Anime Critics United Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 823084676
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2022–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2020
- Location
- New York, NY, USA
- Phone
- 6463748046
- Rating
- 85
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Cultural, Ethnic Awareness
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $258,122
- Expenses
- $235,309
- Assets
- $197,783
- Liabilities
- $3,035
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
30 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Mason Lim (Director / President)
- Angie Ruiz (Director / Vice-President)
- Suprith Reddy (Director / President / Vice-President)
- Kate Wilcox (Director / Vice-President)
- Isabel Sutedjo (Director / Vice-President)
- Jason Brennan (Director / Vice-President)
People named in this filing
- Alex Ha (Director)
- Alexandra Wong (Director)
- Alfonsina Santiago (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
Cultivating a vibrant and inclusive community for enthusiasts of Japanese animation and culture through the organization of an engaging and educational annual convention for cultural exchange with Japan, and providing university students with invaluable hands-on experience in event management, leadership, and community building, while fostering broader appreciation for Japanese animation and its diverse cultural impact.
What it reported doing in 2024
The corporation held Castle Point Anime Convention, a cultural convention focused on Japanese animation and other published arts and media. The convention was held at the Secaucus Meadowlands Convention Center and the Harmony Suites Secaucus, bringing in 4,498 members of the general public. Events included panels featuring industry guests, including voice actors Keith Silverstein, Bryson Baugus, Emi Lo, SungWon Cho, and Emi Nitta, both community-hosted and organization-hosted panels and workshops, entertainment and social gatherings, and an exhibitor hall featuring 218 local artists and vendors selling licensed merchandise imported from Japan. The convention was operated by 127 volunteers, primarily including university students from Stevens Institute of Technology.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Other-operating. 97% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
- 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
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 80
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 88
- Sustainability: 51
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 85.6%; rating input score 86
- Program expense ratio: 95.9%; rating input score 96
- 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: 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: 5 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 71
- 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: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 8.8%; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.84; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 24.2% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 37.7% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 28.1% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 85.6% of revenue deployed · 95.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 25 of 25 board members independent · 5 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $226K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 30 people listed
- Consistency: 21 of 21 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 58/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 36/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 42/100.