2013 ANNUAL REPORT When we started the Open Media Foundation a decade ago, we were a collective of individu- LETTER als who recognized that the public awareness generated by our media was a root cause of inequity in society. More than ten years ago, we devised the three-part approach of providing services, training, and tools aimed at helping our communities shift the media conversation FROM THE from a discourse dominated by the perspectives and interests of the wealthiest individuals and corporations, to a more inclusive, democratic conversation that includes the perspectives EXECUTIVE of low-income communities, marginalized groups, and non-commercial organizations. Services: 2013 saw our tenth year of providing communications services to nonprofits and DIRECTOR governments, amplifying the voice of nonprofits to expand awareness in our communities. We produced websites and videos for our very first nonprofit clients back in 2003, and by 2013, hundreds of nonprofits have worked with us to expand awareness of their work, including new projects in 2013 for the National Renewable Energies Laboratories and The Denver Art Museum, the Colorado Trust and The Colorado State Legislature. Training: From day-one, we knew that real change in the media conversation can only happen when more people are engaged in making the media we see and hear. Over the past decade, we’ve trained thousands of individuals to make their own media and help contribute to the awareness and perspectives in our community. In 2013, OMF brought on two full-time Ameri- corps Vistas to expand OMF’s abilities to serve our nonprofit clients, providing training and support to help nonprofits better use media and technology to address poverty. Tools: As we were getting started, OMF relied on equipment loaned from friends at KBDI-12 and Free Speech TV. Recognizing the importance of access to media tools, from our very first edit system, we have always made all our equipment available to the public. With the launch of Denver Open Media in 2006, we greatly expanded the tools provided, until today we offer over $2million worth of equipment and facilities to the public, ensuring everyone has access to the equipment they need to make high-quality media. CLICK HERE WATCH OUR LATEST VIDEO ONLINE MISSION STATEMENT WHAT WE DO The Open Media Foundation (OMF) is an innovative media and technology nonprofit organization dedicated to put- ting the power of the media in the hands of the people, enabling everyone to engage in their community and bring about the change they wish to see in the world. HOW WE DO IT To accomplish our mission, we begin with providing affordable, high-end web and video production services. We fol- low up by offering training and tools that enable everyone to represent their own voice in the media conversation. HISTORY In 2001, Tony Shawcross, Founder and ED of the Open Media Foundation, co-founded a non-commercial website called [denverevolution] in order to promote independent arts and non-commercial community events overlooked by local media. In 2003, members of the [denverevolution] collective began producing videos for nonprofits as the [denverevolution] production group or “Deproduction”, borrowing resources from friends at KBDI (PBS 12), Free Speech TV (FSTV), and Denver Community Television (DCTV). In 2004 we significantly expanded our media and technology training services, formed the board of directors, and received 501(c)(3) nonprofit. With the closure of Denver Community Television in 2005, OMF submitted a proposal to re-launch Public Access TV in Denver under an entirely new model, leveraging emerging web 2.0 technologies and business 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, Deproduction merged with Civic Pixel, the local web develop- ment 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 independent, community- run project of OMF. 2013 POPULATION SERVED SERVICES 2013 Video Production Clients American Transplant Foundation Berkeley Community Media Keep em Reel AmeriCorps Serve Colorado Boulder Housing Partners Let Us Rise:Browse Visions Book Trust Boulder Mountainbike Alliance LingoLynx Campus Compact of the Mountain West Brett Family Foundation Michael D. Palm Center Changing Lives Foundation Cambio Mile High United Way (MHUW) Colorado Channel:Channel 165 Campus Compact of the Mountain West Muslims of the West Colorado Film & Video Association City of Thornton National Renewable Energy Laboratory Colorado Judicial Branch City & County of Denver: Denver One Earth Future Foundation Colorado Trust Media Services Osteopathic Integrative Medicine CraftWorks Foundation Colorado Association of Cert Padres Unidos Create Denver Veterinary Techs Partnership for Families and Children Denver Art Museum Colorado Alliance for Environmental Piton Foundation Education Denver Botanical Gardens Project PAVE Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries Denver Film Society: 48-Hour Film Rolfe Larson Associates Colorado Anti-Violence Program Festival Service Providers and Civic Engagement Denver Foundation Colorado Breast Cancer Coalition Project Denver Housing Authority Colorado Casa Susan Kaplan Denver Human Services Colorado Channel The Consortium Denver Kids Inc Colorado County Officials Employees Translation Excellence Retirement Association Denver Public Schools Foundation United States Forest Service Colorado Cross Disability Coalition Eden Alternative University of Denver:Woodstock West Colorado Humanities Extreme Community Makeover Website Colorado Judicial Branch Family Star:Fundraising Video Verite Inc Get Outdoors Colorado Family Tree Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado Colorado Parks and Recreation Minds Matter of Denver, Inc. West Wash Park Neighborhood Association National Commission on Correctional Association Colorado Participation Project Health Care Women’s WildernessSusan Kaplan Colorado Progressive Coalition Steve Toth The Consortium Community Television of Santa Cruz The Consortium Translation Excellence County (CMAP) United States Forest Service Denver Foundation 2013 Web Clients University of Denver:Woodstock West Denver Kids Inc Website Adams State University Elephant Circle Verite Inc Andre Center Free Speech TV Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado Animal Assistance Foundation Home O’Hope West Wash Park Neighborhood Arts & Venues Denver International Building Performance Association Backlund Land Surveys Assoc-USA Women’s Wilderness Bell Policy Center International Mountain Bike Assocociation EDUCATION Individuals Served: 971 Youth served through Educational Tours and Open Media Generation: 540 Hours of Training Provided: 522 Class Attendee Demographics AGE ETHNICITY INCOME LEVEL under 18 / 5%* African-American/Black / 15% Less than $15,000 / 18% 18-24 / 12% Asian Pacific / 4% $15,000-$25,000 / 10% 25-34 / 33% South Asian or Asian Indian / 1% $25,000 - $35,000 / 16% 35-44 / 22% Latina/o, Chicana/o, Mexicana/o / 9% $35,000 - $50,000 / 13% 45-54 / 21% Middle Eastern / 3% $50,000 - $75,000 / 20% 55-64 / 7% White / 68% $75,000-$100,000 / 16% Above $100k / 7% *Excludes 540 youth served through educational tours and youth group. TOOLS Denver Open Media’s Shows Produced Organizational Members Academic/Info Community Issues and Advocacy A Mile Above Youth Well-being and Lifestyle Absolute Word Church Faith Cultural Perspectives All Brothers In Christ Arts and Film Music and Entertainment Anythink Libraries News, Business GLBTQ AztlanDigital.com and Govt. Bold Leaders Number of Members in 2013: 504 Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Denver Number of Shows in 2012: 808 Cafe Cultura Ceiba-USA Civic Canopy Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Denver Public Schools Foundation NEWSED Coalition Digital Aztlan Studios Rights for All People Colorado Progressive Coalition El Pomar Foundation Santa Fe Arts District Colorado School of Mines Foundation Federal Emergency Management Servicios de La Raza COLORlatina Agency (FEMA) Sisters of Color United Education Confluence Ministries Global Transportation Sunrise Ranch Critical Mass Leadership Education Gold Crown Enrichment The Metro State Feminist Alliance Critical Mass Leadership Education: Habitat for Humanity Bold Leaders Uzeke Hugh Evans Denver Foundation Visionbox Just Media Denver Foundation:School to Prison Vista Academy Pipeline Video KGNU VORP of Denver Denver Hospice Metro Community Provider Network World Mission Society Church of God Denver Housing Authority Metro State Feminist Alliance YESS Institute 2013 CORPORATE AND FOUNDATION DONORS Corporate & Foundation Donors In-Kind Donors Debra Brown International Film Series Denver Art Museum (Boulder) A-1 Transmissions 10,000 Villages Denver Museum of Joe Mauro City O’City Backstage Theatre Miniatures, Dolls & Toys Justin’s Colorado & Denver Bar Beatrice and Woodsley Denver Museum of Nature KGNU Radio Station Associations Billboard Ecology & Science Kirkland Museum of Fine & Denver Foundation: Black Pearl Denver Open Media Decorative Art Community Leadership Boulder Book Store Grant Denver School of Kismet Boulder Soup Works Photography Denver Foundation: Madhava Rothgerber Trust Grant Breathe Yoga Denver Zoo Mineral Fusion Dixie Elixirs, LLC Buntport Theater Door to Door Organics Momentum Fair Trade Store Edward F. Limato Foundation Butterfly Pavillion Esquire or Mayan/Landmark Museo