Foundation E
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 831262655
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2019–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2018
- Location
- New York, NY, USA
- Phone
- 2138048007
- Rating confidence
- Limited
- Sector
- Television
Reported finances
- Assets
- $958
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
2 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- SHANI PRIDE (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- SHANI PRIDE (PRESIDENT)
- PHYLLIS BARRACKS (SECRETARY)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The specific purposes of the corporation shall include, without limitation, the following: (i) to educate the public about social, cultural, humanitarian, and/or economic injustice by producing and distributing films and television programs that generally would not be produced by for-profit commercial production companies; (ii) to provide educational, mentorship and empowerment opportunities for those who are disadvantaged and/or lack resources, and provide employment opportunities for those who are underrepresented in the entertainment industry; (iii) to cultivate and promote diversity and inclusion in the arts; and (iv) to aid, support and collaborate with those organizations qualified for exemption from federal income tax under the code that are dedicated to furthering the charitable causes addressed by foundation e's films and television programs.
What it reported doing in 2025
In 2024, foundation e furthered developed its impact-driven educational programs. Foundation e creates innovative, high-touch, fully customized programs to empower and equip disadvantaged youth of color into the global leaders of tomorrow. In 2024, foundation e also furthered development on its impact-driven film and television content. The work at foundation e happens in phases. The first phase is the programmatic work - that is empowering, educating, and equipping youth of color from disadvantaged backgrounds. The next phase is the content creation - the scripted feature film, and the television series are also designed to expand foundation e's impact domestically and ultimately worldwide around racial and gender equity and equality.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
- Distribution model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.
The verdict
- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: NotEnoughData
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: Limited
- Program expense ratio: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: Limited
- Total-asset coverage ratio: Limited
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: Limited
Growth
- Program expense growth: -91.9% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -42.7% per year; rating input score 0; 19th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -16.2% per year; rating input score 0; 34th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 2 people listed
- Consistency: 1 of 1 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 6 filing years from 2019 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.