Form 990 for tax year 2023

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

• 2a · Program service revenue: CinemaCon

  total $7,666,981 · related or exempt $7,666,981

• 2b · Program service revenue: Membership dues

  total $2,097,158 · related or exempt $2,097,158

• 3 · Investment income

  total $188,531 · excluded $188,531

• 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

  securities $2,643,996

• 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

  securities $2,559,815

• 7c · Gain or loss

  securities $84,181

• 7d · Net gain or loss

  total $84,181 · excluded $84,181

• 11a · Other revenue: Refunds and adjustments

  total $3,129 · excluded $3,129

• 11e · Other revenue, total

  $3,129

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

• 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

  total $1,601,335

• 7 · Other salaries and wages

  total $1,293,807

• 8 · Pension plan contributions

  total $44,683

• 9 · Other employee benefits

  total $61,626

• 10 · Payroll taxes

  total $138,499

• 11b · Fees: legal

  total $11,218

• 11c · Fees: accounting

  total $30,927

• 11d · Fees: lobbying

  total $488,847

• 11f · Fees: investment management

  total $37,145

• 11g · Fees: other

  total $797,242

• 12 · Advertising and promotion

  total $86,714

• 13 · Office expenses

  total $210,540

• 14 · Information technology

  total $308,428

• 16 · Occupancy

  total $97,851

• 17 · Travel

  total $328,837

• 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

  total $5,242,303

• 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

  total $85,305

• 23 · Insurance

  total $97,136

• 24a · Other expenses: Proxy tax

  total $121,351

• 24b · Other expenses: Licenses & registration

  total $7,785

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

• 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

  beginning of year $250 · end of year $250

• 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

  beginning of year $2,442,611 · end of year $495,339

• 4 · Accounts receivable

  beginning of year $431,950 · end of year $463,440

• 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

  beginning of year $263,768 · end of year $325,326

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

  $4,393,659

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

  $539,790

• 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

  beginning of year $3,847,072 · end of year $3,853,869

• 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

  beginning of year $6,543,272 · end of year $5,740,402

• 15 · Other assets

  beginning of year $84,807 · end of year $30,373

• 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

  beginning of year $2,551,126 · end of year $436,482

• 19 · Deferred revenue

  beginning of year $17,741 · end of year $67,690

• 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

  beginning of year $10,810,851 · end of year $10,193,093

• 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

  beginning of year $234,012 · end of year $211,734

The filer's explanations (Part III)

Part I, Line 1a

NATO'S travel policy calls for staff officers to fly coach class on airline flights of three hours or less in duration, and business class on flights of more than three hours (including connecting flights that add up to more than three hours).

Part I, Line 3

The NATO Compensation Committee, appointed by the NATO Executive Board, reviews and approves the President/CEO's compensation (salary and bonuses). The committee reviews salary histories, comparability data (for positions at similar organization within the motion picture industry, and for comparable positions in the association management profession), and the committee documents its deliberations and communicates its decisions to the COO in writing for processing.

Part I, Line 4a

John Fithian, President & CEO through April of 2023, received severance compensation in 2 installments. The first installment was paid on 5/12/23 in the amount of $432,532 reported in Schedule J, Part II, Column B(iii) Rows (i) and (ii). The second installment of $369,831 was paid on 1/5/2024 and reported as deferred compensation in Schedule J Part II, Column C, Rows (i) and (ii). Jackie Brenneman, EVP and General Counsel through August of 2023, received severance compensation in 2 installments. The first installment was paid on 08/30/23 in the amount of $148,718 reported in Schedule J, Part II, Column B(iii) Rows (i) and (ii). The second installment of $148,718 was paid on 1/5/2024 and reported as deferred compensation in Schedule J Part II, Column C, Rows (i) and (ii). Patrick Corcoran, Chief Communications Officer through June 2023, received severance compensation in the amount of $93,569 on June 30, 2023.

Disregarded entities

Part I: entities that legally are the filer and file no return of their own.

• CinemaCon LLC

  Convention/ Trade Show · DE · income $7,666,981 · assets $4,596,687

  Directly controlled by National Association of Theatre Owners (NATO)