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← CLEVELAND INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL INC

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by CLEVELAND INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,503,270
Total expenses
$3,170,567
Contributions and grants received
$1,912,134
Grants paid
$139,683
Program service revenue
$582,798
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$8,338
Total assets, end of year
$1,689,174
Total liabilities, end of year
$327,788
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,361,386
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,286,718
Management and general expenses
$367,557
Fundraising expenses
$516,292
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,286,718

Program services were 72.1% 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

    $170,084

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $160,155

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,581,895

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $34,200

  • 2a · Program service revenue: BOX OFFICE REVENUE

    total $329,568 · related or exempt $329,568

  • 2b · Program service revenue: FEES

    total $253,230 · related or exempt $253,230

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $14,337

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $5,999

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $8,338 · related or exempt $8,338

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $98,183 · program services $98,183

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $41,500 · program services $41,500

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $307,005 · program services $148,451 · management and general $36,157 · fundraising $122,397

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $557,370 · program services $269,513 · management and general $65,644 · fundraising $222,213

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $29,988 · program services $14,500 · management and general $3,532 · fundraising $11,956

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $109,914 · program services $53,148 · management and general $12,945 · fundraising $43,821

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $70,671 · program services $34,173 · management and general $8,323 · fundraising $28,175

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $7,427 · management and general $7,427

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $287,153 · program services $80,029 · management and general $207,124

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $127,112 · program services $127,112

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $56,116 · program services $43,952 · management and general $3,014 · fundraising $9,150

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $96,125 · program services $46,481 · management and general $11,321 · fundraising $38,323

  • 17 · Travel

    total $196,935 · program services $196,935

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $19,830 · program services $9,589 · management and general $2,335 · fundraising $7,906

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $68,740 · program services $33,240 · management and general $8,095 · fundraising $27,405

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $5,680 · program services $2,746 · management and general $669 · fundraising $2,265

  • 24a · Other expenses: EVENT PRODUCTION

    total $695,191 · program services $695,191

  • 24b · Other expenses: TEMPORARY SERVICES

    total $384,427 · program services $384,427

  • 24c · Other expenses: COMMUNICATIONS

    total $5,639 · program services $2,727 · management and general $664 · fundraising $2,248

  • 24d · Other expenses: CHARGES AND FEES

    total $5,117 · program services $4,606 · management and general $255 · fundraising $256

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $444 · program services $215 · management and general $52 · fundraising $177

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $279,297 · end of year $155,073

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $180,256 · end of year $118,670

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $3,809 · end of year $1,630

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $20,941 · end of year $7,422

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

    $1,050,908

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

    $926,685

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $192,963 · end of year $124,223

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $1,381,816 · end of year $1,226,476

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $108,883 · end of year $55,680

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $7,374 · end of year $54,269

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $108,443 · end of year $56,142

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $262,592 · end of year $217,377

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,122,145 · end of year $702,262

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $667,411 · end of year $659,124

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE CLEVELAND FILM SOCIETY IS A NONPROFIT CORPORATION ORGANIZED TO PROMOTE ARTISTICALLY AND CULTURALLY SIGNIFICANT FILM ARTS THROUGH EDUCATION AND EXHIBITION TO ENRICH THE LIFE OF THE CLEVELAND, OHIO COMMUNITY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE CLEVELAND FILM SOCIETY IS A NONPROFIT CORPORATION ORGANIZED (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O)TO PROMOTE ARTISTICALLY AND CULTURALLY SIGNIFICANT FILM ARTS THROUGH EDUCATION AND EXHIBITION TO ENRICH LIFE OF THE CLEVELAND, OHIO COMMUNITY.

  • THE 48TH CLEVELAND INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (CIFF48) WAS PRESENTED IN HYBRID FORM OF BEING IN-PERSON AND ONLINE. THE FESTIVAL TOOK PLACE APRIL 3-APRIL 13, 2024 IN PERSON AT PLAYHOUSE SQUARE AND THEN FROM APRIL 14-21, 2024 ONLINE. THE FESTIVAL SHOWCASED 138 FEATURE FILMS AND 225 SHORT FILMS, REPRESENTING 60 COUNTRIES. THE FESTIVAL WELCOMED 70,459 FILM ENTHUSIASTS IN PERSON AND VIRTUALLY, AND HOSTED 361 FILMMAKERS FROM AROUND THE WORLD. INCLUDED WERE 4,364 STUDENTS FROM 79 SCHOOLS IN NORTHEAST OHIO WHO TOOK PART IN FILMSLAM, THE FESTIVAL'S OLDEST EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM FOR THOSE IN GRADES 5-12.

    Expenses $2,286,718 · Grants $139,683 · Revenue $591,136

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Brett Altier

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jules Belkin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Chris Sw Blake

    VP OF DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mac Clough

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tom Cook

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tom Davis

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Timothy J Downing

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lisa Durst

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lauren Rich Fine

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Coleen Fisher

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Joe Foley

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Char Fowler

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jerry Frantz

    VP OF STRATEGIC PLANNING

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Bill Garvey

    EX OFFICIO

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Debra S Gold

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Christine Hickey

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dion Hudnall

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jinny Johnson

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Pamela Lerose

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Gregg Levine

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Joe Marinucci

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Joyce Martin-Fyfe

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kerry McCormack

    EX OFFICIO

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Erica Merritt

    VP OF BOARD ENGAGEMENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Todd Mesek

    VP OF MARKETING

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lynn Milliner

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Zach Milvo

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Nadine Nana

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Eric Patrick

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tim Piazza

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kevin Poor

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Julie Raskind

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Cigdem Slankard

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mark Smith

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Roy Turnell

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tom Wilson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Marcie Goodman

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (UNTIL 6/30/24)

    Total calculated
    $210,097
    From this org
    $186,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,597
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $186,500
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $13,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,597
    Filer's total
    $210,097
  • Hermione Malone

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (STARTING 7/1/24)

    Total calculated
    $91,604
    From this org
    $87,788
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,816
    Hours/week
    40
  • Patrick Shepherd

    ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $143,612
    From this org
    $106,825
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $36,787
    Hours/week
    40

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
14 August 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202502279349300930

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