Liabilities / Assets
91st percentile
Higher debt load relative to assets than 91% of similar nonprofits.
EIN 81-4594725 • 501(c)3 • Chicago, IL
Profile
The purpose of tallgrass educational films is to produce, develop and distribute documentary programming that will educate the public on significant cultural, social, political and historical issues. The corporation will seek to distribute through television, internet streaming, live radio presentations, theatrical screening, dvds, web sites and new media that may be invented.
Precomputed percentiles relative to similar nonprofits. These scores are descriptive rather than judgmental.
Liabilities / Assets
91st percentile
Higher debt load relative to assets than 91% of similar nonprofits.
Liabilities / Revenue
89th percentile
Higher debt load relative to revenue than 89% of similar nonprofits.
Net Margin
16th percentile
Higher net margin than 16% of similar nonprofits.
Top Officer Pay
81st percentile
Higher top officer pay than 81% of similar nonprofits.
Top officer pay equals 0.0% of source-year revenue.
Asset Growth
16th percentile
Faster asset growth than 16% of similar nonprofits.
Revenue Growth
12th percentile
Faster revenue growth than 12% of similar nonprofits.
Assets
Down$13,360
Down $28,523 (-68%) from 2023
Liabilities
Down$10,000
Down $15,381 (-61%) from 2023
Net Assets
Down$3,360
Down $13,142 (-80%) from 2023
Revenue
Down$32,612
Down $78,788 (-71%) from 2023
Expenses
Down$45,754
Down $37,432 (-45%) from 2023
Net Income
Down-$13,142
Down $41,356 (-147%) from 2023
Most recent year
2024 • Form 990EZXML pending. An XML filing is linked for this year, but detailed extraction is still pending.
The latest 2024 filing currently has linked XML that has not been fully parsed yet. Showing the latest detailed filing from 2022 below.
The purpose of tallgrass educational films is to produce, develop and distribute documentary programming that will educate the public on significant cultural, social, political and historical issues. The corporation will seek to distribute through television, internet streaming, live radio presentations, theatrical screening, dvds, web sites and new media that may be invented.
| Description | Grants | Expenses |
|---|---|---|
| THE PURPOSE OF TALLGRASS EDUCATIONAL FILMS IS TO PRODUCE, DEVELOP AND DISTRIBUTE DOCUMENTARY PROGRAMMING THAT WILL EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ON SIGNIFICANT CULTURAL, SOCIAL, POLITICAL AND HISTORICAL ISSUES. THE CORPORATION WILL SEEK TO DISTRIBUTE THROUGH TELEVISION, INTERNET STREAMING, LIVE RADIO PRESENTATIONS, THEATRICAL SCREENING, DVDS, WEB SITES AND NEW MEDIA THAT MAY BE INVENTED. | - | $115,900 |
| Name | Title | Full / Part Time | Base | Other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JOSEPH WINSTON | President | PT | $0 | - | - |
| LAURA COHEN | Treasurer | - | $0 | - | - |
| THOMAS W LI | Secretary | - | $0 | - | - |
“Advertising and Promotion $27986”
“Travel $8276”
“Production expenses $73650”
“WEBSITE EXPENSE $1663”
“Dues and subscriptions $1604”
“CREDIT CARD CHARGES $612”
“MEALS $453”
“SOFTWARE $196”
“ZOOM $165”
“BANK CHARGES $30”
“Prepaid Expenses and Deferred Charges - Beginning $964 Prepaid Expenses and Deferred Charges - Ending $0”
“Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses - Beginning $0 Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses - Ending $11586”
“- Beginning $0 - Ending $0”
This appendix keeps the raw XML leaves available for debugging and edge-case review. The human report above is the primary experience.
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