Medium Photography Inc Dba Medium Photo
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 811590556
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2016–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2023, Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- San Diego, CA, USA
- Phone
- 6192311977
- Rating
- 67
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $44,474
- Expenses
- $63,859
- Assets
- $11,948
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
9 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- LANAE KING (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
- KEVIN MILLER (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- LANAE KING (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
- KEVIN MILLER (PRESIDENT)
- AMBER LUCERO DWYER (SECRETARY)
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 connect us through photography and celebrate its power to transcend boundaries.
What it reported doing in 2024
Medium photography, inc is a non-profit organization based in san diego whose mission is to foster awareness and understanding of innovative photography centered around an annual event in october. This annual event features artist lectures, exhibitions and various other events. In addition, medium offers year-round educational opportunities connecting photographers, collectors, and enthusiasts from across north america.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Membership-supported. 68% of the money available for current operations came from membership dues.
- 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
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of total spending goes to programs and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 55
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 26
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 62%; rating input score 62
- Program expense ratio: 43.2%; rating input score 43
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -43.6%; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.19; rating input score 16; 16th 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: 25% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 2.1% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 6.1% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 62% of revenue deployed · 43.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $28K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 2 filing years from 2016 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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 — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 43/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 14/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 16/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.