SAN FRANCISCO MEDIA ARCHIVE
EIN 91-2094202 · Film & Video (A31)
What they do
SFMA Further Researched Ways to Receive Fundraising for Preserving SFMAs Collection,storing The Films, Keeping The Database Up to Date and Licensing SFMAs Footage.Arranged to Have Lighting Put In to Highlight and Feature The Vintage 17 Reasons Sign That SFMA Owns Within The Space Where SFMAs Films and Tapes Are Stored.With The Assistance of Non-profit Attorney, Alyssa Ziegenhorn From Bend Law, The SFMA Board Researched The City Business License and Fictitous Business Names Files, and Found That Errors Had Been Made In The Past By SFMA That Required Correction to Bring Our Registrations Up to Date. These Were All Brought Up to Date and A Plan Was Put Into Place to Prevent Any Omissions Occurring In The Future.SFMA Provided Watermarked and Timecoded Copies of A Collections of Family Homemovies Upon Request of One of The Original Family Members That Made The Contribution to SFMA Some Years Ago. Seven Hours of Home Movies Files Were Successfully Transferred, Watermarked and Sent to The Fam
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TARA L FORDPRINCIPAL OFFICER
About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 2001
- Location
- 275 CAPP ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94110-1211
- County
- City and County of San Francisco
- In care of
- % STEPHEN PARR
- Primary officer
- TARA LEE FORD, CEO
How to reach them
Filing and classification
- Latest tax year
- 2025
- Tax period began
- January 1, 2024
- Return type
- 990EZ
- Tax preparer
- MARK MUMM CPA
- NTEE classification
- Film & Video (A31)
- IRS tax category
- Film & Video