2024-11-06T13:19:00-06:00 2023-12-31 WITHUMSMITHBROWN PC 1411 BROADWAY 9TH FLOOR NEW YORK NY 10018 990 2023-01-01 371845946 Friends Of Bafta Us Inc % JOHN WILLIS FRIE 6176306900 1150 Walnut Street 2nd Fl Newton MA 02461 JOHN WILLIS TREASURER & DIRECTOR 6176306900 2024-11-06 true true CATHERINE BENDALL CPA P00521196 2127519100 2024-11-06 2023 2024-10-15 13:58:12Z JOHN WILLIS 1150 Walnut Street 2nd Fl Newton MA 02461 111900 false X N/A X 2017 DE to redevelop BAFTA home and increase our charitable education program which will have a global impact. 3 0 0 0 0 411128 111900 0 0 0 0 0 0 411128 111900 1040825 132221 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3183 1764 1044008 133985 -632880 -22085 139464 249600 2000 134221 137464 115379 X THE CORPORATION IS DEDICATED TO CHARITABLE AND EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, SUPPORTING THE WORK OF BAFTA AND PROMOTING AND ADVANCING EDUCATION AND CULTIVATING AND IMPROVING PUBLIC TASTE IN THE VISUAL ARTS IN PARTICULAR BY STIMULATING ORIGINAL AND CREATIVE PRODUCTION WORK IN THE FIELD OF FILM AND TELEVISION AND OTHER EDUCATION, ENTERTAINMENT AND INFORMATION MEDIA AND BY ENCOURAGING A HIGH STANDARD OF ARTS AND TECHNIQUE IN PERSONS ENGAGED IN SUCH PRODUCTION AND BY ENCOURAGING AND PROMOTING THE RESULTS OF EXPERIMENT AND RESEARCH IN THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE STANDARD OF THE ART, SCIENCES AND TECHNIQUES OF PRODUCING IN FILM, TELEVISION AND OTHER EDUCATION, ENTERTAINMENT AND INFORMATION MEDIA. THE CORPORATION MAY, AS PERMITTED BY LAW, ENGAGE IN ANY AND ALL ACTIVITIES IN FURTHERANCE OF, RELATED TO, OR INCIDENTAL TO THESE PURPOSES WHICH MAY LAWFULLY BE CARRIED ON BY A CORPORATION FORMED UNDER THE LAWS OF DELAWARE AND WHICH ARE NOT INCONSISTENT WITH THE CORPORATION'S QUALIFI false false 132221 132221 FRIENDS OF BAFTA US INC WAS FORMED TO SUPPORT THE CHARITABLE AND EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES OF THE BRITISH ACADEMY OF FILM AND TELEVISION ARTS ("BAFTA") INCLUDING BOTH THE REDEVELOPMENT OF BAFTA'S HOME AND THEREAFTER THE EXPANSION OF BAFTA'S LEARNING, INCLUSION & TALENT PROGRAMS WHICH WILL HAVE GLOBAL CHARITABLE IMPACT. 132221 true true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true false false false true 0 0 0 false false false false false true true false false false false false X 3 0 false false false false false false false true false false false true true true true true true false DE X X JOHN WILLIS 6176306900 1150 WALNUT STREET 2ND FLOOR newton MA 02461 X Jane Lush Chair & Director 1.0 0.0 X X 0 0 0 John Willis TREASURER & DIRECTOR 1.0 0.0 X X 0 0 0 SARA PUTT DIRECTOR 1.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 Amy Hancock Secretary (thru november 2024) 1.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 false false false 0 111900 111900 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 111900 0 0 132221 132221 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 BANKING SERVICE CHARGES 1764 1764 133985 132221 1764 0 139464 249600 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 139464 249600 2000 2000 0 132221 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2000 134221 X 137464 115379 0 0 137464 115379 139464 249600 -22085 X false false false X 1419701 1643218 2742181 411128 111900 6328128 0 0 1419701 1643218 2742181 411128 111900 6328128 3094613 3233515 0 0 0 6328128 0.51097 0.50155 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED Europe (Including Iceland and Greenland) To support the Illuminating BAFTA redevelopment campaign 134171 ETF N/A BOOK 1 0 false false false false false false Part II, line 1 (accounting method) The accounting method used to account for the cash grants noted in Part II is the accrual method of accounting. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11: A DRAFT OF FORM 990 IS PROVIDED TO ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS FOR REVIEW AND COMMENTS. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C: WHENEVER A DIRECTOR OR OFFICER HAS A FINANCIAL OR PERSONAL INTEREST IN ANY MATTER COMING BEFORE THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, THE AFFECTED PERSON SHALL A) FULLY DISCLOSE THE NATURE OF THE INTEREST AND B) WITHDRAW FROM DISCUSSION, LOBBYING, AND VOTING ON THAT MATTER. ANY TRANSACTION OR VOTE INVOLVING A POTENTIAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST SHALL BE APPROVED ONLY WHEN A MAJORITY OF DISINTERESTED DIRECTORS DETERMINE THAT IT IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CORPORATION TO DO SO. THE MINUTES OF THE MEETINGS AT WHICH SUCH VOTES ARE TAKEN SHALL RECORD SUCH DISCLOSURE, ABSTENTION AND RATIONALE FOR APPROVAL. BOARD MEMBERS AND OFFICERS: Certain Friends of BAFTA US Inc (the "Organization") board members had the following relationships with British Academy of Film and Television Arts and/or Subsidiaries. Based on these previous relationships, British Academy of Film and Television Arts and its Subsidiaries never controlled the Organization through common relationships. The Organization is in its advance ruling period and has made every effort to relinquish past relationships as well as add additional independent board members prior to the expiration of its advance ruling period December 31, 2021. BAFTA Enterprises Limited is the main trading subsidiary - a limited company with share capital wholly owned by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts located in London, United Kingdom. 195 PICCADILLY LIMITED, BAFTA MEDIA TECHNOLOGY LIMITED AND BAFTA ALBERT LIMITED ARE ADDITIONAL TRADING SUBSIDIARIES - LIMITED COMPANIES WITH SHARE CAPITAL WHOLLY OWNED BY BAFTA ENTERPRISES LIMITED. Jane Lush previously held officer positions for British Academy of Film and Television Arts and/or its Subsidiaries and resigned in 2019. John Willis previously held officer positions for British Academy of Film and Television Arts and/or its Subsidiaries and resigned in 2020. Each will be independent board members once the waiting period has expired. Sara Putt was appointed chair of BAFTA UK Board of Trustees on June 26, 2023 and became a director of Friends of BAFTA US Inc Effective November 2023. BAFTA and Subsidiaries 195 Picadilly LONDON UK W1J9LN Membership UK UK NPO UK NPO NA false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false BAFTA B 132221 book