Liabilities / Assets
80th percentile
Higher debt load relative to assets than 80% of similar nonprofits.
Precomputed percentiles for this filing year versus similar nonprofits in the same peer cohort.
Liabilities / Assets
80th percentile
Higher debt load relative to assets than 80% of similar nonprofits.
Liabilities / Revenue
77th percentile
Higher debt load relative to revenue than 77% of similar nonprofits.
Net Margin
70th percentile
Higher net margin than 70% of similar nonprofits.
Top Officer Pay
89th percentile
Higher top officer pay than 89% of similar nonprofits.
Top officer pay equals 25.2% of source-year revenue.
Asset Growth
82nd percentile
Faster asset growth than 82% of similar nonprofits.
Revenue Growth
80th percentile
Faster revenue growth than 80% of similar nonprofits.
Assets
Up$60,605
Up $18,287 (+43%) from 2016
Net Assets
Up$52,132
Up $23,086 (+79%) from 2016
Liabilities
Down$8,473
Down $4,799 (-36%) from 2016
Revenue
Up$158,807
Up $40,487 (+34%) from 2016
Expenses
Up$135,721
Up $45,371 (+50%) from 2016
Net Income
Down$23,086
Down $4,884 (-17%) from 2016
Sima is an arts organization that advances global awareness, social justice, human rights, and educaiton by supporting content creators, activists, educators and change-makers on the front lines of social change, and amplifyingthe impact of their works to inspire activism, compassion, and social transformation.
Promote, exhibit and distribute social-issue documentary media for public and charitable purposes.
| Description | Grants | Expenses |
|---|---|---|
| SIMA Classroom, our digital educational platform, rolled out in 2015. We currently provide access to digital teaching materials and impact films to 102 schools (1,496 educators and 36,878 students) which include California public schools through our partnership with The College-Ready Promise; US and abroad private and charter schools through our partnership with the Ashoka Changemaker Schools initiative; and funded by a grant through the Neda Nobari Foundation and from our fundraising initiatives (largely through GlobalGiving). | $26,000 | $55,000 |
| SIMA Awards is our annual documentary and impact media awards program. In it's 5th year in 2016, we received submissions from over 301 documentary features, shorts, virtual reality, and impact videos, narrowed to 30 finalists and then 15 winners. Finalists and winners are invited to join the SIMAx travelling series, SIMA Classroom, and VOD collection; and those selected for our Jury Prizes collected cash prizes (totaling $8,000). Past SIMA Award finalist and winning films in our VOD collection gained over 110 rentals/ downloads in FY 2016. | $12,000 | $49,000 |
| SIMAx traveling series addresses local concerns through global human stories. Film screening topics are diverse in audience and theme: women's rights in Kenya, food security and environmentalism in the Philippines, the refugee crises in Eastern Europe, LGBTQ+ and the HIV experience, and global development and international aid in Cambodia, to name a few. In the 2016 FY, we held 14 public social impact film screenings/festivals reaching over 2,000 audience members in the United States, Morocco, Mexico, Cambodia, and more. | $0 | $20,000 |
| SIMA RAMA is a digital film club aimed at engaging the global community through impact films. We launched this film program in March 2017. | $0 | $6,000 |
| Name | Title | Full / Part Time | Base | Other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erinn Sullivan | Director Of Programs | FT | $40,000 | - | $40,000 |
| Andrea Kelsey | Operations Manager | FT | $30,000 | - | $30,000 |
| Alex Guillemette | Media Manager | PT | $18,400 | - | $18,400 |
| Madison Liddle | Communications Manager | PT | $7,000 | - | $7,000 |
| Daniela Kon | Founder And Director | FT | $0 | - | - |
| Kristi Manning | Chief Financial Officer | - | $0 | - | - |
“$10,641 in Filmmaker Honoraria- funds to filmmakers from film screenings and festivals hosted by SIMA and SIMA affiliates.”
“Dues and subscriptions $1195; Computer and Internet Expenses $954; Advertising and Promotion $517; Bank Service Charges $192; Meals and Entertainment $307; Office Supplies $315; Business License and Permits $85; Travel/Conference $240; Misc. expenses $118.”
“Furniture and Equipment $979”
“SIMA Credit Card $8,473”
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| IRS990ScheduleO/SupplementalInformationDetail/ExplanationTxt | 2 | Furniture and Equipment $979 |
| IRS990ScheduleO/SupplementalInformationDetail/ExplanationTxt | 3 | SIMA Credit Card $8,473 |
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| IRS990ScheduleO/SupplementalInformationDetail/FormAndLineReferenceDesc | 2 | Form 990-EZ, Part II, Line 24 |
| IRS990ScheduleO/SupplementalInformationDetail/FormAndLineReferenceDesc | 3 | Form 990-EZ, Part II, Line 26 |
| ReturnHeader/BuildTS | 0 | 2017-02-10 21:41:12Z |
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| ReturnHeader/TaxPeriodEndDt | 0 | 2017-03-31 |
| ReturnHeader/TaxYr | 0 | 2016 |
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