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BUILDING A FOUNDATION FOR C AN GE 2014 ANNUAL REPORT The Open Media Foundation is not a media & technology organization… we’re a social change organiza- LETTER tion. We focus on media and technology not just because we’re a bunch of media & tech geeks (which we are) but because media and communications technologies are two of the most powerful tools imaginable MISSION STATEMENT FROM THE to bring about social change. The primary medium for sharing information and shaping values in our society is mass media, and our WHAT WE DO EXECUTIVE commercial media system is designed to promote commercial interests. Its inherently biased to favor The Open Media Foundation (OMF) is an innovative media and technology nonprofit organization dedicated to put- the perspectives of the most privileged members of society and to ignore the perspectives of the most ting the power of the media in the hands of the people, enabling everyone to engage in their community and bring disadvantaged communities… the kinds of communities advertisers aren’t too interested in reaching. DIRECTOR about the change they wish to see in the world. Big corporations have far more reach and impact than nonprofit organizations, and our social values continue to skew towards the interests of the wealthy until we have a population that confuses Donald Trump for a legitimate public steward. HOW WE DO IT We empower nonprofits, governments, and individuals to shift the media conversation (and thus social awareness) A Decade ago in 2004, OMF incorporated as a 501C3 with a mission to take advantage of the changing from the corporate interests of our commercial media system towards the human interests of an open, diverse, media and technology landscape to reverse this trend, using emerging media to “put the power in the engaged public. hands of the people” and give underserved communities and the organizations who serve them a stron- ger voice in the new media conversation. To accomplish our mission, we begin with providing affordable, high-end media and technology services. We follow We made huge strides towards this goal, launching 3 TV stations and seeing first-hand the power of up by offering training and tools that enable everyone to represent their own voice in the media conversation. providing media and technology services, training, and tools to communities who were previously left- out of the media conversation. In those first ten years, however, we also witnessed a similar dynamic happening in government, where monied interests have increasingly greater influence over public policy than grassroots interests. Each year, even as media tools democratized through advancing technologies HISTORY like cell phones and YouTube, our political system was moving closer and closer to a plutocracy, where In 2001, Tony Shawcross, Founder and ED of the Open Media Foundation, co-founded a non- instead of one-person-one-vote, its practically one-dollar-one-vote. commercial website called [denverevolution] in order to promote independent arts and We began to realize that it’s not enough to put a camera in someone’s hand. If we really want to equalize non-commercial community events overlooked by local media. In 2003, members opportunities across social strata, we need to support disadvantaged communities in using their voice to of the [denverevolution] collective began producing videos for nonprofits as the shift public awareness, public values, and public policy. The launch of our fourth TV channel (The Colo- [denverevolution] production group or “Deproduction”, borrowing resources from rado Channel) in partnership with the Colorado State Legislature, was a huge step in this direction. In friends at KBDI (PBS 12), Free Speech TV (FSTV), and Denver Community Tele- 2014, this work culminated with the launch of our newest initiative, the Open Media Project-for Govern- ment, the latest step in OMF’s work to build a true foundation for change. vision (DCTV). In 2004 we significantly expanded our media and technology training services, formed the board of directors, and re- The OMP-for Gov helps state and local governments reach an unprecedented level of transparency and ceived 501(c)(3) nonprofit. With the closure of Denver accessibility. video and legislation for any topic can be easily found and shared, bringing the work of Community Television in 2005, OMF submitted a Colorado’s state legislature out from under the dome and into daily facebook posts, YouTube excerpts, and to cell-phone and tablet screens daily. proposal to re-launch Public Access TV in Den- ver under an entirely new model, leveraging OMF has done a lot of great work in the past ten years building a strong foundation for change… Looking emerging web 2.0 technologies and business at what we’re up to today, you can’t help but feel that things are just getting started! models in a community media station that is truly powered by the community. The result, [Denver Open Media (DOM) launched in 2006, as an independent brand that could be owned by the community. In 2008, Deproduc- tion merged with Civic Pixel, the local web de- velopment firm who had built the DOM website and user-management software, and in 2009, the parent organization merged all efforts into the Open Media Foundation. Denver Open Media remains an inde- CLICK HERE WATCH OUR LATEST VIDEO ONLINE pendent, community-run project of OMF. EDUCATION Individuals Served: 1602 Youth served through Educational Tours and Open Media Generation: 504 2014 POPULATION SERVED Hours of Training Provided: 655 Class Attendee Demographics AGE ETHNICITY INCOME LEVEL SERVICES under 18 / 1%* African-American/Black / 8% Less than $15,000 / 22% 18-24 / 11% Asian Pacific / 2% $15,000-$24,999 / 18% 25-34 / 35% South Asian or Asian Indian / 2% $25,000 - $34,999 / 15% 35-44 / 22% Latina/o, Chicana/o, Mexicana/o / 13% $35,000 - $49,999 / 16% Nonprofit and Government Client List 45-54 / 15% White / 65% $50,000 - $74,999 / 18% 55+ / 16% Other / 10% $75,000-$99,999 / 6% Above $100,000 / 5% 48 Hour Film Festival Denver Foundation Project PAVE *Excludes youth served through educational tours and youth group. American Recreation Coalition Denver Kids Inc Qualistar Colorado Andre Center Denver Media Services Radical Honesty Enterprises Ashoka Denver Public Schools Foundation Rolfe Larson Associates Association of Independent Developmental Disabilities Resource Rush Soccer Information Professionals Center Second Wind Fund Backlund Land Surveys DRS PRODUCTIONS LLC Susan Kaplan TOOLS Bell Policy Center Elephant Circle The Consortium Berkeley Community Media Escuela de Guadalupe University of Denver Book Trust Families First Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado Number of Members in 2014: 388 Boulder Housing Partners Family Star West Wash Park Neighborhood Number of Shows in 2014: 671 Boulder Mountainbike Alliance Family Tree Association Bravo Vail Free Speech TV Women’s Wilderness Brett Family Foundation GLBT Community Center of Colorado Yonder Denver Open Media’s Shows Produced Campus Compact of the Google Organizational Members Mountain West International Building Performance Academic/Info Community Issues and Advocacy City of Louisville Association USA Wonderbound Youth Well-being and Lifestyle City of Thornton International Institute for Indigenous Faith Cultural Perspectives Just Media Colorado Alliance for Environmental Resource Management Arts and Film Music and Entertainment Education International Mountain Bike Assoc Voice of Destiny Inc-Youthprenuer News, Business GLBTQ and Govt. Colorado Anti-Violence Program Kansas Wildscape Foundation Project Colorado Breast Cancer Coalition Keep em Reel KGNU Colorado Casa Knight Foundation Colorado Channel Mile High United Way Denver Center for International Stud- ies-Downtown Colorado County Officials Employees Muslims of the West Retirement Association National Renewable Energy Laboratory Colorado Independent Colorado Cross Disability Coalition National Ski Patrol Colorado Film & Video Association NEWSED COPDGene Study One Earth Future Foundation CraftWorks Foundation Padres Unidos Creating Transitions Partnership for Families and Children Denver Botanical Gardens Piton Foundation INDIVIDUAL DONORS Aaron Miripol Denver Foundation Abe Shirazi Diana Aqra Aileen Gaumond Dianna M Janda Albus Brooks Duane Tad Kline III Amanda Carlson Elisa Romero Amanda Skrzypchak Ellen Mahoney 2014 CORPORATE AND FOUNDATION DONORS Amy Friedman Emily Kinsella Amy Osgood Encore Caregivers, LTD Andrew Novick Eric Galatas Keith Bridges Ray Merenstein Angelia McGowan Eric Stiller Kristin Nolan Rebel Saffold Corporate & Ann Theis Frank Daidone Kristina Beacom Richard Eveleigh Foundation Donors Anonymous Gabriella Flora Kristina Opre Richard Fickle Anthony Stonaker Gavin Dahl Laura Levi Rita Wold 10,000 Villages Denver Center for KGNU Radio Station Stories on Stage Barbara Green George Bamu Laurette Heppell RL Dyer Performing Arts Beatrice and Woodsley Linger Teatulia Beth Hendrix Gerald Mills Lily Gutierrez Robert Rhodes Big Red F Restaurants Denver Film Society Melyssa Stout Photography The Avenue Theater Bob Lohr Gerardo Pacheo Liz Wurster Robert Timm Bonnano Concepts Denver Museum of Nature & Mercury Cafe The Ogden Theater Bob Timm Glenna Norvelle Mandy R McKnight Rogelio Rodriguez Bonnie Brae Ice Cream Science Molly Brown House Museum The Riders Barre Book Trust Grace Spivak Marcia Lamb Roger ‘Zeke’ Nodruff Boulder Book Store Denver Relief Museo de Las Americas The Tattered Cover Breeahna Britt Gregory Barman Mark Ajluni Roger and Beth Graham Buntport Theater Denver School of