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CO-FOUNDED IN 2000 BY ACCLAIMED FILMMAKER STANLEY NELSON, AND AWARD-WINNING WRITER AND PHILANTHROPY EXECUTIVE MARCIA SMITH, FIRELIGHT WAS BORN TO SPECIFICALLY ADDRESS THE DEFICIT OF FILMS IN MAINSTREAM MEDIA MADE BY AND ABOUT DIVERSE COMMUNITIES. 0 0 5840231 1450400 471550 SUPPORTED BY CPB SINCE 2014, THE DOCUMENTARY LAB HAS BECOME THE EPICENTER OF FIRELIGHT MEDIA'S NETWORK OF PROGRAMS AND EVENTS SUPPORTING DIVERSE DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKERS, INCLUDING THE GROUNDWORK REGIONAL LAB, WHICH LAUNCHED IN 2017 WITH CPB FUNDING TO SUPPORT EARLY CAREER DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKERS LIVING AND WORKING IN UNDERREPRESENTED REGIONS OF THE U.S., AND THE FRONTLINE/FIRELIGHT FELLOWSHIP FOR INVESTIGATIVE DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKERS, WHICH BEGAN IN 2018 AND IS ALSO SUPPORTED BY CPB. FIRELIGHT MEDIA-SUPPORTED FILMMAKERS HAVE PRODUCED SHORT FILMS ON EMERGING ARTISTS OF COLOR FOR "IN THE MAKING", A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN FIRELIGHT MEDIA AND PBS AMERICAN MASTERS; AND "HINDSIGHT", A SERIES OF SHORT FILMS MADE IN 2020 BY BIPOC FILMMAKERS LIVING IN THE AMERICAN SOUTH AND PUERTO RICO, WHICH MARKED A FIRST-TIME PARTNERSHIP AMONG FIRELIGHT, THE CENTER FOR ASIAN AMERICAN MEDIA, REEL SOUTH, WORLD CHANNEL AND PUBLIC TELEVISION STATIONS. THE $4 MILLION FROM CPB REPRESENTS AN INCREASE OF 33% IN FUNDING. TOGETHER WITH $1.5 MILLION IN NEW FUNDING FROM PBS, THE GRANT WILL ALLOW FOR EXPANSION AND INTEGRATION OF FIRELIGHT MEDIA'S THREE KEY ARTISTS SUPPORT PROGRAMS: THE FIRELIGHT DOCUMENTARY LAB, FIRELIGHT MEDIA'S FLAGSHIP 18-MONTH MENTORING PROGRAM, WHICH SUPPORTS FILMMAKERS FROM A PROJECT'S CONCEPTION THROUGH ITS COMPLETION, WILL EXPAND THE NUMBER OF FILMMAKERS IN EACH COHORT. GROUNDWORK REGIONAL LAB WILL SERVE 40 EARLY CAREER FILMMAKERS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH LOCAL STATIONS. 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X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MARCIA SMITH PRESIDENT 273364 0 0 0 0 0 22500 0 16131 0 311995 0 0 0 LETICIA PEGUERO SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT 207939 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8490 0 216429 0 0 0 STANLEY NELSON LEAD MENTOR 151410 0 0 0 0 0 21587 0 8490 0 181487 0 0 0 RAFIAH VITALIS FINANCE & OPERATIONS DIRECTOR 134035 0 0 0 0 0 4172 0 22009 0 160216 0 0 0 MONIKA NAVARRO PROGRAM DIRECTOR 117971 0 0 0 0 0 6261 0 26319 0 150551 0 0 0 FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 2 MARCIA SMITH, BOARD MEMBER AND PRESIDENT, IS THE SPOUSE OF LEAD MENTOR, STANLEY NELSON FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B THE FORM 990 IS PREPARED BY AN OUTSIDE ACCOUNTANT AND PROVIDED TO MANAGEMENT FOR REVIEW. MANAGEMENT REVIEWS THE DRAFT OF THE FORM 990 AND PROVIDES EDITS TO THE TAX PREPARER. AFTER THIS PROCESS IS PERFORMED, THE FORM 990 WAS SENT TO THE FULL BOARD OF DIRECTORS PRIOR TO BEING FILED WITH THE IRS. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C THE ORGANIZATION HAS A BOARD APPROVED CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY. EACH BOARD MEMBER MUST FILL OUT AN ANNUAL DECLARATION STATING THEY HAD NO CONFLICTS OR IDENTIFYING THE NATURE OF THEIR INTERESTED PARTY TRANSACTIONS. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15A EACH YEAR THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REVIEWS COMPARABLE SALARIES BASED ON A RECOGNIZED STUDY AND REVIEWS THE PERFORMANCE OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO DETERMINE IF THE EXISTING SALARY FALLS WITHIN THESE RANGES. AFTER A DELIBERATION OF THIS MATTER, A NEW PROPOSED SALARY AND BENEFIT PACKAGE IS VOTED ON. THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS REFLECT THE NATURE OF THIS PROCESS. THE DATE OF THAT LAST COMPENSATION REVIEW WAS COMPLETED WAS JUNE 2023. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 ORGANIZATIONAL DOCUMENTS ARE MADE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. FORM 990, PART IX, LINE 11G CONSULTING: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 464,258. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 235,839. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 0. TOTAL EXPENSES 700,097. OTHER PROFESSIONAL FEES: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 13,800. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 193,493. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 4,000. TOTAL EXPENSES 211,293. FORM 990, PART XII, LINE 2B: AS OF THE DATE OF THIS FILING, THE AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS WERE BEING PREPARED.