The Representation Project

“Jane Reisman is acting as the Organizations Chief Financial Officer on a contractor basis, in a role that would customarily be performed by or under the supervision of an officer, director or key employee. She acts as a key member of senior management, overseeing the finance, accounting, human resources and other operations of the Organization. She engages in strategic planning and prepares and executes budgets at both company and program levels. She works directly with Ms. Newsom, President & CEO, and liaises with key Board members regularly.”

“Form 990 is reviewed by the Board Treasurer and the Signing Officer and distributed to the entire board prior to signing.”

“The Board of Directors reviews the conflict of interest policy annually as part of a regularly scheduled meeting. Any questions of potential conflict of interest are evaluated and resolved by the board, and documented in the board minutes.”

“The Representation Project's Board of Directors has established an Executive Committee, comprised of the Board Officers, whose responsibilities include reviewing and approving compensation for the CEO and other top managers. This Committee shall obtain and rely upon appropriate data as to comparability prior to approving the terms of compensation. The terms of compensation and the basis for approving them shall be recorded in written minutes of the meeting of the Executive Committee.”

“Documents are available to the public on the organizations website and by request.”

“Education & Distribution (Continued):The Representation Project has also set for itself the goal of inspiring youth to be agents of change in their communities thru our Be A Rep Program and the establishment of our Youth Advisory Council. In 2016, the organization hosted approximately 130 semi-theatrical screenings and facilitated over 650 educational screenings for the film The Mask You Live In in 20 countries and all 50 states. The organization also hosted approximately 50 semi-theatrical screenings and facilitated over 50 educational screenings of the film Miss Representation.Social Action Campaigns (Continued): The Representation Project creates and disseminates its messages through education and online communications, mainstream publications, media appearances, speaking engagements, viral videos, and social media campaigns. The organization activates people to pledge to use their voices to spread the messages of the films and challenge the medias limiting portrayal of gender. Campaigns provide people with the tools to use their voice and consumer power to challenge and dramatically change the way gender roles are portrayed in advertising, media, and mainstream culture. For example, our #AskHerMore campaign inspires consumers to call out sexist reporting and suggest ways to refocus on womens achievements. In 2016, #AskHerMore conquered the red carpet, transforming the questions asking and even getting discussed in the Oscars opening monologue. The Representation Project then took the campaign to sports and politics, successfully inspiring journalists to change their language when it comes to covering prominent women in sexist way. To advance the conversation around healthy masculinity, we took to the streets for Super Bowl 50 with the #BeAModelMan campaign, projecting healthy masculinity messages on buildings throughout the city. We spoke with our San Francisco neighbors, NFL executives, owners, and coaches about creating a culture where positive role models can thrive on and off the football field. To ensure the campaign went beyond our local community, we created a short video about #BeAModelMan, which garnered more than 100,000 views.FILM:The third film, tentatively titled The Great American Lie/Dream, explores the social, political, legal, and economic ramifications of a cultural value system built on extreme masculine ideals of power, dominance, and aggression at the expense of empathy, care, and collaboration.”

“24a - Film Expenses include a portion of employee salaries devoted to film production activities, which are excluded from Line 7.”

“Relationship: Jennifer Siebel Newsom is the President & CEO of The Representation Project. Girls Club Entertainment LLC (GCE), a single member LLC, is owned by Jennifer Siebel Newsom. Description of Transaction: Newsom is the writer, director and producer of Miss Representation, "The Mask You Live In" as well as a third film in production, tentatively titled The Great American Dream. GCE owns the copyright to Miss Representation and has licensed the film to The Representation Project for a minimum 7-year period for the purpose of providing distribution rights and public performance rights to screening hosts. Costs incurred by GCE in 2016 for production purposes, including the writer/director/producer fee, were reimbursed by The Representation Project.”