International House of Philadelphia

What it reported doing in 2016

The arts, cultural, and humanities programming at international house philadelphia (ihp) offers a diverse roster of cultural celebrations, film screenings, live performances, visual arts exhibitions, and educational lectures. In addition to ihp's curated programming, we collaborate with numerous local institutions, organizations and community groups to host events and film festivals, expanding our reach and impact in the philadelphia region. This year we saw continued success with our expanded series of cultural celebrations, which include lunar new year, diwali, nowruz, carnival, oktoberfest, and lftar. These events reflect ihp's mission to encourage mutual understanding and respect by and for people from different cultures around the world by participating in a variety of traditions different from their own. In the fine arts, ihp renamed its nearly 40-year-old film program to lightbox film center, which continues to be philadelphia's premier exhibitor of film and moving image art, presenting an unparalleled slate of repertory, nonfiction, experimental and international cinema. New programs added to the lightbox roster include arthouse revisited, a series dedicated to presenting classics of world cinema and independent film, and subversive elements, a monthly series dedicated to experimental film and artists' moving image. Additional highlights from this past year's program include a retrospective of works by pioneering french filmmakers jean-marie straub & daniele huillet; this is now: film and video after punk, a series rediscovering key underground films from the post-punk era in the uk featuring restorations by the british film institute national archive; from doodles to pixels: over a hundred years of spanish animation, a major retrospective spanning the wide range of animation films produced in spain; rediscovering a philadelphia pioneer: donya feuer's dance/film collaborations with ingmar bergman, romola nijinsky, and others, which focused on the dancer/choreographer's impressive body of experimental dance films; and 45 years of women make movies, a year-long celebration of the most significant distributor of independent films by and about women. We also continued our monthly family matinee series, introducing children to imaginative cinema from around the world. In continuation of our commitment to providing a venue for presenting works of cinema that engage audiences in dialogue about important global issues, we maintained partnerships with organizations such as blackstar film festival, cinema and media studies at the university of Pennsylvania, philadelphia asian american film festival, scribe video center, and others. Our continued partnership with intercultural journeys brought live world music and dance performances to our venue exploring the theme of homeland: cultural migrations through artistry. A new partnership formed with the da vinci art alliance added rotating art exhibits to our gallery space. We also presented community educational programs, including daca: a dying dream? In partnership with the mexican consulate of philadelphia and a conversation on immigration and the american city in collaboration with ai-bustan seeds of culture held at city hall.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 77.2%; rating input score 77
• Program expense ratio: 84.8%; rating input score 85
• Fundraising efficiency: $3.64 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 4 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 57
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • 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: 8.6%; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
• Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 93; 93rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: -21.1% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: -9.3% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: -14.8% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings