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← MOTION PICTURE ASSOCIATION INC

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by MOTION PICTURE ASSOCIATION INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$79,197,140
Total expenses
$77,183,447
Contributions and grants received
$0
Grants paid
$3,342,761
Program service revenue
$69,892,034
Investment income
$5,222
Other revenue
$9,299,884
Total assets, end of year
$64,561,157
Total liabilities, end of year
$40,236,145
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$24,325,012
Program services expenses (Part IX)
not reported
Management and general expenses
not reported
Fundraising expenses
not reported
Program service expenses (Part III)
$0

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.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $0

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $0

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $0

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $0

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $0

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $0

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $0

  • 2a · Program service revenue: MEMBERSHIP DUES

    total $62,316,752 · related or exempt $62,316,752

  • 2b · Program service revenue: FILM RATING SERVICE

    total $5,522,950 · related or exempt $5,522,950

  • 2c · Program service revenue: INTERNATIONAL RETRANSMISSION ROYALTIES

    total $830,281 · related or exempt $830,281

  • 2d · Program service revenue: TITLE REGISTRATION

    total $747,055 · related or exempt $747,055

  • 2e · Program service revenue: CRB FEES

    total $474,996 · related or exempt $474,996

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $5,222 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $5,222

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $0 · other assets $0

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

    securities $0 · other assets $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $0 · other assets $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $0

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

    $0

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $0

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 9a · Gaming: gross income

    $0

  • 9b · Gaming: direct expenses

    $0

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $0

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11a · Other revenue: ACE REVENUE

    total $5,441,041 · related or exempt $5,441,041

  • 11b · Other revenue: TPN INCOME

    total $3,322,080 · related or exempt $3,322,080

  • 11c · Other revenue: MGMT FEE - TAX EXEMPT AFFILIATES

    total $381,916 · related or exempt $381,916

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $154,847 · related or exempt $154,847 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $9,299,884

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $3,292,761

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $50,000

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $9,540,172

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $25,346,870

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $2,435,379

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $2,252,335

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $1,529,675

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $7,366,887

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $241,532

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $3,713,825

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $2,004,181

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $819,045

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $465,083

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $2,324,680

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $2,950,879

  • 17 · Travel

    total $1,165,863

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $658,018

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $854,410

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $975,850

  • 24a · Other expenses: INVESTIGATIONS

    total $5,007,299

  • 24b · Other expenses: RESEARCH

    total $2,542,538

  • 24c · Other expenses: MISC

    total $917,787

  • 24d · Other expenses: DUES & SUBS

    total $658,969

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $69,409

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $14,203 · end of year $14,203

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $54,755,544 · end of year $39,382,776

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $5,817,938 · end of year $7,042,654

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    beginning of year $0 · 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 $2,601,995 · end of year $1,913,499

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

    $22,597,083

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

    $11,308,273

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $9,121,801 · end of year $11,288,810

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    end of year $0

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $14,000 · end of year $9,000

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    end of year $5,000

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $5,816,427 · end of year $4,905,215

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $23,306,672 · end of year $23,511,542

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $2,162,112 · end of year $2,020,808

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $21,819,865 · end of year $11,968,671

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    end of year $0

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    end of year $0

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $10,980,567 · end of year $2,735,124

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $19,872,692 · end of year $24,325,012

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    end of year $0

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    end of year $0

  • 30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund

    end of year $0

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE MOTION PICTURE ASSOCIATION (MPA, INC.) SERVES AS THE VOICE AND ADVOCATE OF THE AMERICAN MOTION PICTURE, HOME VIDEO AND TELEVISION INDUSTRIES. MPA, INC. UNDERTAKES VARIOUS ACTIVITIES IN THE FURTHERANCE OF ITS MISSION, INCLUDING, AMONG OTHER THINGS, MONITORING FEDERAL AND STATE LEGISLATION AFFECTING THE MOTION PICTURE INDUSTRY, PRESERVING AND PROTECTING THE RIGHTS OF COPYRIGHT OWNERS, DIRECTING A CONTENT PROTECTION PROGRAM TO PROTECT U.S. FILMS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD AND ADMINISTERING A VOLUNTARY FILM RATING SYSTEM.

Activities or mission (Part I)

PROTECT AND PROMOTE THE MOTION PICTURE INDUSTRY

  • CONDUCTED INVESTIGATIONS AND ENFORCEMENT RELATED TO THE ILLEGAL DISTRIBUTION OF COPYRIGHTED AUDIOVISUAL WORKS.

  • ENGAGED IN LEGISLATIVE, REGULATORY AND LEGAL ADVOCACY ON BEHALF OF THE MOTION PICTURE INDUSTRY.

  • ADMINISTERED A VOLUNTARY FILM RATING SERVICE TO FILMMAKERS WHICH HELPS PARENTS CHOOSE APPROPRIATE FILMS FOR THEIR CHILDREN.

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Alan Bergman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3
  • Andrew Gumpert

    DIRECTOR - through March

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3
  • Anthony Vinciquerra

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3
  • Brian Robbins

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3
  • Cathleen Taff

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3
  • Chris Miller

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3
  • Courtney Armstrong

    DIRECTOR - MAY FORWARD

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3
  • David Hyman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3
  • David Leavy

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3
  • Dede Lea

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3 + 0.2 related
  • Donna Langley

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3
  • Horacio Gutierrez

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3
  • Kimberley Harris

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3 + 0.2 related
  • Leah Weil

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3 + 0.2 related
  • Mike De Luca

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3
  • Savalle Sims

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3
  • Scott Stuber

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3
  • Ted Sarandos

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3
  • Tom Rothman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3
  • Charles Rivkin

    CHAIRMAN & CEO

    Total calculated
    $4,327,624
    From this org
    $4,284,073
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $43,551
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $2,381,301
    Bonus
    $1,900,000
    Other
    $2,772
    Deferred
    $21,450
    Nontaxable benefits
    $22,101
    Filer's total
    $4,327,624
  • David F England

    EVP & CFO - THROUGH MARCH

    Total calculated
    $823,829
    From this org
    $778,620
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $45,209
    Hours/week
    40 + 2 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $163,569
    Bonus
    $126,600
    Other
    $488,451
    Deferred
    $24,750
    Nontaxable benefits
    $20,459
    Filer's total
    $823,829
  • Hunter E Paletsas

    EVP, GLOBAL CFO - JULY FORWARD

    Total calculated
    $252,844
    From this org
    $242,431
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,413
    Hours/week
    40 + 2 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $242,308
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $123
    Deferred
    $2,077
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,336
    Filer's total
    $252,844
  • Karyn Temple

    SEVP & GLOBAL GENERAL COUNSEL

    Total calculated
    $1,267,014
    From this org
    $1,226,762
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $40,252
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $1,025,796
    Bonus
    $200,000
    Other
    $966
    Deferred
    $18,150
    Nontaxable benefits
    $22,102
    Filer's total
    $1,267,014
  • Gail MacKinnon

    SEVP, GLOBL POLICY & GOVT AFF

    Total calculated
    $1,272,765
    From this org
    $1,232,263
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $40,502
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $1,028,846
    Bonus
    $200,000
    Other
    $3,417
    Deferred
    $21,450
    Nontaxable benefits
    $19,052
    Filer's total
    $1,272,765
  • Jan Van Voorn

    EVP & CHIEF OF GLOBAL CONTENT

    Total calculated
    $864,308
    From this org
    $820,506
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $43,802
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $669,231
    Bonus
    $150,000
    Other
    $1,275
    Deferred
    $24,750
    Nontaxable benefits
    $19,052
    Filer's total
    $864,308
  • Urmila Venugopalan

    EVP, STRATEGY & GLOBAL OPS

    Total calculated
    $731,788
    From this org
    $691,286
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $40,502
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $565,866
    Bonus
    $125,000
    Other
    $420
    Deferred
    $21,450
    Nontaxable benefits
    $19,052
    Filer's total
    $731,788
  • Jane Saunders

    MANAGING DIR & SVP, RIGHTS MG

    Total calculated
    $551,987
    From this org
    $482,532
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $69,455
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $437,260
    Bonus
    $42,500
    Other
    $2,772
    Deferred
    $50,403
    Nontaxable benefits
    $19,052
    Filer's total
    $551,987
  • Kathy Banuelos

    SVP, STATE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS

    Total calculated
    $535,353
    From this org
    $495,101
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $40,252
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $459,931
    Bonus
    $34,750
    Other
    $420
    Deferred
    $18,150
    Nontaxable benefits
    $22,102
    Filer's total
    $535,353
  • Patrick Kilcur

    EVP, GOV'T AFFAIRS

    Total calculated
    $689,471
    From this org
    $648,969
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $40,502
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $529,904
    Bonus
    $118,000
    Other
    $1,065
    Deferred
    $21,450
    Nontaxable benefits
    $19,052
    Filer's total
    $689,471
  • Terri Davies

    SVP & Managing Director, TPN

    Total calculated
    $566,508
    From this org
    $529,306
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $37,202
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $437,500
    Bonus
    $90,000
    Other
    $1,806
    Deferred
    $18,150
    Nontaxable benefits
    $19,052
    Filer's total
    $566,508
  • Vans Stevenson

    SVP, STATE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS - THROUGH MAY

    Total calculated
    $873,700
    From this org
    $685,273
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $188,427
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $229,541
    Bonus
    $77,915
    Other
    $377,817
    Deferred
    $168,327
    Nontaxable benefits
    $20,100
    Filer's total
    $873,700

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 · First-class or charter travel
  • 1a · Health or social club dues or initiation fees
  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment

Answered no

  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement

The filer's explanations (Part III)

Schedule J, Part I, Line 1a First-class or charter travel
THE CHAIRMAN IS CONTRACTUALLY AUTHORIZED TO FLY FIRST CLASS, BUT THE MAJORITY OF HIS 2023 TRAVEL WAS BUSINESS CLASS. THESE TRAVEL COSTS WERE NOT TREATED AS TAXABLE COMPENSATION.
Schedule J, Part I, Line 1a Health or social club dues or initiation fees
THE CHAIRMAN WAS PROVIDED A MEMBERSHIP IN THE ECONOMIC CLUB OF WASHINGTON. THIS WAS NOT TREATED AS TAXABLE COMPENSATION.
Schedule J, Part I, Line 4a Severance or change-of-control payment
THE PREVIOUS EVP, CFO LEFT THE ORGANIZATION IN MARCH 2023 AND THE PREVIOUS SVP, STATE GOV'T AFFAIRS LEFT IN MAY 2023. BOTH EXECUTIVES RECEIVED SEPARATION PAY.
Schedule J, Part II, Column (C)
CERTAIN EXECUTIVES THAT PARTICIPATE IN THE FROZEN DEFINED BENEFIT PENSION PLAN REFLECT AMOUNTS IN THE RETIREMENT AND OTHER DEFERRED COMPENSATION COLUMN. THIS REPRESENTS THE INCREMENTAL INCREASE IN THEIR PENSION BENEFIT DURING 2023.

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

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

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.

  • MOTION PICTURE LABORATORIES INC

    501(c)(6) · CONTENT PROTE · DE · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by NA

  • MOTION PICTURE ASSOCATION - CANADA

    FILM ADVOCATE · CA · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by MPA INC

  • AUSTRALIAN NEW ZEALAND SCREEN ASSOC LTD

    CONTENT PRTCT · AS · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by MPA INTRNATL

  • COPYRIGHT COLLECTIVE OF CANADA

    ROYALTY DIST · CA · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by MPAIH

  • CREATIVEFUTURE

    501(c)(6) · CONTENT PRTCT · DC · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by NA

  • MOTION PICTURE ASOCIATION AMERICA LATINA

    CONTENT PRTCT · BR · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by MPA INC

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.

  • SIXTEEN HUNDRED EYE STREET LLC

    BLDG. MGMT. · DC · income -$168,298 · assets $7,820,829

    Directly controlled by MPA

  • TRUSTED PARTNER NETWORK LLC

    CONTENT PRTCT · CA · income $1,436,236 · assets $3,668,790

    Directly controlled by MPA

Related corporations and trusts

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

  • MOTION PICTURE ASSOC INT'L HOLDINGS

    C Corporation · MOTION PICTUR · DE · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by MPA INC

  • MOTION PICTURE ASSOC - INTERNATIONAL

    C Corporation · MOTION PICTUR · DE · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by MPA INC

  • JAPAN & INT'L MOTION PIC COPYRIGHT ASSN

    C Corporation · CONTENT PROTE · JA · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by MPAIH

  • MPA-KOREA

    C Corporation · CONTENT PRTCT · KS · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by MPAIH

  • MOTION PICT DIST ASSN (INDIA) PVT LTD

    C Corporation · CONTENT PROTE · IN · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by MPAIH

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
14 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202433199349308793

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