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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by FREE THE WORK.

Totals

Total revenue
$226,811
Total expenses
$1,184,191
Contributions and grants received
$110,700
Grants paid
$48,420
Program service revenue
$96,990
Investment income
$17,411
Other revenue
$1,710
Total assets, end of year
$48,962
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$48,962
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$685,609
Management and general expenses
$349,543
Fundraising expenses
$149,039
Program service expenses (Part III)
$685,609

Program services were 57.9% 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

    $110,700

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM SERVICES

    total $96,990 · related or exempt $96,990

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $17,411 · related or exempt $17,411

  • 11a · Other revenue: OFFICE EQUIPMENT BUYOU

    total $1,710 · related or exempt $1,710

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $1,710

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $48,420 · program services $48,420

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $116,177 · program services $6,970 · management and general $76,445 · fundraising $32,762

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $410,726 · program services $194,564 · management and general $121,919 · fundraising $94,243

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $32,100 · program services $16,893 · management and general $7,300 · fundraising $7,907

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $42,894 · program services $16,692 · management and general $17,614 · fundraising $8,588

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $43,500 · management and general $43,500

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $23,326 · program services $4,998 · management and general $18,328

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $12,000 · management and general $12,000

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $124,871 · program services $111,008 · management and general $13,863

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $5,058 · management and general $5,000 · fundraising $58

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $14,185 · program services $6,283 · management and general $7,871 · fundraising $31

  • 17 · Travel

    total $13,771 · program services $8,728 · management and general $1,008 · fundraising $4,035

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $13,907 · program services $1,405 · management and general $12,502

  • 24a · Other expenses: RETURN OF PRIOR CONTRIB

    total $225,000 · program services $225,000 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: WEBSITE

    total $29,345 · program services $23,011 · management and general $6,334

  • 24c · Other expenses: CONFERENCE & EVENTS

    total $13,795 · program services $13,145 · management and general $650 · fundraising $0

  • 24d · Other expenses: MEALS

    total $10,293 · program services $6,959 · management and general $2,457 · fundraising $877

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $4,823 · program services $1,533 · management and general $2,752 · fundraising $538

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $137,185 · end of year $18,975

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $869,157 · end of year $29,987

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,006,342 · end of year $48,962

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

FREE THE WORK IS A NONPROFIT INITIATIVE DEDICATED TO IDENTIFYING SYSTEMATIC INEQUALITIES IN FILM, TELEVISION, ADVERTISING AND MEDIA AND FINDING ACTIONABLE SOLUTIONS TO EXPAND ACCESS FOR UNDERREPRESENTED CREATORS.

  • FREE THE WORK IS A NONPROFIT INITIATIVE DEDICATED TO IDENTIFYING SYSTEMATIC EQUALITIES IN FILM, TELEVISION, ADVERTISING AND MEDIA AND FINDING ACTIONABLE SOLUTIONS TO EXPAND ACCESS FOR UNDER REPRESENTED CREATORS.

    Expenses $685,609 · Grants $48,420 · Revenue $95,284

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Pamala Buzick

    EXECUTIVE DIRRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $116,177
    From this org
    $116,177
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Alma Har'El

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
12 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202543179349310019

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