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Thank You for Being a Part of the MPTF Family. No One Knows Better IMPACT 2018 ANNUAL REPORT A YEAR IN REVIEW Thank you for being a part of the MPTF family. No one knows better than you that while the metrics are important, it is our immeasurable impact on hearts and souls that sets us apart. Your generosity and passion embody the spirit of an industry we all care for deeply. Following are the numbers and the stories of lives we touched with your support. This is the impact we made in 2018, together. MOTION PICTURE & TELEVISION FUND Thank you for being a part of the MPTF family. No one knows better than you that while the metrics are important, it is our immeasurable impact on hearts and souls that sets us apart. Your generosity and passion embody the spirit of an industry we all care for deeply. Following are the numbers and the stories of lives we touched with your support. This is the impact we made in 2018, together. In gratitude, 2 MPTF 2018 ANNUAL REPORT MPTF 2018 ANNUAL REPORT 1 “Over 35 years ago, a mentor LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT said something to me that inspires me to this day. It’s a paraphrase of a quote from Albert Einstein: ‘Don’t try to become a person of success, try to become a person of value.’” -Bob Beitcher WE ALL PLAY OUR PART Around here, 97 years doesn’t seem so old, generous support, the MPTF team is here MPTF BOARD OF but for a charity like MPTF to sustain for to honor the mission of our founders and DIRECTORS Bob Beitcher that long is truly a historic accomplishment. shape it to the needs of each generation George Clooney We couldn’t do it without you—and without within our entertainment community. Mark Fleischer, Vice Chair Jim Gianopulos, Chairman the amazing generosity of generations of Michael Karlin entertainment industry members who Thank you for playing your part in building Jeffrey Katzenberg preceded us in film and television. MPTF into the positive and often life- Hawk Koch Matthew Loeb changing force that it is, and for helping Lisa Pierozzi MPTF continues to provide a safety net us provide for the future in an industry Jay D. Roth of support for our current and retired that is dear to our hearts. Nina L. Shaw, Esq. Casey Wasserman workforce and a broad array of other David White compassionate care services on our campus MPTF BOARD OF and in the community. We do it all with GOVERNORS truly world-class employees who get what J.J. Abrams Bob Beitcher “taking care of our own” means and carry it Betsy Beers MPTF President and CEO Channing Dungey out each and every day. As stewards of your [email protected] Eric Esrailian, M.D. Tony Goldwyn Bonnie Hammer Jeffrey Katzenberg, Chairman Kevin McCormick Ron Meyer Christopher Nolan Peter Rice Karen Rosenfelt Emma Thomas Kevin Tsujihara John Wells 2 MPTF 2018 ANNUAL REPORT MPTF 2018 ANNUAL REPORT 3 Praise and gratitude to photo- 2018 A YEAR IN REVIEW graphers Andy Romanoff (2018 stories), and Fred Siegel (the 100-year insert, portraits) for capturing the amazing souls on these pages including Sally Sloan, Cottage Resident. Some of the most talented people are a part of MPTF. GOOD DEEDS From impressive growth in many of our outstan- community’s wealth of skills, resources, and ding programs and services to some very tender generosity, over 100 volunteers ranging in personal moments, here are some of the highlights ages from 9 to 107 served as cast and crew to from 2018… produce MATT AND MAYA, a short film written by Jon Huntley. Jon was a member of our In June, we celebrated the 40th anniversary of industry family who moved to The Wasserman MPTF’s Heartbeat of Hollywood Golf Tournament Campus in 2013 to receive care in his battle and had our most successful tournament to date with ALS. On Sunday, July 15th, in a packed by raising over $450,000! We are incredibly grate- Susan and Gary Martin Screening Room, the ful to Mickey Segal, Chairman of the Event Com- results of this hard work debuted at a special mittee for Heartbeat, and the invaluable support viewing celebration. Jon sat front-and-center of the committee, the golfers, and our sponsors. with his family, fulfilling a long-time dream to see his creative vision realized. He passed away MPTF’s VA Benefits Assistance program annually a few months later. Jon will be dearly missed. screens over 600 industry members/military veterans, surviving spouses, and eligible parents And let’s not forget the heroes on our campus of industry members, and the payoff has been who, on November 9th, rallied to evacuate over amazing! Hollywood’s military veterans and their 200 residents in the face of the Woolsey Fire. families collect more than $500,000 in unclaimed With the fire raging less than five miles from retroactive benefits, all tax-free for life, thanks campus, staff rose to the occasion, deployed to this program. A full salute to the generosity every form of available transportation, and of two industry supporters, Clint Eastwood moved residents to safer surroundings. We and Gary Martin, who play their part with the were so fortunate for the support of the Warner assistance of our trained staff. Center Marriott, the Jewish Home for the Aging, Northridge Hospital, and countless individuals In a true celebration of our entertainment who take community spirit to new heights. MPTF 2018 ANNUAL REPORT 5 COMMUNITY NET PROGRAM EXPENSES STRENGTH IN NUMBERS FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PG 8 $9,874 BASIC LIVING 59% INDIVIDUALS SERVED RESIDENTIAL CARE WITH A VARIETY OF SERVICES FROM FINANCIAL BOARD AND CARE 33% ASSISTANCE TO COMMUNITY RESOURCES 4,054 HOME CARE 7% $7,165 INCLUDES BOTH COMMUNITY FINANCIAL SKILLED NURSING/ ASSISTANCE ($725,832) AND NET MEDICAL 1% LONG TERM AND $2,978,612 PROGRAM EXPENSES ($2,252,780) MEMORY CARE NEEDS AT INTAKE $3,834 COMMUNITY SERVICES FINANCIAL 23% ASSISTANCE INTEREST IN LIVING ON VOLUNTEERS PG 12, 20 & 24 HOME SAFE HOME PG 10 21% CAMPUS 743 CLIENTS CASE VOLUNTEERS 20% MANAGEMENT 250 SUPPORTIVE 46,883 ASSESSMENTS 19% COUNSELING HOURS OF SERVICE 144 HOME SAFE HOME MENTAL HEALTH, $1,404,146 PROJECTS 17% SOCIAL ISOLATION, SOCIAL VALUE 39 HEALTH AND SAFETY DAILY CALL SHEET TELEPHONE REASSURANCE PG 16 INDUSTRY AFFILIATION 190 60+ 8,165 2,559 RECIPIENTS VOLUNTEERS CALLS MADE HOURS OF CONVERSATION U.S. MILITARY VETERANS PG 22 42% 23% 17% 5% 4% 4% 3% 2% $ IATSE SAG-AFTRA OTHER* LOCAL 399 WGA DGA MPTF PRODUCERS 801 $31,952 10,607 SCREENED RETROACTIVE BENEFITS ONGOING MONTHLY BENEFITS * Other: Includes Non-union affiliated, Locals 174, 1, 724, 40, 1877, 47, 755, NABET, Agents and more SOCIAL SERVICES ACTS OF KINDNESS John would wake up on the beach near the bulk- at the beach. I had a storage unit. And of course head and bury his cardboard under the sand so I was never short of clothes. I always had a sense that it would be there when he came back. “Card- of style. I was the board becomes very valuable when you’re living cleanest, best-dressed “Cardboard on the streets.” When John lived at the beach, person in Venice,” “back a few years ago, the police were nicer. Now he boasts. becomes very they come along and kick everyone out. ‘Hey jerks get outta here!’ they would yell. It wasn’t pleasant.” John lived for six valuable when years as a homeless you’re living on John [not his real name] is an editor. He’s worked person, under the all over the world on over 60 feature films and radar, until one day the streets.” hundreds of commercials. There was a time when he met with his MPTF he thought, satisfied with himself, “I’m never going doctor at the Westside Health Center on Sawtelle. to be out of work again!” All the opportunity, the He’s not sure what gave him away, but she figured luxury, the demand for the work he was so skilled out his secret. That started a process in motion: at producing—it felt like it would go on forever. a referral to an MPTF social worker, case manage- One thing led to another though: there was less ment, phone calls, and within a few weeks, a work for a multitude of reasons; throat surgery small apartment in LA was secured with ongoing and radiation treatment; then his first wife supplemental funds from MPTF. John was no took the house in a divorce. “I had just given up.” longer homeless. So one year at Christmas time, he found himself in Hollywood, the opportunities all but dried up and He still lives today in this small, bright apartment; $100 in his pocket. His address on Laurel Canyon, his fine wardrobe hangs neatly in the closet. Family the black-on-black Porsche, both gone long ago. pictures dot the shelves around the room. When “I never had a plan.” He brushes it off. “Regret? asked if he gets out much, maybe to watch a movie Thinking back? No. It’s just the way it is,” he says or catch up with friends, he says he mostly declines. distantly, almost like some movie he edited… “Probably to do with depression, you know...” finished now, it’s best not to second guess the ending. MPTF offers over 55 MPTF prides itself on helping those in need, with- different kinds of services out judgement. John still has a ways to go in terms to our industry members. John was nominated for, and won, countless of feeling okay about the journey of his life, but he When someone calls the coveted awards, lived around the world… “first does so with a roof over his head, an MPTF social 24-hour recorded hotline, class all the way.” It’s a story of survival John tells worker to check in on him, and a few friends in the a social worker follows up with helpful information with pride; “I never felt sorry for myself.
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