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FIRELIGHT MEDIA INC: Form 990, tax year 2018

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Organization
FIRELIGHT MEDIA INC (EIN 11-3489379)
Tax period
2018-10-01 to 2019-09-30
Filed
2020-08-13
IRS object ID
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Schema version
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Source
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MissionFirelight 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.MissionDesc
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DescDocumentary 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 Julianna Schatz Prestons short film, Waiting for Tearah.Groundwork Regional Labs:Groundwork grew out of our experience with Doc Lab retreats in various cities, to which we invited local filmmakers in underserved areas of the American south, Midwest and U.S. territories to attend free in-depth workshops and master classes on fundraising, proposal writing, work sample creation, and professional development. During 2019 Firelight conducted the following Groundwork Regional Labs that served a total of 40 local filmmakers:El Paso, Texas (October 2018). Firelight conducted the third Groundwork Documentary Lab in partnership with KCOS, the Museum & Cultural Affairs Department El Paso, and Femme Frontera, a collective of women filmmakers from the U.S.-Mexico border region. It is important to note that the filmmakers in El Paso seemed the least informed and connected to the wider field of nonfiction and public media. The group asked a lot of basic level questions but they were extremely engaged. The Lab ended with a panel on local opportunities and words of wisdom featuring Emily Loyola from KCOS, Rebecca Muoz from the Museum & Cultural Affairs Department El Paso and Angie Torres from Femme Frontera. San Juan, Puerto Rico (May 2019): Groundwork PR was co-produced with local partners, the Association of Puerto Rican Documentary Filmmakers (ADocPR), Sistema TV-WMTJ, a PBS member station located in San Juan, the Museo de Arte Contemporneo Puerto Rico and the University Ana G. Mndez. The program began with a public screening of The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution at the Ana G. Mndez University Theatre, which was followed by a Q&A with director and executive producer Stanley Nelson and moderated by Dr. Marta Moreno Vega, founder of The Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute. The weekend also included a workshop with work-in-progress screenings, and feedback sessions for the 16 nominated local filmmakers. Loira Limbal- Firelights Vice-President and Documentary Lab Director led the workshop in Spanish. Groundwork PR served 14 culturally and ethnically diverse emerging filmmakers who lived on the island.Below please find a quote from Gisela Rosario Ramoss blog: Groundwork in PR: An Oasis in a Filmmaking Desert - A Puerto Rican Filmmaker Reflects on Firelights Groundwork initiative. Firelight Media arrived well represented and very well prepared. The women in charge have the perfect combination of knowledge, passion and tact, necessary to face a group thirsty for information. I felt extremely comfortable asking questions that may have felt very obvious but, in their responses, I never felt any judgment. Definitely, it has been for me the most beneficial workshops I have taken in recent years. Her full blog can be found here:https://medium.com/@firelightmedia/groundwork-pr-an-oasis-in-a-filmmaking-desert-f03e9552867aLincoln, NE (August 2019) Firelight Media joined our community partners Vision Maker Media, The Flaherty, Humanities Nebraska and NET (Nebraska public television) to host our Groundwork Lab as part of the Vision Maker Media Producer Training in Lincoln, Nebraska. The Groundwork Lab kicked off with a screening curated by The Flaherty - showcasing short films by and in close collaboration with Native communities. 16 Native non-fiction filmmakers participated in Groundwork and Visionmakers three days of in depth workshops and trainings dedicated to increasing the number of American Indians and Alaska Natives who produce and direct quality public broadcasting programs. Workshop facilitators included: Jon Sesrie-Goff, The Flaherty Curated Program; Firelights Documentary Lab Manager, Chloe Walters-Wallace; Njeri Eaton, National Public Radio; Joe Turco, Executive Producer & General Manager Nebraska Public Television NET; and Mary Yager, CPM, Associate Director, Humanities Nebraska.Films by Firelight: In the fall of 2018 we launched Films by Firelight, a free public documentary screening and discussion series in community venues in Harlem. These free and low-cost screenings featured the award-winning documentaries produced by the Documentary Lab filmmakers and selected films from Stanley Nelsons vault. Firelight conducted these screenings at the Apollo Theater, The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, the Maysles Documentary Institute, and Imagenations Raw Space. Films by Firelight 2018 -2019 included nine public screenings followed by Q&As with the filmmakers, which over 2,500 attended. During the grant period the Films by Firelight team also planned to co-host a Films by Firelight selection at the October 3-5, 2019 Liberacion Film Festival in NYC.Impact Producers Lab: Firelight also implemented the second year of our Impact Producers Lab Fellows, a program to increase diversity in the media impact field by training eight participants in core competencies of impact producing. Firelight trained 8 Impact Fellows (a combination of filmmakers and activists) to reach and engage audiences ofDesc
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Program Services$1,905,851ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General$680,789ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising$110,479FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$2,586,934BOYAmt
EOY$4,570,363EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
EOY$0EOYAmt

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$2,623,886BOYAmt
EOY$902,897EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
EOY$0EOYAmt

Receivables From Officers Etc ReceivablesFromOfficersEtcGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
EOY$0EOYAmt

Rcvbl From Disqualified Prsn RcvblFromDisqualifiedPrsnGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
EOY$0EOYAmt

Oth Notes Loans Receivable Net OthNotesLoansReceivableNetGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
EOY$0EOYAmt

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUseGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
EOY$0EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$13,836BOYAmt
EOY$578EOYAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss$214,781LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec$202,588LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$26,828BOYAmt
EOY$12,193EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
EOY$0EOYAmt

Investments Other Securities InvestmentsOtherSecuritiesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
EOY$0EOYAmt

Investments Program Related InvestmentsProgramRelatedGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
EOY$0EOYAmt

Intangible Assets IntangibleAssetsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
EOY$0EOYAmt

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$151,814BOYAmt
EOY$55,072EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$5,403,298BOYAmt
EOY$5,541,103EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$385,425BOYAmt
EOY$317,175EOYAmt

Grants Payable GrantsPayableGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$15,000BOYAmt
EOY$51,000EOYAmt

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenueGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$197,733BOYAmt
EOY$94,587EOYAmt

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilitiesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$1,627BOYAmt
EOY$8,947EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$599,785BOYAmt
EOY$471,709EOYAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows SFAS117Yes (X)OrganizationFollowsSFAS117Ind

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssetsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$2,228,047BOYAmt
EOY$2,556,428EOYAmt

Temporarily Rstr Net Assets TemporarilyRstrNetAssetsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$2,575,466BOYAmt
EOY$2,512,966EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$4,803,513BOYAmt
EOY$5,069,394EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$5,403,298BOYAmt
EOY$5,541,103EOYAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss$265,881ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Method Of Accounting AccrualYes (X)MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or ReviewfalseAccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS AuditedYes (true)FSAuditedInd

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasisGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Separate Basis Fincl StmtYes (X)SeparateBasisFinclStmtInd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Audit CommitteeYes (true)AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit RequiredfalseFederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Public Organization170Yes (X)PublicOrganization170Ind

Gifts Grants Contri Rcvd170 GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$712,828CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$2,587,568CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$3,789,965CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$3,779,612CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$2,953,915CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$13,823,888TotalAmt

Tax Rev Levied Orgnztnl Bnft170 TaxRevLeviedOrgnztnlBnft170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$0TotalAmt

Govt Furn Srvc Fclts Vl170 GovtFurnSrvcFcltsVl170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$0TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$712,828CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$2,587,568CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$3,789,965CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$3,779,612CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$2,953,915CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$13,823,888TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot$7,623,600SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170$6,200,288PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$104CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$90CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$152CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$4,207CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$7,992CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$12,545TotalAmt

Unrelated Business Net Incm170 UnrelatedBusinessNetIncm170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$0TotalAmt

Other Income170 OtherIncome170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$7,955CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$58,518CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$40,139CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$14,862CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$1,093CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$122,567TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Support$13,959,000TotalSupportAmt
Public Support CY1700.44420PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY1700.49680PublicSupportPY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170Yes (X)ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
ContributorRESTRICTEDContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1RESTRICTEDBusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1RESTRICTEDAddressLine1
Address Line2RESTRICTEDAddressLine2
CityRESTRICTEDCity
StateRESTRICTEDState
ZIP CodeRESTRICTEDZIPCode
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total ContributionsRESTRICTEDTotalContributionsAmt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Leasehold Improvements LeaseholdImprovementsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$21,624OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$11,413DepreciationAmt
Book Value$10,211BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$179,538OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$178,129DepreciationAmt
Book Value$1,409BookValueAmt

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildingsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$13,619OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$13,046DepreciationAmt
Book Value$573BookValueAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings$12,193TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Other Liabilities Org OtherLiabilitiesOrgGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
DescDeffered RentDesc
Amt$8,947Amt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Liability$8,947TotalLiabilityAmt
Footnote TextYes (X)FootnoteTextInd
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt$2,963,000TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Revenue Subtotal$2,963,000RevenueSubtotalAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990$2,963,000TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt$2,697,119TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Expenses Subtotal$2,697,119ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990$2,697,119TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Form And Line ReferencePart X : FIN48 FootnoteFormAndLineReferenceDesc
ExplanationThe 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.ExplanationTxt

Schedule I IRS990ScheduleI

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Grant Records MaintainedYes (true)GrantRecordsMaintainedInd
Total501c3 Org0Total501c3OrgCnt
Total Other Org0TotalOtherOrgCnt

Grants Other Asst To Indiv In US GrantsOtherAsstToIndivInUSGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Grant TypeNext Step Media FundGrantTypeTxt
Recipient12RecipientCnt
Cash Grant$126,000CashGrantAmt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Form And Line ReferenceGrantmaker's Description of How Grants are UsedFormAndLineReferenceDesc
ExplanationThe process for monitoring grant funds: Accounting and expenses are reviewed and reported through a shared staffing configuration.ExplanationTxt

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Board Or Committee ApprovalYes (X)BoardOrCommitteeApprovalInd
Severance PaymentfalseSeverancePaymentInd
Supplemental Nonqual Rtr PlanfalseSupplementalNonqualRtrPlanInd
Equity Based Comp ArrngmfalseEquityBasedCompArrngmInd
Comp Based On Revenue Of Flng OrgfalseCompBasedOnRevenueOfFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd On Rev Related OrgsfalseCompBsdOnRevRelatedOrgsInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Flng OrgfalseCompBsdNetEarnsFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Rltd OrgsfalseCompBsdNetEarnsRltdOrgsInd
Any Non Fixed PaymentsfalseAnyNonFixedPaymentsInd
Initial Contract ExceptionfalseInitialContractExceptionInd
Rebuttable Presumption ProcfalseRebuttablePresumptionProcInd

Rltd Org Officer Trst Key Empl RltdOrgOfficerTrstKeyEmplGrp (2 entries)

TitleTitleTxtBase Compensation Filing OrgBaseCompensationFilingOrgAmtDeferred Compensation Flng OrgDeferredCompensationFlngOrgAmtNontaxable Benefits Filing OrgNontaxableBenefitsFilingOrgAmtTotal Compensation Filing OrgTotalCompensationFilingOrgAmt
Marcia Smith
President$187,562$28,500$17,451$233,513
Stanley Nelson
Lead Mentor$150,000$22,500$10,266$182,766

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (5 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDescExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990, Part VI, Line 2: Description of Business or Family Relationship of Officers, Directors, EtMarcia Smith, board member and President, is the spoouse of Lead Mentor, Stanley Nelson.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b: Form 990 Review ProcessManagement 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.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c: Explanation of Monitoring and Enforcement of ConflictsThe 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.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 15a: Compensation Review & Approval Process - CEO, Top ManagementEach 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.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly AvailableOrganizational documents are made available upon request.