Cinema Conservancy Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
452928717
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2015–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2014, Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
New York, NY, USA
Phone
9173750190
Rating
88
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Film, Video

Reported finances

Revenue
$102,388
Expenses
$169,594
Assets
$20,457
Liabilities
$1,750

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • TYLER BRODIE (PRESIDENT/DIRCETOR)
  • JAKE PERLIN (VICE PRESIDENT/DIRECTOR)
  • SEYMOUR BURGESS (VICE PRESIDENT/DIRECTOR)
  • ANDREW ADAIR (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

People named in this filing

  • TYLER BRODIE (PRESIDENT/DIRCETOR)
  • HUNTER GRAY (TREASURER/SECRETARY/DIRECTOR)
  • JAKE PERLIN (VICE PRESIDENT/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

Cinema conservancy's mission is to support third world newsreel, d/b/a camera news, inc. And individual members of its charitable class to enrich film culture by providing production services and consultation to emerging filmmakers as well as restoring, preserving, selling, and exhibiting american independent films, past and present.

What it reported doing in 2024

Cinema conservancy continued to fulfill its mission bysupporting third world newsreel, d/b/a camera news, inc.and individual members of its charitable class. It supported independent cinema production preservation and exhibition by premiering alex ross perry's "videoheaven" at festivals and exhibiting the film in over 50 theaters across the us. Cinema conservancy also continued to archive the work of manfred kirchheimer and deliver it to educational platforms. Cinema conservancy continued to exhibited sedat pakay's "james baldwin: from another place and a companion film of outtakes in collaboration with yale film archive.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 98% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 90% 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: 95
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 9
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 86.2%; rating input score 86

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -65.6%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.12; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.09; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 30.7%; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -2.4% per year; rating input score 0; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -10% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -12.4% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 86.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $146K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 10 filing years from 2015 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 7 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 3 filed related-organization links
  • 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 1/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 13/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 11/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 25/100.