Challenger Films Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 581405988
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2016–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2018, Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Duluth, GA, USA
- Phone
- 7708863829
- Rating
- 80
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $8,451
- Expenses
- $61,583
- Assets
- $341,752
- Liabilities
- $15,108
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
2 people listed
People named in this filing
- DR DIANE PRESTON-REILLY (CHAIRMAN/PRE)
- JEFFREY PRESTON (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-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Production of inspirational films
What it reported doing in 2024
Production & broadcast of inspirational films for tv and for rental or sale to church groups or others. Films are directed at youth to provide positive motivation.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Investment-supported. 62% of the money available for current operations came from recurring investment income.
- 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. Expenses are high relative to revenue and program spending has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 89
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 29
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 70.8%; rating input score 71
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -628.7%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 5.55; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.04; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 81.2%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -11.9% per year; rating input score 0; 25th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -18.5% per year; rating input score 0; 16th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 0.2% per year; rating input score 100; 40th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 70.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $44K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 2 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 7 filing years from 2016 to 2024
- 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 2/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 1/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 22/100.