2026-06-11T10:57:14-07:00 2025-12-31 841233526 KEN RANSFORD PC 132 MIDLAND AVE STE 3 BASALT CO 81621 990 2025-01-01 841637532 First Light Foundation FIRS 9703196395 202 West Francis Street Aspen CO 81611 Chelsea C Congdon Director 9703196395 2026-05-14 true Ken Ransford P01455989 9709271200 2026-06-11 2025 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z X Chelsea Congdon 202 W Francis St Aspen CO 81611 590 false X N/A X 2004 CO First Light Foundation makes films about environmental issues that rely on public support since they lack sufficient commercial value to interest commercial film producers. 5 5 0 0 0 0 142000 0 0 940 590 0 142940 590 0 0 0 0 0 258089 90669 258089 90669 -115149 -90079 90079 0 0 90079 0 First Light Foundation makes films about environmental issues that rely on public support since they lack sufficient commercial value to interest commercial film producers. false false 90669 90669 0 First Light Foundation raises funds for and sponsors non-commercial non-profit film and communication projects about environmental issues as these often lack sufficient funding and must rely on philantrhopic contributions. The current media and communications project sponsored by First Light Foundation is the Global Biodiversity Narrative Project (which was renamed Kinship) in 2024. 90669 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 false true false false false false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false true 0 0 0 false false false false false false false false false false X 5 5 false false false false false false false true true false false true true true true true true true true false X Chelsea Congdon 9703196395 202 W Francis St Aspen CO 81611 X Christopher Taylor Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Tim McFlynn Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Harvey Locke Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Chelsea Congdon President 6.00 X 0 0 0 Vance Martin Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 false false false 590 0 590 590 0 0 590 0 0 0 0 Grants paid to Kinship 90669 90669 0 0 90669 90669 0 0 90079 0 90079 0 0 0 X 90079 0 90079 0 90079 0 X -90079 X false false false X 0 205962 134000 243796 142000 725758 0 0 205962 134000 243796 142000 725758 0 725758 185 1177 940 2302 0 0 728060 0.99680 0.36540 X 0 0 0 Pt II Ln 17a The organization solicits funds from members of the general public. Board members are also solicited from members of the general public and they are not related to the principal employees or founders of the organization. It also makes films that are intended for the general public. The organization therefore is broadly representative of the general public. true Kinship PO Box A Eldorado Springs CO 80025 990817732 Bank account 2025-04-30 90079 Cash Kinship Foundation 111 N Fairchild St Unit 300 Madison WI 53703 501(c)(3) false false false false true true true true false Pt VI, Line 11b The organizations board of directors reviews form 990 before it is filed. Pt VI, Line 12c The organization has a conflict of interest policy in which directors and officers disclose conflicts of interest, refrain from voting on matters on which they have a conflict of interest, and sign an annual statement attesting to this. No directors or officers had a conflict of interest in 2020. Pt VI, Line 15a The organization does not pay any salary or other renumeration at this time. If it does in the future, it will compare the salary or other renumeration paid to officers or directors with national salary surveys, and salary surveys within the Roaring Fork Valley, Colorado, where the organization is located. Pt VI, Line 15b The organization does not pay any salary or other renumeration at this time. If it does in the future, it will compare the salary or other renumeration paid to officers or directors with national salary surveys, and salary surveys within the Roaring Fork Valley, Colorado, where the organization is located. Pt XI The organization has closed and donated all remaining assets to Kinship, a 501(c)(3) public charity in Aspen, CO.