Documentary Producers Alliance

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
862671751
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2023–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2022
Location
Dover, DE, USA
Phone
7734193109
Rating
54
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Alliance/Advocacy Organizations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$91,334
Expenses
$78,770
Assets
$150,945
Liabilities
$86

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

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ERICA TAYLOR (PRESIDENT)
  • REBECCA STERN (CO-VICE PRESIDENT)
  • TIFFANY FISHER-LOVE (CO-VICE PRESIDENT & SECRETARY)

People named in this filing

  • ERICA TAYLOR (PRESIDENT)
  • ASH SOLTANI STONE (DIRECTOR)
  • REBECCA STERN (CO-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-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To set standards for inclusive, sustainable and equitable business practices based on research, collective experience and input from strategic partners, amplifying the voice of documentary producers worldwide, while educating the industry about producers' essential role from development through financing, production and distribution.

What it reported doing in 2025

Regional and community events: the organization hosted regional and community-focused events to support in-person connection, peer learning, and professional collaboration among members. Activities included member engagement initiatives and the rollout of updated organizational guidelines and programs. These events strengthened community ties, increased awareness of industry standards, and supported members in applying best practices within their work.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 63% 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

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 20
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 60
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 18.8%; rating input score 19
  • Program expense ratio: 21.8%; rating input score 22

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: 13.8%; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.92; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -52.4% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -38.2% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 11.7% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 18.8% of revenue deployed · 21.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $17K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2023 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 19/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 22/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 31/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.