Advanced Media Workflow Assoc Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
043497785
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Everett, WA, USA
Phone
6082067758
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Chambers of Commerce & Business Leagues

Reported finances

Revenue
$240,279
Expenses
$349,487
Assets
$261,885
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • J BRAD GILMER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • J BRAD GILMER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $117,000 total reported compensation
  • TINA LIPSCOMB (SECRETARY): $30,000 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

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What it reported doing in 2025

On-going program services- nmos steering board oversees the governance of our nmos activities.- jt-dmf governance oversees the governance of our jt-dmf activities; joint taskforce on dynamic media facilities is a joint initiative between amwa and the ebu.- continuing strong relationships with the technical trade associations and standards bodies (aes, ebu, oca, vsf and smpte) in discussions, collaboration, and interoperability workshops.- in parallel, work with the marketing associations to collaborate where our goals align and where their messaging can complement ours.- working groups, operating under the nmos umbrella, have been set up and dissolved as necessary to allow the overall project to move forward.- working groups, operating under the jt-dmf umbrella, have been set up and dissolved as necessary to allow the overall project to move forward.- increased coverage of nmos test suite- exploration of the potential for non-vendor-specific cloud-based media systems and dynamic media facilities to provide media companies with genuine business agility.tradeshows and conferences:- participation in nab, ibc, and others, as they fit with amwa goals.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 98% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 51
  • Sustainability: 22
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: Limited
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 80%; rating input score 80; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 1 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 11
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -45.5%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.75; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 42.1%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: -3% per year; rating input score 0; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 6.3% per year; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: 8 of 10 board members independent · 1 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments
  • Leadership: top reported pay $117K · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2011 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 7 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 5/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 34/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 5/100.