Chesapeake Film Festival Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN: 273268440
IRS 990-EZ coverage: 2018–2025
Forms available: Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2017
Location: Easton, MD, USA
Phone: 4108223500
Rating: 88
Verdict: STRONG
Rating confidence: Moderate
Sector: Film, Video

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue: $95,424
Expenses: $112,658
Assets: $81,894
Liabilities: $27,262

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

CID COLLINS WALKER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

People named in this filing

CID COLLINS WALKER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
TED ADAMS III (DIRECTOR)
JAMES CURRIE (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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To bring independent films to easton, md

What it reported doing in 2025

Brought compelling independent films and filmmakers to easton, md that would likely not be seen otherwise. Films reflect environmental and economic issues and other themes.

Operating model

Revenue model: Donor-supported. 75% 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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

Financial Efficiency: 87
Transparency & Controls: 100
Sustainability: 24
Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

Mission deployment rate: 91.6%; rating input score 92
Program expense ratio: 77.6%; rating input score 78

Transparency & Controls

Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

Operating margin: -18.1%; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.73; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.33; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
Officer compensation ratio: 24%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

Program expense growth: -1.1% per year; rating input score 0; 44th percentile among comparable filings
Revenue growth: 3.1% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: 17.8% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

Where the money goes: 91.6% of revenue deployed · 77.6% of spending went to programs
Governance: Filed governance answers
Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $87K in reported program spending
Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
Schedules: 3 filed schedules
Filing history: 7 filing years from 2018 to 2025
Contacts: How to reach this organization
Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
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 — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 23/100.
Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 39/100.
High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 7/100.
High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 9/100.