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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by AMERICAN CINEMATHEQUE.

Totals

Total revenue
$5,921,510
Total expenses
$6,354,994
Contributions and grants received
$2,192,247
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$2,932,905
Investment income
$264,472
Other revenue
$531,886
Total assets, end of year
$11,503,657
Total liabilities, end of year
$3,165,316
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$8,338,341
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$4,135,289
Management and general expenses
$1,721,837
Fundraising expenses
$497,868
Program service expenses (Part III)
$4,135,289

Program services were 65.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $821,506

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $1,085,795

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $284,946

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $21,862

  • 2a · Program service revenue: FILM EXHIBITION PROGRA

    total $2,932,905 · related or exempt $2,932,905

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $264,472 · excluded $264,472

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $51,050

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $51,050

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $51,050 · excluded $51,050

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $52,050

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $1,085,795

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $141,664

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$89,614 · excluded -$89,614

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $399,898

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $102,277

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $297,621 · excluded $297,621

  • 11a · Other revenue: INTERNET SALES PROCESS

    total $231,869 · excluded $231,869

  • 11b · Other revenue: SALES OF MERCHANDISE

    total $40,881 · related or exempt $40,881

  • 11c · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS INCOME

    total $79 · excluded $79

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $272,829

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $100,730 · program services $64,305 · management and general $29,894 · fundraising $6,531

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $2,103,619 · program services $1,342,928 · management and general $624,303 · fundraising $136,388

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $87,727 · program services $50,765 · management and general $31,806 · fundraising $5,156

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $350,578 · program services $145,552 · management and general $190,385 · fundraising $14,641

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $23,615 · management and general $23,615

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $205,357 · program services $174,554 · management and general $30,803

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $138,165 · fundraising $138,165

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $57,620 · management and general $57,620

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $244,667 · program services $235,095 · management and general $9,572

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $616,856 · program services $364,382 · management and general $57,778 · fundraising $194,696

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $424,155 · program services $184,254 · management and general $238,553 · fundraising $1,348

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $147,347 · program services $26,165 · management and general $121,033 · fundraising $149

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $972,983 · program services $722,986 · management and general $249,997

  • 17 · Travel

    total $11,826 · program services $2,100 · management and general $9,714 · fundraising $12

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $126,012 · program services $126,012

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $129,322 · program services $82,558 · management and general $46,764

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM PRESENTATION &

    total $570,942 · program services $570,160 · fundraising $782

  • 24b · Other expenses: THEATRE REPAIRS & MAINT

    total $43,473 · program services $43,473

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,267,211 · end of year $372,837

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $15,635,691 · end of year $1,590,684

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $205,962 · end of year $115,649

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $109,804 · end of year $227,899

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $1,224,509

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $1,034,068

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $172,980 · end of year $190,441

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $6,175,751 · end of year $5,508,871

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $1,777,540 · end of year $1,899,992

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $118,782 · end of year $1,532,632

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $61,451 · end of year $64,652

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $494,729 · end of year $346,169

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $812,512 · end of year $809,646

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $15,598,461

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $316,913 · end of year $2,009,501

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $8,202,557 · end of year $8,310,073

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $100,000 · end of year $28,268

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

THE AMERICAN CINEMATHEQUE BELIEVES THAT CINEMA IS A COMMUNAL EXPERIENCE WITH THE POWER TO ENTERTAIN, ENLIGHTEN AND INSPIRE. WE BUILD A DIVERSE AND ENGAGED FILM COMMUNITY THROUGH IMMERSIVE FILM CURATION, CONVERSATION, AND PRESENTATION. WE BRIDGE THE FILMMAKER TO THE AUDIENCE AND FILM HISTORY TO ITS FUTURE.

  • THE AMERICAN CINEMATHEQUE ENSURES PUBLIC ACCESS TO LOCAL, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL FILMS OTHERWISE UNAVAILABLE AND OF HISTORIC, CULTURAL OR EDUCATIONAL IMPORTANCE. PROGRAMS INCLUDE CLASSICS OF AMERICAN AND INTERNATIONAL CINEMA, NEW INDEPENDENT AND WORLD FILM, INCLUDING RARE NITRATE & ARCHIVAL PRINTS, 70MM, DIGITAL LASER PROJECTION, ETC. WITH POST-SCREENING FILMMAKER DISCUSSIONS WITH THE AUDIENCE. FILMS ARE PRESENTED IN STATE-OF-THE-ART THEATRES AS THEY WERE MEANT TO BE SEEN AND HEARD, PROVIDING ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME EXPERIENCES. IN ADDITION, SINCE THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, FILMS WERE PRESENTED AT DRIVE-IN AS WELL AS STREAMED ONLINE AND FILMMAKER DISCUSSIONS MADE LIVE ONLINE.WHEN RE-OPENING THE THEATRES IN JUNE 2021, THE CINEMATHEQUE LAUNCHED NEW PROGRAMS AT LOS FELIZ THEATRE. SINCE 1999, MORE THAN 11,500 PROGRAMS PRESENTED AT THE HISTORIC EGYPTIAN THEATRE, THE AERO THEATRE AND THE LOS FELIZ THEATRE AND HAVE FEATURED OVER 6,200 GUESTS. CINEMATHEQUE COLLABORATORS INCLUDE AMPAS, UCLA ARCHIVES, LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, GEORGE EASTMAN MUSEUM, BFI, CINEMATHEQUE FRANCAIS, GOETHE INSTITUT, ICAA, HFPA, JAPAN FILM FOUNDATION & THE CONSULATES OF MANY COUNTRIES. THE CINEMATHEQUE ALSO PRESENTS SPECIAL PROGRAMS FOR STUDENTS. DURING THE CLOSURE OF THE THEATRES, BEYOND FEST WAS PRESENTED IN FALL 2020 AT THE DRIVE IN, IN THE FALL 2021 AND 2022 BEYOND FEST WAS PRESENTED ACROSS TOWN AT VARIOUS VENUES. THE EGYPTIAN IS CURRENTLY CLOSED FOR RENOVATION. DURING THE PANDEMIC, THE CINEMATHEQUE MODERNIZED TS I.T. INFRASTRUCTURE WITH A NEW WEBSITE, A NEW DATABASE AND A NEW POINT OF SALE TICKET SYSTEM. THE CINEMATHEQUE IS NO LONGER PRINTING, MAILING A CALENDAR. AN E-MAIL NEWSLETTER IS SENT TO 100,000+ PEOPLE.THE CINEMATHEQUE AWARD (GIVEN TO A FILMMAKER MAKING A SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION TO THE ART OF THE MOVING PICTURE) WAS PRESENTED TO RYAN REYNOLDS IN NOVEMBER 2022.

    Expenses $3,460,682 · Revenue $2,491,622

  • TRIBUTE TO THE CRAFTS 2023PRESENTED BY THE AMERICAN CINEMATHEQUE AND PRESENTING SPONSOR FIRST ENTERTAINMENT CREDIT UNION.TRIBUTE TO THE CRAFTS WILL HONOR THOSE WHO ARE AT THE VERY HEART OF FILMMAKING, AND HAVE EXHIBITED EXTRAORDINARY WORK BEHIND THE CAMERA, OVER THE PAST YEAR. THE EVENING WILL CELEBRATE INDIVIDUALS IN FOURTEEN CATEGORIES COVERING ALL ASPECTS OF FILMMAKING AND WILL SHOWCASE CLIPS FROM EACH OF THEIR RESPECTIVE FILMS. THE AUDIENCE FOR THIS INVITATION-ONLY EVENT WILL BE COMPRISED OF MEMBERS FROM AMPAS, PGA, WGA, DGA, SAG-AFTRA, BAFTA AND CRITICS CHOICE. FIRST ENTERTAINMENT CREDIT UNION IS THE PROUD PRESENTING SPONSOR OF THE 1ST ANNUAL TRIBUTE TO THE CRAFTS AND CONGRATULATES ALL THE BELOW-THE-LINE TEAM MEMBERS BEING HONORED THIS YEAR.

    Expenses $554,466 · Revenue $102,500

  • BEYOND FEST FESTIVAL BEYOND FEST IS THE HIGHEST ATTENDED GENRE FILM FESTIVAL IN THE U.S. AND EXISTS TO SERVE THE GENRE COMMUNITY IN LOS ANGELES. BEYOND FEST IS BUILT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH AMERICAN CINEMATHEQUE. A NOT-FOR-PROFIT ENTITY, BEYOND FEST RAISES FUNDS FOR THE 501C3 NON-PROFIT FILM INSTITUTION, AMERICAN CINEMATHEQUE.

    Expenses $120,141 · Revenue $379,664

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Ken Scherer

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $96,420
    From this org
    $96,420
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40 + 1 related

  • Rick Nicita

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Mark Badagliacca

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4 + 0.1 related

  • Sanford R Climan

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Louis E Kempinsky

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.12

  • Paul Shurgot

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Stephanie Allain

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Peter Bart

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.19

  • Jason Blum

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.19

  • Nicole Brown

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.19

  • Esther Chang

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Peter J Dekom

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.19

  • Mary Anne Keshen

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.19

  • Charles D King

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.19

  • Kenneth Kleinberg

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.19

  • Sue Kroll

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.19

  • Franklin Leonard

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • Michael Mann

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.19

  • Mike Medavoy

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.19

  • Darren J Moll

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.19

  • Eric Nebot

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.19

  • Mark Ordesky

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.19

  • James G Robinson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.19

  • Stan Rosenfield

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.19

  • Scott Stuber

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.19

  • Bud Swartz

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.19

  • Paula Wagner

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.19

  • Gregory Annenberg Weingarten

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.19

  • David Zaslav

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.19

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

  • THEATER ARTS GROUP

    501(C)(3) · PROVIDE A THEATRE TO AMERICAN CINEMATHEQUE · CA · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by AMERICAN CINEMATHEQUE

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
15 August 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202412289349303641

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