Content Delivery & Security Assn Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
132662511
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2022
Forms available
Form 990 2022
Location
Boise, ID, USA
Phone
2086291735
Rating confidence
Limited

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,189,297
Expenses
$961,730
Assets
$203,157
Liabilities
$557,636

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2022. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • RICHARD ATKINSON (PRESIDENT)
  • SHIRA HARRISON (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • GUY FINLEY (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

People named in this filing

  • BEN STANBURY (CHAIRMAN)
  • RICHARD ATKINSON (PRESIDENT)
  • SHIRA HARRISON (VICE PRESIDENT)

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 2022. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Cdsa, the content delivery & security association, is the international content protection association. Founded as a non-profit in 1970, cdsa is the worldwide forum advocating the innovative and responsible delivery and storage of entertainment, software, and information content.

What it reported doing in 2022

The association sponsors various meetings and events, including the following:1. Cdsa's content protection summit- the most important events of the year for m&e professionals involved in content protection, anti-piracy and risk management for film, video, television, games and music.2. Cdsa's content protection & cybersecurity summit - this annual program provides case studies, best practices and expert discussions on network and online threats specific to broadcast, film and television.3. Cdsa meetings and committees - cdsa, under the management of the media & entertainment services alliance (mesa), provides management, meeting and event services for the association. Cdsa co-locates its own executive, members-only sessions, on issues of prime importance at mesa's popular industry gatherings.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 100% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
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

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 67
  • Sustainability: 48
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: Limited
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 63.6%; rating input score 64; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 71
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • 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: 19.1%; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.21; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 2.74; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 9.6% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 3.6% per year; rating input score 100; 34th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: 7 of 11 board members independent · 5 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
  • Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $500K reported
  • Consistency: 10 of 10 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 10 filing years from 2010 to 2022
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 9/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 1/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.