The Video Consortium Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
811686368
IRS 990 coverage
2019–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-N 2018
Location
Mount Kisco, NY, USA
Phone
9177516800
Rating
81
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Arts, Cultural Organizations - Multipurpose

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$2,176,061
Expenses
$1,486,120
Assets
$1,935,765
Liabilities
$25,435

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

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • SKY DYLAN-ROBBINS (FOUNDER/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • SKY DYLAN-ROBBINS (FOUNDER/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $147,000 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To support individuals and institutions using video to inform and inspire audiences everywhere.

What it reported doing in 2025

Video consortium's programs -- which support storytelling across documentary, journalism, and the creator sphere -- are guided by three core focus areas: community building and events: vc brings media makers together around the shared belief that connection is foundational to creative work. Through grassroots, storyteller-led local hubs, vc's community organizers, bolstered by vchq, foster intimate local gatherings that spark collaboration and exchange. These are complemented by regional industry events and the national press play tour, which broaden access and visibility across the field. Each year, the organization's flagshipforum, future of nonfiction video, creates a dedicated space for reflection, dialogue, and forward-looking ideas.training and fellowships: accessible workshops and fellowships equip storytellers with the skills, resources, and support needed to build sustainable careers. Vc offers skill-building trainings and peer mentorship opportunities designed to meet creators at various stages of their journey. Through vc studios, the organization's advisory and production arm, vc partners with newsrooms and organizations seeking to strengthen their video strategies. In addition, production fellowships and incubators, like the solutions storytelling project, provide hands-on support to bring ambitious nonfiction work to life.connection and insights: vc ensures that great work not only gets made, but reaches the audiences it deserves. Vc maintains an active community forum alongside a robust jobs board and member directory that convenes thousands of vetted nonfiction video creatives and organizations. The vc ecosystem is further supported by practical resources, exclusive discounts, and actionable guides, made by and for creatives. Through rough cut, its industry podcast, and project pages - a platform connecting makers and collaborators around works-in-progress - vc helps build the infrastructure and relationships that move ideas into impact.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 91% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 90% 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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. The filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 73
  • Transparency & Controls: 83
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 65
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 61.8%; rating input score 62
  • Program expense ratio: 89.5%; rating input score 90
  • Fundraising efficiency: $53.88 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 81; 81st 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: 3 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 38
    • Claims monitoring procedures: Pass
    • Requires narrative reports: Fail
    • Conducts field audits: Pass
    • May suspend future funding: Fail
    • Requires financial reports: Pass
    • Conducts site visits: Fail
    • Requires grant agreements: Fail
    • May require repayment: Fail
  • Grant itemization coverage: 99.6%; rating input score 100; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • 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: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • 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: 31.7%; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.3; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 9.9%; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 50.3% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 43.3% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 44.5% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 61.8% of revenue deployed · 89.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 9 of 9 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1.3M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $147K · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 32 of 32 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and foreign activity
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2019 to 2025
  • 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 — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight: 5 of 8 not reported.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: CEO compensation review process not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 43/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 34/100.