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Nonprofit · EIN 23-7424845

HUMAN FAMILY EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL INSTITUTE

Tax-exempt · LOS ANGELES, CA 90401

Financials

$1.1M$999K2023$1.1M$908K2024
Revenue Expenses · by fiscal year end
Financials of HUMAN FAMILY EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL INSTITUTE by year, from its e-filed returns
Year endedFormRevenueExpensesNet incomeTotal assetsLiabilitiesNet assets
August 31, 2025990$1,067,508$908,016$159,492$4,588,266$3,500$4,584,766
August 31, 2024990$1,122,231$999,378$122,853$4,425,274$0$4,425,274
Financial details: 990 for the year ended August 31, 2025

Revenue

Contributions, gifts and grants
$440,552
Program service revenue
$117,838
Investment income
$509,118
Other revenue
$0

Expenses

Grants and similar amounts paid
$0
Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
$217,848
Other salaries and wages
$189,663
Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
$456,089
Professional fundraising fees
$0
Accounting fees
$28,560
Occupancy
$3,901
Program services (functional)
$757,615
Management and general (functional)
$96,875
Fundraising (functional)
$53,526

Balance sheet and other

Total assets, start of year
$4,425,274
Total assets, end of year
$4,588,266
Total liabilities, end of year
$3,500
Net assets, end of year
$4,584,766
Publicly traded securities
$4,248,269
Net assets without donor restrictions
$4,584,766
Gross receipts
$1,067,508
Employees
6
Year formed
1974

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 August 31, 2025, highest compensation first.

NameTitleHours / weekCompensation
MICHELLE FRANKEEXECUTIVE DI
Officer
40$217,848
JENNY BICKSBOARD PRESID
Trustee or director, Officer
–$0
CARTER COVINGTONDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
–$0
CHRIS DONAHUEDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
–$0
LAUREN GOODMANDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
–$0
HART HANSONDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
–$0
MARSHALL HERSKOVITZTREASURER
Trustee or director, Officer
–$0
ERIKA KENNAIRDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
–$0
CAROL MENDELSOHNDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
–$0
DAVID SHORESECRETARY
Trustee or director, Officer
–$0
990 for the year ended August 31, 2024: 10 people
NameTitleHours / weekCompensation
MICHELLE FRANKEEXECUTIVE DI
Officer
40$200,286
JENNY BICKSBOARD PRESID
Trustee or director, Officer
–$0
CHRIS DONAHUEDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
–$0
LAUREN GOODMANDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
–$0
HART HANSONDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
–$0
MARSHALL HERSKOVITZTREASURER
Trustee or director, Officer
–$0
ERIKA KENNAIRDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
–$0
ALI LEROIDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
–$0
CAROL MENDELSOHNDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
–$0
DAVID SHORESECRETARY
Trustee or director, Officer
–$0

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file)
401 WILSHIRE BLVD, LOS ANGELES, CA 90401-1416
In care of
% MICHELLE FRANKE
Principal officer (990 for 2024)
MICHELLE FRANKE, 3435 OCEAN PARK BLVD 107 PMB 450, SANTA MONICA, CA 90405
Signed the 990
MICHELLE FRANKE, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Phone
(310) 454-8769
Return prepared by
BLACK & CONDIE LLP

California records

California keeps its own records of charities and corporations. Search them by EIN 23-7424845 or by the name HUMAN FAMILY EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL INSTITUTE.

Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers
Registration status and filed reports (CT-TR-1, RRF-1)

Mission

FOUNDED IN 1974 TO ENCOURAGE THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY TO USE ITS REACH TO ENRICH THE LIVES OF VIEWING AUDIENCES, HUMAN FAMILY EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL INSTITUTE (DBA HUMANITAS) HONORS AND EMPOWERS WRITERS WHOSE FILM AND TELEVISION WORK EXPLORES THE HUMAN CONDITION IN A NUANCED, MEANINGFUL WAY. WE CELEBRATE THE STORIES THAT EXPLORE THE HUMAN EXPERIENCE BECAUSE THE ACT OF ACKNOWLEDGING OUR COMMON HUMANITY IS TRANSFORMATIONAL. WE WORK TOWARD OUR MISSION AND VISION THROUGH OUR NETWORK OF SIGNATURE EDUCATIONAL, CULTURAL, AND CHARITABLE PROGRAMS: THE HUMANITAS PRIZES, THE NEW VOICES FELLOWSHIP, THE COLLEGE SCREENWRITING AWARDS, AND PUBLIC PROGRAMS, AND DIRECT AID PROJECTS, INCLUDING INDUSTRY 101, THE WRITERS ROOM, AND GROCERIES FOR WRITERS.

990 for the year ended August 31, 2025

Program accomplishments

  • THE FIRST CHANNEL OF ACTION IS THE HUMANITAS PRIZES, WHICH WERE FIRST AWARDED TO SUNSHINE, THE LAW, AND LARRY AND SINCE AWARDED TO PROJECTS RANGING FROM PACHINKO AND THE WEST WING TO BLACK-ISH AND ENCANTO. THE HUMANITAS PRIZES HONOR PROFESSIONAL FILM AND TELEVISION WRITERS WHOSE WORK EXEMPLIFIES THE ART OF SCREENWRITING WHILE EXPLORING THE HUMAN CONDITION IN A NUANCED, MEANINGFUL WAY. THEY ARE PRESENTED AT AN ANNUAL FALL EVENT AND INCLUDE A TROPHY AND CASH PRIZE."
    Expenses $569,604
  • THE SECOND PROGRAM SERVICE ACCOMPLISHMENT IS THE NEW VOICES & COLLEGE SCREENWRITING AWARDS. THE ORGANIZATION ALSO OPERATES TWO PROGRAMS FOR EMERGING WRITERS. THE NEW VOICES FELLOWSHIP IS A MENTORSHIP PROGRAM, RUNNING FOR APPROXIMATELY SIX-MONTHS, THAT PAIRS FIVE EMERGING WRITERS EACH YEAR WITH A PROFESSIONAL WRITER WHO ACTS AS THEIR MENTOR, AND FURTHER SUPPORTS THEM WITH ACCESS TO NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES, INTERACTIVE WORKSHOPS, AND A SUITE OF OTHER BENEFITS. THE COLLEGE SCREENWRITING AWARDS, MEANWHILE, RECOGNIZE SCREENWRITERS WHOSE WORK ADVANCES THE HUMANITAS MISSION AND WHO ARE CURRENTLY ENROLLED IN A COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY PROGRAM. HUMANITAS ANNUALLY AWARDS TWO PRIZES WHICH RECOGNIZE EXCELLENT STUDENT SCREEN AND TELEVISION WRITING: THE DAVID AND LYNN ANGELL COLLEGE COMEDY AWARD AND THE CAROL MENDELSOHN COLLEGE DRAMA AWARD. THE AWARDEES RECEIVE A CASH PRIZE, A PROFESSIONAL NOTES SESSION, AND A SUITE OF OTHER BENEFITS.
    Expenses $78,850
  • THE THIRD CHANNEL OF ACTION COMES IN THE FORM OF THE PUBLIC PROGRAMS AND DIRECT AID PROJECTS HUMANITAS PRESENTS:INDUSTRY 101, THE WRITERS ROOM, AND GROCERIES FOR WRITERS. IN 2022, THE ORGANIZATION LAUNCHED INDUSTRY 101, A FREE AND PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE SERIES OF PANEL CONVERSATIONS COVERING THE ARC OF A SCREENWRITER'S CAREER. IN 2023, A 10 TO 12 WEEK TV WRITING INTENSIVE FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, A PROGRAM REFERRED TO AS THE WRITERS ROOM, WILL BE ADDED TO THE HUMANITAS SUITE OF PUBLIC PROGRAMS. THESE EVENTS, WHICH FEATURE A MIX OF WRITERS, EXECUTIVES, AND EDUCATORS, CARRY ON A TRADITION OF WORKSHOPS AND CLASSES THE ORGANIZATION HAS HELD THROUGHOUT ITS HISTORY.
    Expenses $109,161

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 August, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.

Tax yearYear endedDueIRS public records
2025August 31, 2026January 15, 2027Not due yet
2024August 31, 2025January 15, 2026990 on file
2023August 31, 2024January 15, 2025990 on file

IRS record

EIN
23-7424845
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
1999
Accounting year ends
August
Files
Form 990 or 990-EZ
Category (NTEE)
Religion-related (X99)
Assets (IRS master file)
$4,588,266
Income (IRS master file)
$1,067,508

Filing history

FormYear endedRevenueExpensesAssetsReturn
990August 2025$1,067,508$908,016$4,588,266XML
990August 2024$1,122,231$999,378$4,425,274XML
990August 2023$944,554$975,755$4,302,421IRS
990August 2022$322,073$1,061,658$4,333,622IRS
990August 2021–––IRS
990August 2020–––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 23-7424845).

Questions about HUMAN FAMILY EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL INSTITUTE

What is the EIN of HUMAN FAMILY EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL INSTITUTE?
The employer identification number (EIN) of HUMAN FAMILY EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL INSTITUTE is 23-7424845.
Is HUMAN FAMILY EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL INSTITUTE tax-exempt?
Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1999.
Are donations to HUMAN FAMILY EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL INSTITUTE tax-deductible?
Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
Which annual return does HUMAN FAMILY EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL INSTITUTE 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 HUMAN FAMILY EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL INSTITUTE due?
The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending August 31, 2026) is due January 15, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
When did HUMAN FAMILY EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL INSTITUTE last file with the IRS?
The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended August 2025.
Who is the principal officer of HUMAN FAMILY EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL INSTITUTE?
The 990 for the year ended August 31, 2025 names MICHELLE FRANKE.
Who are the officers and directors of HUMAN FAMILY EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL INSTITUTE?
The 990 for the year ended August 31, 2025 lists 10 people; 1 received compensation from the organization, the highest $217,848 (MICHELLE FRANKE, EXECUTIVE DI).
How much revenue does HUMAN FAMILY EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL INSTITUTE have?
On its 990 for the year ended August 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $1,067,508, expenses of $908,016 and total assets of $4,588,266 at year end.

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