Art House Convergence
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 990850947
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2024–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Des Moines, IA, USA
- Phone
- 7086655928
- Rating
- 74
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Performing Arts Organizations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $195,888
- Expenses
- $114,927
- Assets
- $375,397
- Liabilities
- $137,661
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
12 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- LELA MEADOW-CONNER (PRESIDENT)
- DEIRDRE HAJ (VICE PRESIDENT)
- ARIN LIBERMAN (BOARD PRESIDENT ELECT)
- LEX SLOAN (BOARD PRESIDENT ELECT)
People named in this filing
- LELA MEADOW-CONNER (PRESIDENT)
- DEIRDRE HAJ (VICE PRESIDENT)
- ARIN LIBERMAN (BOARD PRESIDENT ELECT)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Art house convergence (ahc) is a coalition of independent exhibitors that connects, amplifies, and advocates for its community. We provide networking opportunities, resources, and best practices for independent cinemas and film media workers across the united states.
What it reported doing in 2024
Education, training, and professional developmentart house convergence provided educational programming and professional development opportunities designed to strengthen operational capacity, audience engagement, and programming expertise within the independent cinema sector. Educational offerings included webinars and workshops on festival strategy, live accompaniment programming, children's programming, audience research, data reporting, branding, and operational tools for exhibitors. October 2024 - june 2025 significant time was spent planning a professional conference that took place in july 2025 with approximately 450 attendees, 30 educational panels, and 20 speakers, including 40% first-time attendees.the organization also presented programming summer school, which featured industry professionals and educators providing training in audience development and film programming practices. In 2025, the organization launched the inaugural art house theater day fellowship program for emerging film programmers and distributed sundance industry passes to 10 recipients to support professional advancement and industry access.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- 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
SUPPORTED - A large share of total spending goes to programs and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filed totals do not add up.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 74
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 78
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 59.3%; rating input score 59
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 41.3%; rating input score 90; 90th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.27; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.37; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 59.3% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $116K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 8 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 59/100.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part III program expenses within total did not reconcile in the filed values.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 13/100.