Flare Productions Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
521611760
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Bethesda, MD, USA
Phone
3012290002
Rating
66
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Printing, Publishing

Reported finances

Revenue
$2,764
Expenses
$818
Assets
$18,853
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • John Fuegi (Co-President, Treasurer)
  • Joanne Francis (Co-President, Co-Secretary)

People named in this filing

  • John Fuegi (Co-President, Treasurer)
  • Joanne Francis (Co-President, Co-Secretary)
  • Ursula Daniels (Co-Secretary)

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

Producing educational films

What it reported doing in 2025

Released Films Project: Flare's award-winning biographical documentaries and inter-generational films continued to be screened in educational and cultural institutions and homes in the US and abroad. Individuals and institutions in Texas, Michigan, California, New Jersey, and New York were among those who incorporated one or more of the films into their educational programs in 2025. Educators, film and theater directors, and others who purchase the films typically show them to their new classes and groups for a number of years after purchase, and library patrons can continue to borrow and view them, so the films continue to reach a wide public for years beyond the year they are purchased. Value of donated services (in addition to cash expenditures) making this program possible: $20,000.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 90% 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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 56
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 87
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 29.6%; rating input score 30
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 70.4%; rating input score 95; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 23.05; rating input score 96; 96th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -64.3% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -4.5% per year; rating input score 0; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 9.8% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 29.6% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $818 in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 to 2025
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 30/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.