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AUSTRALIANS IN FILM FOUNDATION

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2024 · Form 990EZ · revenue $72K · expenses $94K · assets $46K

EIN
46-2776007
Address
1041 N FORMOSA AVE WRT 3, LOS ANGELES, CA 90046-6703
Website
WW.AUSTRALIANSINFILM.ORG
NTEE code
B90
Subsection
501(c)(3)
Ruling year
2014
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Mission

CELEBRATING OUTSTANDING AUSTRALIAN FILMAKERS AND PERFORMERS IN THE UNITED STATES WHILE INSPIRING, UNITING AND DEVELOPING THE NEXT GENERATION.

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).

People paid by the organization

None of the 14 people listed on these returns reported compensation from the organization. They are listed below.

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

14 people listed on the returns with $0 (or no amount) in every compensation column: current people first. Hours are as filed on the latest return each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsHrs/wk (latest)CompensationOrganizations
Peter Ritchie Executive Dir.2017-2024 5 $0 reported 2
Simonne Overend Board Member2017-2024 1 $0 reported 2
Emma Cooper Chair2020-2024 1 $0 reported 2
Zareh Nalbandian Treasurer2024 1 $0 reported 2
Samantha Lang Deputy Chair2024 1 $0 reported 2
Peter Scarf (former) Treasurer2021 1 $0 reported 2
Unjoo Moon (former) Board Member2020-2021 1 $0 reported 2
Rob Marsala (former) Treasurer2020 1 $0 reported 2
Kate Marks (former) BOARD MEMBER2017-2019 1 $0 reported 2
Greg Basser (former) BOARD MEMBER2017-2019 1 $0 reported 2
Paula Paizes (former) PRESIDENT2013-2015 2 $0 reported 2
Andrew Warne (former) SECRETARY2013-2015 2 $0 reported 2
Tracey Vieira (former) TREASURER2013-2015 2 $0 reported 2
Michael Kelleher (former) DIRECTOR2013-2015 1 $0 reported 1

People by year

2024 · 5 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Peter Ritchie Executive Dir.5 $0-- $02
Simonne Overend Board Member1 $0-- $02
Emma Cooper Chair1 $0-- $02
Zareh Nalbandian Treasurer1 $0-- $02
Samantha Lang Deputy Chair1 $0-- $02
2021 · 5 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
PETER RITCHIE Exec Director5 $0-- $02
Simonne Overend Chairman1 $0-- $02
Emma Cooper Deputy Chair1 $0-- $02
Peter Scarf Treasurer1 $0-- $02
Unjoo Moon Board Member1 $0-- $02
2020 · 5 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
PETER RITCHIE Exec Director5 $0-- $02
Simonne Overend Chairman1 $0-- $02
Emma Cooper Deputy Chair1 $0-- $02
Rob Marsala Treasurer1 $0-- $02
Unjoo Moon Board Member1 $0-- $02
2019 · 4 people listed · none paid · 0 employees · 5 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
PETER RITCHIE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR5 $0$0$0 $02
KATE MARKS BOARD MEMBER1 $0$0$0 $02
SIMONNE OVEREND BOARD MEMBER1 $0$0$0 $02
GREG BASSER BOARD MEMBER1 $0$0$0 $02
2018 · 4 people listed · none paid · 0 employees · 5 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
PETER RITCHIE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR0 $0$0$0 $02
KATE MARKS BOARD MEMBER0 $0$0$0 $02
SIMONNE OVEREND BOARD MEMBER0 $0$0$0 $02
GREG BASSER BOARD MEMBER0 $0$0$0 $02
2017 · 4 people listed · none paid · 0 employees · 8 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
PETER RITCHIE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR0 $0$0$0 $02
KATE MARKS BOARD MEMBER1 $0$0$0 $02
SIMONNE OVEREND BOARD MEMBER1 $0$0$0 $02
GREG BASSER BOARD MEMBER1 $0$0$0 $02
2015 · 4 people listed · none paid · 0 employees · 10 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
PAULA PAIZES PRESIDENT2 $0$0$0 $02
ANDREW WARNE SECRETARY2 $0$0$0 $02
TRACEY VIEIRA TREASURER2 $0$0$0 $02
MICHAEL KELLEHER DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01
2014 · 4 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
PAULA PAIZES PRESIDENT2 $0-$0 $02
ANDREW WARNE SECRETARY2 $0-$0 $02
TRACEY VIEIRA TREASURER2 $0-$0 $02
MICHAEL KELLEHER DIRECTOR1 $0-$0 $01
2013 · 4 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
PAULA PAIZES PRESIDENT2 $0-$0 $02
ANDREW WARNE SECRETARY2 $0-$0 $02
TRACEY VIEIRA TREASURER2 $0-$0 $02
MICHAEL KELLEHER DIRECTOR1 $0-$0 $01

Highest-paid independent contractors

No independent contractors reported.

Who gave

Contributor names are not public for this form type.

Public charities filing Form 990 or 990-EZ report large donors on Schedule B, but the IRS withholds their names and addresses from public copies. Private foundations (990-PF) are different: their contributors are public.

Finances

Newest first. Each filing: its name on one row, its figures on the row beneath. Greyed filings are superseded by a later return for the same period and are left out everywhere else on this page.

RevenueExpensesAssetsNet assetsContributionsProgram revenueOfficer payEmployeesVolunteers
2024 · Form 990EZ period ending 2024-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$72,402$93,672 $46,482$46,482 $72,402- ---
2021 · Form 990EZ period ending 2021-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$27,250$20,265 $18,056$18,056 $27,250- ---
2020 · Form 990EZ period ending 2020-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$26,446$26,242 $11,626$11,071 $26,446- ---
2019 · Form 990 period ending 2019-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$19,050$26,288 $10,769$10,769 $19,000$0 $005
2018 · Form 990 period ending 2018-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$65,430$76,101 $40,856$18,007 $111,359$0 $005
2017 · Form 990 period ending 2017-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$421,079$401,881 $28,678$28,678 $375,840$45,239 $008
2015 · Form 990 period ending 2015-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$260,145$228,190 $87,415$87,415 $0$260,145 $0010
2014 · Form 990EZ period ending 2014-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$49,965$10,768 $55,969$55,459 $49,115- ---
2013 · Form 990EZ period ending 2013-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$17,950- $18,450$18,450 $17,950- ---

Funders of this organization

3 grantors reported grants to this organization, $95,000 in all, tax years 2016 to 2024. Exact: the grantor wrote this organization's EIN. Fuzzy: the grantor wrote only a name (foundations' 990-PF has no EIN field), matched to the same or a near-identical name in the same state; the name as filed is shown. From the latest return for each grantor and year, so amended returns aren't counted twice. CSV

GrantorTypeMatchYears givenGrantsTotalLatest yearLatest year's amountGrants
HOLLYWOOD FOREIGN PRESS ASSOCIATION CHARITABLE TRUST Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “AUSTRALIANS IN FILM FOUNDATION” 2016, 2019-2020, 2022-2023 5$75,000 2023$20,000
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GOLDEN GLOBE FOUNDATION Public charity Exact 2024 1$10,000 2024$10,000
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HOLLYWOOD FOREIGN PRESS ASSOCIATION Public charity Exact 2018 1$10,000 2018$10,000
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Where the money went

Every expense line on each return, biggest first: Form 990 Part IX (with its program, management and fundraising columns), 990-EZ Part I, or 990-PF Part I. Event marks lines the organization itself describes as events. “Events” in each summary adds those lines, conferences and meetings, and the direct costs of fundraising events. Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.

2024 · Form 990EZ · $93,672 spent · pay $0 · grants $85,000 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Grants and similar amounts paid $85,000 90.7%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $8,172 8.7%
Fees to independent contractors $500 0.5%
Total$93,672100%

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2021 · Form 990EZ · $20,265 spent · pay $0 · grants $20,000 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Grants and similar amounts paid $20,000 98.7%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $265 1.3%
Total$20,265100%

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2020 · Form 990EZ · $26,242 spent · pay $0 · grants $17,000 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Grants and similar amounts paid $17,000 64.8%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $9,242 35.2%
Total$26,242100%

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2019 · Form 990 · $26,288 spent · pay $0 · grants $10,000 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Fees: accounting $16,000-$16,000- 60.9%
Grants outside the US $10,000$10,000-- 38.0%
Other (as described)FRANCHISE TAX $165-$165$0 0.6%
Other (as described)SUPPLIES $123-$123- 0.5%
Total$26,288100%

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2018 · Form 990 · $76,101 spent · pay $0 · grants $18,500 · events $78,519
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Fees: management $36,000-$36,000- 47.3%
Grants outside the US $18,500$18,500-- 24.3%
Fees: other services $13,767-$13,767- 18.1%
Information technology $4,500$4,500-- 5.9%
Other (as described)SCHOLARSHIP EXPENSE $2,075$2,075-- 2.7%
Other (as described)HLS MEALS $969$969-- 1.3%
Other (as described)BANK SERVICE FEES $129-$129$0 0.2%
Advertising and promotion $96-$96- 0.1%
Other (as described)FRANCHISE TAX $65-$65- 0.1%
Fundraising events Eventdirect expenses; gross income $32,590$78,519reported apart
Total$76,101100%

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2017 · Form 990 · $401,881 spent · pay $0 · grants $20,000 · events $100,894
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Fees: management $142,897$60,484$82,413- 35.6%
All other expenses $112,961$98,921$14,040- 28.1%
Conferences, conventions and meetings $100,894$43,554-$57,340 25.1%
Grants outside the US $20,000$20,000-- 5.0%
Advertising and promotion $15,226$15,226-- 3.8%
Travel $3,931-$3,931- 1.0%
Other (as described)PROMOTION $2,850$2,850-- 0.7%
Fees: accounting $2,500-$2,500- 0.6%
Office expenses $402-$402- 0.1%
Other (as described)AGENT FEE $125-$125- 0.0%
Other (as described)PUBLICITY $60--$60 0.0%
Other (as described)LATE FEE $35-$35- 0.0%
Total$401,881100%

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2015 · Form 990 · $228,190 spent · pay $59,712 · grants $0 · events $114,032
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Conferences, conventions and meetings $114,032$113,279$753- 50.0%
Other salaries and wages $59,712-$59,712- 26.2%
Other (as described)HLS 2016 $34,124$34,124-- 15.0%
Other (as described)PRIZE $10,000$10,000-- 4.4%
Advertising and promotion $8,305-$8,305- 3.6%
Fees: other services $1,800$1,800-- 0.8%
Fees: legal $125-$125- 0.1%
Other (as described)GIFTS $85$85-- 0.0%
Travel $6-$6- 0.0%
All other expenses $1-$1- 0.0%
Total$228,190100%

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2014 · Form 990EZ · $10,768 spent · pay $0 · grants $10,000 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Grants and similar amounts paid $10,000 92.9%
Fees to independent contractors $567 5.3%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $201 1.9%
Total$10,768100%

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