Akron Creative INC FY2022 filing

Tax-deductible

Akron, OH501(c)(3)Arts & CultureEIN 26-0855272

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Our mission is to advance cinema and community in tandem. This is accomplished through the exhibition of foreign films independently produced films and art films which would not otherwise be available to the community through commercial outlets.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
89¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$85K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2022 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
2 of 4
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $71K a year · 14% of revenue · last 4 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 2 of the last 4 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 4 filings
Spent on programs
89%
of spending
Looks good: 89% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$85K
to officers and key staff · 22% of spending
Worth a look: pay to officers and key staff is 22% of spending; over 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
9 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 8.9 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
6
named funders · $414K
Looks good: 6 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$1K
0.3% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 0% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
11
of 11 voting members
Looks good: 11 of 11 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$353K
-22% vs prior year
Spent
$391K
To programs
89%
Net assets
$426K
By yearFY2021–FY2024
Revenue
$353K
FY2022▼ -22%
Revenue by fiscal year
FY2021$455K
FY2022$353K
FY2023$462K
FY2024$793K
Expenses
$391K
FY2022▲ +16%
Expenses by fiscal year
FY2021$336K
FY2022$391K
FY2023$498K
FY2024$553K
Net assets
$426K
FY2022▼ -8%
Net assets by fiscal year
FY2021$464K
FY2022$426K
FY2023$390K
FY2024$624K

From the FY2022 Form 990 · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Nov 2007.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

89 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 89% · $348K Management & general 10% · $39K Fundraising 1% · $4K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

15 people listed on the 990; $85K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Director
$85,000Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Trustee
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Jenn Kidd’s $91K as Executive Director is at the 83rd percentile of top reported officer pay among 2215 $100K–1M arts & culture nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 3 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Jenn Kidd$90,615$85,100$85,000$49,338
Brittany Dobish———$43,911
Matthew Wachter———$6,000

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

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  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Shows independent, foreign, and art films to enrich community and cinema.

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1 program service account for $417K of program spending, described in the organization's own filed words · FY2022.
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In 2022 The Nightlight Cinema continued bringing top-tier cinema to Akron. The Nightlight showed 89 films hosted three outdoor screenings and welcomed 9,000 guests. The Nightlight continued to collaborate with new community partners completed a software and ticketing system overhaul transformed memberships into a sustaining monthly model…

$417Kprogram expense

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Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2024
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By the numbers

The FY2022 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$353K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$227K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$96K
Other incomeLn 4–11$31K
Money outPt IX
$391K
Ln 25
Programscol B$348K
Managementcol C$39K
Fundraisingcol D$4K
Owns and owesPt X
$426K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$290K
Total assetsLn 16$427K
LiabilitiesLn 26$1K
PeoplePt VI, VII
15
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a11
IndependentVI 1b11
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$227K
Government grantsLn 1e$0
Noncash giftsLn 1g$0
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$0
Fees for servicesLn 2g$96K
Other incomeLn 4–11$31K
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$353K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$290K
SavingsLn 2$0
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$290K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$123K
Other assetsLn 15$0
Total assetsLn 16$427K
LiabilitiesLn 26$1K
Net assetsLn 32$426K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 57
VolunteersI 611
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY22End FY22
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$309K$290K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$150K$123K
Total assetsLn 16$470K$427K
LiabilitiesLn 26$6K$1K
Net assetsLn 32$464K$426K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$85K$76K$8K$850
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0$0$0$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$108K$97K$11K$1K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0$0$0$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$0$0$0$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$33K$29K$3K$328
Management feesLn 11a$0$0$0$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0$0$0$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$0$0$0$0
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0$0$0$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0$0$0$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$0$0$0$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$9K$8K$887$89
Office expensesLn 13$26K$23K$3K$272
Information technologyLn 14$6K$5K$579$58
RoyaltiesLn 15$50K$44K$5K$498
OccupancyLn 16$30K$26K$3K$297
TravelLn 17$0$0$0$0
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0$0$0$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$0$0$0$0
InterestLn 20$0$0$0$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0$0$0$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$42K$38K$4K$422
InsuranceLn 23$3K$3K$290$29
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$0$0$0$0
All other expensesLn 24e$0$0$0$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$391K$348K$39K$4K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest $793K$553K$240K$624K 990 PDF
FY2023 $462K$498K−$36K$390K 990 PDF
FY2022 Viewing $353K$391K−$38K$426K 990 PDF
FY2021 $455K$336K$119K$464K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
See the full FY2022 990 (4 parts)
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $352,903 across 16 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $30,581 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$0
VIII-1b Membership dues$24,367
VIII-1c Fundraising events$0
VIII-1d Related organizations$0
VIII-1e Government grants$0
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$202,435
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$0
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$226,802
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $95,520 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$95,520
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-5 RoyaltiesRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsUnrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $126,101 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$352,903
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $391,105 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $0$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $0$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $0$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for membersPrograms $0$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $75,650 · Management $8,500 · Fundraising $850$85,000
IX-6 Pay of disqualified personsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $96,510 · Management $10,843 · Fundraising $1,085$108,438
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $29,197 · Management $3,281 · Fundraising $328$32,806
IX-11a Management feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11d Lobbying feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11e Professional fundraising feesFundraising $0$0
IX-11f Investment management feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $7,895 · Management $887 · Fundraising $89$8,871
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $22,660 · Management $2,716 · Fundraising $272$25,648
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $5,152 · Management $579 · Fundraising $58$5,789
IX-15 RoyaltiesPrograms $44,237 · Management $4,970 · Fundraising $498$49,705
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $26,433 · Management $2,970 · Fundraising $297$29,700
IX-17 TravelPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officialsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-20 InterestPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliatesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $37,601 · Management $4,225 · Fundraising $422$42,248
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $2,581 · Management $290 · Fundraising $29$2,900
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $347,916 · Management $39,261 · Fundraising $3,928$391,105
Part X · Balance sheet $426,817 assets, 24 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $309,438$289,830
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $0$0
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $0$0
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $207$0
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $9,838$14,403
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $0$0
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $150,434$122,584
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $0$0
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $0$0
X-13 Program-related investmentsStart of year $0$0
X-14 Intangible assetsStart of year $0$0
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $0$0
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $469,917$426,817
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $6,112$1,214
X-18 Grants payableStart of year $0$0
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $0$0
X-20 Tax-exempt bond liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $0$0
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $6,112$1,214
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $343,492$263,343
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $120,313$162,260
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $463,805$425,603
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $469,917$426,817
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $425,603 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$352,903
XI-2 Total expenses$391,105
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$38,202
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$463,805
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$0
XI-6 Donated services and use of facilities$0
XI-7 Investment expenses$0
XI-8 Prior period adjustments$0
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$425,603

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