Thefilmschool

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
204075974
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2019–2020
Forms available
Form 990 2018, Form 990-EZ 2020
Location
Seattle, WA, USA
Phone
3107959898
Rating
43
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Higher Education Institutions

Reported finances

Revenue
$5,023
Expenses
$3,637
Assets
$31,768
Liabilities
$11,811

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2020. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Max Clough (President)
  • Scott Wasner (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Max Clough (President)
  • Scott Wasner (Vice President)
  • Diana Dotter (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 2020. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The Film School is a Non-Proft School, rooted in progressive professional storytelling through film, radio, television and cutting edge new media. The School provides its students with the foundational education to work in creative enviornments.

What it reported doing in 2020

Miassion driven stories a cornerstone program aimed at educating disadvantaged youth.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 69
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 27.6%; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 8.73; rating input score 87; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.37; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -200% per year; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -14.5% per year; rating input score 0; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -18.5% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2019 to 2020
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 13/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.