Liabilities / Assets
40th percentile
Higher debt load relative to assets than 40% of similar nonprofits.
990 • Fiscal year 2019 • EIN 11-3489379
Precomputed percentiles for this filing year versus similar nonprofits in the same peer cohort.
Liabilities / Assets
40th percentile
Higher debt load relative to assets than 40% of similar nonprofits.
Liabilities / Revenue
50th percentile
Higher debt load relative to revenue than 50% of similar nonprofits.
Net Margin
65th percentile
Higher net margin than 65% of similar nonprofits.
Top Officer Pay
82nd percentile
Higher top officer pay than 82% of similar nonprofits.
Top officer pay equals 7.9% of source-year revenue.
Asset Growth
48th percentile
Faster asset growth than 48% of similar nonprofits.
Revenue Growth
13th percentile
Faster revenue growth than 13% of similar nonprofits.
Assets
Up$5,541,103
Up $137,805 (+2.6%) from 2018
Net Assets
Up$5,069,394
Up $265,881 (+5.5%) from 2018
Liabilities
Down$471,709
Down $128,076 (-21%) from 2018
Revenue
Down$2,963,000
Down $835,681 (-22%) from 2018
Expenses
Up$2,697,119
Up $194,795 (+7.8%) from 2018
Net Income
Down$265,881
Down $1,030,476 (-79%) from 2018
Firelight Media is a non-profit organization dedicated to developing talented documentary filmmakers who tell stories about people, places, cultures and issues that are under represented in the mainstream media. Firelight Media's flagship program is the Documentary Lab, a mentorship program for emerging diverse producers. Participating producers work with award-winning filmmaker Stanley Nelson and his team of senior producers, writers, editors, new media, and fundraising specialists to complete their projects for a national broadcast. Firelight Media started the Producers' Lab as a way to provide infrastructure support for diverse producers to help overcome some of the barriers to completing their film or video.
Firelight Media is a non-profit organization dedicated to developing talented documentary filmmakers who tell stories about people, places, cultures and issues that are under represented in the mainstream media.
| Line | Beginning | End | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assets | |||
| Cash and Non-Interest-Bearing Accounts | $2,586,934 | $4,570,363 | ▲ $1,983,429 |
| Pledges and Grants Receivable | $2,623,886 | $902,897 | ▼ $1,720,989 |
| Land, Buildings, and Equipment, Net | $26,828 | $12,193 | ▼ $14,635 |
| Prepaid Expenses and Deferred Charges | $13,836 | $578 | ▼ $13,258 |
| Savings and Temporary Cash Investments | - | $0 | - |
| Accounts Receivable | - | $0 | - |
| Other Notes and Loans Receivable, Net | - | $0 | - |
| Receivable From Disqualified Prsn | - | $0 | - |
| Receivables From Officers Etc | - | $0 | - |
| Investments Other Securities | - | $0 | - |
| Investments Program Related | - | $0 | - |
| Investments in Publicly Traded Securities | - | $0 | - |
| Intangible Assets | - | $0 | - |
| Inventories for Sale or Use | - | $0 | - |
| Total Assets | $5,403,298 | $5,541,103 | ▲ $137,805 |
| Other Assets Total | $151,814 | $55,072 | ▼ $96,742 |
| Liabilities | |||
| Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses | $385,425 | $317,175 | ▼ $68,250 |
| Deferred Revenue | $197,733 | $94,587 | ▼ $103,146 |
| Grants Payable | $15,000 | $51,000 | ▲ $36,000 |
| Other Liabilities | $1,627 | $8,947 | ▲ $7,320 |
| Total Liabilities | $599,785 | $471,709 | ▼ $128,076 |
| Net Assets / Fund Balance | |||
| Unrestricted Net Assets | $2,228,047 | $2,556,428 | ▲ $328,381 |
| Temporarily Rstr Net Assets | $2,575,466 | $2,512,966 | ▼ $62,500 |
| Total Net Assets Fund Balance | $4,803,513 | $5,069,394 | ▲ $265,881 |
| Total Liabilities and Net Assets / Fund Balance | $5,403,298 | $5,541,103 | ▲ $137,805 |
| Asset | Book Value | Depreciation | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Equipment | $1,409 | $178,129 | $179,538 |
| Leasehold Improvements | $10,211 | $11,413 | $21,624 |
| Other Land Buildings | $573 | $13,046 | $13,619 |
| Name | Title | Full / Part Time | Base | Other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marcia Smith | President | FT | $187,562 | $45,951 | $233,513 |
| Stanley Nelson | Lead Mentor | FT | $150,000 | $32,766 | $182,766 |
| Loira Limbal | Vice President | FT | $105,000 | $32,595 | $137,595 |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Anne Canty | Chair |
| Claire Aguilar | Director |
| Stephanie Conners | Director |
| Tani Takagi | Director |
| Ronald Bell | Treasurer |
| Contractor | Services | Location | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| CliftonLarsonAllen LLP | Accounting/Consult. | 104 West 40th Street, New York, NY 10018 | - |
| Line Item | Amount |
|---|---|
| Other Expenses | $1,338,160 |
| Salaries, Compensation, and Employee Benefits | $1,232,959 |
| Grants and Similar Amounts Paid | $126,000 |
| Total Fundraising Expense | $110,479 |
| Professional Fundraising Fees | $0 |
| Line Item | Program | Management | Fundraising | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other Salaries and Wages | $360,431 | $158,807 | $66,779 | $586,017 |
| Fees for Services Other | $270,700 | $139,616 | $3,120 | $413,436 |
| Current Officers, Directors, Trustees, and Key Employees | $301,983 | $95,571 | - | $397,554 |
| Travel | $263,846 | $38,876 | $32 | $302,754 |
| Occupancy | $147,376 | $57,611 | $16,334 | $221,321 |
| Grants to Domestic Individuals | $126,000 | - | - | $126,000 |
| Other Employee Benefits | $80,880 | $32,499 | $11,243 | $124,622 |
| Payroll Taxes | $44,061 | $17,224 | $4,883 | $66,168 |
| Pension Plan Contributions | $33,666 | $16,844 | $8,088 | $58,598 |
| Office Expenses | $5,071 | $38,990 | - | $44,061 |
| Fees for Services Legal | $6,200 | $14,764 | - | $20,964 |
| Insurance | $99 | $16,709 | - | $16,808 |
| Depreciation Depletion | - | $14,635 | - | $14,635 |
| All Other Expenses | $698 | $7,191 | - | $7,889 |
| Other Expenses | $1,118 | $6,221 | - | $7,339 |
| Total Functional Expenses | $1,905,851 | $680,789 | $110,479 | $2,697,119 |
| Line Item | Amount |
|---|---|
| Expenses per Audited Statements | $2,697,119 |
| Total Expenses per Audited Statements | $2,697,119 |
| Total Expenses per Form 990 | $2,697,119 |
| Line Item | Amount |
|---|---|
| Professional Fundraising Fees | $0 |
| Line Item | Beginning | End | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Receivables from Disqualified Persons | - | $0 | - |
| Receivables from Officers, Directors, Trustees, and Key Employees | - | $0 | - |
| Liability | Amount |
|---|---|
| Deffered Rent | $8,947 |
“Marcia Smith, board member and President, is the spoouse of Lead Mentor, Stanley Nelson.”
“Management reviewed a draft of the form 990 and provided edits to the tax preparer. After this process was performed, the form 990 was sent to the full board of directors prior to being filed with the IRS.”
“The organization has a board approved conflicts of interest policy. Each board member must fill out an annual declaration stating they had no conflicts or identifying the nature of their interested party transactions.”
“Each year, the executive committee reviews comparable salaries based on a recognized study and reviews the performance of the executive director to determine if the existing salary falls within these ranges. After a deliberation of this matter, a new proposed salary and benefit package is voted on. The minutes of the board of directors reflect the nature of this process.”
“Organizational documents are made available upon request.”
“The Company does not believe its financial statements include any material, uncertain tax positions. Tax filings for periods ending September 30, 2016 and later are subject to examination by applicable taxing authorities.”
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| IRS990/Desc | 0 | Documentary Lab:Firelight Medias Documentary Lab, our key platform s for artistic support, provided free services to 60+ emerging filmmakers of color including current Documentary Lab participants, program Alumni who still accessed our mentoring and impact services, and participants in the Groundwork Regional Labs, and our Impact Producers Lab. During that time, Documentary Lab filmmakers accomplished the following:1.Jackie Olives film Always in Season and Jeffrey Palmers Film, Words of A Bear for exhibition premiered at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival. Sundance awarded Jackie Olive a U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award and nominated her for the Grand Jury Prize. Always in Season also won the Grand Jury Prize Documentary at the Dallas Film Festival and the Human Rights Award at the River Run Film International Film Festival. Always in Season is opening in theaters and is scheduled for broadcast on Independent Lens. Words of a Bear will be broadcast on American Masters. 2.Sabaah Folayan and Damon Daviss Whose Streets? received a Peabody nomination.3.Tribeca Film Institute awarded an All Access Grant to Dbora Souza, Black Mothers4.The Center for Asian American Media (CAAM) Fund awarded - Tim Tsai, Seadrift., a production grant. Doc Lab alumni Ligaiya Romero and Jason daSilva also received CAAM funding and a Documentary for Social Change Award5.Ral Ruiz Pastrana's film premiered at Sheffield Film Festival, and DocsMX festival in Mexico City. 6.Eddie Martinez was accepted into the Rockwood Fellowship7.Chelsea Hernandez premiered her film Building The American Dream at SXSW Festival.8.IDA awarded grants to Documentary Lab filmmakers and alumni including Eddie Martinez for Corsicans, April Dobbins for Alabamaland, and Cecilia Aldarondo Untitled film about Puerto Rico 9.Ja' Tovia Gary (Doc Lab Alumni) was selected as one of four Field of Vision fellows!10.Malika Zhouhali-Worrall received a Chicken & Egg's Breakthrough Award for mid-career women filmmakers (Doc Lab Alumni)11.Daresha Kyi and Nausheen Dadabhoy selected for the Chicken & Egg Accelerator Lab. (Doc Lab Alumni). Dareshi Kyi also just won an Emmy Award for her short documentary: Trans in America: Texas Strong.Documentary Lab Retreats: In 2019 the Documentary Lab conducted two retreats one in Santa Cruz, CA and one in Mohonk, NY that 24 emerging filmmakers of color attended.Career Development: Digital Shorts Master in the Making:To provide additional career-path opportunities for Documentary Lab filmmakers and Alumni Firelight Media created a partnership with American Masters. In 2019 eight Documentary Lab Alumni created short films about the lives and journeys of artists and cultural icons that bring insight and originality to their craft. Firelight and American Masters provided funding and jointly selected the film topics and filmmakers. American Masters will showcase the films on digital and social media platforms with additional distribution partners to be announced.Career Development: The Frontline x Frontline FellowshipAfter working with FRONTLINE throughout 2018 to craft a partnership, we are delighted to report we launched the FRONTLINE/Firelight Fellowship in the early fall 2018! This news fellowship supported diverse independent makers interested in journalistic documentary filmmaking. This fellowship seeks to address the need for more diverse voices, perspectives, and experiences within the field of investigative journalism. These Fellows worked with FRONTLINE, periodically in residencies at the Boston FRONTLINE headquarters and in New York City, to report and create short documentary films for the series, considering along the way transmedia and platform-agnostic approaches. In October 2018 FRONTLINE and Firelight Media partnered with the Double Exposure Film Festival to announce that Juliana Schatz Preston and Roopa Gogineni were the FRONTLINE/Firelight inaugural fellows. On October 7-10, 2019 The Double Exposure Film Festival will roll out the Frontline Fellow J |
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| IRS990ScheduleD/SupplementalInformationDetail/ExplanationTxt | 0 | The Company does not believe its financial statements include any material, uncertain tax positions. Tax filings for periods ending September 30, 2016 and later are subject to examination by applicable taxing authorities. |
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