Beverly Hills International Documentary Film Festival

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
260381009
IRS 990 coverage
2014–2019
Forms available
Form 990 2019
Location
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Phone
3102776800
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Film, Video

Reported finances

Revenue
$0
Expenses
$23,816
Assets
$0
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2019. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • VICTOR BARDACK (PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR)
  • LEE SILVER (VICE PRESIDENT & SECRETARY)

People named in this filing

  • RICHARD S ROSENZWEIG (CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD & DI)
  • VICTOR BARDACK (PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR)
  • LEE SILVER (VICE PRESIDENT & SECRETARY)

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 2019. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

(a)to achieve international visability and populartiy for the documentary film medium(b)to involve schools and their students in the use of documentary film as a teaching tool as well as to stimulate public interest in support of the production of documentary filmmaking(c)to create and promote a network of production, distribution and exhibition people and resourcesin order to facilitate and mentor production by new documentary filmmakers.

What it reported doing in 2019

There were no programs during the year 2019. The down economy did not allow for the commencement of the inital docmentary film festival. Plans are currently underway for the year 2019-2020 to work with the city of cannes, france and with the wallis or the wallis annenberg center for the performing arts, located in beverly hills, ca which is a 501 (c) 3 organization the to have a showing in their auditoruim.due to lack of activity the board of directors decided to liquidate the corporation and contribute the balance of funds to the wallis annenberg center for the performing arts, a 501(c) 3 organization

Operating model

Revenue model
No positive adjusted resources. The filing reports no positive adjusted operating resources.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 57% for direct work, and 43% for grants.

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: 75
  • Transparency & Controls: 93
  • Accountability: 12
  • Sustainability: 8
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

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

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: Limited
  • Governance controls: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • 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: Limited
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 74.6% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: Limited
  • Asset growth: -24.9% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 2 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $24K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 15 of 15 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes grants
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2014 to 2019
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: California registration: this organization is recorded as not currently operating in California.