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FROM THE HEART PRODUCTIONS INC

EIN 95-4445418 OXNARD, CA

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Revenue 2024
$8,534,341
Expenses 2024
$7,580,397

Program services were 97.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
A34
Classification
1000
Street
1013 HARBOR BLVD

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

From the Heart is dedicated to helping independent filmmakers create and complete films that make a difference in the world. Through fiscal sponsorship, film grants, education, mentorship, and community support.

  • FISCAL SPONSORSHIP in 2024 continued to expand its service and impact within the filmmaking community to hundreds of independent film projects enabling filmmakers to raise millions of dollars through grants, crowdfunding, and private donations. These projects reflect diverse voices and socially relevant stories from around the world.

    Expenses $7,292,604 · Grants $23,548 · Revenue $4,491,745

  • Withheld by Nonprofiteer: this text may name a private individual.

    Expenses $31,518 · Grants $6,674

  • EDUCATAIONAL PROGRAMS, WORKSHOPS and PODCASTS These programs trained filmmakers in funding, producing, distribution, and media relations, empowering them to secure financing and successfully complete their films. Carole Dean taught 25 Film Funding Guidance Classes exclusively for their fiscally sponsored filmmakers, providing practical strategies to help them secure funding and bring their films to completion. 25 new podcast episodes in 2024, featuring filmmakers, producers, and industry professionals reaching thousands of listeners worldwide.

    Expenses $32,000 · Revenue $3,934,927

As filed on the 2024 return. A text marked withheld matched a screen for wording that may name a private individual, such as an honorific or "in memory of". Most of what it withholds names no one; it is withheld so that what does is never shown.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Carole Dean

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $24,174
    From this org
    $5,900
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,274
    Hours/week
    40

  • Lori Pye

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Richard Kaufman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $2,044
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $2,044
    Hours/week
    15

  • Margarita Sweet

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Carole Joyce

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $36,381
    From this org
    $22,100
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,281
    Hours/week
    35

  • Naheed Ismail

    DIRECTOR

    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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $8,534,341
    Expenses
    $7,580,397
    Contributions
    $8,526,673
    Grants paid
    $7,143,346
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $6,305,718
    Expenses
    $6,256,379
    Contributions
    $6,302,631
    Grants paid
    $5,855,888
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $7,239,074
    Expenses
    $7,217,616
    Contributions
    $7,218,501
    Grants paid
    $6,859,123

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,988,646
    Expenses
    $4,024,225
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,796,568

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,593,429
    Expenses
    $3,048,538
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,999,883

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,680,470
    Expenses
    $3,342,432
    Assets (EOY)
    $411,391

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,501,081
    Expenses
    $2,589,526
    Assets (EOY)
    $105,660

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,894,446
    Expenses
    $3,914,613
    Assets (EOY)
    $187,712

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,499,959
    Expenses
    $3,563,679
    Assets (EOY)
    $101,835

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,532,666
    Expenses
    $2,464,087
    Assets (EOY)
    $150,315

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,532,666
    Expenses
    $2,464,087
    Assets (EOY)
    $150,315

  • 2010 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $265,117
    Assets (EOY)
    $85,865

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

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

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 11 November 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.