Cinema Association FY2022 filing

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Los Angeles, CA501(c)(6)Since 1954EIN 94-1260269Revenue $1.7M in FY2022

On file with the IRScinemamagic.org3800 Barham Blvd Ste 208, 90068-1095 · Los Angeles, CATax-exempt since Sep 1956

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To unite and promote the interests of members for the mutual benefit of the motion picture exhibition and entertainment industry, by providing scholarships, contributing to charitable causes, and advancing the vitality of theatrical exhibition.

77¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$721K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · 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)(6)
not on the IRS revocation list
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Tax-deductible gifts
No
Donations are not tax-deductible
Worth a look: the IRS does not list gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2026
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2026, this tax year; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
1 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $575K a year · 39% of revenue · last 6 filings
Concern: a surplus in 1 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
77%
of spending
Looks good: 77% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$721K
to officers and key staff · 35% of spending
Concern: pay to officers and key staff is 35% of spending; over 30%.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
6 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 5.7 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Liabilities
$661K
2% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 2% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
16
of 17 voting members
Looks good: 16 of 17 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$1.7M
-41% vs prior year
Spent
$2.1M
To programs
77%
Net assets
$26.1M
By yearFY2021–FY2026
Revenue
$1.7M
FY2022▼ -41%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2021$2.8M
FY2022$1.7M
FY2023$1.1M
FY2024$717K
FY2025$1.2M
FY2026$1.4M
Expenses
$2.1M
FY2022▼ -59%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2021$5.1M
FY2022$2.1M
FY2023$1.6M
FY2024$1.5M
FY2025$1.6M
FY2026$452K
Net assets
$26.1M
FY2022▼ -19%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2021$32.3M
FY2022$26.1M
FY2023$26.4M
FY2024$27.3M
FY2025$28.3M
FY2026$29.7M

From the FY2022 Form 990 (year ending June 2022) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2026. IRS ruling in Sep 1956.

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Where the money goes

77 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 77% · $1.6M Management & general 23% · $466K

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

17 people listed on the 990; $721K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2021); the FY2022 filing did not itemize Part VII
Past President
$635,637Pt VII · Sec A
President & CEO
$85,458Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 2 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2026FY2025FY2023FY2022FY2021
Milton Moritz———$635,637$363,507
Todd Vradenburg$153,511$293,000$305,208$85,458—

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 15aNo

Programs and updates

Advocates for movie theater owners and their industry interests.

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3 programs · $1.6M · in their own filed words · FY2021
01

Conducted educational conferences and seminars to benefit motion picture theatre exhibitors and to promote the interest of members in the motion pictures exhibitors industry.

$846Kprogram expense
02

Donated funds to various non-profit organizations.

$498Kprogram expense
03

Awarded $260,000 in scholarships to employees of member theatres to attend undergraduate and graduate programs.

$260Kprogram expense

By the numbers

The FY2022 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$1.7M
Ln 12
Investment incomeLn 3$1.6M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$49K
Other incomeLn 4–11$41K
Money outPt IX
$2.1M
Ln 25
Programscol B$1.6M
Managementcol C$466K
Owns and owesPt X
$26.1M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$981K
Total assetsLn 16$26.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26$661K
PeoplePt VI, VII
17
listed · VII A
PaidVII A2
Voting boardVI 1a17
IndependentVI 1b16
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Fees for servicesLn 2g$49K
Investment incomeLn 3$1.6M
Other incomeLn 4–11$41K
Gains on assetsLn 7$586K
Total revenueLn 12$1.7M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$191K
SavingsLn 2$790K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$981K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$25.7M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$0
Other assetsLn 15$41K
Total assetsLn 16$26.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26$661K
Net assetsLn 32$26.1M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 52
VolunteersI 60
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
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$1.2M$981K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$33.6M$25.7M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$0
Total assetsLn 16$35.2M$26.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26$2.8M$661K
Net assetsLn 32$32.3M$26.1M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$730K$577K$153K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$108K$86K$22K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$7K$7K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$34K$27K$7K
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$29K$29K
Accounting feesLn 11c$66K$66K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$83K$83K
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$0
Office expensesLn 13$0
Information technologyLn 14$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$58K$58K
TravelLn 17$13K$13K
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$0
InterestLn 20$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$0
InsuranceLn 23$8K$8K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$900K$771K$129K
All other expensesLn 24e$36K$19K$17K
Total functional expensesLn 25$2.1M$1.6M$466K$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2026 Latest $1.4M$452K$937K$29.7M 990 PDF
FY2025 $1.2M$1.6M−$369K$28.3M 990 PDF
FY2024 $717K$1.5M−$809K$27.3M 990 PDF
FY2023 $1.1M$1.6M−$536K$26.4M 990 PDF
FY2022 Viewing $1.7M$2.1M−$400K$26.1M 990 PDF
FY2021 $2.8M$5.1M−$2.3M$32.3M 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
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Part I · Summary $1,670,966 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grants$0
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $511$49,484
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $2,834,668$1,580,288
I-11 Other revenue$41,194
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $2,835,179$1,670,966
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $494,376$878,854
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $4,612,842$1,192,379
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $5,107,218$2,071,233
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$2,272,039−$400,267
Part VI · Governance 16 of 17 board members independent, 3 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body17
VI-1b Independent voting members16
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $1,670,966 across 9 lines filed
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$0
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $49,484$49,484
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $994,106$994,106
VIII-5 Royalties$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or loss$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsRelated to mission $586,182$586,182
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$0
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $41,194$41,194
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $676,860 · Excluded from tax $994,106$1,670,966
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $2,071,233 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizations$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individuals$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipients$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for members$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $576,876 · Management $152,769$729,645
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $86,454 · Management $21,613$108,067
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsManagement $7,401$7,401
IX-9 Other employee benefits$0
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $26,993 · Management $6,748$33,741
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $28,738$28,738
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $66,145$66,145
IX-11d Lobbying feesPrograms $83,258$83,258
IX-11e Professional fundraising fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-11g Other fees for services$0
IX-12 Advertising and promotion$0
IX-13 Office expenses$0
IX-14 Information technology$0
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 OccupancyManagement $57,967$57,967
IX-17 TravelPrograms $12,533$12,533
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetings$0
IX-20 Interest$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortization$0
IX-23 InsuranceManagement $7,742$7,742
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $771,203 · Management $128,518$899,721
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $18,890 · Management $17,385$36,275
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $1,604,945 · Management $466,288 · Fundraising $0$2,071,233
Part X · Balance sheet $26,725,815 assets, 19 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $52,718$190,594
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $1,101,007$790,168
X-3 Pledges and grants receivable$0
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $317,132$1,035
X-8 Inventories for sale or use$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred charges$0
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, net$0
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $33,643,691$25,702,757
X-12 Other securities$0
X-13 Program-related investments$0
X-14 Intangible assets$0
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $42,582$41,261
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $35,157,130$26,725,815
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $136,572$9,927
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $2,700,000$651,250
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $2,836,572$661,177
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $32,320,558$26,064,638
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $32,320,558$26,064,638
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $35,157,130$26,725,815
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $26,064,638 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$1,670,966
XI-2 Total expenses$2,071,233
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$400,267
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$32,320,558
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments−$5,855,653
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$26,064,638

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