Hellenic-American Chamber of Commerce Foundation

What it reported doing in 2024

New York City Greek Film Festival - September 11 - 14, 2024 - Celebrating Greece's cultural presence in New York through the lens of Greek Cinema. Our goal remains the same, to provide Greece's top filmmakers a venue to screen their work here in the United States. The first evening began with opening speeches and live performances by the Cretan Breeched Association, followed by a special awards presentation by the Hellenic-American Chamber of Commerce to the leading actors of the popular Greek television series SASMOS. The film Murderess (97') was screened in the presence of actress Maria Protopappa. The program continued with a live concert featuring Yorgos Vogiatzakis, dance performances by Michalis Lymakis and the Cretan Breeched Association, and a special guest vocal performance by Evangelia. The second evening began with a screening of Greek Short Films (103'), featuring a curated selection of outstanding recent Greek productions. The program included The Boar (20'), Why Won't You Dance? (15'), Light of Light (13'), End of August (17'), When I Die Let the Universe Burn (9'), Wings (17'), and The Knock (12'). The third evening began with a special screening of Venizelos: The Struggle for Asia Minor (84'). Nickos Kastrinakis, President of the World Council of Cretans and President of the Venizelos Foundation USA, delivered a speech on Cretan culture, coordinated by Eirini Mo. This was followed by a presentation from Eva Vamvouka, creator and owner of Kritiko Argastiri, who spoke about traditional Cretan outfits, also coordinated by Eirini Mo. The evening concluded with the screening of Kapetan Mihalis (151'). The final evening began with the screening of Behind the Haystacks (118'). Murderess (97') was presented in the presence of director Eva Nathena and actresses Kariofillia Karabeti and Maria Protopappa. Following the screening, a Q&A session was held with all three guests, moderated by Eirini Mo. The Closing Ceremony took place, also presented by Eirini Mo, and featured the Audience Awards Presentation recognizing the best Greek feature film, best Greek short film, and the Nikos Perakis Award for the best new director. The evening concluded with a Closing Reception.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
• 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: Limited

Sustainability

• Operating margin: -9.8%; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 39.34; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 25% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 19.4% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: -6.7% per year; rating input score 0; 14th percentile among comparable filings