2012-11-09T12:51:03-06:00 2011-12-31 042571780 ALEXANDER ARONSON FINNING & CO PC 21 EAST MAIN STREET WESTBORO MA 01581 990 2011-01-01 043414850 THE BOSTON JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL INC BOST 6172449899 1001 WATERTOWN STREET WEST NEWTON MA 02465 JAYMIE SAKS 6172449899 2012-11-05 1 DANA J MARKS CPA P01444519 5083669100 2012-10-31 2011 2016-02-24 21:20:13Z JAYMIE SAKS 1001 WATERTOWN STREET WEST NEWTON MA 02465 595683 0 X WWW.BJFF.ORG X 1998 MA BJFF PRESENTS THE BEST CONTEMPORARY FILMS FROM AROUND THE WORLD ON JEWISH THEMES AT ITS ANNUAL FESTIVAL AND THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. THROUGH FEATURES, SHORTS, DOCUMENTARIES, AND CONVERSATIONS WITH VISITING ARTISTS, THE FESTIVAL EXPLORES JEWISH IDENTITY, THE CURRENT JEWISH EXPERIENCE AND THE RICHNESS OF JEWISH CULTURE IN RELATION TO A DIVERSE MODERN WORLD. 25 23 3 70 0 0 349842 403254 121789 107798 49 -2507 15754 31197 487434 539742 0 0 0 0 189963 209774 0 0 37210 229011 269776 418974 479550 68460 60192 356531 417820 20242 21339 336289 396481 X SEE PART I, LINE 1 1 0 27432 HOSTED REELABILITIES FILM FESTIVAL IN GREATER BOSTON, PROMOTING AWARENESS AND APPRECIATION OF THE LIVES, STORIES AND ARTISTIC EXPRESSIONS OF PEOPLE WITH DIFFERENT DISABILITIES FROM A VARIETY OF COMMUNITIES. THIS FESTIVAL WAS HELD IN 2012, BUT BJFF BEGAN THE PROGRAMMING FOR IT IN 2011. 366125 107893 SPONSORED CONTEMPORARY FILMS FROM AROUND THE WORLD ON JEWISH THEMES TO AN AUDIENCE OF MORE THAN 10,000. FORUMS AND PANEL DISCUSSIONS BASED ON THESE FILMS FOSTERED EDUCATION OF JUDAISM AND ISSUES OF JEWISH IDENTITY. 393557 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 X 25 23 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 MA X X JAYMIE SAKS MANAGING DIRECTOR 6172449899 1001 WATERTOWN STREET WEST NEWTON MA 02465 JUDITH L GANZ 1.00 X 0 0 0 JOYCE FIELD PASTOR 1.00 X X 0 0 0 MARC A BUSNY 1.00 X X 0 0 0 DENISE L WIDMAN 1.00 X X 0 0 0 BARBARA RESNEK 1.00 X X 0 0 0 JEFFREY QUEEN 1.00 X 0 0 0 TAREN METSON 1.00 X 0 0 0 DEBRA ANKELES 1.00 X 0 0 0 MERLE W TARNOW 1.00 X 0 0 0 NORTON SHERMAN 1.00 X 0 0 0 JIM GOULD 1.00 X 0 0 0 NANCY GOSSELS 1.00 X 0 0 0 BEVERLY BAVLY 1.00 X 0 0 0 JUDY LAPPIN 1.00 X 0 0 0 ADAM RIEMER 1.00 X 0 0 0 JOANNA ROTHMAN 1.00 X 0 0 0 LAWRENCE S FEINBERG 1.00 X 0 0 0 MAYA S KATZ 1.00 X 0 0 0 BETTE ANN LIBBY 1.00 X 0 0 0 MARK LOWENSTEIN 1.00 X 0 0 0 EVELYN NEUMEYER 1.00 X 0 0 0 PAUL G ROBERTS 1.00 X 0 0 0 DEANNA S WOLK 1.00 X 0 0 0 SARA L RUBIN 32.00 X 65665 0 8955 JAYMIE E SAKS 40.00 X X 66780 0 1493 132445 0 10448 0 0 0 0 0 43321 359933 403254 TICKET REVENUE 711300 107798 107798 107798 195 195 11816 14518 -2702 -2702 -2702 72525 43321 41423 31102 31102 OTHER REVENUE 711300 95 95 95 539742 107893 0 28595 X 143474 115490 6996 20988 47154 47154 4477 4477 14669 12390 570 1709 13200 13200 11511 11511 5793 4893 225 675 22670 19149 880 2641 3870 3268 151 451 7273 6143 283 847 3681 3109 143 429 CONTRACTED SERVICES 49462 35542 13920 FILM RENTALS 28279 28279 PRINTING AND PUBLICATIO 25141 25141 BOX OFFICE FEES 21075 21075 77821 67447 904 9470 479550 393557 48783 37210 105907 125729 196312 198396 40000 42544 30396 3414 7185 72185 57221 7204 14964 1150 1150 356531 417820 20242 21339 20242 21339 X 322869 357981 13420 38500 336289 396481 356531 417820 60192 0 X X 0 1 1 X 0 X 458251 385778 312345 405392 403254 1965020 134404 132803 113484 121789 107798 610278 592655 518581 425829 527181 511052 2575298 14200 14400 11860 5920 5000 51380 0 14200 14400 11860 5920 5000 51380 2523918 8055 2878 249 49 195 11426 8055 2878 249 49 195 11426 15574 22835 27518 250 95 66272 616284 544294 453596 527480 511342 2652996 0.95130 0.93830 0.00430 0.00740 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 72185 57221 14964 0 14964 539742 479550 60192 60192 657994 76829 41423 118252 539742 0 539742 597802 76829 41423 118252 479550 0 479550 DESCRIPTION OF UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS UNDER FIN 48: PART X: THE FESTIVAL FOLLOWS THE ACCOUNTING FOR UNCERTAINTY IN INCOME TAXES STANDARD WHICH REQUIRES THE FESTIVAL TO REPORT UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS, RELATED INTEREST AND PENALTIES, AND TO ADJUST ITS ASSETS AND LIABILITIES RELATED TO UNRECOGNIZED TAX BENEFITS AND ACCRUED INTEREST AND PENALTIES ACCORDINGLY. AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2011, THE FESTIVAL DETERMINED THAT THERE ARE NO MATERIAL UNRECOGNIZED TAX BENEFITS TO REPORT. THE FESTIVAL FILES FEDERAL AND MASSACHUSETTS INFORMATIONAL RETURNS. THESE RETURNS ARE GENERALLY SUBJECT TO EXAMINATION BY TAX AUTHORITIES FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS. PARTS XII AND XIII, LINES 2D - SPECIAL EVENT EXPENSES OF 41,423 ARE NETTED AGAINST THE SPECIAL EVENT REVENUE ON FORM 990, PART VIII BUT ARE SHOWN GROSS ON THE AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS WORK-IN-PROGRESS 31450 12000 19450 500 2149 2472 GALA/AUCTION 84396 31321 53075 10992 25310 115846 43321 72525 11492 2149 27782 41423 31102 NEW PROGRAM SERVICES FORM 990, PART III, LINE 2 HOSTED REELABILITIES FILM FESTIVAL IN GREATER BOSTON, PROMOTING AWARENESS AND APPRECIATION OF THE LIVES, STORIES AND ARTISTIC EXPRESSIONS OF PEOPLE WITH DIFFERENT DISABILITIES FROM A VARIETY OF COMMUNITIES. THIS FESTIVAL WAS HELD IN 2012, BUT BJFF BEGAN THE PROGRAMMING FOR IT IN 2011. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 4 EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED BY LAW, BY THE ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION, OR BY THESE BYLAWS, AND SUBJECT TO A DIRECTOR'S EARLIER DEATH, RESIGNATION, REMOVAL, OR DISQUALIFICATION, A DIRECTOR SHALL HOLD OFFICE FROM HIS OR HER ELECTION UNTIL THE THIRD ANNUAL MEETING FOLLOWING THE DATE OF HIS OR HER ELECTION. PRIOR TO SUCH THIRD ANNUAL MEETING, THE PRESIDENT OF THE CORPORATION (HAVING PREVIOUSLY CONSULTED WITH THE NOMINATING / GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE), AND THE DIRECTOR WHOSE TENURE IS EXPIRING, SHALL DISCUSS SUCH DIRECTOR'S ELIGIBILITY FOR RE-ELECTION TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. IF, AFTER SUCH DISCUSSION, THE DIRECTOR AND THE PRESIDENT BOTH DESIRE THAT SUCH DIRECTOR REMAIN ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, THEN SUCH DIRECTOR SHALL BE ELIGIBLE FOR REELECTION TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS TO SERVE AS A DIRECTOR FOR AN ADDITIONAL THREE-YEAR TERM, COMMENCING WITH THE DATE OF THE DIRECTORS RE-ELECTION AND ENDING AT THE THIRD ANNUAL MEETING FOLLOWING THE DATE OF THE DIRECTOR'S RE-ELECTION. IF EITHER THE DIRECTOR OR THE PRESIDENT DESIRES THAT THE DIRECTOR NO LONGER SERVE AS A DIRECTOR, THEN SUCH DIRECTOR SHALL NOT BE ELIGIBLE FOR RE-ELECTION TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AT THE NEXT ANNUAL MEETING. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11 THE 990 AND THE AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE PRESENTED TO THE AUDIT COMMITTEE AND THEN TO THE FULL BOARD. THE BOARD MUST THEN VOTE TO ACCEPT THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND 990. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C EACH BOARD MEMBER SIGNS A CONFLICT OF INTEREST STATEMENT EACH YEAR. TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE, WE DO NOT HIRE ANY BOARD MEMBERS OR THEIR RELATIVES AS VENDORS, OR ACCEPT DONATIONS THAT REQUIRE PERFORMANCE EXCEPT FOR ESTABLISHED FESTIVAL SPONSORSHIPS. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15 WHEN THE MANAGING DIRECTOR WAS HIRED, AN EXTERNAL HUMAN RESOURCES CONSULTANT RESEARCHED SALARIES FOR COMPARABLE ROLES. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE BOARD HAS DETERMINED THE MANAGING DIRECTOR'S AND ARTISTIC DIRECTOR'S SALARIES BASED ON AN ANNUAL PERFORMANCE REVIEW PROCESS. OTHER EMPLOYEES' SALARIES ARE DETERMINED BY THE MANAGING DIRECTOR AND ARTISTIC DIRECTOR, WITH APPROVAL FROM THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AS PART OF THE BUDGET PROCESS. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 THE ORGANIZATION MAKES ITS GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY, AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST. THE 990 IS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE ON THE MASSACHUSETTS ATTORNEY GENERAL WEBSITE AND GUIDESTAR.ORG. ALL OTHER FUNCTIONAL EXPENSES FORM 990, PART X, LINE 24E OTHER PROGRAM EVENTS: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 17,765. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 0. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 0. TOTAL EXPENSES 17,765. VISITING ARTISTS: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 10,022. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 0. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 0. TOTAL EXPENSES 10,022. MAINTENANCE: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 8,354. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 383. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 1,152. TOTAL EXPENSES 9,889. PUBLICITY: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 8,454. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 0. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 0. TOTAL EXPENSES 8,454. DIRECT MAILINGS: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 0. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 0. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 6,758. TOTAL EXPENSES 6,758. VENUE RENTAL: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 6,600. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 0. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 0. TOTAL EXPENSES 6,600. CREDIT CARD FEES: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 5,236. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 241. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 722. TOTAL EXPENSES 6,199. MISCELLANEOUS: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 3,635. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 167. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 501. TOTAL EXPENSES 4,303. EQUIPMENT RENTALS: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 3,291. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 0. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 0. TOTAL EXPENSES 3,291. POSTAGE: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 2,444. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 113. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 337. TOTAL EXPENSES 2,894. TICKET AGENT FEES: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 1,646. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 0. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 0. TOTAL EXPENSES 1,646. FORM 990, PART XII, LINE 2C: THE ORGANIZATION'S FINANCE COMMITTEE ASSUMES THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR OVERSIGHT OF THE AUDIT OF ITS FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SELECTION OF THE INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANT.