2017-12-15T14:15:25-06:00 2017-07-31 271728945 PKF O'CONNOR DAVIES LLP 500 MAMARONECK AVENUE HARRISON NY 105281633 990 2016-08-01 463500058 Greenwich International Film Festival Inc GREE 2037171800 0 horseneck lane Greenwich CT 06830 Ginger Stickel COO 2037171800 2017-12-15 1 Garrett M Higgins P00543209 9143818900 2017-12-15 65.51.112.58 2017-12-15 14:09:05 ES P 39A6500A14EBDEC7A476CCE4E0A7F613C193113C 45D10729E84C80409783239EA0C370A8A08632B7 2016 2018-03-14 21:41:22Z X Ginger Stickel 0 horseneck lane Greenwich CT 06830 1366624 0 X www.greenwichfilm.org X 2013 CT See Schedule O 39 36 7 140 0 0 871500 1003989 314338 362635 2055 0 0 0 1187893 1366624 121000 201150 0 0 277516 293164 7000 15000 139291 741600 747042 1147116 1256356 40777 110268 442395 541409 17778 6524 424617 534885 X The mission of the Greenwich International Film Festival is to provide filmmakers with an effective platform to showcase their work with the goal of finding future financing opportunities. Additionally, GIFF harnesses the power of film to serve the greater good by highlighting important issues that relate to basic human rights, education, the environment and health care. 0 0 1007601 201150 362635 Opening Night: This event took place on Friday, June 2nd and had an audience of 1,200 people. The night included the premiere of the powerful and moving documentary film, Bending the Arc, which chronicles the team of doctors and activists whose work, 30 years ago, to save lives in a rural Haitian village grew into a global battle in the halls of power for healthy equity for all. It was followed by a Q&A on the stae of global health care. After the film presentation, there was a star-studded party that kicked off the festival weekend. The party took place on at the Boys & Girls Club of America. During the party, Flo Rida performed a concert, and Sophia Bush announced the film awards. $25,000 was awarded to the winning filmmakers.Changemaker Gala: The Changemaker Gala is a black tie awards dinner that honors artists who've used their voice for positive social change. This year, the dinner took place on June 1st at L'Escale, honoring actress & humanitarian Renee Zellweger for her work with ALS, honoring model and humanitarian Christy Turlington Burns for her work founding Every Mother Counts, and honoring life long teacher and community member, Andrew Niblock who was recently diagnosed with ALS. The event raised $226,000 for charity.Centerpiece Film Series: CHARGED: The Eduardo Garcia Story. GIFF was proud to feature multiple film screenings and Q&As for CHARGED benefiting 430 people.GIFF hosted a 4-day film festival June 1 to 4, 2017 that featured 70 film premieres and screenings, industry networking events, educational panels and free community events. 10,000 people came through the festival. 1007601 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 58 0 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 X 39 36 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 CT X Ginger Stickel 2037171800 0 horseneck lane Greenwich CT 06830 ginger Stickel EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR & DIRECTOR 40.00 X X 76615 0 0 Wendy Reyes CHairman/CEO 40.00 X X 79142 0 0 Adrienne Stern Director 0.30 X 0 0 0 Bill Shipsey Director 0.10 X 0 0 0 Carina Crain Director 0.40 X 0 0 0 carolyn westerberg director 0.40 X 0 0 0 Christian Simonds Director 0.25 X 0 0 0 Clay Pecorin Director 0.40 X 0 0 0 Clea Newman Director 0.15 X 0 0 0 Craig Gering director 0.20 X 0 0 0 Colin Hanks Director 0.10 X 0 0 0 Colleen deVeer Director/Dir. of Programming 40.00 X 73077 0 0 David Levien Director 0.40 X 0 0 0 David Duchovny Director 0.10 X 0 0 0 Deborah Royce Director 0.20 X 0 0 0 Dennis Ever Director 0.60 X 0 0 0 Doug Ellin Director 0.60 X 0 0 0 Emily Wachtel Director 0.20 X 0 0 0 Ashley Bekton Director 0.40 X 0 0 0 Alison Davis Director 0.40 X 0 0 0 Jared Ian Goldman Director 0.20 X 0 0 0 Jenna Bush-Hager Director 0.60 X 0 0 0 Jim Cabrera Director 0.20 X 0 0 0 James Matthews Director 0.40 X 0 0 0 Matt Brown Director 0.40 X 0 0 0 Julie Fareri Director 0.40 X 0 0 0 Larry Weissman Director 0.60 X 0 0 0 Linda Zwack Munger Director 0.20 X 0 0 0 Kimberly Clarke director 0.10 X 0 0 0 Kathie Lee Gifford Director 0.15 X 0 0 0 Mark Teixeira Director 0.75 X 0 0 0 Michael Imperioli Director 0.10 X 0 0 0 Bobby Friedman director 0.40 X 0 0 0 Richard Brener Director 0.10 X 0 0 0 susan smith ellis director 0.20 X 0 0 0 Tom Scott Director 0.15 X 0 0 0 Darnell Strom Director 0.20 X 0 0 0 Mark Lindsay Director 0.10 X 0 0 0 Don Ienner Director 0.25 X 0 0 0 Vikki Karan Director thru april 2017 0.10 X 0 0 0 228834 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15000 988989 76023 1003989 Festival Passes 900099 218581 218581 Festival Admissions 900099 136495 136495 Submissions 900099 7559 7559 362635 1366624 362635 0 0 176150 176150 15000 15000 10000 10000 180269 69554 13054 97661 89500 28500 61000 23395 9409 4603 9383 17941 17941 15000 15000 74641 64643 2691 7307 81041 81041 63825 56385 1954 5486 7877 7877 26200 17292 4454 4454 151002 151002 899 899 2868 2868 Film Festival 238925 238925 Venue Rental 48343 48343 Meals & Entertainment 33480 33480 1256356 1007601 109464 139291 439149 539062 4894 2547 3246 2347 442395 541409 17778 6524 17778 6524 X 424617 534885 424617 534885 442395 541409 110268 0 X X 0 1 X 1 0 X 10000 879797 871500 1003989 2765286 16109 340347 314338 362635 1033429 26109 1220144 1185838 1366624 3798715 521134 501607 444258 1466999 0 521134 501607 444258 1466999 2331716 14 14 14 14 3029 3029 26123 1223173 1185838 1366624 3801758 X Schedule A, Part III, Line 12, Explanation of Other Income: Miscellaneous - 2014 Amount: $ 29. Advertising - 2014 Amount: $ 3,000. Part III: The organization is reporting a short year in column (B) for the period August 23, 2013 - July 31, 2014, as this was the organization's initial year of operations. RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 4894 2547 2347 2347 X 1569565 202941 202941 1366624 0 1366624 1459297 202941 202941 1256356 0 1256356 Part X, Line 2: The Festival recognizes the effect of income tax positions only if those positions are more likely than not to be sustained. Management has determined that the Festival had no uncertain tax positions that would require financial statement recognition or disclosure. The Festival is not subject to examinations by the applicable tax jurisdictions for periods prior to 2015. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Middle East and North Africa general support 10000 wire transfer 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 family centers 40 arch street greenwich CT 06830 060646665 501(c)(3) 13000 general support maria fareri children's hospital 100 woods road valhalla NY 10595 134095845 501(c)(3) 15000 general support new england auto musuem po box 1545 burlington CT 06013 562662460 501(c)(3) 10650 general support als association po box 565 agoura hills CA 91376 954163338 501(c)(3) 10000 general support als finding a cure ( the leandro p rizzuto foundation) 23 barry place stamford CT 06902 306068334 501(c)(3) 40000 general support every mother counts 180 varick street suite 1116 new york NY 10014 454102644 501(c)(3) 25000 general support sims foundation po box 2152 austin TX 78768 742766013 501(c)(3) 50000 general support niblock 2017 family trust 24 orchard street unit 12 stonington CT 06378 826382012 10000 general support 7 1 FILMMAKERS awards 5 15000 Part I, Line 2: GIFF has a jury for each grant that uses selection criteria to determine the winners of the five cash grants each year. There are five juries (Social Impact, Narrative Short, Narrative Feature, Documentary Short, Documentary Feature). Since these are general purpose cash awards, we do not monitor the use of the funds awarded to the filmmakers. However, GIFF does stay in touch with these charities and continues to provide marketing support to them after the festival. X 1 11358 avg high/low value X 9 27325 cost X decorations 2 26000 cost X gift bags 4 10240 cost X gift cards 1 1100 cost 0 0 1 0 Part I, Column (b): COLUMN (B) REPRESENTS THE NUMBER OF CONTRIBUTORS. Form 990, Part I, Line 1 Within the past fiscal year, the organization: a. Donated $186,000 to charity partners such as Family Center, Maria Fareri Children's Hospital, ALS Association, ALS Finding A Cure, Every Mother Counts, SIMS Foundation for Mental Health, and more. b. Granted $25,000 in cash awards to filmmakers c. Offered 10 free programs for the community, including educational panels and film screenings d. Hosted networking events for filmmakers with prospective financiers e. Offered marketing benefits to social impact films and charity partners f. Raised awareness of important issues through our social impact film screenings, Q&As and panels. Some of the issues include: i. Health care, Sexual assault, Mental health, ALS, bullying, animal rights, conservation, the refugee crisis, women's rights, equality in the work place, maternal health, human trafficking, domestic violence, poverty, disabilities Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 2 The following board members have a business relationship: - Jim Cabrera and Julie Fareri Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 6 The organization has one class of members. Membership is open to individuals who embrace the GIFF mission statement and make an annual donation to GIFF. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11b Greenwich International Film Festival, Inc., has its form 990 prepared by an outside accounting firm and have established the following review process to ensure that the information reported is complete and accurate. When the Form 990 has been prepared, reviewed by management and is ready to be filed with the Internal Revenue Service, it is electronically sent to the board members of the organization for any comments. Any comments are then grouped, summarized and provided to the outside accountants. Each issue is documented and addressed until the return is finalized and approved for filing. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 12c As a condition to employment, all officers, directors and employees of the organization are required to disclose in writing all financial, proprietary or personal interests that might conflict with his or her duties to the Organization. A signed "Conflict of Interest Disclosure," is delivered to the COO, who determines if a conflict of interest exists and what, if any, steps are to be taken under the circumstances. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19 The Organization makes its form 990 available for public inspection as required under section 6104 of the Internal Revenue Code. The return is posted on guidestar.org and other similar types of websites. In addition, the financial statements, conflict of interest policy, articles of incorporation and by-laws are also available upon written request at 0 horseneck lane, Greenwich, CT 06830...or by calling the organization directly at (203)-717-1800. Form 990, Part XII, Line 2c: The Organization's audit committee assumes responsibility for oversight of the audit of its financial statements and selection of an independent accountant. THE PROCESS HAS NOT CHANGED FROM THE PRIOR YEAR.