Footage Foundation Inc C/o Feingold & Alpert Llp

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
263085241
IRS 990 coverage
2022–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2023, Form 990-N 2013
Location
New York, NY, USA
Phone
9174282739
Rating
58
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Education N.E.C.

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$424,590
Expenses
$292,253
Assets
$188,408
Liabilities
$7,000

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

Leadership & pay

1 person listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • KRISTEN ALI EGLINTON (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • KRISTEN ALI EGLINTON (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $58,749 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Elevating the lives of vulnerable young people globally, primarily young women

What it reported doing in 2024

Footage advocacy and engagement: storytelling / advocacy- workshops, events, and campaigns focused on sharing the data generated through action research including the voices of young women and marginalized communities in crisis -- uplifting overlooked basic needs such as self-worth and connection, within global development and crisis settings, over 10000 people benefited. Powertools kyrgyzstan: footage foundation, in partnership with kyrgyz el agartuu public association and funded by the u.s. Embassy/department of state, delivered a needs assessment, interactive workshops, and a stakeholder summit to strengthen civil-society and government coordination on gender-based violence. The project equipped participants with practical tools for dialogue, collaboration, and survivor-centered approaches. Over 100 people directly benefited from the trainings and events.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% 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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and program spending has grown recently. The filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad and the filing does not identify recipients for some grant dollars.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 71
  • Transparency & Controls: 55
  • Accountability: 26
  • Sustainability: 54
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 68.4%; rating input score 68
  • Program expense ratio: 99.4%; rating input score 99
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Scored; rating input score 0
  • Grant itemization coverage: Scored; rating input score 0
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: Limited
  • Governance controls: 5 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 62
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 31.2%; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.64; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.04; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 20.1%; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 13.1% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 27% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 49.1% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 68.4% of revenue deployed · 99.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 5 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $290K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $59K · 1 people listed
  • Consistency: 22 of 22 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and foreign activity
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2022 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 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 — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight scored 0/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 7 not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 30/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 19/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 35/100.