Skip to content
Nonprofiteer
← AMPLIFIER FOUNDATION

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by AMPLIFIER FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,007,874
Total expenses
$1,122,786
Contributions and grants received
$683,577
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$320,398
Investment income
$3,899
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$220,741
Total liabilities, end of year
$50,629
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$170,112
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$474,412
Management and general expenses
$338,578
Fundraising expenses
$309,796
Program service expenses (Part III)
$474,412

Program services were 42.3% 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

    $683,577

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Education

    total $2,300 · related or exempt $2,300

  • 2b · Program service revenue: Fellowship

    total $124,492 · related or exempt $124,492

  • 2c · Program service revenue: Normalizing Opportunity

  • 2d · Program service revenue: Other Program

    total $193,606 · related or exempt $193,606

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $475 · related or exempt $475

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

    total $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $0

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    other assets $3,424

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    other assets $3,424

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $3,424 · related or exempt $3,424

  • 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.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $0

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0

  • 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 $400,799 · program services $110,000 · management and general $77,380 · fundraising $213,419

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $46,905 · program services $14,539 · management and general $32,366

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $7,226 · program services $2,505 · management and general $1,904 · fundraising $2,817

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $75,096 · program services $8,101 · management and general $12,004 · fundraising $54,991

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $39,590 · program services $11,167 · management and general $10,343 · fundraising $18,080

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $220 · management and general $220

  • 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 $64,342 · management and general $64,342

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $2,272 · management and general $2,255 · fundraising $17

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $17,416 · management and general $16,522 · fundraising $894

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $38,143 · program services $12,666 · management and general $12,811 · fundraising $12,666

  • 17 · Travel

    total $8,131 · management and general $1,688 · fundraising $6,443

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $595 · program services $595

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $4,007 · management and general $4,007

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $5,991 · program services $297 · management and general $5,397 · fundraising $297

  • 24a · Other expenses: Program Artist

    total $98,583 · program services $98,583

  • 24b · Other expenses: Program Events and Exhibitions

    total $61,631 · program services $61,631

  • 24c · Other expenses: Program Vendors

    total $46,850 · program services $46,850

  • 24d · Other expenses: Program Printing

    total $43,013 · program services $43,013

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $161,976 · program services $64,465 · management and general $97,339 · fundraising $172

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $36,740 · end of year $62,305

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $206,163 · end of year $45,078

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $0

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $36,600

  • 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

    beginning of year $24,105 · end of year $27,646

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $500 · end of year $500

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

    $93,086

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

    $48,874

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $48,219 · end of year $44,212

  • 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

    beginning of year $4,400 · end of year $4,400

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $8,247 · end of year $854

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $26,858 · end of year $49,775

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $285,022 · end of year $170,112

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

Amplifier Foundation is a non-profit organization whose mission is to amplify the most important movements of our time. Amplifier's goal is to flip artists into activists and observers into participants.

  • Other Program: Our nonprofit media campaigns reach over 20 million viewers per campaign, amplifying movements focused on equality, dignity, diversity, truth, and beauty. Through art and media, we address issues like environmental accountability, mental health, reproductive justice, civic engagement, immigration, and equity in sports. We are committed to fostering compassionate, inclusive, and just communities.

    Expenses $315,222 · Revenue $38,204

  • Normalizing Opportunity: The Normalizing Opportunity campaign, in collaboration with Jobs for the Future (JFF), advocates for systemic reform to ensure that over 70 million Americans with arrest or conviction records have equitable access to quality jobs. The campaign features original artwork by Brandan 'BMike' Odums and poetry by Jazmine Williams, highlighting the potential of individuals impacted by the legal system. Amplifier collaborated on this project to raise awareness and promote opportunities for systemic change

    Expenses $76,341

  • Education:The Education Amplifier program offers free, open-source digital and analog artwork and teaching tools to support non-partisan discussions about social and environmental movements in K-12 classrooms nationwide. With a network of 20,000 educators, we reach over 1 million students across public, private, and independent schools in all 50 states, empowering young people through tools that nourish compassion and critical thinking.

    Expenses $53,790 · Revenue $2,300

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Cleo Barnett

    Director

    Total calculated
    $110,000
    From this org
    $110,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Aaron Huey

    Director

    Total calculated
    $110,000
    From this org
    $110,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Emily Goulding

    Executive Dir.

    Total calculated
    $103,419
    From this org
    $103,419
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Isabella A Sisneros

    COO

    Total calculated
    $77,380
    From this org
    $77,380
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • McKenzie Funk

    Chairman

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

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
2023
Filed
8 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202433139349304323

Check it against the return as filed: the GivingTuesday Data Lake hosts a public copy of the original XML.

The source document this was parsed from is served over the API, which is where bulk and document access live.