Totals
- Total revenue
- $464,030
- Total expenses
- $414,421
- Contributions and grants received
- $298,363
- Grants paid
- $196
- Program service revenue
- $165,608
- Investment income
- $59
- Other revenue
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $93,360
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $3,659
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $89,701
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $349,143
- Management and general expenses
- $58,005
- Fundraising expenses
- $7,273
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $349,143
Program services were 84.2% 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.
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1e · Government grants (contributions)
$6,700
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$291,663
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2a · Program service revenue: Film Fest/Movie Screening
total $3,678 · related or exempt $3,678
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2b · Program service revenue: production income
total $77,143 · related or exempt $77,143
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2c · Program service revenue: Sales of Product Income
total $310 · related or exempt $310
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2d · Program service revenue: Special Event-Experiences
total $48,993 · related or exempt $48,993
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2e · Program service revenue: workshops/education
total $35,484 · related or exempt $35,484
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3 · Investment income
total $59 · related or exempt $59
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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
-
11e · Other revenue, total
$0
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $0
-
2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $196 · program services $196
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3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals
total $0
-
4 · Benefits paid to or for members
total $0
-
5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $132,000 · program services $99,000 · management and general $26,400 · fundraising $6,600
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6 · Compensation of disqualified persons
total $0
-
7 · Other salaries and wages
total $0
-
8 · Pension plan contributions
total $0
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $0
-
10 · Payroll taxes
total $10,099 · program services $7,574 · management and general $2,020 · fundraising $505
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11a · Fees: management
total $0
-
11b · Fees: legal
total $0
-
11c · Fees: accounting
total $1,525 · management and general $1,525
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11d · Fees: lobbying
total $0
-
11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $0
-
11f · Fees: investment management
total $0
-
11g · Fees: other
total $327 · management and general $327
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $4,984 · program services $3,999 · management and general $985
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13 · Office expenses
total $9,844 · program services $2,695 · management and general $7,149
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14 · Information technology
total $0
-
15 · Royalties
total $0
-
16 · Occupancy
total $1,950 · management and general $1,950
-
17 · Travel
total $13,434 · program services $13,245 · management and general $189
-
18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials
total $0
-
19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $0
-
20 · Interest
total $0
-
21 · Payments to affiliates
total $0
-
22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $3,358 · program services $2,519 · management and general $671 · fundraising $168
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23 · Insurance
total $4,577 · program services $965 · management and general $3,612
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24a · Other expenses: FILMMAKING
total $122,105 · program services $122,105
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24b · Other expenses: EVENTS
total $77,203 · program services $77,203
-
24c · Other expenses: SUPPLIES/EQUIP
total $7,961 · program services $7,142 · management and general $819
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24d · Other expenses: GRANTS OUTGOING
total $7,100 · program services $7,100
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24e · All other expenses
total $17,758 · program services $5,400 · management and general $12,358
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $35,449 · end of year $86,632
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
end of year $0
-
3 · Pledges and grants receivable
end of year $0
-
4 · Accounts receivable
end of year $0
-
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
-
10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$17,311
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$15,900
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $4,769 · end of year $1,411
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
beginning of year $3,609 · end of year $5,317
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12 · Investments: other securities
end of year $0
-
13 · Investments: program-related
end of year $0
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14 · Intangible assets
end of year $0
-
15 · Other assets
end of year $0
-
17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $2,712 · end of year $3,659
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25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $1,674
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $39,441 · end of year $89,701
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
BraveMaker exists to elevate brave voices. By curating and making brave films we educate, entertain, and create community experiences to cultivate transforming conversations that engage diversity and inclusion.
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Films/Fiscal Sponsorship - Through the creation of films and fiscal sponsorship of independent filmmakers, BraveMaker aims to make provocative, life-changing media that creates meaningful culture-impacting experiences. During 2024, BraveMaker sponsored 9 projects.
Expenses $213,490
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Film Festivals/Monthly Screenings - BraveMaker hosts an annual film festival and monthly movie screenings in order to gather audiences to engage in essential conversations and explore life's meaningful questions to further their mission and purpose to elevate brave voices for justice, diversity, and inclusion. Complementing these initiatives, they also host a podcast aimed at promoting filmmaking and audience engagement. Furthermore, the organization offers an annual group trip to the Sundance Film Festival, offering donors and sponsors an immersive journey into the world of Sundance, for the Sundance "Experience". In 2024, BraveMaker screened 12 feature films (fest/monthly) and 62 short films in person and online.
Expenses $125,432
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Education and Workshops- BraveMaker hosts weekly screenwriting and production workshops. In 2024 we trained 35 actors and made four short films.
Expenses $10,221
As filed on the 2024 return.
Listed in Part VII
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ANTHONY GAPASTIONE
Executive Dir.
- Total calculated
- $132,000
- From this org
- $132,000
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
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Adrienne DeSantis
VP / Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Ken Whittingham
Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
Stacie McClam
Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
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
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 13 May 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.1
- Source object
- 202521339349303162
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