Organizations Filed Purposes:
Ensure the collection is available to the general public through rentals and on-site screenings in an effort to educate and entertain the public, promote the art of filmmaking and promise a sense of community between filmmakers and film lovers. To nurture film and media arts, film culture and community in the Northwest and beyond by providing a library and films for sale covering a broad range of film history, offering a venue for film-related educational events, affording emerging filmmakers a venue to show or release their works, and providing an outlet for the sale of locally made films.
Scarecrow Video is dedicated to championing the indispensable role of film arts in community, cultural, and civic life. We are committed to: building film literacy, ensuring full public access to the largest privately held video and physical media archive in the united states, advancing cultural and educational enrichment through community-based programming, and supporting the arts capacity of civic groups, educational institutions, and nonprofits in the Puget Sound area.
Scarecrow Video preserves and maintains one of the most culturally significant video collections in the U.S. This critical collection of over 135,000 titles is housed at the Seattle location, and continues to grow by bringing in approximately 3,600 new titles annually. Scarecrow Video's unique library represents every facet of its collective cultural history spanning over 125 years, and coming from 129 countries with over 126 languages other than English. The organization holds films not just about marginalized storytellers, but by them as well, and holds these works to be of equal importance as Hollywood blockbusters. Scarecrow Video strives to be a resource to everyone and serves approximately 10,000 people annually through low cost rentals and free public programs: The Screening Room, Children's Hour, Silver Screeners Cinema, Scarecrow Academy, and Movies in the Park. Scarecrow Video's patron base covers 97% of King County and beyond, and includes constituents from a broad range of income, age, and cultures.
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 |
|---|
| Erin Kathleen Barr | President/Treas | 25 | $10,162 |
| Karl Woelfer | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Russell Williams | Director | 2 | $0 |
| Tim League | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Robert Horton | Director | 2 | $0 |
| Daniel Herbert | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Woods Fairbanks | Director | 2 | $0 |
| Zack Carlson | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Brian Alter | Secretary | 1.5 | $0 |
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