Filmla Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 954531774
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2009–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Studio City, CA, USA
- Phone
- 2139778600
- Rating
- 86
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $11,423,579
- Expenses
- $11,881,758
- Assets
- $18,411,622
- Liabilities
- $3,929,497
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
37 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- PAUL AUDLEY (PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- PAUL AUDLEY (PRESIDENT): $510,001 total reported compensation
- DENISE GUTCHES (CHIEF FINANCE & OPERATING): $413,433 total reported compensation
- DONNA WASHINGTON (VP OF PERMIT OPERATIONS): $290,617 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Filml.a., inc. Streamlines and enhances the on-location filmmaking process for communities and content creators, to ensure the greater los angeles economy continues to thrive.
What it reported doing in 2024
Filml.a., inc. Delivered high quality, efficient permitting services for over 5,919 productions, including films, television, commercials, still photography and student productions. Services include coordination of all aspects of filming including location scouting, production planning and on-location government monitoring (police, fire, street closures) for permittees. In addition, filml.a., inc. Provided permitee insurance verification, collected and remitted $10.2 million in fees to government agencies, including the city and county of los angeles, city of santa monica, los angeles world airports and 17 other governmental entities. In addition, filml.a., inc. Issued 266 licenses for filming at schools in the los angeles unified school district and two other school districts. Services included coordinating filming, collecting, and remitting $1.3 million in fees to schools. The los angeles community colleges district and other school districts were inactive in the fiscal year.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 96% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- 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 total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 78
- Transparency & Controls: 93
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 31
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 87.8%; rating input score 88
- Program expense ratio: 87.3%; rating input score 87
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 6 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Compensation committee: Pass
- Independent consultant: Pass
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
- Written employment contract: Pass
- Compensation survey or study: Pass
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -4%; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.55; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.21; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 20.6%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 2.1% per year; rating input score 100; 20th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 1.9% per year; rating input score 100; 17th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 4.9% per year; rating input score 100; 35th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 87.8% of revenue deployed · 87.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 28 of 28 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $10.4M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $510K · 37 people listed · 6 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $901K reported
- Consistency: 32 of 32 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules · includes executive pay
- Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 9 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 18/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 52/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 4/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 57/100.