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← MIAMI SHORT FILM FESTIVAL INC

Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by MIAMI SHORT FILM FESTIVAL INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$152,466
Total expenses
$123,738
Contributions and grants received
$152,466
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$60,211
Total liabilities, end of year
$106,521
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
-$46,310
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$81,832
Management and general expenses
$35,906
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
not reported

Program services were 66.1% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $12,876

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $59,297

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $80,293

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $36,500

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

    $12,876

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $0

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $36,600 · program services $600 · management and general $30,000

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $0

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $0

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $0

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $0

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $51,461 · program services $51,461

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $9,854 · program services $9,854

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $229 · management and general $229

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $0

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $9,472 · program services $9,472

  • 17 · Travel

    total $1,216 · management and general $1,216

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $2,285 · program services $2,285

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $254 · program services $254

  • 24a · Other expenses: Auto, meals, entertainment, transportation

    total $2,723 · program services $22 · management and general $2,701

  • 24b · Other expenses: Equipment rent, supplies, production, editing, programming

    total $5,638 · program services $5,638

  • 24c · Other expenses: Dues, subscriptions licenses

    total $1,359 · management and general $1,359

  • 24d · Other expenses: Bank fees, postage

    total $401 · management and general $401

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $2,246 · program services $2,246

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $3,914 · end of year $2,469

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $69,196 · end of year $57,742

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $53,551 · end of year $38,511

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    beginning of year $5,172 · end of year $19,336

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $49,900 · end of year $48,674

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year -$35,513 · end of year -$46,310

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

Entertainment education.

Activities or mission (Part I)

Presentation of short films.

  • The Miami Short Film Festival was attended by over 6,000 people and showcased over 100 short films from 45 different countries.

As filed on the 2025 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • William Vela

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $36,780
    From this org
    $36,780
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Paola Celpa Gomez

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    30
  • Felix Castro

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    30
  • Stephanie G Martino

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    30
  • Georgina Molina

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    30
  • Krystle Carrara

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    30

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
12 April 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.1
Source object
202621049349301437

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