Rivertown Film Society Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
205145533
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2012–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Nyack, NY, USA
Phone
8453532568
Rating
77
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Film, Video

Reported finances

Revenue
$97,061
Expenses
$81,266
Assets
$50,909
Liabilities
$27,851

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

Leadership & pay

19 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • METTHEW SEIG (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

People named in this filing

  • BETSY HASTEDT (Treasurer)
  • ALMA RICHMOND (BOARD MEMBER)
  • SUZANNE MITCHELL (Board Member)

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

Promoting the art of the motion picture

What it reported doing in 2024

To promote the art of the motion picture through film screenings & educational programs. To provide educational programs related to the art and craft of motion pictures and to help build the cinematic arts audience of the future.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 78
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 44
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 73%; rating input score 73
  • Program expense ratio: 87.2%; rating input score 87

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 16.3%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.63; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.55; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 39.6%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -0.5% per year; rating input score 0; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 2.5% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 17.9% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 73% of revenue deployed · 87.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $71K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 19 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2012 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.

  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 34/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 4/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 8/100.