Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Nov 1942.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
81 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.
Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.
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Who runs it and what they're paid
23 people listed on the 990; $2.9M paid to officers and key staff.
Nicole Sexton’s $376K as CEO is at the 81st percentile of top reported officer pay among 661 $10–100M philanthropy & grantmaking nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.
Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 8 named individuals · Part VII
| Name | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sung-Ah Poblete | — | — | $233,384 | $484,458 | $451,363 |
| Nicole Sexton | $375,683 | $367,367 | $351,242 | $351,271 | $363,817 |
| Deborah Morrison | — | — | $314,113 | $290,435 | $292,868 |
| Dana Lipman | $263,710 | $260,803 | $223,433 | $208,846 | — |
| Maurine Slutzky | — | — | $256,398 | $256,702 | $256,929 |
| Shawn Burke | $255,971 | $253,625 | $192,653 | $187,898 | $193,392 |
| Russel Chew | — | — | $245,435 | $240,030 | — |
| Nancy Kim Blackwater | — | — | $219,151 | $231,078 | $209,373 |
Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.
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Questions the 990 asks
The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.
- Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
- Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes
Programs and updates
Mobilizes the entertainment industry's resources to support disaster relief and create career opportunities in film and television for historically excluded communities.
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Stand up to cancer initiative (SU2C) is designed to raise funds to accelerate ground-breaking cancer research and bring new therapies to patients sooner to save lives. SU2C utilizes the entertainment industry to build broad public support and to enhance awareness of the devastating impact cancer has in this country.
Charitable Service Funds
With unparalleled access to roadblock television, donated media and industry-wide collaborators, eif charitable service funds supports groundbreaking programs that raise awareness and funds for issues affecting millions of people around the world.
Defy Disaster
The foundation's crisis relief program brings together the entertainment community to support disaster response. Defy disaster is dedicated to providing aid to survivors and communities affected by natural and humanitarian disasters to help them recover and rebuild.
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Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
By the numbers
The FY2020 990, line by line.
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| Line | Start FY20 | End FY20 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and savingsLn 1–2 | $61.9M | $89.1M |
| InvestmentsLn 11–13 | $3.7M | $3.9M |
| Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c | $538K | $535K |
| Total assetsLn 16 | $82.1M | $110.6M |
| LiabilitiesLn 26 | $24.1M | $18.0M |
| Net assetsLn 32 | $58.0M | $92.6M |
| Line | Total | Programs | Management | Fundraising |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1 | $33.6M | $33.6M | ||
| Grants to domestic individualsLn 2 | $28K | $28K | ||
| Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3 | $4.7M | $4.7M | ||
| Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5 | $2.0M | $926K | $706K | $385K |
| Other salaries and wagesLn 7 | $6.5M | $4.3M | $1.4M | $772K |
| Pension plan contributionsLn 8 | $326K | $217K | $75K | $34K |
| Other employee benefitsLn 9 | $769K | $511K | $181K | $77K |
| Payroll taxesLn 10 | $513K | $322K | $115K | $76K |
| Legal feesLn 11b | $832K | $9K | $823K | |
| Accounting feesLn 11c | $95K | $95K | ||
| Professional fundraising feesLn 11e | $530K | $530K | ||
| Investment management feesLn 11f | $19K | $19K | ||
| Other fees for servicesLn 11g | $9.8M | $6.4M | $852K | $2.6M |
| Advertising and promotionLn 12 | $18K | $13K | $4K | $160 |
| Office expensesLn 13 | $1.1M | $513K | $190K | $372K |
| OccupancyLn 16 | $2.0M | $55K | $2.0M | |
| TravelLn 17 | $1.0M | $994K | $26K | $5K |
| Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22 | $165K | $165K | ||
| InsuranceLn 23 | $211K | $2K | $208K | |
| Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24 | $2.4M | $1.8M | $383K | $220K |
| All other expensesLn 24e | $291K | $220K | $56K | $15K |
| Total functional expensesLn 25 | $66.9M | $54.5M | $7.3M | $5.1M |
Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 Latest | $72.9M | $86.4M | −$13.5M | $73.0M | 990 PDF |
| FY2023 | $102.4M | $105.4M | −$3.0M | $86.3M | 990 PDF |
| FY2022 | $57.8M | $59.3M | −$1.5M | $88.0M | 990 PDF |
| FY2021 | $64.8M | $64.7M | $127K | $92.3M | 990 PDF |
| FY2020 Viewing | $100.2M | $66.9M | $33.2M | $92.6M | 990 PDF |
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Schedules filed Part IV
See the full FY2020 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $100,177,248 revenue, 12 lines filed
Part VI · Governance 11 of 11 board members independent, no flags
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $100,177,248 across 9 lines filed
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $66,927,734 across 21 lines filed
Part X · Balance sheet $110,608,198 assets, 18 lines filed
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $92,613,437 net assets at year end
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2020 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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