Friends of Gardena Cinema
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 923494353
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2023–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Gardena, CA, USA
- Phone
- 2138390100
- Rating
- 56
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Theater
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $6,502
- Expenses
- $1,369
- Assets
- $5,433
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Soo-Woong John Kim (President)
People named in this filing
- Soo-Woong John Kim (President)
- Judy Kim (Treasurer and Secretary)
- Ray Kim (Director)
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
To promote and provide the Gardena Cinema as a community gathering place to experience movies and arts, socialize, and make memories.
What it reported doing in 2024
Membership continued. The Movie Screeners Club launched. First of many grant application submitted.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 75% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. 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: 29
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 84
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 12.3%; rating input score 12
- Program expense ratio: 58.4%; rating input score 58
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 78.9%; rating input score 97; 97th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.97; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 90.9% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 200% per year; rating input score 100; 100th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 200% per year; rating input score 100; 100th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 12.3% of revenue deployed · 58.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $800 in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 1 filed schedules
- Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 to 2024
- 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.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 12/100.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 58/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.