Video Action INC: Nonprofit Profile, Financials & Form 990 (EIN 52-1678194)

Robin Smith’s $105K as President is at the 90th percentile of top reported officer pay among 2216 $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 · 1 named individual · Part VII

Name	FY2024	FY2023	FY2022	FY2021	FY2020
Robin Smith	$104,741	$81,120	$108,160	$108,576	$108,922

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

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1 program · $639K · in their own filed words · FY2024

01

Production and Education Services

The organization produces informational and educational videos for public charities, government agencies, other non-profit organizations and community outreach projects to use in public awareness campaigns, membership drives and participant training programs.

Form 990 Part III, line 4, FY2024. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 52-1678194) · Dispute this line

$639Kprogram expense

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 · FY2021

Humanities Council of Washington DC INCFY2021$35K

Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$35K

By the numbers

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1The main four

Money inPt VIII

$660K

Ln 12

Fees for servicesLn 2g$643K

Other incomeLn 4–11$9K

Investment incomeLn 3$6K

Money outPt IX

$667K

Ln 25

Programscol B$639K

Managementcol C$28K

Owns and owesPt X

$313K

net assets · Ln 32

Cash and savingsLn 1–2$309K

Total assetsLn 16$417K

LiabilitiesLn 26$104K

PeoplePt VI, VII

8

listed · VII A

PaidVII A1

Voting boardVI 1a7

IndependentVI 1b7

2In more detail

Revenue in detailPt VIII

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$3K

Fees for servicesLn 2g$643K

Investment incomeLn 3$6K

Other incomeLn 4–11$9K

Gains on assetsLn 7−$2K

Total revenueLn 12$660K

Assets in detailPt X, end of year

CashLn 1$203K

SavingsLn 2$106K

Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$309K

Accounts receivableLn 4$20K

Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesLn 9$61K

Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$23K

Other assetsLn 15$4K

Total assetsLn 16$417K

LiabilitiesLn 26$104K

Net assetsLn 32$313K

OperationsPt I, VI

EmployeesI 53

Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember

Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aNo

Whistleblower policyVI 13No

Records policyVI 14Yes

3Year over year

Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B

Line	Start FY24	End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2	$320K	$309K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c	$26K	$23K
Total assetsLn 16	$490K	$417K
LiabilitiesLn 26	$170K	$104K
Net assetsLn 32	$320K	$313K

4Every line

Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line

Line	Total	Programs	Management	Fundraising
Pay of officers and key staff (Part IX, line 5)Ln 5	$105K	$100K	$5K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7	$90K	$85K	$4K
Other employee benefitsLn 9	$5K	$4K	$230
Payroll taxesLn 10	$14K	$13K	$703
Accounting feesLn 11c	$6K		$6K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g	$284K	$284K
Office expensesLn 13	$9K	$9K	$475
Information technologyLn 14	$14K	$14K	$715
OccupancyLn 16	$19K	$18K	$952
TravelLn 17	$14K	$14K	$715
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22	$2K	$2K
InsuranceLn 23	$9K		$9K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24	$85K	$85K	$149
All other expensesLn 24e	$11K	$11K
Total functional expensesLn 25	$667K	$639K	$28K	$0

Filing history

Year	Money in	Money out	In minus out	Net assets	Download
FY2024 Latest ViewingFiled with the IRS Nov 17, 2025	$660K	$667K	−$7K	$313K	990 PDF
FY2023Filed with the IRS Nov 15, 2024	$692K	$635K	$57K	$320K	990 PDF
FY2022Filed with the IRS Nov 15, 2023	$589K	$680K	−$92K	$263K	990 PDF
FY2021Filed with the IRS Nov 15, 2022	$515K	$592K	−$77K	$355K	990 PDF
FY2020Filed with the IRS Nov 15, 2021	$550K	$642K	−$92K	$432K	990 PDF

Schedules filed Part IV

A · Public support I · Grants O · Explanations

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Part I · Summary $660,095 revenue, 12 lines filed

I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $4,100$3,300

I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $680,987$642,536

I-10 Investment incomePrior year $7,282$3,936

I-11 Other revenue$10,323

I-12 Total revenuePrior year $692,369$660,095

I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0

I-14 Benefits paid to members$0

I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $176,983$212,950

I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0

I-17 Other expensesPrior year $458,476$454,276

I-18 Total expensesPrior year $635,459$667,226

I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $56,910−$7,131

Part VI · Governance 7 of 7 board members independent, 2 to look at

VI-1a Voting members of the governing body7

VI-1b Independent voting members7

VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyNo

VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo

VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo

VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes

VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes

Part VIII · Statement of revenue $660,095 across 7 lines filed

VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$3,300

VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$3,300

VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $642,536$642,536

VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $5,750$5,750

VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsRelated to mission −$1,814−$1,814

VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $10,323$10,323

VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $651,045 · Excluded from tax $5,750$660,095

Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $667,226 across 14 lines filed

IX-5 Pay of officers and key staff (Part IX, line 5)Programs $99,504 · Management $5,237$104,741

IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $85,069 · Management $4,477$89,546

IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $4,374 · Management $230$4,604

IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $13,356 · Management $703$14,059

IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $6,145$6,145

IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $284,023$284,023

IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $9,022 · Management $475$9,497

IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $13,585 · Management $715$14,300

IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $18,082 · Management $952$19,034

IX-17 TravelPrograms $13,590 · Management $715$14,305

IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $1,899$1,899

IX-23 InsuranceManagement $8,566$8,566

IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $84,911 · Management $149$85,060

IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $11,447$11,447

IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $638,862 · Management $28,364 · Fundraising $0$667,226

Part X · Balance sheet $417,410 assets, 12 lines filed

X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $180,637$203,302

X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $139,695$105,901

X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $19,396$20,374

X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $119,505$60,882

X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $26,304$22,590

X-15 Other assetsStart of year $4,361$4,361

X-16 Total assetsStart of year $489,898$417,410

X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $149,514$104,157

X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $169,514$104,157

X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $320,384$313,253

X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $320,384$313,253

X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $489,898$417,410

Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $313,253 net assets at year end

XI-1 Total revenue$660,095

XI-2 Total expenses$667,226

XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$7,131

XI-4 Net assets at start of year$320,384

XI-10 Net assets at end of year$313,253

Form 990 e-file FY2024 from the IRS (about our sources) · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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