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← UTAH FILM CENTER DBA SALT LAKE CITY FILM CENTER AND

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by UTAH FILM CENTER DBA SALT LAKE CITY FILM CENTER AND.

Totals

Total revenue
$21,989,306
Total expenses
$19,899,620
Contributions and grants received
$21,880,121
Grants paid
$17,872,277
Program service revenue
$63,043
Investment income
$43,538
Other revenue
$2,604
Total assets, end of year
$8,212,610
Total liabilities, end of year
$4,768,240
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$3,444,370
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$19,032,244
Management and general expenses
$571,336
Fundraising expenses
$296,040
Program service expenses (Part III)
$19,032,244

Program services were 95.6% 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.

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $534,329

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $641,777

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $20,704,015

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $372,582

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM FEES

    total $34,539 · related or exempt $34,539

  • 2b · Program service revenue: OTHER PROGRAM INCOME

    total $28,504 · related or exempt $28,504

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $43,538 · excluded $43,538

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $5,375

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $2,771

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $2,604 · excluded $2,604

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $17,872,277 · program services $17,872,277

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $220,820 · program services $133,822 · management and general $54,416 · fundraising $32,582

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $872,277 · program services $528,621 · management and general $214,951 · fundraising $128,705

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $10,031 · program services $6,079 · management and general $2,472 · fundraising $1,480

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $70,096 · program services $42,480 · management and general $17,273 · fundraising $10,343

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $96,326 · program services $58,376 · management and general $23,737 · fundraising $14,213

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $30,971 · management and general $30,971

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $141,336 · program services $11,430 · management and general $29,121 · fundraising $100,785

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $41,647 · program services $40,291 · management and general $224 · fundraising $1,132

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $67,294 · program services $15,167 · management and general $47,031 · fundraising $5,096

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $105,929 · program services $63,194 · management and general $42,453 · fundraising $282

  • 17 · Travel

    total $19,156 · program services $19,139 · management and general $17

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $4,128 · program services $3,528 · management and general $500 · fundraising $100

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $36,327 · management and general $36,327

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $6,356 · program services $753 · management and general $5,603

  • 24a · Other expenses: OTHER EXPENSES

    total $98,131 · program services $34,069 · management and general $63,578 · fundraising $484

  • 24b · Other expenses: EVENT EXPENSES

    total $96,703 · program services $95,592 · management and general $273 · fundraising $838

  • 24c · Other expenses: EDUCATION EXPENSES

    total $88,390 · program services $88,390

  • 24d · Other expenses: HONORARIA

    total $13,300 · program services $13,300

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $8,125 · program services $5,736 · management and general $2,389

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,208,937 · end of year $2,523,009

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,366,261 · end of year $1,138,767

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $28,704 · end of year $816,286

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $90,000

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $5,987 · end of year $21,926

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

    $3,980,112

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

    $267,490

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $83,163 · end of year $3,712,622

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $75,852 · end of year $191,517

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $1,352,516 · end of year $1,876,723

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    end of year $2,700,000

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,157,237 · end of year $2,040,723

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $197,447 · end of year $1,403,647

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

UTAH FILM CENTER INSPIRES AND ENGAGES DIVERSE AUDIENCES TO INITIATE CONVERSATION AND COMMUNITY BUILDING THROUGH CURATED FILM EXHIBITION, EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, AND ARTIST SUPPORT.

  • THE FISCAL SPONSORSHIP PROGRAM ACTS AS A FISCAL SPONSOR FOR SELECT FILM PROJECTS THAT ARE CONSISTENT WITH ITS MISSION, THAT EMPHASIZE SOCIAL CONTENT AND ARTISTIC EXCELLENCE, INCLUDING DOCUMENTARY, INDEPENDENT AND DRAMATIC FILMS. THE PROGRAM PROVIDES ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT, FUNDRAISING SUPPORT AND GUIDANCE TO INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS SO THEY CAN FOCUS ON FILM MAKING. THROUGH THE FISCAL SPONSORSHIP PROGRAM THE CENTER CAN ENSURE FUNDING AGENCIES AND CONTRIBUTORS THAT FUNDS ARE WELL-MANAGED AND SPENT ACCORDING TO THEIR GUIDELINES.

    Expenses $17,976,871 · Grants $17,872,277

  • WE PROVIDE A WIDE ARRAY OF EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES FOR BOTH EDUCATORS AND STUDENTS. EDUCATORS LEARN BASIC AND ADVANCED SKILLS, WHICH ALLOW THEM TO INTRODUCE MEDIA ARTS INTO THEIR CLASSROOM, REGARDLESS OF SUBJECT. THROUGH AN IN-HOUSE, PREPARED CURRICULUM, WE CONDUCT PRESENTATIONS THROUGHOUT THE STATE, INTRODUCING STUDENTS TO THE WORLD OF MEDIA ARTS AND ANIMATION.

    Expenses $393,956

  • THE CORE PROGRAMMING PROGRAM INCLUDES REGULAR SCREENINGS OF THE BEST INDEPENDENT AND INTERNATIONAL FILMS, AND ENCOURAGES DIALOGUE ABOUT CURRENT SOCIAL, CULTURAL AND ECONOMIC ISSUES. EFFORTS ARE MADE TO PARTNER WITH AND REACH OUT TO INTERESTED NON-PROFIT, BUSINESS, AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS TO HELP BUILD AUDIENCES FOR EACH SCREENING.

    Expenses $265,068 · Revenue $63,043

  • FESTIVALS

    Expenses $292,945

  • ARTIST FOUNDRY

    Expenses $103,404

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Geralyn Dreyfous

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Skye Emerson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Hamid Adib

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Heidi Prokop

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Sam Vetas

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Karen Hale

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Greg Walker

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Zeppelin Zeerip

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Robert Austin

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Erik Christianson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jeremy Coon

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Pete Ashdown

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Mariah Mellus

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $115,711
    From this org
    $111,481
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,230
    Hours/week
    40

  • John Kirsling

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $106,590
    From this org
    $96,735
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,855
    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

  • FINCH NO WORRIES INC

    $1,388,231

    FILM AND DOCUMENTARY FUNDING

  • READY OR NOT LLC

    $854,900

    FILM AND DOCUMENTARY FUNDING

  • INTERLOPER FILMS INC

    $756,093

    FILM AND DOCUMENTARY FUNDING

  • GAUCHO GAUCHO PRODUCTIONS LLC

    $691,114

    FILM AND DOCUMENTARY FUNDING

  • SEA CHANGE FILMS LLC

    $664,128

    FILM AND DOCUMENTARY FUNDING

  • THE KELLY SLATER PROJECT PTY LTD SONGBIRD STUDIOS

    $626,821

    FILM AND DOCUMENTARY FUNDING

  • THE RIVER PROJECT INC SONGBIRD STUDIOS

    $431,925

    FILM AND DOCUMENTARY FUNDING

  • COOKIE QUEEN

    $414,940

    FILM AND DOCUMENTARY FUNDING

  • KELLY SLATER PROJECT SONGBIRD STUDIOS INC

    $379,964

    FILM AND DOCUMENTARY FUNDING

  • A REAL LOVE PRODUCTION LLC

    $331,976

    FILM AND DOCUMENTARY FUNDING

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

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
24 June 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202501909349301130

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