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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by INEVITABLE FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,106,804
Total expenses
$1,645,393
Contributions and grants received
$2,081,712
Grants paid
$389,241
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$24,010
Other revenue
$1,082
Total assets, end of year
$1,426,899
Total liabilities, end of year
$16,633
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,410,266
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,283,122
Management and general expenses
$194,067
Fundraising expenses
$168,204
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,283,122

Program services were 78.0% 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

    $2,081,712

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $24,010 · excluded $24,010

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $1,082 · excluded $1,082

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $1,082

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $389,241 · program services $389,241

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $112,329 · program services $84,247 · management and general $11,233 · fundraising $16,849

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $110,317 · program services $110,317

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $584,501 · program services $477,349 · management and general $56,833 · fundraising $50,319

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $21,838 · program services $17,725 · management and general $2,143 · fundraising $1,970

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $62,307 · program services $51,492 · management and general $6,087 · fundraising $4,728

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $57,199 · program services $46,031 · management and general $5,666 · fundraising $5,502

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $51,926 · program services $8,558 · management and general $43,368

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $51,000 · fundraising $51,000

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $2,372 · management and general $2,372

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $46,694 · program services $1,132 · management and general $21,745 · fundraising $23,817

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $39,160 · program services $27,077 · management and general $11,723 · fundraising $360

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $40,950 · program services $32,314 · management and general $6,205 · fundraising $2,431

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $30,573 · program services $13,835 · management and general $12,280 · fundraising $4,458

  • 17 · Travel

    total $18,305 · program services $6,066 · management and general $7,568 · fundraising $4,671

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $3,839 · management and general $3,839

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $842 · management and general $842

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMEN

    total $22,000 · program services $17,738 · management and general $2,163 · fundraising $2,099

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $870,138 · end of year $803,628

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $40,000 · end of year $574,512

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $15,134 · end of year $14,518

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

    $19,294

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

    $7,363

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $14,572 · end of year $11,931

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $22,310 · end of year $22,310

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $13,299 · end of year $16,633

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $268,005 · end of year $197,462

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $680,850 · end of year $1,212,804

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO INVEST IN DISABLED WRITERS AND FILMMAKERS SO THEY CAN ACHIEVE ARTISTIC AND FINANCIAL FREEDOM AND LEVERAGE FILM AND TELEVISION TO DESTIGMATIZE DISABILITY AND MENTAL HEALTH GLOBALLY.

  • ELEVATE COLLECTIVEELEVATE COLLECTIVE EMPOWERS MID- AND UPPER-LEVEL DISABLED SCREENWRITERS WITH $5,000-$10,000 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT GRANTS FOR MENTORSHIP, COACHING, AND CONNECTIONS TO LEVEL-UP THEIR CAREERS. THE COLLECTIVE ALSO BUILDS CAREER MOMENTUM BY HELPING SCREENWRITERS BUILD COMMUNITY IN THE INDUSTRY AND AMONG THEIR PEERS, SHARPEN THEIR WRITING SKILLS AND STRATEGIZE WITH CAREER AND WRITING COACHES. IN DECEMBER 2022 WE ALSO LAUNCHED ELEVATE FOR PODCASTERS, THE FIRST PROGRAM FOR DISABLED FICTION PODCASTERS.

    Expenses $420,938 · Grants $168,409

  • ACCELERATE FELLOWSHIPOUR ACCELERATE FELLOWSHIP IS A YEAR-LONG PROGRAM THAT GIVES MID-CAREER DISABLED SCREENWRITERS $40,000 IN UNRESTRICTED FUNDING, BESPOKE MENTORSHIP AND INDUSTRY CONNECTIONS TO HELP DEVELOP AND SELL THEIR OWN CONTENT. THE PROGRAM GIVES FELLOWS THE FINANCIAL STABILITY TO FOCUS ON THEIR WRITING CAREER FULL-TIME, EMPOWERS THEM WITH THE BUSINESS SKILLS TO ACCELERATE THEIR CAREER DEVELOPMENT AND OPENS UP A COMMUNITY OF PEERS TO BOND AND GROW WITH.

    Expenses $412,478 · Grants $142,832

  • VISIONARY FELLOWSHIPTHE VISIONARY FELLOWSHIP IS A YEAR-LONG PROGRAM THAT INVESTS IN DISABLED FILMMAKERS WITH THE FUNDING, MENTORSHIP AND COMMUNITY THEY NEED TO MAKE A SHORT FILM AND LEVERAGE IT INTO THEIR FIRST FEATURE FILM. THE PROGRAM IS UNIQUELY DESIGNED TO COVER THE TRANSITION BETWEEN MAKING A SHORT AND PREPARING AND PACKAGING A DEBUT FEATURE, ENSURING THEY HAVE AMPLE SUPPORT TO CONNECT THE DOTS BETWEEN THE TWO.

    Expenses $153,813 · Grants $37,500

  • RESEARCH & ADVOCACY DESTIGMATIZING DISABILITY AND INCREASING ACCESS VIA INNOVATIVE RESEARCH AND ADVOCACY INITIATIVES.

    Expenses $89,251

  • EMERGENCY RELIEF FUNDA RESPONSIVE GRANT PROGRAM FOR DISABLED CREATIVES IN CRISIS. THE RELIEF FUND WAS CREATED IN RESPONSE TO THE 2023 WGA STRIKE TO PROVIDE AN EMERGENCY BACKSTOP TO ENSURE DISABLED CREATIVES AREN'T FORCED TO LEAVE THE INDUSTRY DUE TO FINANCIAL NECESSITY DURING CRISES.

    Expenses $91,100 · Grants $40,500

  • CONCIERGETHE CONCIERGE IS A PERSONALIZED SERVICE THAT LINKS SHOWRUNNERS AND CREATIVE EXECUTIVES WITH THE BEST DISABLED WRITERS FOR DEVELOPMENT AND STAFFING. RESEARCH & ADVOCACY, DESTIGMATIZING DISABILITY AND INCREASING ACCESS VIA INNOVATIVE RESEARCH AND ADVOCACY INITIATIVES.

    Expenses $63,791

  • OTHER SPECIAL PROJECTS AND PRODUCTIONS

    Expenses $51,751

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Richie Siegel

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $37,838
    From this org
    $23,727
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,111
    Hours/week
    40

  • Marisa Torelli-Pedevska

    HEAD OF WRITING PROGRAMS

    Total calculated
    $77,714
    From this org
    $64,156
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,558
    Hours/week
    30

  • Rebekah Kondrat

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sinead Burke

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Brandon Sonnier

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Andraea Lavant

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lauren Ridloff

    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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Related corporations and trusts

Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.

  • INEVITABLE FOUNDATION HEALTH CARE SUBSIDIARY LLC

    C · HEALTH INSURANCE · DE · 100% owned · share of income $38,400 · share of assets $11,017 · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by INEVITABLE FOUNDATION

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
8 October 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202542839349300444

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