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WOMEN IN FILM & VIDEO INC

EIN 52-1175294 WASHINGTON, DC

Largest nonprofits in District of Columbia

Revenue 2023
$1,130,047
Expenses 2023
$1,059,677

Program services were 89.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
Classification
1200
Street
921 PENNSYLVANIA AVE SE

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

2 other organizations in the IRS Business Master File list the same street address. matched by us

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Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

Women in Film & Video (WIFV) provides professional development and networking opportunities for screen-based media makers, celebrates women's creative and technical achievements in media, and advocates for parity both in front of and behind the camera to ensure that all voices can be heard. All genres, genders, and experience levels welcome. A 501(c)(3) non-profit community benefit organization founded in 1979, WIFV is the premier professional resource for people who want successful media careers in the DC-metro region. Our resources, connections and advocacy support a vibrant, creative media community. The organization provides more than 200 career-building workshops per year.

Activities or mission (Part I)

Women in Film & Video (WIFV) provides professional development and networking opportunities for screen-based media makers, celebrates women's creative and technical achievements in media, and advocates for parity in front of and behind the camera to ensure that all voices can be heard. A 501(c)(3) non-profit community benefit organization founded in 1979, WIFV is the premier professional resource for people who want successful media careers in the DC-metro region. All genres, genders, and experience levels are welcome. Our resources, connections and advocacy support a vibrant, creative media community. We provide more than 200 skills-based workshops per year.

  • Women in Film & Video (WIFV) provided more than 200 programs during the 2023-24 program year to satisfy the PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT and GENERAL EDUCATION needs of its members and public attendees. Most members attend multiple events per program year. All WIFV programs are open to the general public and we had more than 3500 non-members attend the Wednesday Ones, Roundtables, master classes, special interest workshops, and ScriptDC. The meetings present industry leaders who share their insights and provide attendees with info to hone their skills to become better freelancers, employers, and employees. Professional development programs were hosted primarily online from July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2024. We found a broader geographic representation since attendees didn't have to deal with commuting. WIFV nominates films annually for inclusion into the National Film Registry. WIFV continues its fiscal sponsorship program to support women-created media and added new projects to that program. Fiscally-sponsored projects received funds from a variety of individuals, foundations, and government entities.

    Expenses $902,936 · Grants $4,750 · Revenue $879,677

  • Women in Film & Video (WIFV) offers NETWORKING opportunities at all events and provided several specific networking events to aid members in making connections across the Mid-Atlantic media industry. WIFV hosted a Fall Open House, Holiday Party in January, and informal events provide a range opportunities for new and existing members to network with each other and non-members. Many networking events were held online from July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024 with regular in-person coffee events in Annapolis, MD and Frederick, MD. Networking events were held specifically for caregivers, LGBTQ+, and BIPOC mediamakers.

    Expenses $27,526 · Revenue $5,021

  • Women in Film & Video (WIFV) distributed a member E-NEWSLETTER 11 times, a MEMBERS IN THE NEWS E-NEWSLETTER 12 times, a MONDAY MISSIVE 51 times for its 900+ members and the 4000+ non-members who have signed up for e-newsletter delivery between July 1, 2023 and June 30, 2024. The e-newsletter promotes member accomplishments, introduces new opportunities and research, and informs readers about professional development and educational offerings from WIFV and other media organizations. The e-newsletter and members in the news are archived on the WIFV website for general public access. The e-newsletter has dramatically increased the amount of information it presents because of the electronic format and now includes live links to information and members profiled making the material even more accessible via search engines. The weekly MISSIVE provides breaking news and event announcements. A core of volunteers produces a bi-weekly podcast, recently renamed MEDIAMAKER SPOTLIGHT, available on all podcast platforms.

    Expenses $21,318

  • Women in Film & Video (WIFV) provides one Past President Mid-Career Development Scholarship to further professional development for a member at least 10 years from their last degree to attend the Maine Media Workshops. WIFV awarded two Seed Fund Grants for Documentary Filmmakers during this reporting period. It awarded a WIFV Short Narrative Film Finishing Fund Grant during this period that provides extensive in-kind services for post-production services including color correction, audio mix, graphics/titles, and film festival consultation.

    Expenses $1,260 · Grants $1,250 · Revenue $2,250

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.

  • Melissa Houghton

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $96,142
    From this org
    $96,142
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    60
  • Connie St John

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Candice Bloch

    Executive Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Carolyn Dodd

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jacqueline Greff

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sara Barger

    Immediate President/Advisory Committee Liaison

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sandra Abrams

    Member-at-Large, Women of Vision Co-Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ariel Baska

    Member-at-Large, Programming Co-Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sandra Brennan

    Member-at-Large

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Akima A Brown

    Member-at-Large

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Emma Mankey Hidem

    Member-at-Large/Programming Co-Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tara Jabbari

    Member-at-Large, WIFT US Liaison

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Anna Reid Jhirad

    Member-at-Large

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Steve Lack

    Member-at-Large/Communications Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mark Maxey

    Member-at-Large, Mentorship Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Amy Oden

    Member-at-Large

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Malikkah Rollins

    Member-at-Large

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • May Santiago

    Member-at-Large

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kirk Schroder

    Member-at-Large

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lisa Scott

    Member-at-Large

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sheila Smith

    Member-at-Large

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Judith Snyderman

    Member-at-Large

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sheri Ratick Stroud

    Member-at-Large, Women of Vision Co-Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Monda Raquel Webb

    Member-at-Large

    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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,130,047
    Expenses
    $1,059,677
    Contributions
    $1,047,947
    Grants paid
    $6,000
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $767,180
    Expenses
    $598,743
    Contributions
    $721,634
    Grants paid
    $8,763

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
    $433,075
    Expenses
    $595,416
    Assets (EOY)
    $472,059
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $921,953
    Expenses
    $601,591
    Assets (EOY)
    $654,804
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $369,312
    Expenses
    $346,361
    Assets (EOY)
    $325,853
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $364,225
    Expenses
    $302,165
    Assets (EOY)
    $289,537
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $350,193
    Expenses
    $280,982
    Assets (EOY)
    $228,572
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $332,098
    Expenses
    $351,853
    Assets (EOY)
    $148,499
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $260,433
    Expenses
    $232,068
    Assets (EOY)
    $167,909
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $274,189
    Expenses
    $218,564
    Assets (EOY)
    $134,030
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $191,313
    Expenses
    $187,919
    Assets (EOY)
    $102,739
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $244,348
    Assets (EOY)
    $93,293

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

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 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.