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US nonprofit · EIN 237424845 · Los Angeles, CAiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 237424845) - NTEE activity code, address.Board and officers IRS Form 990 annual filings, Part VII (directors, trustees, officers, key employees), read year by year to observe tenure.Latest return IRS Form 990 series e-file data - 990 for the year to 31 August 2025: assets, liabilities, staff, website, telephone, pay.Renewal outlook Computed by Governance Register from the observed filing history and filed revenue (us-approach-v4-clean). Not a statement that the organisation is recruiting.Deductibility IRS Publication 78 data (code PC), downloaded 18 October 2026.Licence US Federal Government public domain.How we handle data

Human Family Educational and Cultural Institute

Donations deductible
Revenue
$1.1m
year to 31 August 2025
Expenses
$908k
year to 31 August 2025
Total assets
$4.6m
$4k liabilities
Net assets
$4.6m
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
9
5.1y av
Staff
6
employees, year to 31 August 2025
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Officers and senior staff
2
named in Part VII
How am I connected?

Human Family Educational and Cultural Institute's network

9 people3 organisationsi9 people and 3 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (9). Violet dotted lines (3) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.

The board

9 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Tenure and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed tenure is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 9 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.
NameRole as filedSinceOn the board
Carol MendelsohnDirector2020
6 yrs
Carter CovingtonDirector2025
1 yr
Chris DonahueDirector2020
6 yrs
David ShoreCompany secretary2020
6 yrs
Erika KennairDirector2022
4 yrs
Hart HansonDirector2020
6 yrs
Jenny BicksBoard Presid2021
5 yrs
Lauren GoodmanDirector2024
2 yrs
Marshall HerskovitzTreasurer2020
6 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more

Officers and senior leadership

2 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.
NameTitle as filedOn the filings
Cathleen YoungExecutive Director2020
Michelle FrankeExecutive Disince 2022

Pay and hours

year to 31 August 2025iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.
NameTitle as filedHours a weekPay from the organisationRelated organisationsOther
Michelle FrankeExecutive Di40$218k
Jenny BicksBoard Presid$0
Carter CovingtonDirector$0
Chris DonahueDirector$0
Lauren GoodmanDirector$0
Hart HansonDirector$0
Marshall HerskovitzTreasurer$0
Erika KennairDirector$0
Carol MendelsohnDirector$0
David ShoreSecretary$0

About

Legal name
Human Family Educational and Cultural Institute
EIN
237424845
Address
401 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA, 90401-1416
State
California
Mission
Founded in 1974 to encourage the entertainment industry to use its reach to enrich the lives of viewing audiences, human family educational and cultural institute (dba humanitas) honors and empowers writers whose film and television work explores the human condition in a nuanced, meaningful way. We celebrate the stories that explore the human experience because the act of acknowledging our... (as filed on the Form 990)
Activity (NTEE)
X99 Religion-related
IRS classification
501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
Classified purpose
Religion-Related
Size band
6 (IRS master file code)
Formed
1974
Principal officer
Michelle Franke (as named on the Form 990)
IRS ruling date
1 June 1999
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
Form 990 filings on record
6, latest 2025
IRS Publication 78
PC (contributions deductible)

Most connected

Longest observed on the filings

≥6years on the filingsCarol Mendelsohn
≥6years on the filingsChris Donahue
≥6years on the filingsDavid Shore
≥6years on the filingsHart Hanson

Latest return

year to 31 August 2025iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 August 2025. US dollars, as filed.
Total assets
$4.6m
Total liabilities
$4k
Net assets or fund balances
$4.6m
Contributions and grants received
$441k
Program service revenue
$118k
Employees
6