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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by SIFF.

This return was superseded by a later amendment. matched by us It is kept because history is preserved rather than replaced.

What the amendment changed

Compared with the latest return for 2023 , filed 18 May 2025. matched by us Only the return's totals, a 990-PF's accounting method and the names listed in Part VII (Part VIII on a 990-PF) are compared. We relate returns by organization, tax year and form, and order them by each return's own timestamp; the filer's own "amended return" checkbox is a separate fact.

Total expenses
$7,588,660 changed to $7,413,669
Program services expenses
$5,712,102 changed to $5,604,605
Management and general expenses
$1,179,579 changed to $1,124,029
Fundraising expenses
$696,979 changed to $685,035
Program service expenses (Part III)
$5,712,102 changed to $5,604,605

Totals

Total revenue
$5,931,127
Total expenses
$7,588,660
Contributions and grants received
$2,791,856
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$2,569,598
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$569,673
Total assets, end of year
$12,102,050
Total liabilities, end of year
$12,251,807
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
-$149,757
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$5,712,102
Management and general expenses
$1,179,579
Fundraising expenses
$696,979
Program service expenses (Part III)
$5,712,102

Program services were 75.3% 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.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $297,569

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $439,372

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $957,694

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,097,221

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $86,500

  • 2a · Program service revenue: ADMISSION

    total $2,338,448 · related or exempt $2,338,448

  • 2b · Program service revenue: FILM SUBMISSIONS

    total $231,150 · related or exempt $231,150

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $254,587

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $254,587

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $254,587 · excluded $254,587

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $439,372

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $223,772

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$223,772 · excluded -$223,772

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $740,018

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $233,230

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $506,788 · excluded $506,788

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER REVENUE

    total $32,070 · related or exempt $32,070

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $32,070

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $237,904 · management and general $237,904

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $2,911,766 · program services $2,088,922 · management and general $337,930 · fundraising $484,914

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $139,799 · program services $88,928 · management and general $25,894 · fundraising $24,977

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $304,426 · program services $201,537 · management and general $57,003 · fundraising $45,886

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $116,683 · program services $79,538 · management and general $30,465 · fundraising $6,680

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $614,064 · program services $361,196 · management and general $207,110 · fundraising $45,758

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $96,596 · program services $90,346 · management and general $3,125 · fundraising $3,125

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $129,074 · program services $99,280 · management and general $26,185 · fundraising $3,609

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $361,569 · program services $304,759 · management and general $48,692 · fundraising $8,118

  • 17 · Travel

    total $151,620 · program services $139,404 · management and general $6,650 · fundraising $5,566

  • 20 · Interest

    total $199,922 · program services $199,922

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $403,078 · program services $393,101 · management and general $9,977

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $79,380 · management and general $79,380

  • 24a · Other expenses: FILM RENTAL

    total $1,020,165 · program services $1,020,165

  • 24b · Other expenses: BANK CHARGES

    total $263,823 · program services $261,093 · management and general $1,442 · fundraising $1,288

  • 24c · Other expenses: PRINTING & PUBLICATIONS

    total $143,250 · program services $115,361 · management and general $1,298 · fundraising $26,591

  • 24d · Other expenses: DUES & SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $135,879 · program services $48,758 · management and general $48,924 · fundraising $38,197

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $279,662 · program services $219,792 · management and general $57,600 · fundraising $2,270

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $107,285 · end of year $1,002,224

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $77,371 · end of year $476,906

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $48,394 · end of year $184,472

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

    $13,036,312

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

    $3,092,399

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $5,312,478 · end of year $9,943,913

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $494,535

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $710,433 · end of year $887,436

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $161,699 · end of year $231,434

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    beginning of year $3,340,611 · end of year $10,146,517

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $986,420

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,332,785 · end of year -$552,257

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $402,500

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

SIFF'S MISSION IS TO CREATE EXPERIENCES THAT BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER TO DISCOVER EXTRAORDINARY FILMS FROM AROUND THE WORLD. IT IS THROUGH THE ART OF CINEMA THAT WE FOSTER A COMMUNITY THAT IS MORE INFORMED, AWARE, AND ALIVE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

SEATTLE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (SIFF) BELIEVES IN FILM'S UNIQUE POWER TO SHARE ORIGINAL STORIES, DIVERSE PERSPECTIVES, AND RICH EMOTIONAL JOURNEYS. BEGINNING IN 1976 WITH THE ANNUAL SEATTLE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, THEN EXPANDING INTO YEAR-ROUND PROGRAMMING, AND OUR FIVE-SCREEN SIFF CINEMA, WE HAVE OFFERED EXPERIENCES THAT BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER TO DISCOVER EXTRAORDINARY FILMS FROM AROUND THE WORLD FOR NEARLY FIVE DECADES. OUR AUDIENCES ALLOW US TO TAKE RISKS, HOST COMPLEX CONVERSATIONS, AND TRULY APPRECIATE FILM.

  • SIFF HOSTS THE ANNUAL SEATTLE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL TRADITIONALLY ATTRACTING NEARLY 150,000 ATTENDEES TO CELEBRATE FILMS FROM MORE THAN 80 COUNTRIES AND REGIONS AROUND THE WORLD. MANY OF THE FEATURES, SHORT FILMS, AND DOCUMENTARIES WE SCREEN WILL NOT HAVE A RETURN TO US CINEMAS, MAKING IT AN AMAZING EVENT TO DISCOVER NEW AND UNDERREPRESENTED VOICES AND STORIES.THE SEATTLE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL DRAWS MORE THAN 140,000 ATTENDEES ANNUALLY. SIFF'S EDUCATION PROGRAMMING INCLUDES FILMMAKER TRAINING AND FILM APPRECIATION FOR BOTH YOUTH AND ADULTS. OUR EDUCATION PROGRAMS REACH APPROXIMATELY 10,000 ANNUALLY.

    Expenses $5,712,102 · Revenue $2,601,668

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Diana Knauf

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Stephanie Devaan

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Katherine De Bruyn

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Christopher Newell

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Ben Andrews

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Brent Stiefel

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Carolyn Douglas

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Cynthia Setel

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • David Cornfield

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Donte Felder

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jenifer Bunis

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jerry Chiang

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Joleen Hughes

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Julie Tokashiki

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Kate Becker

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Kelly Jo MacArthur

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Mark Malamud

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Mary Bass

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Michelle Quisenberry

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Ruth Johnston

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Shelly Wolf

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Trish Lum

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Virl Hill

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Dan Poliak

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Thomas Mara

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $237,904
    From this org
    $237,904
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $237,904
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $237,904

  • Elizabeth Barrett

    ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $107,452
    From this org
    $107,452
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Julie Laluna

    DIRECTOR OF FINANCE AND AD

    Total calculated
    $129,402
    From this org
    $129,402
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    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. 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

None.

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

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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
15 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202443209349327114

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