2025-10-01T08:02:17-07:00 2025-06-30 811221297 David B McRee 3980 Ironwood Circle Apt 406 Bradenton FL 34209 990EZ 2024-07-01 883790225 Cosmic Rays Foundation COSM 9842910316 964 High House Rd Cary NC 27513 William Brown President 9842910316 2025-09-17 true true David B McRee CPA P00103830 7273147263 2025-10-01 X 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z X X cosmicraysfilmfest.com X X 12487 X 5412 6955 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 120 0 120 12487 3510 695 1613 6031 11849 638 2304 82 3024 2304 3024 2304 3024 2304 3024 X See Schedule O. See Schedule O. 3510 X 9465 9465 Sabine Gruffat CEO 12.50 1800 0 0 William Brown President 12.50 0 0 0 Kathie Roberts Director 1.00 0 0 0 Kristin Pearson Executive Director 12.50 0 0 0 false false false false false false false 0 0 false false NC William Brown 964 High House Rd 4311 Cary NC 27513 9842910316 false false false false false false false false false false false NONE 0 NONE 0 true X 0 0 2000 20678 4446 5412 32536 1834 2285 5424 7075 16618 0 0 3834 22963 9870 12487 49154 0 0 0 49154 49154 X 0 0 Other Our Primary Exempt Purpose: The Cosmic Rays Film Festival is an annual exhibition of non-commercial short films, live-cinema, and extended reality projects. Our aim is to give audiences in the Triangle region of North Carolina and across the Southeastern U.S. access to media artwork that expands our idea of what film is and what it can be. Other Part III, Line 28, Program Service Accomplishments: The Cosmic Rays Foundation is a 501(c)(3) organization that presents the annual Cosmic Rays Film Festival. Our mission is to support and celebrate experimental films and digital media art created by regional, national, and global media artists; and to provide a venue in Orange County, North Carolina where a diverse range of audiences can have access to this vital and expanding area of the arts. Other Part III, Line 28, Program Service Accomplishments: During our 7th edition which took place from March 21-23, 2025, Cosmic Rays presented 32 films selected from 462 submissions from around the world. During our three day festival, some 300 people attended our five screening blocks at the Chelsea Theater in Chapel Hill; participated in post-screening conversations with eight visiting filmmakers; and attended an afternoon of artist talks with visiting filmmakers Alison Kobayashi, Rebecca Barten, and David Sherman at Fatwood Studio in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Other Part III, Line 28, Program Service Accomplishments: Each year, Cosmic Rays invites a distinguished film scholar to curate a special program of films. Thanks to a grant from the Orange County NC Arts Commission, this year Cosmic Rays was able to invite New York-based film scholar Genevieve Yue to curate a program of films titled MOVING IMAGES. Yues program featured work by four filmmakers-of-color who deploy a variety of formal techniques to explore the ways Black and Brown bodies navigate online and offline space. Other Part III, Line 28, Program Service Accomplishments: In order to expand the reach of our festivals programming, Cosmic Rays launched a Touring Program in 2022. Each year, we select a program of films from our latest edition to send on a tour of screening venues around the United States. Our 2025 touring program is entitled You Dont Know Me, a program of ten experimental films about the roles our bodies play, the data they generate, the avatars they adopt, and the traces they leave behind. Form 990EZ, Part I, Line 10 Support non-commercial filmmakers.; Arts; Grants to filmmakers less: than $5,000 each., , , ; , 3510. Form 990EZ, Part I, Line 16 Travel airfare 1437. Form 990EZ, Part I, Line 16 Travel: filmmaker lodging 1000. Form 990EZ, Part I, Line 16 Insurance 1515. Form 990EZ, Part I, Line 16 Advertising/marketing 809. Form 990EZ, Part I, Line 16 Festival afterparty/brunch 516. Form 990EZ, Part I, Line 16 Travel: vehicle rental 280. Form 990EZ, Part I, Line 16 Supplies and materials 219. Form 990EZ, Part I, Line 16 Travel: taxis and shared rides 81. Form 990EZ, Part I, Line 16 Office expenses 80. Form 990EZ, Part I, Line 16 Corporate compliance 69. Form 990EZ, Part I, Line 16 Merchant account fees 25. Form 990EZ, Part I, Line 20 Adjust beginning Paypal Balance 82.