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← REDFORD CENTER INC

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by REDFORD CENTER INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$11,485,028
Total expenses
$7,882,734
Contributions and grants received
$11,419,881
Grants paid
$5,848,625
Program service revenue
$22,123
Investment income
$41,353
Other revenue
$1,671
Total assets, end of year
$10,437,703
Total liabilities, end of year
$261,305
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$10,176,398
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$6,931,831
Management and general expenses
$617,204
Fundraising expenses
$333,699
Program service expenses (Part III)
$6,931,831

Program services were 87.9% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $11,419,881

  • 2a · Program service revenue: LICENSING FEES

    total $22,123 · related or exempt $22,123

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $41,353 · excluded $41,353

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $1,671 · related or exempt $1,671

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $1,671

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $5,412,736 · program services $5,412,736

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $435,889 · program services $435,889

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $222,230 · program services $80,003 · management and general $73,336 · fundraising $68,891

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $893,834 · program services $461,291 · management and general $259,085 · fundraising $173,458

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $27,076 · program services $13,234 · management and general $7,984 · fundraising $5,858

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $88,140 · program services $42,840 · management and general $26,163 · fundraising $19,137

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $83,222 · program services $40,801 · management and general $24,192 · fundraising $18,229

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $17,150 · management and general $17,150

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $216,985 · program services $150,179 · management and general $60,097 · fundraising $6,709

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $747 · program services $386 · management and general $247 · fundraising $114

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $39,029 · program services $16,436 · management and general $17,892 · fundraising $4,701

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $63,171 · program services $36,839 · management and general $16,629 · fundraising $9,703

  • 17 · Travel

    total $141,277 · program services $114,018 · management and general $21,016 · fundraising $6,243

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $96,848 · program services $81,895 · management and general $5,650 · fundraising $9,303

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $16,933 · program services $8,221 · management and general $5,033 · fundraising $3,679

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $21,449 · program services $7,466 · management and general $12,934 · fundraising $1,049

  • 24a · Other expenses: OPERATING EXPENSES

    total $54,656 · program services $2,036 · management and general $46,449 · fundraising $6,171

  • 24b · Other expenses: COMMUNICATIONS AND OUTR

    total $21,455 · program services $21,286 · management and general $169

  • 24c · Other expenses: MEALS AND ENTERTAINMENT

    total $19,921 · program services $6,256 · management and general $13,270 · fundraising $395

  • 24d · Other expenses: OTHER PROGRAM COSTS

    total $8,302 · management and general $8,302

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $1,684 · program services $19 · management and general $1,606 · fundraising $59

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $4,251,058 · end of year $6,881,390

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $310,557 · end of year $977,093

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $2,060,946 · end of year $2,469,655

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $24,513 · end of year $1,219

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $12,183 · end of year $13,269

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

    $93,332

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

    $33,332

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $58,184 · end of year $60,000

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $90,800 · end of year $35,077

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $149,790 · end of year $212,851

  • 18 · Grants payable

    end of year $20,000

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $84,807 · end of year $28,454

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,589,456 · end of year $3,511,596

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,984,188 · end of year $6,664,802

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE REDFORD CENTER'S MISSION IS TO ADVANCE ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTIONS THROUGH THE POWER OF STORIES THAT MOVE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

ADVANCING ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTIONS THROUGH THE POWER OF STORIES THAT MOVE.

  • FISCAL SPONSORSHIPS:IN 2023, WE PROVIDED $5.4 MILLION IN FUNDING AND OTHER FILMMAKER SERVICES TO FILM AND MEDIA PROJECTS THROUGH FISCAL SPONSORSHIP. WE SEE THIS SUPPORT AS INEXTRICABLY LINKED TO OUR COMMITMENT TO INVEST INSTORYTELLERS AND AMPLIFY THE NUMBER OF, AND AUDIENCE FOR, ENVIRONMENTAL STORIES.

    Expenses $5,508,691 · Grants $5,448,625 · Revenue $22,123

  • REDFORD CENTER GRANTS:REDFORD CENTER GRANTS PROVIDES DEVELOPMENT PRODUCTION, AND IMPACT FUNDS, STORY AND NETWORKING SUPPORT TO FILMMAKERS WORKING ON ENVIRONMENTALLY-FOCUSED FILM PROJECTS THAT DRIVE AWARENESS, ENGAGEMENT AND ACTION ON A VARIETY OF TOPICS. FUNDED BY A NUMBER OF MAJOR DONORS, 2023 WAS THE SECOND YEAR OF THE FOURTH, TWO-YEAR CYCLE OF THE PROGRAM, WHICH LAUNCHED IN 2016. WE HOSTED A PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SUMMIT FOR 24 FILMMAKERS FROM THE 12 FILMMAKING TEAMS WE FUNDED IN YEAR 1, IN COLLABORATION WITH THE 2023 MOUNTAINFILM FESTIVAL. WE AWARDED $400,000 IN PRODUCTION AND IMPACT FUNDING FOR SIX OF THE 2022-2023 GRANTEES.

    Expenses $709,750 · Grants $400,000

  • FILMS THAT MOVE:WE SCREENED 19 ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENTARIES THROUGH OUR FREE "FILMS THAT MOVE" VIRTUAL SCREENING SERIES SINCE RE-LAUNCHING THE PROGRAM IN MAY OF 2023. THE FILMS HAVE REACHED NEARLY 2000 VIEWERS ON EVENTIVE, OUR NEW STREAMING PLATFORM.COLLECTIVE ACTION:IN JUNE, WE SPONSORED "THE PEOPLE VS CLIMATE CHANGE" IN COLLABORATION WITH POPSHIFT (BY PATHOS LABS). THIS PRIVATE EVENT CONVENED 50 PEOPLE FROM AROUND THE WORLD WHOSE LIVES HAVE BEEN DRASTICALLY AFFECTED BY CLIMATE CHANGE TO MEET WITH 50 OF HOLLYWOOD'S LEADING WRITERS IN A SERIES OF PRIVATE ONE-ON-ONES, WITH THE GOAL OF IMAGING HOW WE MIGHT TELL BETTER, MORE IMAGINATIVE CLIMATE STORIES. IN MARCH WE SPONSORED THE HOLLYWOOD CLIMATE SUMMIT PITCHFEST, ALONGSIDE NBC UNIVERSAL. THE EVENT RECEIVED 125 CLIMATE-THEMED FILM SCRIPTS AND TV PILOTS, FROM WHICH 24 FINALISTS WERE CHOSEN TO PITCH THEIR IDEAS TO HOLLYWOOD EXECUTIVES, PRODUCERS, AGENTS AND/OR MANAGERS THROUGH CURATED ONE-ON-ONE MEETINGS. NATURE CONNECTION:IN FEBRUARY 2023, WE HOSTED OUR SECOND NATURE CONNECTION PITCH EVENT WITH IF/THEN SHORTS AND BIG SKY DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL IN MISSOULA, MT. WE BEGAN WORKING ON A NEW PROJECT TO COMMISSION 3 TO 5 SHORT FILMS ON NATURE CONNECTION AND TO DEVELOP IMPACT CAMPAIGN INFRASTRUCTURE TO SUPPORT OUR ENTIRE PORTFOLIO OF NATURE CONNECTION FILMS.

    Expenses $713,390

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Dylan Redford

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Cody Evans

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Denise Porche

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jannat Gargi

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kim Moore Bailey

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Robert Redford

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jeffrey Ubben

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jill Tidman

    PRESIDENT AND EXECUTIVE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $228,897
    From this org
    $222,230
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,667
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $202,230
    Bonus
    $20,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,667
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $228,897

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 3
REASONABLE COMPENSATION FOR OFFICERS AND KEY EMPLOYEES IS DETERMINED THROUGH THE USE OF COMPARABILITY DATA. COMPENSATION OF TRUSTEES/KEY EMPLOYEES IS APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

  • BIG PICTURE RANCH LLC

    $3,837,500

    DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKING

  • CULTURE CROSSING LLC

    $303,292

    DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKING

  • STARHOUSE MEDIA LLC

    $264,000

    DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKING

  • WE ARE THE LAND LLC

    $194,000

    DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKING

  • GREEN NEW DEAL DOCUMENTARY LLC

    $166,250

    DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKING

  • PRETTIER IN THE DARK LLC

    $160,800

    DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKING

  • SWIFTWATER FILMS LLC

    $143,450

    DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKING

  • THUNDERHEART MEDIA INC

    $80,000

    DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKING

  • LITTLE INDIAN GIRL LLC

    $72,741

    DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKING

  • BEE FILM LLC

    $56,900

    DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKING

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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
8 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202403169349302365

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