2025-11-13T12:59:45-05:00 2024-12-31 990 2024-01-01 824613302 WATCHFIRE MEDIA INC WATC 7606787096 603 Seagaze Dr 406 Oceanside CA 92054 Daneen Akers Executive Director 7606787096 2025-11-14 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z Daneen Akers 603 Seagaze Dr 406 Oceanside CA 92054 212789 false X www.watchfire.org X 2024 CA Watchfire Media is dedicated to telling good stories through books curricula and films that help us envision the world that could be. We want young people and their adults to walk comfortably with the big questions of spirituality and meaning to be awed by the beauty of the world and to be committed to love kindness courage and justice. We are the publisher of Holy Troublemakers & Unconventional Saints Dear Mama God and the upcoming The Wren Magazine for tweens and teens. 5 3 2 3 0 0 101763 176446 0 0 0 0 21968 19476 123731 195922 0 22500 0 0 114842 98998 0 0 0 30795 18963 145637 140461 -21906 55461 36711 92172 0 0 36711 92172 Watchfire Media is dedicated to telling good stories through books curricula and films that help us envision the world that could be. We want young people and their adults to walk comfortably with the big questions of spirituality and meaning to be awed by the beauty of the world and to be committed to love kindness courage and justice. We are the publisher of Holy Troublemakers & Unconventional Saints Dear Mama God and the upcoming The Wren Magazine for tweens and teens. true false 22500 30000 112725 Following the devastation of Hurricane Helene Watchfire Media partnered with Wild Abundance a local woman-owned carpentry school to fiscally sponsor The Wild Abundance Disaster Relief Fund. This fund helped support the greater Wild Abundance community in the Asheville NC area which was drastically affected by the storm. See Schedule 0 for more details. 13170 0 100065 Watchfire Media continued to publish our books Holy Troublemakers & Unconventional Saints and Dear Mama God and their companion curricula. We developed a new curriculum for Holy Troublemakers & Unconventional Saints called Part II: We Are Made of Stories & Stardust. It focuses on the importance of the stories we tell individually and collectively and helps youth identify the stories told by 11 additional holy troublemakers and unconventional saints so they can find those that resonate with them and want to share or retell in their own ways. 3698 0 0 Watchfire Media began development of a new nature magazine for kids called The Wren Magazine. This is a beautifully handcrafted soul-nourishing publication for tweens teens and their families that invites readers to slow down look closely and rediscover joy gladness and wonder in the everyday world. It helps families cultivate mindful rhythms and home-based practices rooted in attentiveness gratitude and curiosity about the natural world. 0 0 0 39368 true true false false false false false 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 false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 0 0 true 2 true false false false false false false false 0 false false false false false 5 3 true false false false false false false true true false false true true true true false false true true false CA X X Daneen Akers 7606787096 65 Merrimon Avenue 1169 Asheville NC 28801 Alicia Johnson President 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Traci Smith Secretary 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Herb Montgomery Treasurer 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Daneen Akers Executive Director 40.00 0.00 X 70000 0 7200 Stephen Eyer Producer 10.00 0.00 X 15000 0 0 85000 0 7200 0 false false false 30000 0 0 0 0 146446 0 176446 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 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 36130 16867 19263 19263 0 0 Discounts Refunds Given 213 213 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 213 195922 19476 0 0 0 0 22500 22500 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 71258 0 71258 0 0 0 0 0 7200 0 7200 0 20540 0 20540 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2410 2410 0 0 2746 2746 0 0 5590 5590 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4195 4195 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 470 0 470 0 Auto Parking 180 0 180 0 Charitable Contributions 100 0 100 0 Legal & Professional Services 1072 1072 0 0 Meals & Entertainment 881 855 26 0 1319 0 1319 0 140461 39368 101093 0 0 0 0 0 36711 92172 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 0 0 36711 92172 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 36711 92172 0 0 0 0 36711 92172 36711 92172 55461 0 0 0 0 0 X false false false X 31685 39004 100225 101763 176445 449122 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 31685 39004 100225 101763 176445 449122 449122 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 449122 343585 1 1.0000 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED Disaster Relief Grant 1 22500 0 0 0 Part III Line 1 Column (b) Watchfire Media fiscally sponsored "The Wild Abundance Disaster Relief Fund" in partnership with Wild Abundance, a locally women-owned carpentry school. This payment was a partial payment of the funds received to help with disaster relief following Hurricane Helene. Part III, line 2 Following the devastation of Hurricane Helene Watchfire Media partnered with Wild Abundance a local woman-owned carpentry school to fiscally sponsor The Wild Abundance Disaster Relief Fund. This fund helped support the greater Wild Abundance community in the Asheville NC area which was drastically affected by the storm. This included: a pledge of $22,500 to Mutual Aid Barnardsville to help them continue supporting the Barnardsville Community now and into the future. Broke ground on the production of 12x24 small permanent homes to be donated to locals who lost their housing; monies from the fund went toward materials and lead carpentry with lots of volunteer help. Contributed toward purchasing a sawmill for a local resident to turn downed trees into lumber thats being offered for free to local rebuilding efforts. Created an effective system for organizing tree work and repair needs in collaboration with Mutual Aid Barnardsville. This system was especially poignant in the days after the disaster when there was limited access to the internet and volunteers were flooding in looking for places to help take down trees off roads and houses remove mud and debris from houses and land create access with heavy equipment and do repairs on houses. This work is still in place and has been taken over and improved by Mutual Aid Barnardsville. Filmed and produced a video to demonstrate and share the above system with other relief centers responding to Hurricane Helene and with others that may use it in future disasters in other places. Gave scholarships to local flood survivors to take Womens Basic Carpentry so they can help with rebuild efforts. Contributed materials and labor to repair houses including rebuilding the roof of a family home that had been crushed by 8 trees and rebuilding stairs and a stoop for an elderly community member. Part VI, Line 2 Daneen Akers the Executive Director is the spouse of Stephen Eyer an employee and producer at Watchfire Media. Part VI, Line 11a A Form 990 is provided to all board members for review via email and reviewed during the following board of directors meeting. Part VI, Line 12c All interested persons disclose the existence of the financial interest and are given the opportunity to disclose all material facts to the directors and members of committees with governing board delegated powers considering the proposed transaction or arrangement. After disclosure of the financial interest and all material facts and after any discussion with the interested person these individuals leave the governing board or committee meeting while the determination of a conflict of interest is discussed and voted upon. The remaining board or committee members decide if a conflict of interest exists. So far no actual conflicts have been indentified or caused harm to the organization. Part VI, Line 15 A voting member of the governing board who receives compensation directly or indirectly from the corporation for services is precluded from voting on matters pertaining to that members compensation. All members of the board or compensation committee who approve compensation arrangements must not have a conflict of interest with respect to the compensation arrangement. The board or compensation committee obtains and relies upon appropriate data to compare compensation including gathering data paid by three comparable organizations in the same or similar communities for similar services. The board or committee records in the minutes of the meeting the basis for its determination. Part VI, Line 19 Yes the governing documents including the articles of incorporation bylaws that contain a conflict of interest policy and financial statements were made available to the general public upon request. Our financial documents were also made available to the general public via our GuideStar Gold quality listing for immediate download and review.