2025-09-25T15:50:24-04:00 2024-12-31 541391150 UPDEGROVE MCDANIEL MCMULLEN CHICCEHITTO 5 LOUDOUN STREET SW SUITE B LEESBURG VA 20175 990EZ 2024-01-01 043720399 AMERICAN CONSERVATION FILM FESTIVAL INC AMER 3018768442 PO BOX 889 SHEPHERDSTOWN WV 25443 DENNIS LIU PRESIDENT 3018768442 2025-09-25 true false MARK S BURGESS P01294197 7037711818 2025-09-25 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z X WWW.CONSERVATIONFILMFEST.ORG X X 101712 X 76409 25303 101712 55137 3013 760 1905 41411 102226 -514 90047 89533 X 90251 99196 1650 1300 91901 100496 1854 10963 90047 89533 X THE AMERICAN CONSERVATION FILM FESTIVAL PROMOTES OUTSTANDING FILMS AND THE ARTS TO EDUCATE AND INSPIRE PEOPLE TO BECOME ENGAGED IN CONSERVATION ISSUES. THE AMERICAN CONSERVATION FILM FESTIVAL WAS HELD AT THE 400 SEAT FRANK CENTER ON THE SHEPHERD UNIVERSITY CAMPUS. THE EVENT OFFERED 28 FILMS (INCLUDING ONE OSCAR-NOMINATED SHORT) IN TEN SCREENINGS ACROSS A FOUR-DAY WEEKEND IN MARCH. EVERY FILM HAD OPEN-CAPTIONS IN ORDER TO BE ACCESSIBLE TO THE DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING COMMUNITIES. THE FESTIVAL BROUGHT IN FIFTEEN SPECIAL GUEST SPEAKERS AND FIVE AWARDS WERE GIVEN TO FILMMAKERS ALONG WITH CASH PRIZES. AUDIENCE ATTENDANCE RETURNED TO PRE-PANDEMIC LEVELS. DURING THE FESTIVAL, ACFF WORKED TO PROMOTE A SPIRIT OF COMMUNITY TO RECONNECT AFTER THE PANDEMIC. TO START, ACFF HELD A FREE, GUIDED HIKE AT A LOCAL NATURE PRESERVE FOLLOWED BY A FREE LECTURE ON APPALACHIAN BIODIVERSITY AND RESILIENCY IN THE MOUNTAIN STATE. A LARGE ROOM ADJACENT TO THE THEATER WAS RENTED AND AREA CONSERVATION NONPROFITS CAME TO SET UP EXHIBITS TO ENGAGE THE PUBLIC. AS A CULMINATING EVENT FOR THE FESTIVAL, SPECIAL GUESTS AND AUDIENCE MEMBERS JOINED TOGETHER FOR A COMMUNITY DINNER AT THE APPALACHIAN RESTAURANT, ALMA BEA AND WERE ENCOURAGED TO DISCUSS THEIR FAVORITE FILMS. ACFF CREATES SEVERAL OPPORTUNITIES TO FOSTER YOUTH ENGAGEMENT DURING THE CALENDAR YEAR, AS WELL AS AT THE FESTIVAL. IN THE FALL, LOCAL CONSERVATION FILMMAKERS DESIGNED AND TAUGHT A FREE, NEXT GEN FILMMAKER WORKSHOP FOR STUDENTS IN GRADES 5-9 AT THE SHEPHERDSTOWN LIBRARY. THIS ALLOWED THEM TO GAIN VALUABLE SKILLS TO CREATE AND ENTER A SHORT FILM IN ACFFS NEXT GENERATION CAPTURE CONSERVATION CONTEST. THE CONTEST GRANTED FOUR AWARDS TO STUDENT FILMMAKERS UNDER THE AGE OF 18 ALONG WITH CASH PRIZES TOTALING 550. THE WINNING HIGH SCHOOL TEAM GOT TO HAVE THEIR FILM SCREENED DURING THE FESTIVAL. ADDITIONALLY, ALL FESTIVAL SCREENINGS ARE MADE FREE FOR STUDENTS 18 AND UNDER AND COLLEGE STUDENTS WITH ID. ACFF STAFF WORKED WITH THE ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES DEPARTMENT OF SHENANDOAH UNIVERSITY TO ALLOW STUDENTS TO REVIEW FESTIVAL FILMS AND PUT ON A BEST OF FEST EVENT IN OCTOBER FOR STUDENTS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC. THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, WE ALSO SCREENED FILMS AT THE BARNS OF ROSE HILL IN BERRYVILLE, VA, AT THE OAK SPRING GARDEN FOUNDATION IN UPPERVILLE, VA, AT DOCWEEK MIDDLEBURG IN VA AND MORE LOCALLY AT THE NATIONAL CONSERVATION TRAINING CENTER, THE SHEPHERDSTOWN PUBLIC LIBRARY, AND MORGAN GROVE PARK 85950 85950 DENNIS LIU PRESIDENT 1.00 0 CAROLYN THOMAS VICE PRESIDE 15.00 0 MARK BURGESS TREASURER 2.00 0 CHRISSY VAN HILST SECRETARY 1.00 0 DEB TUCKER DIRECTOR 1.00 0 SARAH GULICK DIRECTOR 1.00 0 ELISE BAACH DIRECTOR 15.00 0 MARY BALL DIRECTOR 1.00 0 DAN TREZISE DIRECTOR 1.00 0 LARRY CUMBO DIRECTOR 1.00 0 ALEX GOETZ DIRECTOR 1.00 0 HANK WILLARD DIRECTOR 1.00 0 MADGE MORNINGSTAR DIRECTOR 1.00 0 MARY LOGAN HOXTON DIRECTOR 1.00 0 PIA PELTOLA DIRECTOR 1.00 0 false false false false false false false false false WV AMERICAN CONSERVATION FILM FESTIVAL PO BOX 889 SHEPHERDSTOWN WV 25433 3048768442 false false false false false false false false false false false NONE NONE true X 100789 121493 50615 87496 76409 436802 7190 10566 5893 18245 25303 67197 107979 132059 56508 105741 101712 503999 16439 22273 2572 2400 7742 51426 16439 22273 2572 2400 7742 51426 452573 107979 132059 56508 105741 101712 503999 0.89800 0.85090 0.00000 0.00000 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED FORM 990-EZ, PART I, LINE 16 EXPENSES ADVERSTISING AND PROMOTIONAL 10,120 8,928 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 684 INSURANCE 2,134 FESTIVAL EXPENSES 15,421 LICENSING 25 WEBSITE 3,707 PROCESSING FEES 192 OTHER PROGRAM EXPENSES 200 TOTAL 41,411 FORM 990-EZ, PART II, LINE 24 PLEDGES RECEIVABLE 1,650 800 ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE 0 500 TOTAL 1,650 1,300 FORM 990-EZ, PART II, LINE 26 ACCOUNTS PAYABLE AND ACCRUED EXPENSES 494 1,098 DEFERRED REVENUE 512 9,033 ACCRUED PAYROLL EXPENSES 848 832 FORM 990-EZ, PART III THE AMERICAN CONSERVATION FILM FESTIVAL PROMOTES OUTSTANDING FILMS AND THE ARTS TO EDUCATE AND INSPIRE PEOPLE TO BECOME ENGAGED IN CONSERVATION ISSUES. FORM 990-EZ, PART III, LINE 28 THE AMERICAN CONSERVATION FILM FESTIVAL WAS HELD AT THE 400 SEAT FRANK CENTER ON THE SHEPHERD UNIVERSITY CAMPUS. THE EVENT OFFERED 28 FILMS (INCLUDING ONE OSCAR-NOMINATED SHORT) IN TEN SCREENINGS ACROSS A FOUR-DAY WEEKEND IN MARCH. EVERY FILM HAD OPEN-CAPTIONS IN ORDER TO BE ACCESSIBLE TO THE DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING COMMUNITIES. THE FESTIVAL BROUGHT IN FIFTEEN SPECIAL GUEST SPEAKERS AND FIVE AWARDS WERE GIVEN TO FILMMAKERS ALONG WITH CASH PRIZES. AUDIENCE ATTENDANCE RETURNED TO PRE-PANDEMIC LEVELS. DURING THE FESTIVAL, ACFF WORKED TO PROMOTE A SPIRIT OF COMMUNITY TO RECONNECT AFTER THE PANDEMIC. TO START, ACFF HELD A FREE, GUIDED HIKE AT A LOCAL NATURE PRESERVE FOLLOWED BY A FREE LECTURE ON APPALACHIAN BIODIVERSITY AND RESILIENCY IN THE MOUNTAIN STATE. A LARGE ROOM ADJACENT TO THE THEATER WAS RENTED AND AREA CONSERVATION NONPROFITS CAME TO SET UP EXHIBITS TO ENGAGE THE PUBLIC. AS A CULMINATING EVENT FOR THE FESTIVAL, SPECIAL GUESTS AND AUDIENCE MEMBERS JOINED TOGETHER FOR A COMMUNITY DINNER AT THE APPALACHIAN RESTAURANT, ALMA BEA AND WERE ENCOURAGED TO DISCUSS THEIR FAVORITE FILMS. ACFF CREATES SEVERAL OPPORTUNITIES TO FOSTER YOUTH ENGAGEMENT DURING THE CALENDAR YEAR, AS WELL AS AT THE FESTIVAL. IN THE FALL, LOCAL CONSERVATION FILMMAKERS DESIGNED AND TAUGHT A FREE, NEXT GEN FILMMAKER WORKSHOP FOR STUDENTS IN GRADES 5-9 AT THE SHEPHERDSTOWN LIBRARY. THIS ALLOWED THEM TO GAIN VALUABLE SKILLS TO CREATE AND ENTER A SHORT FILM IN ACFFS NEXT GENERATION CAPTURE CONSERVATION CONTEST. THE CONTEST GRANTED FOUR AWARDS TO STUDENT FILMMAKERS UNDER THE AGE OF 18 ALONG WITH CASH PRIZES TOTALING 550. THE WINNING HIGH SCHOOL TEAM GOT TO HAVE THEIR FILM SCREENED DURING THE FESTIVAL. ADDITIONALLY, ALL FESTIVAL SCREENINGS ARE MADE FREE FOR STUDENTS 18 AND UNDER AND COLLEGE STUDENTS WITH ID. ACFF STAFF WORKED WITH THE ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES DEPARTMENT OF SHENANDOAH UNIVERSITY TO ALLOW STUDENTS TO REVIEW FESTIVAL FILMS AND PUT ON A BEST OF FEST EVENT IN OCTOBER FOR STUDENTS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC. THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, WE ALSO SCREENED FILMS AT THE BARNS OF ROSE HILL IN BERRYVILLE, VA, AT THE OAK SPRING GARDEN FOUNDATION IN UPPERVILLE, VA, AT DOCWEEK MIDDLEBURG IN VA AND MORE LOCALLY AT THE NATIONAL CONSERVATION TRAINING CENTER, THE SHEPHERDSTOWN PUBLIC LIBRARY, AND MORGAN GROVE PARK