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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by THE DIGITAL FILM ACADEMY INC.

What the amendment changed

Compared with the return it replaced , filed 14 November 2024 — the latest of 2 it replaced. matched by us Only the return's totals, a 990-PF's accounting method and the names listed in Part VII (Part VIII on a 990-PF) are compared. We relate returns by organization, tax year and form, and order them by each return's own timestamp; the filer's own "amended return" checkbox is a separate fact.

Total revenue
$1,070,698 changed to $107,264
Total expenses
$668,486 changed to $673,656
Program service revenue
$1,068,519 changed to $107,264
Investment income
$2,179 changed to $0
Total assets, end of year
$622,318 changed to $0
Total liabilities, end of year
$55,926 changed to $0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$566,392 changed to $0
Program services expenses
$668,486 changed to $673,656
Program service expenses (Part III)
$668,486 changed to $673,656

Listed only on the earlier return

  • David Grant

Totals

Total revenue
$107,264
Total expenses
$673,656
Contributions and grants received
$0
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$107,264
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$0
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$0
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$673,656
Management and general expenses
$0
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$673,656

Program services were 100.0% 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.

  • 2a · Program service revenue: TUITION

    total $107,264 · related or exempt $107,264

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $46,712 · program services $46,712

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $1,399 · program services $1,399

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $3,950 · program services $3,950

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $21,739 · program services $21,739

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $3,881 · program services $3,881

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $12,707 · program services $12,707

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $29,463 · program services $29,463

  • 24a · Other expenses: OTHER NON-OPERATING EXP

    total $553,169 · program services $553,169

  • 24b · Other expenses: CONSULTING AND OUTSOURC

    total $1,917 · program services $1,917

  • 24c · Other expenses: BAD DEBT EXPENSE

    total $1,110 · program services $1,110

  • 24d · Other expenses: ALL OTHER EXPENSES

    total $527 · program services $527

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total -$2,918 · program services -$2,918

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $494,859 · end of year $0

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $0

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $0

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $0

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $9,407 · end of year $0

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    end of year $0

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    end of year $0

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    end of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $118,055 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $3

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $55,926 · end of year $0

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $566,392 · end of year $0

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

DIGITAL FILM ACADEMY'S MSSION IS TO PROVIDE HIGHER EDUCATION AND ADVANCED TRAINING IN TECHNOLOGY DRIVEN FIELDS OF DIGITAL FILM AND MEDIA AS WELL AS COMPUTER SCIENCE AND TO PREPARE STUDENTS FOR CAREER ENTRY OR ADVANCEMENT IN THEIR CHOSEN OCCUPATIONS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

DIGITAL FILM ACADEMY'S MSSION IS TO PROVIDE HIGHER EDUCATION AND ADVANCED TRAINING IN (SEE SCH. O) TECHNOLOGY DRIVEN FIELDS OF DIGITAL FILM AND MEDIA AS WELL AS COMPUTER SCIENCE AND TO PREPARE STUDENTS FOR CAREER ENTRY OR ADVANCEMENT IN THEIR CHOSEN OCCUPATIONS.

  • EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS TO PREPARE STUDENTS TO ENTER THE DIGITAL FILM AND COMPUTER SCIENCE INDUSTRIES.

    Expenses $673,656 · Revenue $107,264

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Courtney Fong

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $373,542
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $346,269
    Other
    $27,273
    Hours/week
    1 + 39 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $183,774 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $157,500 related
    Other
    $0 + $4,995 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $12,912 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $14,361 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $373,542 related

  • Brian Laffey

    TREASURER, DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $427,929
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $392,868
    Other
    $35,061
    Hours/week
    1 + 39 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $209,757 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $178,500 related
    Other
    $0 + $4,611 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $20,700 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $14,361 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $427,929 related

  • Jean Liu

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $228,490
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $206,514
    Other
    $21,976
    Hours/week
    1 + 39 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $121,106 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $79,020 related
    Other
    $0 + $6,388 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $7,615 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $14,361 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $228,490 related

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

  • 1a · Travel for companions
  • 1a · Tax indemnification and gross-up payments
  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement

Answered no

  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 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.

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.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Disregarded entities

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

  • COMPTIA MEMBER SERVICES LLC

    TO PROVIDE PROGRAMS TO ASSOCIATION MEMBERS. · IL

  • COMPTIA CERTIFICATIONS LLC

    TO PROVIDE CERTIFICATION EXAMS FOR I.T. TECHNICIANS · IL

  • METACOG TECHNOLOGIES LLC (FORMERLY EXAMPLIFY LLC AND FORMERLY COMPTIA EXAM)

    TO PROVIDE CUSTOM CERTIFICATION EXAMS TO FOR PROFIT COMPANIES. · IL

  • COMPTIA LEARNING LLC

    TO EDUCATE AND TRAIN I.T. EXAM CANDIDATES. · IL

Related corporations and trusts

Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.

  • GTS LEARNING LTD

    C · CONTENT · UK

  • COMPTIA HONG KONG

    C · CERTIFICATION · HK

  • COMPTIA CERTIFICATIONS LLC - ABU DHABI

    C · CERTIFICATION · AE

  • COMPTIA SOUTH AFRICA

    C · CERTIFICATION · SF

  • COMPTIA UK LIMITED

    C · CERTIFICATION · UK

  • COMPTIA TECHNOLOGY INDIA PRIVATE LTD

    C · CERTIFICATION · IN

  • COMPTIA GERMANY GMBH

    C · CERTIFICATION · GM

  • COMPTIA AUSTRALIA

    C · CERTIFICATION · AS

  • COMPTIA JAPAN

    C · CERTIFICATION · JA

Assets distributed on this return

Schedule N, as filed: what the organization did with its assets when it liquidated or dissolved, or disposed of more than a quarter of them, and who received them. A recipient with an EIN is usually a successor organization; filers also list expenses such as legal fees here.

  • 824863904

    $524,275

    Liquidation · CASH · Jul 15, 2024 · 501(C)(3)

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
11 December 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202403479349301620

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