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,655,467
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$5,520,266
Management and general expenses
$148,049
Fundraising expenses
$41,146
Program service expenses (Part III)
$5,520,266

Program services were 96.7% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $603,116

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $5,677,126

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $126,258

  • 2a · Program service revenue: EVENTS & EDUCATION

    total $108,574 · related or exempt $108,574

  • 2b · Program service revenue: MEMBERSHIP DUES

    total $21,255 · related or exempt $21,255

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $21,515 · excluded $21,515

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $15,000 · program services $15,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $82,717 · program services $41,358 · management and general $8,272 · fundraising $33,087

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $126,309 · program services $94,732 · management and general $31,577

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $12,643 · program services $9,375 · management and general $3,097 · fundraising $171

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $17,878 · program services $11,640 · management and general $3,408 · fundraising $2,830

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $17,275 · management and general $17,275

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $5,298,018 · program services $5,246,374 · management and general $51,644

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $34,201 · program services $8,781 · management and general $24,645 · fundraising $775

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $9,339 · program services $3,113 · management and general $3,113 · fundraising $3,113

  • 17 · Travel

    total $2,023 · program services $386 · management and general $1,637

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $20,345 · program services $20,345

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $2,495 · program services $2,495

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $9,364 · program services $4,813 · management and general $3,381 · fundraising $1,170

  • 24a · Other expenses: FILM EDUCATION PROGRAMS

    total $61,854 · program services $61,854

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $304,257 · end of year $601,366

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $658,825 · end of year $1,032,925

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $20,267

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $6,233 · end of year $12,612

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $8,869 · end of year $6,461

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $32,481

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $31,647

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,681 · end of year $834

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $950 · end of year $350

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $38,028 · end of year $9,903

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $9,445 · end of year $9,445

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $126,314 · end of year $172,367

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $807,028 · end of year $1,483,100

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO SPONSOR AND SUPPORT THE INDEPENDENT MEDIA COMMUNITY THROUGH FISCAL SPONSORSHIP AS WELL AS OFFERING PROGRAMMING OPPORTUNITIES THAT BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER FOR LEARNING AND NETWORKING.

  • THE COLLABORATIVE IS A NONPROFIT CORPORATION OF NEW ENGLAND AND NATIONALLY-BASED INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS FORMED TO SUPPORT THE PRODUCTION OF INDEPENDENT FILMS AND OTHER EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVES THAT SERVE TO INCREASE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF SOCIAL, CULTURAL, POLITICAL, AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES. THE COLLABORATIVE ACTS AS A FISCAL SPONSOR OF MEDIA PROJECTS THROUGH SUB-GRANTS OR CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENTS WITH FILMMAKERS AND IS THE GRANTEE OF RECORD FOR OVER 500 MEDIA PROJECTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

    Expenses $5,239,779

  • EVENTS & LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES: FC PRODUCES YEAR-ROUND PROGRAMS THAT OFFER CREATIVE AND PROFESSIONAL LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES FOR MEMBERS & THE COMMUNITY. THESE INCLUDE BUSINESS WORKSHOPS FOR FILMMAKERS, A SERIES OF PODCASTS HIGHLIGHTING FILMMAKERS IN OUR COMMUNITY- MAKING MEDIA NOW, FILMMAKING COURSES FOR YOUTH (FC ACADEMY) AND A CHILDREN'S INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (BOSTON INTERNATIONAL KIDS FILM FESTIVAL).

    Expenses $280,487 · Grants $15,000 · Revenue $129,829

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Hilary Finkel Buxton

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Paula Connolly

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Sandra Forman

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Christopher Gaines

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • David Tames

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Sabrina Aviles

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Laura Azevedo

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $81,108
    From this org
    $81,108
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
24 April 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202611149349301551

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