African Environmental Film Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
770496485
IRS 990 coverage
2012–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Camarillo, CA, USA
Phone
8059870997
Rating
59
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Film, Video

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$50,338
Expenses
$172,018
Assets
$67,760
Liabilities
$131

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

Leadership & pay

13 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • SIMON TREVOR (President)

People named in this filing

  • SIMON TREVOR (President)
  • GEORGIANNA REGNIER (Treasurer)
  • RASHID JOHNSON (Director)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

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

Overview

Mission

To make educational films highlighting the importance of preserving the african environment.

What it reported doing in 2024

AFRICAN ENVIRONMENTAL FILM FOUNDATIONAEFF ACCOMPLISHMENTS 1st Oct 2024- 30th Sept 2025The whole year has been taken up by the AEFF team with distribution negotiations, for a Tv agreement of TSAVO a MOMENT IN TIME, beginning with Nation Television. After more than a year was spent on this project it did not materialise with a Broadcast date. After numerous meetings and exchanges of correspondence, we had signed a Broadcast agreement. they did not continue discussions. No reason was given why they did not continue contact.We then investigated other African distribution outlets. Finally we settled on a company called Multichoice, an umbrella TV distribution company for several southern African countries. We discovered that they had just been bought by Canal+ (Canal Plus) a huge French film and media organisation, with worldwide contacts.. Multichoice operations were initially affected by this take over so they were slow to be able to deal with our offer of the series. However, with perseverance on both sides we have almost reached a position where we can go ahead.Multichoice have asked for some adjustments to the length of the series and we will shortly begin to make these adjustments. Then we understand they will make a full agreement.Simon Trevor Director : Series

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 99% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% 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.

The verdict

MIXED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and the filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 86
  • Transparency & Controls: 55
  • Accountability: 24
  • Sustainability: 21
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 89.8%; rating input score 90
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Scored; rating input score 0
  • Grant itemization coverage: Scored; rating input score 0
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 0%; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 57
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Fail
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -241.7%; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.39; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 3.5% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -6.3% per year; rating input score 0; 40th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -3% per year; rating input score 0; 26th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 89.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 0 of 13 board members independent · 4 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $154K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 13 people listed
  • Consistency: 18 of 18 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and foreign activity
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2012 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight scored 0/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 12/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 15/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 33/100.