Peace Is Loud Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
263873991
IRS 990 coverage
2019–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2008
Location
New York, NY, USA
Phone
2127823700
Rating
75
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Civil Liberties

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$2,501,862
Expenses
$1,923,245
Assets
$1,838,636
Liabilities
$45,124

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

13 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • CAMARO WEST (CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • REBECCA FLOM (CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • CAMARO WEST (CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $142,917 total reported compensation
  • REBECCA FLOM (CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $141,788 total reported compensation
  • STEPHANIE PALUMBO (DIRECTOR, FILM IMPACT AND INNOVATION): $129,390 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Pil amplifies the stories the world needs now. Through their speakers bureau film impact work, they connect peoples desire for change with opportunities for dialogue action. Pil harnesses the power of storytelling by women, trans nonbinary changemakers to mobilize strategic collective action grounded in equity care.

What it reported doing in 2024

Pil envisions a world where the path towards liberation is led by the people most impacted by issues of social injustice. A world transformed through their stories of solidarity, collective power and care in practice. Pils impact campaigns help movements use documentary films as tools to build power and capacity. Pil partners with women-identified and gender expansive filmmakers and organizers across physical and digital spaces to facilitate screenings, create educational resources, grow digital audiences, and build coalitions around the globe. Pil advocates for meaningful and equitable representation and compensation for women-identified and gender expansive movement leaders in the public and private spheres. Pil create connections between these leaders across various movements and audiences around the globe. Pil shares their campaign learnings, skills, and resources with filmmakers and other impact producers in workshops and trainings, as part of their commitment to strengthening the storytelling for social change community.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 92% 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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 54
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 58
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 50.8%; rating input score 51
  • Program expense ratio: 64.7%; rating input score 65
  • Fundraising efficiency: $9.26 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 35; 35th 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 23.1%; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.96; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 33.7%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -0.6% per year; rating input score 0; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 9.1% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 32.9% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 50.8% of revenue deployed · 64.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 8 of 8 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1.2M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $143K · 13 people listed
  • Consistency: 30 of 30 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2019 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 5 filed money-flow records
  • 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

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

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 51/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 35/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 35/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 4/100.