named programs · 2 · from sources
what they call their work
143rd Dimension Festival
Annual or periodic multidisciplinary arts festival featuring QTBIPOC musicians, filmmakers, and performance artists across venues in San Francisco and Oakland
Decolonial Performance Series
Curated events centering Indigenous, diasporic, and anti-capitalist artistic expression through music, film, and ritual
activities · 9
what they do
direct service · 4
- Organize annual 143 Fest event Film Screenings & Festivals for Underrepresented ArtistsProduces the annual 143 Fest in the San Francisco Bay Area, CA, featuring multidisciplinary artists, performers, and film screenings. The 2018 edition took place from August 9–12 across venues including Artists' Television Access, ProArts, Partereo del Sol Park, and Red Bay Coffee.
- Organizing the 143 Fest Film Screenings & Festivals for Underrepresented ArtistsOrganizes the annual 143 Fest in the Bay Area, CA, which in 2018 featured a diverse lineup of performers and showcased films by various artists at multiple venues.
- Screen films at festivals and museums Film Screenings & Festivals for Underrepresented ArtistsRegularly screens films by QT/BIPOC artists at film festivals and cultural institutions internationally, including the London Short Film Festival and the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego.
- Screening FilmsScreens films at various film festivals and museums, including the London Short Film Festival and Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego.
capacity building · 5
- Co-curate QT/BIPOC festivals Film Screenings & Festivals for Underrepresented ArtistsCo-curates festivals centering queer and trans Black, Indigenous, and people of color (QT/BIPOC) artists in cities including California, New York, London, and New Orleans.
- Cocurating QT/BIPOC Festivals Film Screenings & Festivals for Underrepresented ArtistsCocurates QT/BIPOC festivals in California, New York, London, and New Orleans.
- Conducting ResidenciesCompletes residencies at various organizations, including Philadelphia Community Farm and Esalen Institute.
- Deliver performance-lectures and artist residenciesConducts performance-lectures at universities such as UCLA and Columbia University, and completes artist residencies at institutions including Philadelphia Community Farm and Esalen Institute.
- Teaching Performance-LecturesTeaches performance-lectures at multiple universities, including UCLA and Columbia University.
strategies · 11
how they think
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- Anti-Oppression Framework anti_oppression_framework unique to this orgThe organization operates under a philosophy that identifies and actively works against oppressive systems such as capitalism, white supremacy, patriarchy, and gender binaries, which are seen as denying individual and collective divinity.
- Anti-Oppression Framework Rooted in Liberation anti-oppression framework unique to this orgThe organization’s work is guided by a structural analysis that names capitalism, white supremacy, patriarchy, and gender binaries as systems that erase individual and collective divinity, and actively seeks to dismantle these through its programming and philosophy.
- Art and Culture as a Tool for Social Transformation art and culture for social change unique to this orgThe organization uses music, performance, and art not merely for expression but as intentional acts to cultivate love, unity, and radical futures—particularly for Black and Brown communities—by enacting self-love, wealth redistribution, and creative manifestation as resistance and world-building.
- Art and Culture for Social Change art_and_culture_for_social_change unique to this orgThe organization uses music, performance, and art as a means to foster love, unity, and envision a new world, promoting acts of self-love, kindness, wealth redistribution, and bringing creative visions to life, especially for Black and Brown communities.
- Community Building through Transmedia Storytelling community_building unique to this orgThe organization utilizes transmedia storytelling to build a global community that is focused on mutual aid, land justice, and prison abolition.
- Community Health Safety Practice community_health_safety_practice unique to this orgIndoor mask-wearing is encouraged during events as a harm reduction measure to protect collective well-being, reflecting a commitment to community health within shared spaces.
- Performance Art as Ritual and Biohacking Practice performance-art unique to this orgLive performances integrate ritual and biohacking to explore transhumanism and multispecies existence, transforming artistic expression into embodied, futuristic practice.
- Performance Art for Transhumanism and Multispecies Existence performance_art unique to this orgThe organization employs live performances that blend biohacking and ritual to explore and communicate themes related to transhumanism and multispecies existence.
- Transformative Justice and Futurism transformative justice/futurism unique to this orgBy imagining and embodying liberated future realities, the organization channels present pain into creative transcendence, centering celebration, music, art, and existence as acts of resistance and affirmation of Black, Brown, Indigenous, Trans, and Queer power.
- Transformative Justice and Futurism transformative_justice_futurism unique to this orgThe organization focuses on imagining and embodying future realities, channeling and transcending pain, and celebrating music, art, existence, and livelihood, with a particular emphasis on empowering Black, Brown, Indigenous, Trans, and Queer communities.
- Transmedia Storytelling for Movement Building community-building unique to this orgThe organization leverages transmedia narratives to cultivate a global community rooted in mutual aid, land justice, and prison abolition, using story as a connective and mobilizing force across geographies.
financials · form 990EZ · fy2022
the money
revenue
Total revenue$31K
Contributions & grants$29K95%
Program service revenue$1K5%
Investment income——
Other revenue—
expenses
Total expenses$31K
Program expenses—
Admin / overhead—
Fundraising—
Salaries & benefits$5K
Grants paid out$15K
balance sheet
Total assets$2K
Cash—
Investments—
Liabilities—
Net assets$2K
1 years on record · 2022–2022
leadership · form 990 part vii · fy2022
who runs it
paid leadership · 1
| Name | Title | Hours/wk | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shawna Scroggins | Executive Director | 25 | $5K |
board members · 4
- Alana Paoli — Board of Directors - Treasurer
- Jasper Jacobsen — Board of Directors Secretary
- Joanee Scroggins — Board Member
- Sarah Denton — Board of Directors - Chairman
relationships · 10
who they work with
- Artists' Television Access - ATA Partner — Venue used for a 2018 event in San Francisco.
- Columbia University Partner — Taught performance-lectures at Columbia University.
- Esalen Institute Partner — Completed a residency with Esalen Institute.
- H3LLNAH Partner — DJ and performer featured in The Multivrs Is Illuminated's 2022 event programming.
- KKINGBOO Partner — DJ and performer featured in The Multivrs Is Illuminated's 2022 event programming.
- Mal Flora Partner — Minimal psychedelic band featured in The Multivrs Is Illuminated's 2022 event programming.
- Philadelphia Community Farm Partner — Completed a residency with Philadelphia Community Farm.
- ProArts Partner — Venue used for a 2018 event in Oakland.
- Red Bay Coffee Partner — Venue used for a 2018 event in Oakland.
- University of California Los Angeles Partner — Taught performance-lectures at UCLA.