The Better Angels Society
The Better Angels Society
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About this organization
Mission
The Better Angels Society, Inc. (“TBAS') is a nonprofit corporation, organized and operated exclusively for charitable, educational and literary purposes. TBAS is dedicated to the preservation of American history and introducing and educating Americans to multiple aspects of their history. Specifically, TBAS was incorporated in 2011 to support the production of high-quality documentaries for public television and other public media that will introduce and educate current and future generations of American about their history.
About
Film production, outreach, and education - The society provided funding for the production and distribution of documentary films focusing on American history, which are broadcast free to the public and widely available on PBS television stations and PBS digital platforms for millions of Americans. In 2019, the society successfully endowed a ten-year partnership with the Library of Congress, the Library of Congress Lavine/Ken Burns Prize for Film, which launched in 2019 and is an annual, national prize for professional American history documentaries. The next ten years of documentary film projects have been identified and formally integrated into the society's strategic planning. The society also established a youth-focused education program, which it administers to benefit middle and high school-aged history documentary filmmakers, the next generation Angels Awards.
Interesting data from their 2020 990 filing
The filing outlines the non-profit's goal as “The better angels society's (the society) mission is to support american democracy by ensuring historically significant documentary films are funded, broadcast on public television and promoted and shared to reach and inform the public through educational outreach and civic discourse. the society runs two programs: the library of congress lavine/ken burns prize for film annual american history documentary contest, which awards one winner, one runner-up and up to four finalists funding for late-stage production costs, distribution and outreach; and the next generation angels awards, which recognizes excellence in middle and high school-aged student american history documenatry filmmaking.”.
When explaining its purpose, the activities were outlined as: “Ensure historical documentary films are funded/shared thru educational outreach & civic discourse.”.
- As per legal reporting requirements, the state of operation for the non-profit is DE.
- The non-profit's address for 2020 is listed as 2000 MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE NW, WASHINGTON, DC, 20036 in the filing.
- As per the non-profit's form, they have 6 employees as of 2020.
- Is not a private foundation.
- Expenses are greater than $1,000,000.
- Revenue is greater than $1,000,000.
- Revenue less expenses is $9,969,702.
- The organization has 18 independent voting members.
- The organization was formed in 2011.
- The organization pays $546,498 in salary, compensation, and benefits to its employees.
- The organization pays $197,126 in fundraising expenses.