NonprofitsWomens Voices Now Inc

International, Foreign Affairs & National Security

Womens Voices Now Inc

RLLNG HLS EST, CA

Total revenue

$401K

Total expenses

$437K

Net assets

$164K

Grants received

$211K

17 grants

EIN

272779043

Tax year

2024

Mission

Use film to drive postive social change that advances girls and women's rights globally.

Programs

3 programs

Girls voices now - a youth development program empowering the next generation of youth from under-resourced communities to find, develop and use their voice for social change through filmmaking. As of 2024 we serve 104 girls from under-resourced communities in los angeles. The program has produced 28 youth-made short films which have been selected and awarded in 145 film festivals and seen by 4.3 million viewers. Our youth made films have been nominated, once for a daytime emmy (2021), and once for a childrens & family entertainment emmy (2024), and won the daytime emmy in 2021.

Expenses: $86K

Film festival - our annual womens voices now film festival is an international womens rights documentary film festival that seeks to address the lack of authentic representation of women in film. Since 2011 we have received 1,382 film submissions from 97 countries. Awarded $143,500 in cash prizes. Gathered online audience members from 195+ countries. As of 2024 we actively work with over 300 filmmakers, nurturing a community of filmmakers.

Expenses: $63K

Artist-in-Residence - The Artist-in-Residence program is a collaborative initiative hosting one guest filmmaker to contribute to the curating of the Women's Voices Now Voices for change film collection program, expand the network and outreach of WVN film festival, and for the filmmaking to explore opportunities in the Los Angeles area to further their personal artistic projects.

Expenses: $20K

Financials

FY 2024

Revenue

Contributions & grants$389K
Program service revenue$11K
Investment income$342
Other revenue
Total revenue$401K

Expenses

Grants paid$5K
Salaries & benefits$211K
Fundraising$67K
Other expenses$222K
Total expenses$437K
Total assets$170K
Net assets$164K

People

8 listed

NameRoleCompensation

Heidi Basch-Harod

Executive Dir.

Board

$68K

20 hrs/wk

Gina Brourman-Sacks

Board Chair,CEO

Board

1 hrs/wk

Caron Bielski

Vice President

Board

1 hrs/wk

Tali Bielski

Director

Board

1 hrs/wk

Filipe Nogueira

Director

Board

1 hrs/wk

Candice Nakagawa

Director

Board

1 hrs/wk

Diana Means

Director

Board

1 hrs/wk

Snehal Chitalia

Director

Board

1 hrs/wk

Grants received

Showing 17 of 17

FromAmountPurposeYear
$21K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$10K
CASH DONATION FOR FUNDRAISING
2024
$10K
FALL 2024 GRANT RECIPIENT
2024
$15K
CORE PROGRAMS
2023
$5K
WOMEN'S VOICES NOW FILM FESTIVAL
2023
$27K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$10K
CASH DONATION FOR FUNDRAISING
2022
$25K
General Support
2021
$7K
Womens Voices Now online film festival
2020
$6K
General Support
2020
$10K
SEE PART IV
2019
$10K
SEE PART IV
2019
$3K
Women's Voices Now Local and Global Public Education Program (2017-18)
2017

Funded by

$211K from 9 funders · 17 grants · 2017–2024

Paypal Charitable Giving Fund

$102K · 5 grants · 2020–2024

The Representation Project

$20K · 2 grants · 2019

Monster Energy Cares

$20K · 2 grants · 2022–2024

Hollywood Foreign Press Association

$20K · 2 grants · 2022–2023

California Humanities

$15K · 1 grant · 2023

Dudley T Dougherty Foundation Inc

$12K · 2 grants · 2020–2023

Visionary Women

$10K · 1 grant · 2024

Details

EIN272779043
NTEE codeQ70
Subsection03
Ruling date2010-08
Formed2010
Employees5
Volunteers18
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