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THE SOUTHERN DOCUMENTARY FUND

EIN 75-2993148 DURHAM, NC

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Revenue 2023
$1,416,684
Expenses 2023
$825,862

Program services were 86.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
A30
Classification
1200
Street
324 BLACKWELL ST STE 900

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).

Other organizations at this address

1 other organization in the IRS Business Master File lists the same street address. matched by us

This address is a suite or unit (STE 900). Organizations that share one are often clients of the same office-services firm, accountant or registered agent rather than related to each other.

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE SOUTHERN DOCUMENTARY FUND (SDF) IS AN ARTS NONPROFIT THAT CULTIVATES DOCUMENTARY MEDIA MADE IN OR ABOUT THE SOUTH. INSPIRED BY OUR BELIEF THAT MEDIA HAS THE POWER TO CHANGE LIVES, WE PROVIDE MAKERS WITH DIVERSE RESOURCES, INCLUDING GRANTS, FISCAL SPONSORSHIP, MENTORSHIP, COMMUNITY AWARENESS, EDUCATION, AND TRAINING, ALL TO CHAMPION SOUTHERN DOCUMENTARY AND LOWER BARRIERS TO ENTRY FOR NEW AND EMERGING MAKERS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE SOUTHERN DOCUMENTARY FUND (SDF) CULTIVATES DOCUMENTARY PROJECTS MADE IN OR ABOUT THE AMERICAN SOUTH. INSPIRED BY OUR CORE BELIEF THAT DOCUMENTARIES HAVE THE POWER TO CHANGE LIVES, WE SERVE AS A LEADING ADVOCATE OF POWERFUL STORYTELLING, PROVIDING FILMMAKERS AND ARTISTS WITH PROFESSIONAL SUPPORT, FISCAL SPONSORSHIP, AND CREATIVE COMMUNITY.

  • SDF PROVIDES FISCAL SPONSORSHIP FOR DOCUMENTARY PROJECTS. SDF SERVED 80 FILMMAKER PROJECTS. SDF MARSHALS' RESOURCES THROUGH GRANTS, INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTIONS, AND CROWD FUNDING, SPONSORED PROJECTS RECEIVE VALUABLE BENEFITS INCLUDING CONSULTATIONS WITH LEGAL, DISTRIBUTION, AND OUTREACH PROFESSIONALS. SDF'S CURRENT SPONSORSHIP RATE IS 6%.

    Expenses $627,284 · Revenue $903,887

  • THE SDF MENTORSHIP PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO PAIR ESTABLISHED FILMMAKERS AND INDUSTRY EXPERTS WITH EMERGING AND NEW FILMMAKERS. WE PROVIDE SUPPORT, WHICH INCLUDES MONTHLY MENTORSHIP MEETINGS WITH FILMMAKERS WHO HAVE IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY.

    Expenses $83,565 · Grants $83,565

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

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Ellen Stoltzman

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Irene Oakley-Johnson

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • A Kirsten Mullen

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Eric Johnson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Firas Quran

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mark Sloan

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mei-Yen Ireland

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Nicole Triche

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Steven Raets

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • William Link

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Clint Jukkala

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $16,667
    From this org
    $16,667
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Kristy Breneman

    FORMER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $31,231
    From this org
    $31,231
    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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,416,684
    Expenses
    $825,862
    Contributions
    $512,085
    Grants paid
    $83,565
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $742,475
    Expenses
    $1,001,353
    Contributions
    $420,446
    Grants paid
    $227,818

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
    $489,085
    Expenses
    $437,491
    Assets (EOY)
    $551,988

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $0
    Expenses
    $0
    Assets (EOY)
    $0

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $283,800
    Expenses
    $338,429
    Assets (EOY)
    $839,899

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,030,370
    Expenses
    $987,580
    Assets (EOY)
    $355,097

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $625,135
    Expenses
    $732,163
    Assets (EOY)
    $326,695

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 13 October 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 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.