Maine Jewish Film Festival

Analysis

Maine Jewish Film Festival is a registered charity in United States, based in Portland, ME. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts, culture and humanities, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending May 2023, Maine Jewish Film Festival reported income of $158k and spending of $163k, spending 103% of its income. Across the 3 years on record, from May 2021 to May 2023, income fell from $230k to $158k (-31%), an average of -17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2023, when income dropped by 24%. Over the whole period it spent 81% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Maine Jewish Film Festival sits at the 54th percentile: it is larger than about 54% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 48th percentile, and in the 42nd percentile within ME. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Seattle Young Artists Music Festival Association ($158k), Alilovoithitikos Silogos H Chios ($158k) and Becket Arts Center of the Hilltowns ($158k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending May 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 94% and program service revenue 5.9% of the total. At year end it held assets of $229k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $229k.