Friday Harbor Film Festival
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 843988840
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2022–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Friday Harbor, WA, USA
- Phone
- 3606704433
- Rating
- 91
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Film, Video
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $110,362
- Expenses
- $108,408
- Assets
- $4,204
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
7 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- KAREN PALMER (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- KAREN PALMER (PRESIDENT)
- MARK KYLE (VP & PRODUCT)
- ELLEN ROBERTS (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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The friday harbor film festival showcases the unique power of documentary films to: - entertain audiences through the art of compelling storytelling; - inspire audience members and filmmakers to be a force for positive change; - enlighten all participants by conveying relevant information, creating awareness, and expanding appreciation of our fragile planet, diverse cultures, and those daring to explore new frontiers; and we encourage students and emerging filmmakers to learn the art of storytelling through film with a variety of youth-centered programming. We build the web of community through diverse partnerships with other organizations, offering special film events throughout the year. The friday harbor film festival serves as the flagship event, creating a high-profile platform that attracts filmmakers, audiences, sponsors and media attention. It establishes credibility, builds excitement, and positions the festival as a cultural highlight in the calendar. By following this with m
What it reported doing in 2024
Friday harbor film festival produced a three-day film festival in fourth week of october showing 16 feature films, 21 short films, and 14 student films to over 500 attendees with over 1,500 total views. In addition fhff produced an on-line, on-demand exhibition of 15 feature films, 21 short films, and a young filmmakers showcase which ran the week following the film festival. The on-line exhibition had approximately 150 attendees with 500 total views. Finally, fhff showcased select films, often free of charge, throughout the year.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 66% 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
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 99
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 21
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 98.2%; rating input score 98
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 1.8%; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.04; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 32%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -7.7% per year; rating input score 0; 16th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -1.3% per year; rating input score 0; 16th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -71.6% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 98.2% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $108K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 4 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- 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 — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 39/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 6/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 10/100.