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.
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.
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.
Financials
FY 2024
Revenue
Expenses
People
8 listed
Heidi Basch-Harod
Executive Dir.
$68K
20 hrs/wk
Gina Brourman-Sacks
Board Chair,CEO
—
1 hrs/wk
Caron Bielski
Vice President
—
1 hrs/wk
Tali Bielski
Director
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1 hrs/wk
Filipe Nogueira
Director
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1 hrs/wk
Candice Nakagawa
Director
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1 hrs/wk
Diana Means
Director
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1 hrs/wk
Snehal Chitalia
Director
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1 hrs/wk
Grants received
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Funded by
$211K from 9 funders · 17 grants · 2017–2024
$102K · 5 grants · 2020–2024
$20K · 2 grants · 2019
$20K · 2 grants · 2022–2024
$20K · 2 grants · 2022–2023
$15K · 1 grant · 2023
$12K · 2 grants · 2020–2023
$10K · 1 grant · 2021
$10K · 1 grant · 2024