- Revenue 2024
- $17,207,520
- Expenses 2024
- $7,848,181
Program services were 0.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
As filed
- Subsection
- 06
- NTEE code
- S41
- Classification
- 1000
- Street
- 1211 E DENNY WAY 45B
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
To build and enhance the competitiveness of Washington State's film and associated creative industry. We accomplish this by marketing and managing the state's production incentive program, representing the state in national and international film production market, supporting the business of film, encouraging professional development and employment and collaboration with other agencies and corporations dedicated to the economic development opportunities provided by the film industry.
Activities or mission (Part I)
To build and enhance the competitiveness of Washington State's film and associated creative industry.
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Washington Filmworks manages two funding programs as the state film incentive. The Small Budget Production Initiative (SBPI) and the legacy Production Incentive Program (PIP). Both programs were established to grow and support the statewide film industry. SBPI is designed for emerging resident filmmakers with early-stage funding commitments and funding assistance for projects budgeted between $20,000 and $1 million. PIP continues to be the best tool the state has to attract motion picture production to the state. Between February 2007 when the program was launched and June 30, 2025, 149 productions have completed principal photography including 55 features, 24 episodic projects, 63 commercials, 6 short films, and 1 virtual reality project. These productions have collectively spent over $179.2 million in communities all across Washington State, while receiving $53.9 million in financial incentives. The return on investment represents real economic development for the State of Washington.
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FWD, the Workforce Development Office for Washington Filmworks, uses a community informed approach to create statewide plans, programs, and resources to build the depth and breadth of the statewide film industry workforce. FWD aims to support and amplify efforts to ensure that the workforce is diverse and inclusive, and that career pathways are equitable and accessible. The first program launched was the Above the Line Education Forum and Mentorship Program. This program served 25 emerging Washington State directors and producers who participated in a 12 week educational forum. Five graduates were selected to participate in a six-month mentorship program to develop their own feature film projects.FWD also launched a funding initiative in early 2024 as a direct response to community feedback. The program is designed to invest in community-driven film industry workforce development efforts that serve historically underrepresented community members. In FY 2025, Washington Filmworks selected 6 proposals from across the state to financially support: one project providing film industry awareness - exposure to film industry career pathways and resources, and five projects providing film industry training - hands-on job skills and knowledge to prepare for jobs in film.
As filed on the 2024 return.
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.
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Amy Lillard
Executive Dir.
- Total calculated
- $243,304
- From this org
- $219,635
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $23,669
- Hours/week
- 60
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $219,635
- Bonus
- not reported
- Other
- not reported
- Deferred
- $11,250
- Nontaxable benefits
- $12,419
- Filer's total
- $243,304
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Julie Daman
Chief of Staff
- Total calculated
- $168,719
- From this org
- $150,000
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $18,719
- Hours/week
- 60
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $150,000
- Bonus
- not reported
- Other
- not reported
- Deferred
- $7,500
- Nontaxable benefits
- $11,219
- Filer's total
- $168,719
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Audra Laymon
Dir. of WFD
- Total calculated
- $131,165
- From this org
- $113,946
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $17,219
- Hours/week
- 40
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Kenneth Hagen
Dir. of Funding
- Total calculated
- $115,500
- From this org
- $110,000
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $5,500
- Hours/week
- 40
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Don Jensen
Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Andrea A Stuart-Lehalle
Vice Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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John Cooper
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Jessica Stoller
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Rebecca Cook
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Jeff Barehand
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Jolene DiSalvo
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Tony Doupe
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Jannat Gargi
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Myron Partman
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Malcom Pelles
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Devante Smith
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Austin Hochstatter
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.
Filings
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2024
- Revenue
- $17,207,520
- Expenses
- $7,848,181
- Contributions
- $118,633
- Grants paid
- $152,300
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2023
- Revenue
- $11,926,794
- Expenses
- $3,994,878
- Contributions
- $26,367
- Grants paid
- $84,450
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2022
- Revenue
- $15,100,184
- Expenses
- $4,266,290
- Contributions
- $0
- Grants paid
- $0
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
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2021 · 990
- Revenue
- $2,210,938
- Expenses
- $5,209,533
- Assets (EOY)
- $4,994,357
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2020 · 990
- Revenue
- $4,223,000
- Expenses
- $1,043,836
- Assets (EOY)
- $7,296,679
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2019 · 990
- Revenue
- $3,401,372
- Expenses
- $3,066,168
- Assets (EOY)
- $5,062,524
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2018 · 990
- Revenue
- $3,479,458
- Expenses
- $3,298,099
- Assets (EOY)
- $3,407,465
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2017 · 990
- Revenue
- $2,595,385
- Expenses
- $3,145,653
- Assets (EOY)
- $3,217,757
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2016 · 990
- Revenue
- $4,592,033
- Expenses
- $3,133,957
- Assets (EOY)
- $3,779,686
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2015 · 990
- Revenue
- $4,489,080
- Expenses
- $3,929,601
- Assets (EOY)
- $2,822,650
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2014 · 990
- Revenue
- $3,766,635
- Expenses
- $4,545,768
- Assets (EOY)
- $2,327,695
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2013 · 990
- Revenue
- $4,685,067
- Expenses
- $3,276,924
- Assets (EOY)
- $2,578,876
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2012 · 990
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- $1,924,286
- Assets (EOY)
- $2,787,136
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. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.
Grants made
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Atina Film Studios
$20,000
2024 Film Workforce
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$16,000
2024 Film Workforce
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FILM CREW ACADEMY LLC
$10,400
2023 FILM WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
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WAHKIAKUM WEST TELEVISION INC
$10,400
2023 FILM WORKFORCE
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$10,400
2023 FILM WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
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The Wenatchee School District
$10,000
2024 Film Workforce
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$8,000
2024 Film Workforce
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SUI Productions
$8,000
2024 Film Workforce
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$8,000
2024 Film Workforce
Grants received
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$75,000
2024 CREATING COLLATERAL FOR TOURISM AND FILM AND OUTREACH TO TRIBAL COMMUNITIES TO DEVELOP RECIPROCAL AND REGENERATIVE RELATIONSHIPS
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2022 GENERAL SUPPORT
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
Not present in the most recent drop.
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 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.