Weber Family Arts Foundation

What Weber Family Arts Foundation does

The Weber Family Arts Foundation (WFAF) is a California-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization (EIN 92-1397432) founded in March 2023 by Beth Lane to combat antisemitism and intolerance through the arts. The foundation's core product is UnBroken, a feature documentary that chronicles the survival of seven Jewish siblings who evaded capture in Nazi Germany and eventually emigrated to America. WFAF pairs the film with an UnBroken Learning Guide co-developed with Journeys in Film and aligned to Common Core, C3 Framework, and NCSS education standards, enabling K-12 classroom adoption.

The foundation distributes UnBroken through a multi-channel stack including a Netflix streaming premiere, additional storefronts (Apple, Amazon, Fandango, YouTube, Google Play), commercial bookings via Go2Films, and community/educational screenings through Kinema. Festival and cultural-institution exposure has included DOC NYC, Heartland International Film Festival, the Museum of Jewish Heritage, the Museum of Tolerance, the Center for Jewish History, and a United Nations Vienna screening, with 30+ festival selections and 70+ city reach. Awards include the 2024 Silver Anthem Award for Human & Civil Rights and the inaugural 2025 Lichtbrücke Prize in Dachau.

WFAF's revenue model is donation-based (via the Zeffy platform) supplemented by film distribution revenue from streaming, theatrical, and educational licensing through its distribution partners. The foundation is founder-led, governed by an eight-person Board of Directors and two-person Advisory Board, and operates with a P.O. Box mailing address in Ojai, California while Beth Lane works from Los Angeles and Ojai. Strategic partnerships span content production (de Lamarondière Rock Productions, MakeMake Entertainment, Misfit Productions), post-production (Anarchy Post), educational co-development (Journeys in Film, Facing History & Ourselves, Holocaust Museum Los Angeles), and distribution (Go2Films, Kinema, Submarine Deluxe).

Name

Weber Family Arts Foundation

Legal name

The Weber Family Arts Foundation

Website

https://theweberfamilyartsfoundation.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2023

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

The Weber Family Arts Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that produces and distributes the Holocaust documentary UnBroken and a companion K-12 learning guide to combat antisemitism through arts, education, and community screenings.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Nonprofit Arts & Holocaust Education

NAICS

Educational Services (611), Motion Picture and Video Exhibition (51213)

SIC

Services-Motion Picture & Video Tape Production (7812), Miscellaneous Publishing (2741)

akta.pro primary industry

Open Lesson Plans & Teaching Units (K–12) (EDAGAJAI)

akta.pro secondary industry

Media Arts & Film/Photography Nonprofits (BPAGAHAJ)

Keywords

• Documentary film production
• Holocaust education
• Nonprofit arts foundation
• Educational curriculum development
• Antisemitism awareness

Headquarters

HQ city

Ojai

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Fundraising: The foundation operates as a nonprofit organization receiving donations through Zeffy platform. EIN: 92-1397432.
2. Film Distribution Revenue: Revenue from theatrical screenings, educational licensing, and distribution through partners like Go2Films and Kinema.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels7 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

The Weber Family Arts Foundation produces and distributes the UnBroken documentary feature film, which tells the first-person survival story of seven Jewish children who escaped Nazi Germany after their mother was taken to Auschwitz. The foundation supplements the film with a standards-aligned UnBroken Learning Guide (developed with Journeys in Film, covering Common Core, C3 Framework, and NCSS standards) and a community screenings program that brings the film to schools, museums, houses of worship, and film festivals. Distribution spans major streaming platforms, theatrical partners, and educational screening networks.

Product overview

Weber Family Arts Foundation operates as a non-profit arts organization with a single primary product: the UnBroken documentary film. The foundation's portfolio centers on this documentary as its core offering, supplemented by an educational companion curriculum (UnBroken Learning Guide/Educators Toolkit) and a community screenings program that enables schools, museums, and organizations to host screenings. UnBroken premiered on Netflix in 2024 after its theatrical and festival run, with distribution across multiple streaming and rental platforms including Netflix, Apple TV, Amazon, Fandango, YouTube, and Google Play. The foundation was established in March 2023 specifically to combat antisemitism through the arts.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• UnBroken Documentary Film
• UnBroken Learning Guide / Educators Toolkit
• Community Screenings Program

Quantifiable outcome

• Reached #5 on Netflix Top 10 within 24 hours of release
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers11 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration9 records

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• Journeys in FilmcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 March 2023Educational partnership to create and distribute the UnBroken Learning Guide aligned with national and state education standards including Common Core State Standards (ELA/Literacy), C3 Framework for Social Studies, and NCSS standards.
• Go2FilmscoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorDistribution partner for UnBroken, handling sales and distribution for commercial theatrical bookings and community screenings.
• KinemacoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorCommunity and educational screening platform partner, enabling screenings at board meetings, community centers, conferences, schools, senior centers, and spiritual spaces.
• Facing History & OurselvesmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration to equip educators with tools to inspire empathy, curiosity, and civic responsibility, helping students confront racism and bigotry.
• Holocaust Museum Los AngelesmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership to move the needle toward eradicating racism and teach empathy, compassion, and tolerance.
• de Lamarondière Rock ProductionscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerProduction company partnered on UnBroken, pursuing passion and excellence through imagery that inspires and connects with audiences.
• MakeMake EntertainmentminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCreative collective partnership to craft and redefine narratives across all mediums with bold creativity and meaningful work.
• Misfit ProductionsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAnimation collaboration on UnBroken, elevating the powerful human story with cinematic excellence and visually impactful animation.
• Submarine DeluxeminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorBoutique film distribution company known for critically acclaimed documentaries and indie films, previously partnered on UnBroken release.
• Teen ScreenminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPartnership with Pittsburgh's Teen Screen to bring UnBroken and the art of hope into educational spaces for students.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Moriah Films: Steven Spielberg's documentary production company behind Schindler's List and other Holocaust films. Directly comparable to WFAF as a mission-driven documentary producer focused on Holocaust storytelling.
• Facing History & Ourselves: Nonprofit providing standards-aligned Holocaust, civil rights, and civic education resources to schools. Already a WFAF strategic partner and a near-direct peer in mission and educator-toolkit model.
• USC Shoah Foundation: Nonprofit founded to record and preserve Holocaust and other genocide testimonies, with a strong educational distribution mission. Highly comparable to WFAF in combining survivor testimony with K–12 educational programming.
• Journeys in Film: Nonprofit that develops standards-aligned teaching curricula around feature films for K–12 classrooms. Co-developer of the UnBroken Learning Guide and a direct peer in film-based educational content distribution.

Broad incumbents

• Participant Media: Larger impact-focused film and media company producing documentary and narrative content with social missions. Comparable as a broader incumbent in impact documentary production and distribution, though not niche to Holocaust education.
• PBS Distribution: Major distributor of educational and documentary programming to public media, schools, and libraries. Comparable as a broader incumbent channel for educational documentary content reaching K–12 and cultural audiences.
• National Geographic Documentary Films: Established documentary production and distribution arm of National Geographic with global streaming reach. Comparable as a broader incumbent in nonfiction film distribution, though without WFAF's specific educational-curriculum focus.

Emerging players

• National Center for Jewish Film: Nonprofit film archive and educational distributor based at Brandeis focused on Jewish cinema. Comparable as a smaller, mission-driven peer in Jewish documentary archival and educational use.

Regional players

• Simon Wiesenthal Center / Museum of Tolerance: Human rights organization operating the Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles with Holocaust education programming. Already a WFAF partner and a comparable regional player in Holocaust museum-based education.

Others

• The National WWII Museum: New Orleans-based museum and education institution focused on the American experience in WWII. Thematically adjacent as a major war-history education organization with K–12 curriculum programs, but distinct from a Holocaust-specific documentary producer.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/bethlanefilm
• Facebookfacebook.com/weberfamilyarts
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/the-weber-family-arts-foundation
• Instagraminstagram.com/bethlanefilm

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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