BEHIND THE SCENES FOUNDATION

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

M40

Classification

2000

Street

PO BOX 368

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 · 2025

• BEHIND THE SCENES ("BTS") PROVIDES FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO ENTERTAINMENT TECHNOLOGY PROFESSIONALS, OR THEIR IMMEDIATE DEPENDENT FAMILY MEMBERS, WHO ARE SERIOUSLY ILL OR INJURED. GRANTS ARE AWARDED WHICH MAY BE USED FOR BASIC LIVING AND MEDICAL EXPENSES. ANYONE WHO HAS EARNED THEIR LIVING IN THE INDUSTRY FOR AT LEAST FIVE YEARS, WHETHER BEHIND THE CURTAIN BEHIND THE CAMERA, ON THE ROAD, OR FOR ONE OF THE COMPANIES WHO MANUFACTURE AND SUPPLY ENTERTAINMENT TECHNOLOGY PRODUCTS AND SERVICES MAY APPLY FOR A GRANT. SINCE THE FIRST GRANT IN 2006, BEHIND THE SCENES HAS AWARDED OVER 1,700,000 TO PAY NECESSITIES SUCH AS RENT/MORTGAGE, UTILITIES, MEDICATIONS, DOCTOR VISITS, AND HEALTH INSURANCE PREMIUMS. BEHIND THE SCENES BRINGS HELP AND HOPE TO OUR COLLEAGUES IN THEIR DARKEST HOURS. THE BTS COUNSELING FUND PROVIDES GRANTS TO ENTERTAINMENT TECHNOLOGY PROFESSIONALS THAT MAY BE USED TO INITIATE OR SUPPORT ONGOING COUNSELING OR TO PARTICIPATE IN AN IN-PATIENT OR OUT-PATIENT RECOVERY PROGRAM. THE PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO ENCOURAGE THOSE DEALING WITH DEPRESSION, SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND OTHER ISSUES TO SEEK HELP AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. THE BTS NATURAL DISASTER RELIEF FUND ASSISTS THOSE SEVERELY IMPACTED BY A NATURAL DISASTER WITH A SMALL GRANT FOR IMMEDIATE BASIC NECESSITIES SUCH AS FOOD, CLOTHING, MEDICATION OR TOILETRIES. THE BTS MENTAL HEALTH INITIATIVE PROVIDES TOOLS AND RESOURCES THAT SUPPORT ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY WORKERS TO PROMOTE MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS.

  Expenses $319,166 · Grants $123,097 · Revenue $45,860

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

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

• 2025

  Revenue

  $416,691

  Expenses

  $543,778

  Contributions

  $304,341

  Grants paid

  $123,097

• 2024

  Revenue

  $485,902

  Expenses

  $599,385

  Contributions

  $319,566

  Grants paid

  $143,854

• 2023

  Revenue

  $785,982

  Expenses

  $603,060

  Contributions

  $498,686

  Grants paid

  $199,992

• 2022

  Revenue

  $448,176

  Expenses

  $415,740

  Contributions

  $432,871

  Grants paid

  $146,620

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

  $819,225

  Expenses

  $295,020

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,444,560

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $319,085

  Expenses

  $311,144

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,138,727

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $424,852

  Expenses

  $321,585

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,045,107

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $301,394

  Expenses

  $289,398

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,641,459

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $532,792

  Expenses

  $266,001

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,798,014

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $370,210

  Expenses

  $247,520

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,616,200

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $290,083

  Expenses

  $167,679

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,202,783

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $109,780

  Assets (EOY)

  $808,589

• 2011 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $85,644

  Assets (EOY)

  $636,480

• 2010 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $115,264

  Assets (EOY)

  $564,289

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

• BROADWAY CARES-EQUITY FIGHTS AIDS INC

  $25,000

  2023 · UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT

• BROADWAY CARES-EQUITY FIGHTS AIDS INC

  $25,000

  2022 · UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT

• BROADWAY CARES-EQUITY FIGHTS AIDS INC

  $25,000

  2024 · UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT

• INTERNATIONAL ALLIANCE THEATRICAL STAGE EMP & MVG PIC MACH OP-US&CAN

  $20,000

  2022 · CHARITABLE DONATION

• INTERNATIONAL ALLIANCE THEATRICAL STAGE EMPLOYEES

  $8,800

  2023 · DONATION

• INTERNATIONAL ALLIANCE THEATRICAL STAGE EMPLOYEES

  $7,480

  2024 · DONATION

• PAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND

  $7,232

  2024 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• FORGOOD INC

  $5,449

  2022 · UNRESTRICTED

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