NonprofitsWatchfire Media Inc

Arts, Culture & Humanities

Watchfire Media Inc

OCEANSIDE, CA

Total revenue

$196K

Total expenses

$140K

Net assets

$92K

Grants received

$363K

9 grants

EIN

824613302

Tax year

2024

Mission

Watchfire Media is dedicated to telling good stories through books curricula and films that help us envision the world that could be. We want young people and their adults to walk comfortably with the big questions of spirituality and meaning to be awed by the beauty of the world and to be committed to love kindness courage and justice. We are the publisher of Holy Troublemakers & Unconventional Saints Dear Mama God and the upcoming The Wren Magazine for tweens and teens.

Programs

2 programs

Watchfire Media continued to publish our books Holy Troublemakers & Unconventional Saints and Dear Mama God and their companion curricula. We developed a new curriculum for Holy Troublemakers & Unconventional Saints called Part II: We Are Made of Stories & Stardust. It focuses on the importance of the stories we tell individually and collectively and helps youth identify the stories told by 11 additional holy troublemakers and unconventional saints so they can find those that resonate with them and want to share or retell in their own ways.

Expenses: $13K

Watchfire Media began development of a new nature magazine for kids called The Wren Magazine. This is a beautifully handcrafted soul-nourishing publication for tweens teens and their families that invites readers to slow down look closely and rediscover joy gladness and wonder in the everyday world. It helps families cultivate mindful rhythms and home-based practices rooted in attentiveness gratitude and curiosity about the natural world.

Expenses: $4K

Financials

FY 2024

Revenue

Contributions & grants$176K
Program service revenue
Investment income
Other revenue$19K
Total revenue$196K

Expenses

Grants paid$23K
Salaries & benefits$99K
Fundraising
Other expenses$19K
Total expenses$140K
Total assets$92K
Net assets$92K

People

5 listed

NameRoleCompensation

Alicia Johnson

President

Board

1 hrs/wk

Traci Smith

Secretary

Board

1 hrs/wk

Herb Montgomery

Treasurer

Board

1 hrs/wk

Daneen Akers

Executive Director

Staff

$70K

40 hrs/wk

Stephen Eyer

Producer

Staff

$15K

10 hrs/wk

Grants received

Showing 9 of 9

FromAmountPurposeYear
$93K
UNRESTRICTED
2024
$14K
UNRESTRICTED
2023
$80K
CULTURE & ARTS
2022
$17K
UNRESTRICTED
2022
$80K
CULTURE & ARTS
2021
$20K
UNRESTRICTED
2021
$29K
Unrestricted
2020

Funded by

$363K from 3 funders · 9 grants · 2020–2024

National Philanthropic Trust

$183K · 3 grants · 2021–2023

Network For Good

$173K · 5 grants · 2020–2024

Details

EIN824613302
NTEE codeA30
Subsection03
Ruling date2019-03
Formed2024
Employees2
Volunteers3
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