Mfti

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
333160601
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2025–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2025
Location
Dallas, TX, USA
Phone
4325598023
Rating
72
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Private Independent Foundations

Reported finances

Revenue
$119,016
Expenses
$161,898
Assets
$3,145
Liabilities
$46,027

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MARGARET CHASE MUSSLEWHITE (PRESIDENT/DIRECTOR)

People named in this filing

  • GRANT WOOD (CHAIRMAN/DIRECTOR)
  • MARGARET CHASE MUSSLEWHITE (PRESIDENT/DIRECTOR)
  • EMILY RUHL (SECRETARY/DIRECTOR)

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 educate, train, and support individuals and businesses in the Texas film and media industry through workforce development, educational programs, industry resources, and professional networking opportunities.

What it reported doing in 2025

Media for Texas (mfti) is a Texas nonprofit organization dedicated to workforce development in the Texas film, television, and media production industry. During the tax year, mfti carried out its exempt purpose through two integrated program areas: develop (workforce education and training pathways) and connect (industry workforce mapping and career navigation). Public education programs. Mfti produced two public education events during the tax year:- the Texas film experience, held in march in austin, was a free, one-day public education program that served approximately 2,000 attendees, including approximately 200 students (150 post-secondary and 50 k12). Programming featured more than 40 on-set craft demonstrations and exhibit tables, staffed by approximately 150 working Texas media professionals, covering trades including camera, lighting, grip, sound, hair and makeup, art department, and production coordination. We had the university of Texas and Texas state university in attendance also to discuss career pathways and technical occupations in the Texas media production industry.- the industry convening, held in september in austin, brought together approximately 150 Texas-based film and media production professionals to share information about production activity across the state, in furtherance of mfti's workforce mapping and career navigation programming.- workforce development and education partnerships. During the tax year, mfti developed approximately 15 in-progress educational partnerships with Texas high schools, community colleges, and universities to build career pathways from Texas classrooms into technical and creative occupations in the media production industry.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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 a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. A relatively small share of total spending goes to programs and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 62
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 10
  • Growth: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 69.2%; rating input score 69
  • Program expense ratio: 50.9%; rating input score 51

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -36%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.02; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 14.63; 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: Limited
  • Revenue growth: Limited
  • Asset growth: Limited

Details

  • Where the money goes: 69.2% of revenue deployed · 50.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $82K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • 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.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 51/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 3/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 5/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 0/100.
  • Review — Grant Readiness: SAM / OFAC restrictions: this organization returned a name match close enough to need a human check before a grant is released.