Philadelphia Jewish Film and Media

What it reported doing in 2024

Philadelphia jewish film and media's purpose is to create connection and community through jewish cinema and digital storytelling, welcoming audiences to engage with jewish culture, history, identity, and values through film, media, public programs, and dialogue. For the fiscal year covering september 2024 through august 2025, the organization's three largest program service activities were as follows: 1.44th philadelphia jewish film festival / fall fest 2024 philadelphia jewish film and media presented the 44th philadelphia jewish film festival, also known as fall fest 2024, from november 14-24, 2024. The festival served as the organization's largest public program and advanced pjfm's charitable and educational mission by presenting jewish cinema and media to broad public audiences throughout the philadelphia region. The festival included 18 films, consisting of 13 feature films and 5 short films, and included narrative, documentary, docudrama, domestic, and international works. The program included films from the united states and multiple countries, including israel, france, bosnia and herzegovina, germany, hungary, italy, japan, poland, and the united kingdom. The festival included 20 total film screenings and events, including 5 special events. Total in-person and virtual attendance was 2,100, with an average in-person attendance of 84 per screening or event. Through screenings, special events, filmmaker engagement, guest speakers, and audience dialogue, the festival provided cultural education, promoted public understanding of jewish stories and experiences, and created opportunities for community connection across jewish and non-jewish audiences. 2. Jewish resilience spring festival pjfm presented jewish resilience, a springtime festival focused on jewish stories of perseverance, memory, identity, cultural continuity, and communal strength. The program advanced the organization's exempt purpose by using film, media, and public conversation to explore jewish resilience across historical and contemporary contexts. Jewish resilience included 10 screenings, 9 public program events, and 5 guest speakers, panelists, filmmakers, or community conversations. The festival served approximately 400 people. Audiences included members of the jewish community, interfaith and multicultural audiences, students, older adults, educators, partner organizations, and members of the general public. The program provided an accessible forum for education, reflection, and dialogue on jewish history, identity, antisemitism, trauma, recovery, and cultural endurance. By pairing film presentations with moderated conversations and community partnerships, jewish resilience supported public learning and strengthened pjfm's role as a convener of jewish arts, culture, and civic dialogue. 3.unapologetically jewish competition pjfm continued its unapologetically jewish competition, a social media and storytelling initiative designed to support and elevate contemporary jewish creative expression. The competition advanced the organization's mission by encouraging artists, filmmakers, and digital storytellers to explore jewish identity, culture, values, and lived experience through social media content. The competition included 9 applicants, 7 selected finalists, and 2 in- person public presentations. Finalists produced and created original content on social media centered on the unapologetically jewish competition with the purpose to increase engagement activity. Finalists presented their original content at an in-person showcase and award show. The program benefited approximately 200 in-person and over a million in unique views and engagement on social media. Unapologetically jewish expanded pjfm's reach beyond traditional film exhibition by engaging emerging creators and audiences through contemporary media platforms. The program supported jewish storytelling, amplified a variety of jewish voices, and created opportunities for public audiences to encounter

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 67.5%; rating input score 68
• Program expense ratio: 66.2%; rating input score 66
• Fundraising efficiency: $5.5 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th 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: 6 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 86
  • 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: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

• Operating margin: -0.2%; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.24; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.22; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: -11.5% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: -7.8% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: -9.1% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings