Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
952283284
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
Location
North Hollywood, CA, USA
Phone
8187542800
Rating
75
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Media, Communications Organizations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$4,730,633
Expenses
$6,161,809
Assets
$38,160,679
Liabilities
$2,412,874

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

29 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ANNE VASQUEZ (Executive Director - start 5/2024)
  • JODI DELANEY (Executive Director - term 4/2024)
  • MAURY MCINTYRE (PRESIDENT & COO)

Highest reported compensation

  • MAURY MCINTYRE (PRESIDENT & COO): $729,580 total reported compensation
  • HEATHER COCHRAN (CFO & EVP BUSINESS OPERATIONS): $554,806 total reported compensation
  • AMANI ROLAND (Chief Advancement Officer): $210,447 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The charitable arm of the tv academy, the academy of television arts & sciences foundation, is dedicated to preserving television while educating and inspiring future leaders.

What it reported doing in 2024

The saban media center houses the television academy foundation offices, as well as spaces for foundation program events. Foundation events using the multipurpose conference facilities include the summer internship program's professional development, media educators conference, the college television awards ceremony and professional development, and other foundation programs. The foundation's "power of tv" public programming series included conversations about authentic representation of disability on screen, depictions of work, family, and care, as well as portrayals of democracy in television. The "power of tv" showcases the potential of television to advance cultural conversations and create social change. Foundation events using the theater, lobby and exterior spaces include networking mixers for foundation interns, media educators conference, discussions, and larger public programs. A small studio on the lower level has been used to record oral histories as part of the foundation's interviews program, as well as conduct virtual educational programs. All of the programs listed above are ongoing programs of the foundation and help to fulfill the foundation's mission to support emerging television creators and to preserve the history of the television industry.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 99% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. The filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 74
  • Transparency & Controls: 66
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 37
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 87.6%; rating input score 88
  • Program expense ratio: 66.8%; rating input score 67
  • Fundraising efficiency: $7.14 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Scored; rating input score 0
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -30.3%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 6.19; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.06; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 14.5%; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 10.3% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 2.2% per year; rating input score 100; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 10% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 87.6% of revenue deployed · 66.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 23 of 23 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $4.1M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $730K · 29 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 43 of 43 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 5 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight scored 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 27/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 4/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 20/100.