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Nonprofit · EIN 27-2779043

WOMENS VOICES NOW INC

Tax-exempt · RLLNG HLS EST, CA 90274

Financials

$458K$438K2023$401K$437K2024$516K$526K2025
Revenue Expenses · by fiscal year end
Financials of WOMENS VOICES NOW INC by year, from its e-filed returns
Year endedFormRevenueExpensesNet incomeTotal assetsLiabilitiesNet assets
December 31, 2025990$515,975$525,705-$9,730$148,281-$5,981$154,262
December 31, 2024990$400,966$437,097-$36,131$170,054$6,062$163,992
December 31, 2023990$457,863$437,834$20,029$202,094$1,971$200,123
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025

Revenue

Contributions, gifts and grants
$416,366
of which government grants
$51,576
Program service revenue
$99,548
Investment income
$61
Other revenue
$0

Expenses

Grants and similar amounts paid
$18,810
Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
$48,071
Other salaries and wages
$103,203
Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
$163,667
Professional fundraising fees
$0
Legal fees
$2,000
Accounting fees
$7,821
Occupancy
$3,455
Travel
$7,971
Program services (functional)
$384,664
Management and general (functional)
$74,039
Fundraising (functional)
$67,002

Balance sheet and other

Total assets, start of year
$170,054
Total assets, end of year
$148,281
Total liabilities, end of year
-$5,981
Net assets, end of year
$154,262
Net assets without donor restrictions
$154,262
Gross receipts
$515,975
Employees
6
Volunteers
10
Year formed
2010
State of legal domicile
CA

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 December 31, 2025, highest compensation first.

NameTitleHours / weekCompensation
Heidi Basch-HarodExecutive Dir.
Officer
20$48,070
Gina Brourman-SacksBoard Chair,CEO
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0
Caron BielskiVice President
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0
Tali BielskiDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Filipe NogueiraDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Candice NakagawaDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Diana MeansDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Snehal ChitaliaDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Kristie WallisDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Becky HellwigDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
990 for the year ended December 31, 2024: 8 people
NameTitleHours / weekCompensation
Heidi Basch-HarodExecutive Dir.
Officer
20$68,354
Gina Brourman-SacksBoard Chair,CEO
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0
Caron BielskiVice President
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0
Tali BielskiDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Filipe NogueiraDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Candice NakagawaDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Diana MeansDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Snehal ChitaliaDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 8 people
NameTitleHours / weekCompensation
Heidi Basch-HarodExecutive Dir.
Officer
20$64,438
Gina Brourman-SacksBoard Chair,CEO
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0
Caron BielskiVice President
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0
Tali BielskiDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Filipe NogueiraDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Candice NakagawaDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Diana MeansDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Snehal ChitaliaDirector
Trustee or director
1$0

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file)
46 PENINSULA CTR STE E, RLLNG HLS EST, CA 90274-3562
In care of
% CURTIS MALLET PREVOST COLT & MOSL
Mailing address (990-N for 2012)
11640 San Vicente Blvd, Los Angeles CA 90049
Principal officer (990 for 2025)
Heidi Basch-Harod, 46 - E Peninsula Center, Rolling Hills Estates, CA 90274
Principal officer (990-N for 2012)
Heidi Basch-Harod, 3224 Deluna Drive, Rancho Palos Verdes CA 90275
Signed the 990
Heidi Basch-Harod, Executive Dir.
Phone
(310) 748-1929
Return prepared by
Clarity Group Financial

California records

California keeps its own records of charities and corporations. Search them by EIN 27-2779043 or by the name WOMENS VOICES NOW INC.

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

Mission

Use film to drive postive social change that advances girls and women's rights globally.

990 for the year ended December 31, 2025

Program accomplishments

  • FILM FESTIVAL - OUR ANNUAL WOMENS VOICES NOW FILM FESTIVAL IS AN INTERNATIONAL WOMENS RIGHTS DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL THAT SEEKS TO ADDRESS THE LACK OF AUTHENTIC REPRESENTATION OF WOMEN IN FILM. SINCE 2011 WE HAVE RECEIVED 1,500 FILM SUBMISSIONS FROM 105 COUNTRIES. AWARDED $156,500 IN CASH PRIZES. GATHERED ONLINE AUDIENCE MEMBERS FROM 195+ COUNTRIES. AS OF 2025 WE ACTIVELY WORK WITH OVER 400 FILMMAKERS, NURTURING A COMMUNITY OF FILMMAKERS.
    Expenses $228,724 · revenue $96,348
  • GIRLS VOICES NOW - A YOUTH DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM EMPOWERING THE NEXT GENERATION OF YOUTH FROM UNDER-RESOURCED COMMUNITIES TO FIND, DEVELOP AND USE THEIR VOICE FOR SOCIAL CHANGE THROUGH FILMMAKING. AS OF 2025 WE SERVE 116 GIRLS FROM UNDER-RESOURCED COMMUNITIES IN LOS ANGELES. THE PROGRAM HAS PRODUCED 31 YOUTH-MADE SHORT FILMS WHICH HAVE BEEN SELECTED AND AWARDED IN 166 FILM FESTIVALS AND SEEN BY 4.5 MILLION VIEWERS. OUR YOUTH MADE FILMS HAVE BEEN NOMINATED, ONCE FOR A DAYTIME EMMY (2021), AND ONCE FOR A CHILDRENS & FAMILY ENTERTAINMENT EMMY (2024), AND WON THE DAYTIME EMMY IN 2021.
    Expenses $100,860 · revenue $3,140
  • FILM COLLECTION - A FREE ONLINE FILM COLLECTION, VOICES FOR CHANGE, RAISES AWARENESS OF THE STRUGGLES AND TRIUMPHS OF WOMEN AND GIRLS AROUND THE GLOBE. THE COLLECTION PROVIDES A PLATFORM FOR AUTHENTIC AND DIVERSE STORIES ABOUT WOMEN AND GIRLS, THAT BENEFIT ALL. EACH FILM IN THE LIVING, GROWIN COLLECTION INCLUDES CALLS TO ACTION AND ADDITIONAL EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES FOR VIEWERS. VOICES FOR CHANGE INCLUDES 360+ FILMS FROM 98 COUNTRIES IN 73 DIFFERENT LANGUAGES. IN 2025ALONE, WE ATTRACTED OVER 13.5 MILLION ONLINE VIEWERS. WE ALSO WERE ABLE TO OFFER OUR SECOND PAID FILM COLLECTION INTERNSHIP.
    Expenses $38,387 · revenue $60
  • Artist-in-Residence - The Artist-in-Residence program is a collaborative initiative hosting one guest filmmaker to contribute to the curating of the Women's Voices Now Voices for change film collection program, expand the network and outreach of WVN film festival, and for the filmmaking to explore opportunities in the Los Angeles area to further their personal artistic projects.
    Expenses $16,693

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

Tax yearYear endedDueIRS public records
2025December 31, 2025May 15, 2026990 on file
2024December 31, 2024May 15, 2025990 on file
2023December 31, 2023May 15, 2024990 on file

IRS record

EIN
27-2779043
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
2010
Accounting year ends
December
Files
Form 990 or 990-EZ
Assets (IRS master file)
$148,281
Income (IRS master file)
$515,975

Filing history

FormYear endedRevenueExpensesAssetsReturn
990December 2025$515,975$525,705$148,281IRS
990December 2024$400,966$437,097$170,054XML
990December 2023$457,863$437,834$202,094XML
990December 2022$395,609$386,658$181,663IRS
990December 2021–––IRS
990December 2020–––IRS
990-EZDecember 2019–––IRS
990-EZDecember 2018–––IRS
990-N for 2012
Officer: Heidi Basch-Harod
December 31, 2012≤ $50,000 receipts––e-Postcard

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 27-2779043).

Questions about WOMENS VOICES NOW INC

What is the EIN of WOMENS VOICES NOW INC?
The employer identification number (EIN) of WOMENS VOICES NOW INC is 27-2779043.
Is WOMENS VOICES NOW INC tax-exempt?
Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2010.
Are donations to WOMENS VOICES NOW INC tax-deductible?
Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
Which annual return does WOMENS VOICES NOW INC 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 WOMENS VOICES NOW INC due?
The return for tax year 2026 (the year ending December 31, 2026) is due May 17, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
When did WOMENS VOICES NOW INC last file with the IRS?
The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2025.
Who is the principal officer of WOMENS VOICES NOW INC?
The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 names Heidi Basch-Harod.
Who are the officers and directors of WOMENS VOICES NOW INC?
The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 lists 10 people; 1 received compensation from the organization, the highest $48,070 (Heidi Basch-Harod, Executive Dir.).
How much revenue does WOMENS VOICES NOW INC have?
On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $515,975, expenses of $525,705 and total assets of $148,281 at year end.

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