Organizations Filed Purposes:
TO CHAMPION THE CAUSE OF INDEPENDENT FILM AND SUPPORT A COMMUNITY OF ARTISTS WHO EMBODY DIVERSITY, INNOVATION, AND UNIQUENESS OF VISION.
TO SUPPORT INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS AND TO PROMOTE INDEPENDENT FILMMAKING TO THE PUBLIC.
MEMBERSHIP, EDUCATION AND PROGRAMMING SERVICES:THE FILM INDEPENDENT FORUM CONFERENCETHE DIRECTORS CLOSE-UP SERIESYEAR ROUND CLASSES AND WORKSHOPSTECH TALKSNETWORKING EVENTSCASTING ROOM USAGEFILM INDEPENDENT SCREENING SERIES, GLOBAL MEDIA MAKERS
FILM INDEPENDENT'S SPIRIT AWARDS, A TELEVISED AWARDS SHOW WHICH PROMOTES THE INDEPENDENT FILM COMMUNITY AND WHICH, OVER THE PAST 33 YEARS, HAVE DONE MORE THAN ANY OTHER SINGLE EVENT TO PUT INDEPENDENT FILM ON THE MAP AND IN THE PUBLIC CONSCIOUSNESS.2019 SPIRIT AWARDS HIGHLIGHTS:SCREENINGS IN LOS ANGELES = 8,000 PEOPLEVOTING MEMBERS OF FILM INDEPENDENT = 7,430PRESS ON-SITE = 350ANCILLARY GUESTS (PUBLICISTS ETC.)= 200SEATED GUEST = 1,350VOLUNTEERS = 80FILMMAKER ATTENDEES = 200+
2018-19 ARTIST DEVELOPMENT HIGHLIGHTS:- PROJECT INVOLVE HAS SUPPORTED OVER 800 FILMMAKERS OVER THE PAST TWENTY-FIVE YEARS THROUGH MASTER CLASSES, INDIVIDUAL MENTORSHIP, EDUCATIONAL AND NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES AND SHORT FILM PRODUCTION. AT LEAST 30 FILMMAKERS PARTICIPATED IN FY 18/19 PI SCREENING PROGRAMS SERVED 1,900 PEOPLE IN FY 18/19.- THE DIRECTING, PRODUCING, SCREENWRITING, EPISODIC AND DOCUMENTARYLABS PROVIDE MENTORSHIP AND TRAINING ON THE ART AND BUSINESS OF FILMMAKING TO AT LEAST 100 FELLOWS ANNUALLY WITH FEATURE-LENGTH PROJECTS IN DEVELOPMENT.- FAST TRACK IS A HIGHLY CURATED FILM FINANCING MARKET, DESIGNED TO HELP PRODUCER-DIRECTOR TEAMS ADVANCE THEIR PROJECTS. FI FACILITATES 60 MEETINGS FOR FELLOWS WITH TOP EXECUTIVES, FINANCIERS, AGENTS, MANAGERS, DISTRIBUTORS, GRANTING ORGANIZATIONS AND PRODUCTION COMPANIES. - FILM INDEPENDENT'S FISCAL SPONSORSHIP PROGRAM ALLOWS APPLICANTS TO UTILIZE THE NON-PROFIT STATUS OF THE ORGANIZATION TO ACCESS GRANTS FROM FOUNDATIONS, INDIVIDUAL DONORS AND GOVERNMENT AGENCIES. AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER, 2019, THE FISCAL SPONSORSHIP PROGRAM HAD APPROXIMATELY 122 ACTIVE PARTICIPANTS. OF THOSE, 62 JOINED THE PROGRAM WITHIN THE PERIOD OCTOBER 18 TO SEPTEMBER 2019.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Josh Welsh | PRESIDENT | 40 | $287,309 |
| Michael Winchester | MANAGING DIRECTOR | 40 | $229,775 |
| Elvis Mitchell | FILM CURATOR | 40 | $196,627 |
| Albina Oks | DIRECTOR OF CORPORATE SPONSORSHIP | 40 | $143,727 |
| Kathryn Walker | SENIOR DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT | 40 | $139,230 |
| Maria Bozzi-Rahamad | SENIOR DIRECTOR OF FILM ED | 40 | $129,505 |
| Jennifer Cochis | DIRECTOR, LA FILM FESTIVAL | 40 | $118,709 |
| Nancy Utley | DIRECTOR | 5 | $0 |
| Cathy Schulman | DIRECTOR | 5 | $0 |
| Col Needham | DIRECTOR | 5 | $0 |
| Catherine Park | DIRECTOR | 5 | $0 |
| Gail Mutrux | DIRECTOR | 5 | $0 |
| Karyn Kusama | DIRECTOR | 5 | $0 |
| Allan Mayer | DIRECTOR | 5 | $0 |
| Alix Madigan Yorkin | DIRECTOR | 5 | $0 |
| Mynette Louie | DIRECTOR | 5 | $0 |
| David Linde | DIRECTOR | 5 | $0 |
| Sue Kroll | DIRECTOR | 5 | $0 |
| Laura Kim | DIRECTOR | 5 | $0 |
| Michael Joe | DIRECTOR | 5 | $0 |
| Michael Helfant | DIRECTOR | 5 | $0 |
| Vondie Curtis Hall | DIRECTOR | 5 | $0 |
| Javier Fuentes-Leon | DIRECTOR | 5 | $0 |
| Eric D'Arbeloff | DIRECTOR | 5 | $0 |
| Mathew Cullen | DIRECTOR | 5 | $0 |
| Adriene Bowles | DIRECTOR | 5 | $0 |
| Nina Yang Bongiovi | DIRECTOR | 5 | $0 |
| Randy Barbato | DIRECTOR | 5 | $0 |
| Len Amato | DIRECTOR | 5 | $0 |
| Kasi Lemmons | EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBER | 5 | $0 |
| Effie T Brown | SECRETARY | 5 | $0 |
| Ted Mundorff | TREASURER | 5 | $0 |
| Alan Poul | VICE CHAIR | 5 | $0 |
| Mary Sweeney | CHAIR OF THE BOARD | 5 | $0 |
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