2020-05-05T17:25:44-05:00 2019-12-31 111986323 MARCUM LLP 1899 L STREET NW WASHINGTON DC 20036 990 2019-01-01 454587107 THE BETTER ANGELS SOCIETY INC BETT 2026544204 2000 MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE NW WASHINGTON DC 20036 COURTNEY CHAPIN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 2026544204 2020-05-05 1 FRANK H SMITH P00639053 2028225000 2020-04-29 144.121.95.190 2020-05-05 13:32:58 ED P DA39A3EE5E6B4B0D3255BFEF95601890AFD80709 487A913A90A0A966B3CBA68539F8DA44DDDC3DB4 2019 2020-09-22 18:59:49Z AMY MARGERUM BERG 2000 MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE NW WASHINGTON DC 20036 33048114 0 X WWW.THEBETTERANGELSSOCIETY.ORG X 2011 DE ENSURE HISTORICAL DOCUMENTARY FILMS ARE FUNDED/SHARED THRU EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH & CIVIC DISCOURSE. 18 18 6 23 0 0 9450659 20178222 0 0 125293 178074 10202 0 9586154 20356296 11620786 8887187 0 0 457868 546498 0 0 197126 379256 952909 12457910 10386594 -2871756 9969702 21748016 30635915 32146 158188 21715870 30477727 X THE BETTER ANGELS SOCIETY'S (THE SOCIETY) MISSION IS TO SUPPORT AMERICAN DEMOCRACY BY ENSURING HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT DOCUMENTARY FILMS ARE FUNDED, BROADCAST ON PUBLIC TELEVISION AND PROMOTED AND SHARED TO REACH AND INFORM THE PUBLIC THROUGH EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH AND CIVIC DISCOURSE. THE SOCIETY RUNS TWO PROGRAMS: THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS LAVINE/KEN BURNS PRIZE FOR FILM ANNUAL AMERICAN HISTORY DOCUMENTARY CONTEST, WHICH AWARDS ONE WINNER, ONE RUNNER-UP AND UP TO FOUR FINALISTS FUNDING FOR LATE-STAGE PRODUCTION COSTS, DISTRIBUTION AND OUTREACH; AND THE NEXT GENERATION ANGELS AWARDS, WHICH RECOGNIZES EXCELLENCE IN MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL-AGED STUDENT AMERICAN HISTORY DOCUMENATRY FILMMAKING. 0 0 7831447 7757187 FILM PRODUCTION, OUTREACH, AND EDUCATION - THE SOCIETY PROVIDED FUNDING FOR THE PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION OF DOCUMENTARY FILMS FOCUSING ON AMERICAN HISTORY, WHICH ARE BROADCAST FREE TO THE PUBLIC AND WIDELY AVAILABLE ON PBS TELEVISION STATIONS AND PBS DIGITAL PLATFORMS FOR MILLIONS OF AMERICANS. IN 2019, THE SOCIETY SUCCESSFULLY ENDOWED A TEN-YEAR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS LAVINE/KEN BURNS PRIZE FOR FILM, WHICH LAUNCHED IN 2019 AND IS AN ANNUAL, NATIONAL PRIZE FOR PROFESSIONAL AMERICAN HISTORY DOCUMENTARIES. THE NEXT TEN YEARS OF DOCUMENTARY FILM PROJECTS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AND FORMALLY INTEGRATED INTO THE SOCIETY'S STRATEGIC PLANNING. THE SOCIETY ALSO ESTABLISHED A YOUTH-FOCUSED EDUCATION PROGRAM, WHICH IT ADMINISTERS TO BENEFIT MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL-AGED HISTORY DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKERS, THE NEXT GENERATION ANGELS AWARDS. 1018335 930000 OTHER EDUCATION INITIATIVES - GRANTS PROVIDED BY THE SOCIETY SUPPORTED LOCAL PUBLIC TELEVISION STATIONS TO DEVELOP AND DISTRIBUTE COMPANION TEACHING MATERIALS TO THE HISTORY-BASED DOCUMENTARY FILMS, USED PRIMARILY BY MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL-LEVEL STUDENTS AND TEACHERS. THE SOCIETY ENGAGED DIRECTLY WITH PBS IN 2019 TO SUPPORT PBS'S INCORPORATION OF FILMS FUNDED BY THE SOCIETY INTO THEIR ON-LINE SOCIAL STUDIES TEACHER RESOURCE PORTAL. THE ONLINE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES RELATED TO THE PBS DOCUMENTARY SERIES COUNTRY MUSIC WERE FUNDED IN PART BY THE SOCIETY. 526592 200000 LEGACY - IN 2019 ACROSS THE UNITED STATES, CIVIC DIALOGUE WAS ENCOURAGED AROUND THE MAJOR PBS FILM SERIES COUNTRY MUSIC AS A RESULT OF THE SUPPORT OF THE SOCIETY. THE SOCIETY CONTINUED TO BUILD A PARTNERSHIP WITH GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY TO ADVANCE THE USE OF HISTORY DOCUMENTARY FILMS IN HIGHER EDUCATIONAL SETTINGS. THE SOCIETY'S FUNDING OF LESSER-KNOWN AND EMERGING AMERICAN HISTORY DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKERS BEGAN THROUGH ITS PARTNERSHIP WITH THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS. 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