Nonprofit · EIN 95-1644609
ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY FOUNDATION
Tax-exempt · LOS ANGELES, CA 90024
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2024 | 990 (amended) | $72,949,749 | $86,440,361 | -$13,490,612 | $84,568,437 | $11,586,745 | $72,981,692 |
| December 31, 2023 | 990 | $102,399,151 | $105,375,084 | -$2,975,933 | $93,300,465 | $6,962,083 | $86,338,382 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $71,158,910
- Program service revenue
- $291,510
- Investment income
- $1,201,217
- Royalties
- $61,113
- Net rental income
- $236,999
- Net gain from sales of assets
- $1,716
- Other revenue
- $298,112
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $54,286,840
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $2,168,106
- Other salaries and wages
- $8,920,076
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $14,385,508
- Professional fundraising fees
- $977,740
- Legal fees
- $693,154
- Accounting fees
- $144,523
- Occupancy
- $899,733
- Travel
- $1,217,750
- Depreciation
- $64,828
- Program services (functional)
- $72,809,561
- Management and general (functional)
- $7,657,624
- Fundraising (functional)
- $5,973,176
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $93,300,465
- Total assets, end of year
- $84,568,437
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $11,586,745
- Net assets, end of year
- $72,981,692
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $16,691
- Publicly traded securities
- $41,226,154
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $175,618
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $72,806,074
- Gross receipts
- $72,949,749
- Employees
- 106
- Volunteers
- 200
- Year formed
- 1942
- State of legal domicile
- CA
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NICOLE SEXTON | CEO Officer | 40 | $375,683 | $26,473 |
| DANA LIPMAN | SVP HR & LABOR RELATIONS Key employee | 20 | $263,710 | $29,673 |
| SHAWN BURKE | CFO Officer | 20 | $255,971 | $26,613 |
| JORDAN M JACUZZI | SVP OPS/COMMS/GOVERNANCE Highest-paid employee | 40 | $192,269 | $30,385 |
| KAREN WILLIAMS | VP OF PROGRAMMING, ROYBAL Highest-paid employee | 40 | $187,387 | $24,679 |
| BRIAN GOTT | INNOVATION & INDUSTRY RELATIONS Key employee | 40 | $184,945 | $26,446 |
| WENDY SERETAN | VP FINANCE & CONTROLLER Highest-paid employee | 40 | $166,100 | $28,084 |
| JEFFREY THACKER | VICE PRESIDENT, DIGITAL KYRC Highest-paid employee | 40 | $150,291 | $23,739 |
| AIDA MORROW | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, SCFU Highest-paid employee | 40 | $138,897 | $26,457 |
| CHRIS SILBERMANN | BOARD CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JEFF BADER | BOARD VICE CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| PETER SEYMOUR | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| DAN HARRISON | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| LYNN HARRIS | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| KATHY JOHNSON | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
7 more people on this return
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| RENE JONES | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| NORIKO KELLEY | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ANDY KUBITZ | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| SHERRY LANSING | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JACK SUSSMAN | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| NATALIE TRAN | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| DANICE WOODLEY | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 21 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NICOLE SEXTON | CEO Officer | 40 | $367,367 | $23,574 |
| DANA LIPMAN | SVP HR & LABOR REL. Key employee | 20 | $260,803 | $25,792 |
| SHAWN BURKE | INTERIM CFO (TO 2/23); CFO Officer | 20 | $253,625 | $25,128 |
| JORDAN M JACUZZI | SVP OPS/COMMS/GOVERN. (AS OF 01/23) Highest-paid employee | 40 | $180,966 | $22,970 |
| BRIAN GOTT | INNOVATION & INDUSTRY RELATIONS Key employee | 40 | $172,957 | $22,928 |
| ELIZABETH R MOSELY | DIR. OPERATIONS AND PROGRAM MGMT Highest-paid employee | 40 | $168,968 | $22,725 |
| KAREN WILLIAMS | VP OF PROGRAMMING, ROYBAL Highest-paid employee | 40 | $137,785 | $22,665 |
| AIDA MORROW | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, SCFU Highest-paid employee | 40 | $130,318 | $26,831 |
| JEFFREY THACKER | VICE PRESIDENT, DIGITAL KYRC Highest-paid employee | 40 | $129,265 | $21,453 |
| CHRIS SILBERMANN | BOARD CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JEFF BADER | BOARD VICE CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| PETER SEYMOUR | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| DAN HARRISON | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| LYNN HARRIS | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| KATHY JOHNSON | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| RENE JONES | BOARD MEMBER (AS OF 10/2023) Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ANDY KUBITZ | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| SHERRY LANSING | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JACK SUSSMAN | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| NATALIE TRAN | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| DANICE WOODLEY | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 10880 WILSHIRE BLVD STE 1400, LOS ANGELES, CA 90024-4119
- In care of
- % DEBORAH MORRISON
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- NICOLE SEXTON, 10880 WILSHIRE BLVD 1400, LOS ANGELES, CA 90024
- Signed the 990
- BRIAN GIESELER, CFO
- Phone
- (424) 283-3600
- Website
- WWW.EIFOUNDATION.ORG
- Return prepared by
- GRANT THORNTON ADVISORS LLC
California records
California keeps its own records of charities and corporations. Search them by EIN 95-1644609 or by the name ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY FOUNDATION.
- Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers
- Registration status and filed reports (CT-TR-1, RRF-1)
- Secretary of State, bizfile Online
- Corporation status, entity number, agent for service
- Franchise Tax Board
- Entity status letter (state tax exemption, good standing)
Mission
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Program accomplishments
- CHARITABLE SERVICE FUNDS: EIF SERVES AS THE TRUSTED RESOURCE OF THE ENTERTAINMENT COMMUNITY BY OFFERING FISCAL SPONSORSHIP SERVICES TO CELEBRITIES, ATHLETES, AND ENTERTAINMENT COMPANIES SEEKING TO EXPAND THEIR PHILANTHROPIC FOOTPRINT AND LEVERAGE THEIR PLATFORMS FOR SOCIAL GOOD. CHARITABLE SERVICE FUNDS THRIVE WITHIN EIF'S REPUTABLE 501(C)(3) PUBLIC CHARITY STATUS.Expenses $37,317,471 · grants $24,319,324
- STAND UP TO CANCER INITIATIVE (SU2C) IS DESIGNED TO RAISE FUNDS TO ACCELERATE GROUND-BREAKING CANCER RESEARCH AND BRING NEW THERAPIES TO PATIENTS SOONER TO SAVE LIVES. SU2C UTILIZES THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY TO BUILD BROAD PUBLIC SUPPORT AND TO ENHANCE AWARENESS OF THE DEVASTATING IMPACT CANCER HAS IN THIS COUNTRY. SU2C'S GOAL IS TO BRING TOGETHER THE BEST AND BRIGHTEST IN THE CANCER COMMUNITY ENCOURAGING COLLABORATION INSTEAD OF COMPETITION.Expenses $34,446,026 · grants $29,588,394 · revenue $291,510
- THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY FOUNDATION (EIF) CAREERS PROGRAM IS INCREASING ACCESS TO ENTERTAINMENT CAREERS FOR HISTORICALLY EXCLUDED COMMUNITIES BY LEVERAGING DEEPLY ROOTED RELATIONSHIPS IN THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY AND AMONG COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS.BUILDING ON EIF'S HISTORIC COMMITMENT TO FURTHERING THE PHILANTHROPIC EFFORTS OF THE ENTERTAINMENT COMMUNITY, DEFY DISASTER ALLOWS FOR IMMEDIATE RESPONSE IN THE WAKE OF HUMANITARIAN CRISES.Expenses $538,662 · grants $357,605
- WITH UNPARALLELED ACCESS TO ROADBLOCK TELEVISION, DONATED MEDIA, AND INDUSTRY-WIDE COLLABORATORS, EIF SUPPORTS GROUND-BREAKING PROGRAMS AND INITIATIVES THAT RAISE AWARENESS AND FUNDS FOR ISSUES AFFECTING MILLIONS OF PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD.Expenses $507,402 · grants $21,517
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | December 31, 2025 | May 15, 2026 | Not on file |
| 2024 | December 31, 2024 | May 15, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | December 31, 2023 | May 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 95-1644609
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 1942
- Accounting year ends
- December
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations (T70Z)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $86,440,361
- Income (IRS master file)
- $72,949,749
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | December 2024 | $72,949,749 | $86,440,361 | $84,568,437 | XML |
| 990 | December 2023 | $102,399,151 | $105,375,084 | $93,300,465 | XML |
| 990 | December 2022 | $57,772,077 | $59,278,179 | $97,784,081 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2018 | – | – | – | IRS |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 95-1644609).
Questions about ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY FOUNDATION
- What is the EIN of ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY FOUNDATION?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY FOUNDATION is 95-1644609.
- Is ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY FOUNDATION tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1942.
- Are donations to ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY FOUNDATION tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY FOUNDATION file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY FOUNDATION due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending December 31, 2025) is due May 15, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY FOUNDATION last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2024.
- Who is the principal officer of ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY FOUNDATION?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 names NICOLE SEXTON.
- Who are the officers and directors of ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY FOUNDATION?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 lists 22 people; 9 received compensation from the organization, the highest $375,683 (NICOLE SEXTON, CEO).
- How much revenue does ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY FOUNDATION have?
- On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 it reported revenue of $72,949,749, expenses of $86,440,361 and total assets of $84,568,437 at year end.
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