Gettysburg Film Commission
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 992561224
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2024–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-T 2025, Form 990-N 2023
- Location
- Gettysburg, PA, USA
- Phone
- 7173340551
- Rating
- 80
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Film, Video
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $47,566
- Expenses
- $36,867
- Assets
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Kristin A Webb (CEO)
- Chester H Brinkman (President)
People named in this filing
- Kristin A Webb (CEO)
- Kristin A Webb (Treasurer)
- Chester H Brinkman (President)
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
To generate a positive impact on Gettysburg's tourism business and the economy of Adams County through the growth of commercial film, documentary and television production by attracting on location production, educating and promoting a local workforce and providing professional services to local and out of state film productions. The Commission is dedicated to serve the filmmaker's needs. We connect clients with locations, businesses, hotels, catering and production resources and help find creative solutions for projects of all budgets.
What it reported doing in 2025
The Gettysburg Film Commission provides access to information and resources necessary to attract, support and facilitate the production and creation of movies, films, documentaries and Television programming. The Commission is a repository of contacts for any individual or organization seeking to film, produce or create the media described above. The Commission has developed a database of skilled tradesmen, i.e., electricians, carpenters, lighting experts, sound equipment suppliers and operators, camera / recording equipment suppliers and operators, photographers, videographers, film editors, production companies, acting talent, producers, and directors. Mr. Brinkman has more than 30 years of experience in the film and acting industry and has developed strong, deep relationships within the industry. Ms. Webb has developed relationships within the local community. The Commission has the support of local, county and state government officials. The Commission has developed a process, in collaboration with local, county and state officials for permitting and approving the use of public and private lands for filming. The Commission has developed a listing of more than 50 site locations and has already crafted contracts and commitments with these property owners. Additionally, the Commission has a working relationship with the local authorities within the National Park Service at Gettysburg National Military Park. The Commission has a number of annual and ongoing community outreach programs such as its Gettysburg College Internship program, Cinema Under the Stars summer film presentations, a high school Senior Scholarship Program, and the Cinema Arts Film Festival. The Commission is developing a donor base and a number of local fundraising activities to financially support its efforts. The Film Commission is partnering with Destination Gettysburg, the official destination marketing organization for Gettysburg and Adams County. And finally, the Commission seeks to promote economic activity within Gettysburg and the surrounding counties through a network of referrals to hotels, motels, restaurants and travel companies as well as any and all local businesses that might support the efforts of any entity producing a film, documentary or television program locally. A database of extras and volunteers is also in the works.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
- 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 - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Some filed totals do not add up and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 71
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 42
- Growth: 40
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 64.2%; rating input score 64
- Program expense ratio: 82.8%; rating input score 83
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 22.5%; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: 85.9% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 64.2% of revenue deployed · 82.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $31K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 5 of 6 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- 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.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part I part ii net assets crosscheck did not reconcile in the filed values.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 3/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.