Totals
- Total revenue
- $308,232
- Total expenses
- $255,918
- Contributions and grants received
- $158,366
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $149,673
- Investment income
- $193
- Other revenue
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $446,600
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $336,500
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $110,100
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $199,855
- Management and general expenses
- $56,063
- Fundraising expenses
- $0
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $199,855
Program services were 78.1% 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.
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1e · Government grants (contributions)
$94,715
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$63,651
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2a · Program service revenue: FILM PROGRAMMING
total $29,572 · related or exempt $29,572
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2b · Program service revenue: FILM RENTALS
total $9,835 · related or exempt $9,835
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2c · Program service revenue: MARKETING & PUBLICITY
total $110,266 · related or exempt $110,266
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3 · Investment income
total $193 · excluded $193
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4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds
total $0
-
5 · Royalties
total $0
-
6d · Net rental income or loss
total $0
-
7d · Net gain or loss
total $0
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $0
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9c · Net income from gaming
total $0
-
10c · Net income from sales of inventory
total $0
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11e · Other revenue, total
$0
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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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
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4 · Benefits paid to or for members
total $0
-
5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $88,000 · program services $74,721 · management and general $13,279
-
6 · Compensation of disqualified persons
total $0
-
7 · Other salaries and wages
total $50,618 · program services $42,980 · management and general $7,638
-
8 · Pension plan contributions
total $0
-
9 · Other employee benefits
total $7,070 · program services $6,003 · management and general $1,067
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $11,195 · program services $9,505 · management and general $1,690
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11a · Fees: management
total $0
-
11b · Fees: legal
total $0
-
11c · Fees: accounting
total $4,503 · management and general $4,503
-
11d · Fees: lobbying
total $0
-
11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $0
-
11f · Fees: investment management
total $0
-
11g · Fees: other
total $0
-
12 · Advertising and promotion
total $0
-
13 · Office expenses
total $634 · program services $255 · management and general $379
-
14 · Information technology
total $0
-
15 · Royalties
total $0
-
16 · Occupancy
total $32,374 · program services $9,600 · management and general $22,774
-
17 · Travel
total $0
-
18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials
total $0
-
19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $0
-
20 · Interest
total $0
-
21 · Payments to affiliates
total $0
-
22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $348 · management and general $348
-
23 · Insurance
total $1,090 · program services $1,090
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24a · Other expenses: TRAVEL/FOOD/ACCOMODATION
total $16,037 · program services $16,037
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24b · Other expenses: MARKETING & PUBLICITY
total $14,764 · program services $14,764
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24c · Other expenses: CONTRACTED SERVICES
total $8,195 · program services $8,195
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24d · Other expenses: FREELANCE
total $6,750 · program services $5,731 · management and general $1,019
-
24e · All other expenses
total $14,340 · program services $10,974 · management and general $3,366
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $56,281 · end of year $445,051
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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
end of year $0
-
10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$7,924
-
10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$7,490
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $782 · end of year $434
-
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 $723 · end of year $1,115
-
25 · Other liabilities
end of year $336,500
-
31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds
beginning of year $57,786 · end of year $110,100
Mission and programs · 2023
Mission
TO PROMOTE LATIN AMERICAN CINEMA THROUGH APPROPRIATE CHANNELS FOR EXHIBITION.
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FILM PROGRAMMING: THROUGH ITS FILM PROGRAMMING, CINEMA TROPICAL IS AIMING TO CREATE VALUE TO THE FILMS THEY PRESENT IN THE FORM OF PARTICULARLY THEMED FILM SERIES. FOR THE REPORTING PERIOD, CINEMA TROPICAL PRESENTED A WIDE ARRAY OF FILM SERIES INCLUDING "GENMEX: RECENT FILMA FROM MEXICO, PART II", "TROPICAL TUESDAYS", "CINEMA TROPICAL'S MUSIC + FILM SERIES",AND "INDOCUMANTALES/UNDOCUMENTARIES: THE US/MEXICO INTERDEPENDENT FILM SERIES".SOME OF THESE SERIES CONTINUE TO TRAVEL AROUND THE COUNTRY PROVIDING THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE SEEN IN ALTERNATIVE FILM CIRCUITS. CINEMA TROPICAL HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED AS A MODEL NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION AND A PIONEER IN FINDING NEW WAYS FOR MEDIA ARTS ORGANIZATIONS TO ADAPT TO THE NEW CONTEXTS.CINEMA TROPICAL'S BIGGEST ASSET, AND WHAT DIFFERENCIATES CINEMA TROPICAL FROM ANY OTHER ORGANIZATION, IS THAT OVER THE COURSE OF THE PAST TEN YEARS CINEMA TROPICAL HAS BUILT A DEDICATED AUDIENCE INTERESTED IN LATIN AMERICAN FILMS. CINEMA TROPICAL'S GRASSROOTS EFFORTS HAVE ALLOWED IT TO FIND THE POPULATION, GAIN THE KNOW-HOW TO REACH, AND BUILD A COMMUNITY INTERESTED IN LEARNING AND EXPERIENCING THE CINEMA FROM LATIN AMERICA. BY FOCUSING ON RELEASING FILMS IN NEW YORK, CINEMA TROPICAL'S BIGGEST ASSET IS BEING MAXIMIZED.
Expenses $101,054 · Revenue $29,572
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MARKETING & PUBLICITY: THE MAIN GOAL OF CINEMA TROPICAL'S MARKETING AND PUBLICITY PROGRAM IS TO CONSOLIDATE AND EXPAND THE COMMUNITY OF PEOPLE INTERESTED IN LATIN AMERICAN CINEMA AROUND THE U.S. CINEMA TROPICAL USES ITS MARKETING AND PUBLICITY SERVICES AS AN EDUCATIONAL TOOL FOR THE ORGANIZATION. CINEMA TROPICAL USES ITS OWN COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (MAILING LISTS, E-MAIL BLASTS, WEBSITE, POSTCARDS), GRASS-ROOTS STRATEGIES (RELATIONSHIPS WITH COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS, CULTURAL AND EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS), AND PRESS RELATIONS (CONTACT WITH GENERAL AND LATINO MEDIA) AS PART OF ITS CONTINUOUS OUTREACH CAMPAIGN TO EDUCATE A LARGER AUDIENCE ABOUT THE ARTISTIC AND CULTURAL VALUE OF THE FILMS PRODUCED IN THE REGION. IN ADDITION TO PROMOTING THEIR OWN FILMS IN THE CINEMA TROPICAL SERIES, AND WORKING ON THE NEW YORK THEATRICAL RELEASE OF FEATURE FILMS DISTRIBUTED BY CINEMA TROPICAL, IN THE PAST YEAR, CINEMA TROPICAL PROMOTED 42 FEATURE FILMS RELEASED BY RENOWNED US DISTRIBUTORS AND 5 FILM SERIES ORGANIZED BY PRESTIGIOUS NEW YORK AND NATIONAL CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS, SUPPORTING THE WORK OF MORE THAN 112 FILMMAKERS AND REACHING AN ESTIMATED AUDIENCE OF 92,000 PERSONS.AS THE LEADING ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO THE PROMOTION OF CULTURAL EXCHANGE BETWEEN LATIN AMERICA AND THE UNITED STATES, CINEMA TROPICAL OPERATES AN INFORMATION SERVICES PROGRAM THAT RESPONDS TO APPROXIMATELY 100 E-MAILS PER WEEK FROM INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS. THROUGH A WEEKLY E-MAIL NEWSLETTER AND THROUGH INDIVIDUALIZED ELECTRONIC QUERIES, CINEMA TROPICAL PROVIDES SUPPORT AND ASSISTANCE TO MORE THAN 10,000 INDIVIDUALS ANNUALLY. THE CINEMA TROPICAL E-MAIL NEWSLETTER INCLUDES ANNOUNCEMENTS ABOUT UPCOMING SCREENINGS OF LATIN AMERICAN FILMS IN ALL NEW YORK CITY AREA VENUES, THUS CULTIVATING A GROWING NETWORK OF LATIN AMERICAN AND LATINO AUDIENCES.
Expenses $70,202 · Revenue $110,266
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FILM RENTALS: THIS PROGRAM ATTEMPTS TO OFFER A LIBRARY OF FILMS TO FURTHER EXPAND THE EXHIBITION OF LATIN AMERICAN FILMS BY PROMOTING THEM IN OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED STATES, ESPECIALLY WHERE LATIN AMERICAN CINEMA DOES NOT REACH COMMERCIAL THEATERS. CINEPHILES, STUDENTS OF FILM, AND PEOPLE INTERESTED IN LATIN AMERICAN CULTURE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ATTEND UNIVERSITIES, MUSEUMS, AND FESTIVALS, TO SEE THESE FILMS AROUND THE COUNTRY. WITH AN IMPRESSIVE LIBRARY OF FICTION FILMS AND DOCUMENTARIES, CINEMA TROPICAL OFFERS FILMS TO U.S. EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS THAT WOULD NOT HAVE REACHED THE COUNTRY HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR CINEMA TROPICAL. THE ORGANIZATION WILL CONTINUE TO EXPAND THIS ASPECT OF ITS OPERATION SO THAT MORE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS AROUND THE COUNTRY CAN BE REACHED.
Expenses $28,599 · Revenue $9,835
As filed on the 2023 return.
Listed in Part VII
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CARLOS GUTIERREZ
Dir/Officer
- Total calculated
- $88,000
- From this org
- $88,000
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 50
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ALEJANDRO GUTIERREZ
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
JOSHUA SIEGEL
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
WARREN JAMES
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
FERNANDO RAMIREZ
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
DEBRA ZIMMERMAN
Chairperson
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
VILMA VALE-BRENNAN
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
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
- 2023
- Filed
- 18 November 2024
- IRS schema version
- 2023v5.1
- Source object
- 202423239349301902
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