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CINEMA TROPICAL INC

EIN 16-1615583 BROOKLYN, NY

Revenue 2024
$252,198
Expenses 2024
$249,183

Program services were 75.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
A31
Classification
1000
Street
68 JAY ST STE 812

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO PROMOTE LATIN AMERICAN CINEMA THROUGH APPROPRIATE CHANNELS FOR EXHIBITION.

  • 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 $86,728 · Revenue $19,700

  • 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 53 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 93,000 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 11,000 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 $72,090 · Revenue $59,328

  • 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 $28,825 · Revenue $7,067

As filed on the 2024 return.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • CARLOS GUTIERREZ

    Dir/Officer

    Total calculated
    $89,000
    From this org
    $89,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    50

  • MILA BURNS

    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

  • MARIA RUIZ-BOTSACOS

    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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $252,198
    Expenses
    $249,183
    Contributions
    $166,102
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $308,232
    Expenses
    $255,918
    Contributions
    $158,366
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $274,316
    Expenses
    $260,562
    Contributions
    $153,240
    Grants paid
    $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $237,236
    Expenses
    $214,595
    Assets (EOY)
    $45,326

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $163,210
    Expenses
    $172,457
    Assets (EOY)
    $22,157

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $184,657
    Expenses
    $179,377
    Assets (EOY)
    $32,489

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $156,173
    Expenses
    $149,254
    Assets (EOY)
    $15,653

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $114,825
    Expenses
    $120,699
    Assets (EOY)
    $8,122

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $126,391
    Expenses
    $122,201
    Assets (EOY)
    $14,302

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $114,303
    Expenses
    $119,704
    Assets (EOY)
    $21,542

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $122,600
    Expenses
    $108,570
    Assets (EOY)
    $27,260

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $96,112
    Expenses
    $96,902
    Assets (EOY)
    $12,278

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $102,193
    Assets (EOY)
    $19,690

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 23 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.