Independent Media Artists of Ga Etcinc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 581299008
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2009–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Atlanta, GA, USA
- Phone
- 4044135687
- Rating
- 82
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Film, Video
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,043,152
- Expenses
- $1,212,050
- Assets
- $204,556
- Liabilities
- $272,823
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
22 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- CHRISTOPHER ESCOBAR (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- CHRISTOPHER ESCOBAR (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $88,064 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To connect, educate and engage audiences with the creative industry by supporting artists and providing a platform for their work. We champion cultural discovery, foster artistic growth, and advocate for diverse voices in film and media arts, both locally and worldwide. The atlanta film festival works year-round to develop film lovers of the future through screenings, events, social networking, and by presenting a world-class festival.
What it reported doing in 2024
2025 atlanta film festival: an internationally respected and academy award-qualifying festival, the 2025 atlanta film festival screened nearly 150 films over the course of eleven days from april 24th - may 4th. In addition to screenings, the event featured a series of seminars, classes and workshops "creative conference," a daily program of professional education q&as with experts in various subfields of the film and television industries. Attendees and filmmakers interacted with these guests virtually and at indoor screenings. The organization received over $75,000 in contributed services such as consulting, advertising. Video services, marketing, technical services as well as donated usage of facilities in the production of the festival. These contributions are not included in revenues, expenses, or grants on the 990.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 66% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- 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. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 84
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 76
- Sustainability: 14
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 96.1%; rating input score 96
- Program expense ratio: 82.7%; rating input score 83
- Fundraising efficiency: $7.24 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 95.2%; rating input score 95; 25th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 4 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 50
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- 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: -16.2%; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.17; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 1.33; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 7.3%; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 9.5% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 7.2% per year; rating input score 100; 55th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 13.2% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 96.1% of revenue deployed · 82.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 20 of 21 board members independent · 4 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $1M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $88K · 22 people listed
- Consistency: 29 of 29 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 7 not reported.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 28/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 12/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 8/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 4/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 46/100.