2016-08-09T19:12:45-07:00 2016-03-31 990EZ 2015-04-01 462836025 SOCIAL IMPACT MEDIA AWARDS SIMA SOCI 3106669225 632 Westbourne Drive West Hollywood CA 90069 Andrea Kelsey Executive Program Administrator 9177446213 2016-08-09 2015 2016-12-15 16:53:06Z X http://simaawards.org X X 118320 X 112486 5834 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 118320 3964 0 14504 62010 733 923 8216 90350 27970 1076 0 29046 X 7185 40787 0 0 591 1531 7776 42318 6700 13272 1076 29046 Promote, exhibit and distribute social-issue documentary media for public and charitable purposes. SIMAx traveling series addresses local concerns through global human stories. Film screening topics are diverse in audience and theme: include addressing stigma towards Albinism in Sub-Saharan Africa, women's rights in Kenya, food security and environmentalism in the Philippines, the refugee crises in Eastern Europe in Serbia, the importance/ influence of citizen journalism throughout Morocco, and global development and international aid in Cambodia to name a few. In the 2015 FY, we held 25 public social impact film screenings/festivals reaching over 2,000 audience members in the United States, the Philippines, Morocco, Kenya, Serbia, Cambodia, and more. 0 28000 SIMA Classroom, our digital educational platform, rolled out in Fall 2015. We have completed our pilot program and starting in March 2016 we began rolling out access to 21 schools (450 educators and 8,213 students) in California public schools through our partnership with The College-Ready Promise and funded by a grant through the Neda Nobari Foundation. 10000 28000 SIMA Awards is our annual documentary and impact media awards program. In it's 4th year in 2015, we received submissions from over 255 documentary features, shorts, and impact videos, narrowed to 30 finalists and then 15 winners. Finalists and winners are invited to join the SIMAx travelling series, SIMA Classroom, and VOD collection; and those selected for our Jury Prizes collected cash prizes (totalling $6,000). We had our first Winners Series, screening our 2016 SIMA Awards winners, with The Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles, CA starting in April 2016. Past SIMA Award finalist and winning films in our VOD collection gained over 130 rentals/ downloads in FY 2015. 0 33000 89000 Daniela Kon Founder and Director 40.00 0 0 0 Erinn Sullivan Director of Programs 40 31940 Andrea Kelsey Executive Program Assistant 40 12500 Kristi Manning Chief Financial Officer 5 0 Alex Guillemette Media Manager 20 6500 Natalie Forde Communications Manager 20 8775 Maria Sosyan Director of Communications 30 12909 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 CA Andrea Kelsey 632 Westbourne Drive West Hollywood CA 90069 9177446213 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NONE NONE 1 X 7000 112486 119486 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7000 112486 119486 119486 119486 6020 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 10 $3,964 in Filmmaker Honoraria- funds to filmmakers from film screenings and festivals hosted by SIMA and SIMA affiliates. Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16 Misc expenses $261; Dues and subscriptions $751; Computer and Internet Expenses $1,731; Advertising and Promotion $1,468; Bank Service Charges $257; Meals and Entertainment $3,748. Form 990-EZ, Part II, Line 24 Furniture and Equipment $1531 Form 990-EZ, Part II, Line 26 Accounts Payable $17; SIMA Credit Card $8,473; First Quarter 2016 Payroll Taxes withholdings $4,782