EIN 95-3538775

Independent Film and Television Alliance

IRS 501(c) type
501(c)(6)
Num. employees
144
Year formed
1980
Most recent tax filings
2022-12-01
NTEE code, primary
Description
Independent Film and Television Alliance serves as a trade association with the mission to promote, protect, and support the independent film and television industry. Its Ifta arbitration provides a well-established international dispute resolution system for entertainment-related production, finance, and distribution agreements. The alliance sponsors the American Film Market (AFM), the most efficient film acquisition, development, and networking event worldwide, where production and distribution deals are closed. The organization is based in Los Angeles, CA.
Total revenues
$14,076,625
2022
Total expenses
$13,236,375
2022
Total assets
$6,930,971
2022
Num. employees
144
2022

Program areas at Independent Film and Television Alliance

The Independent Film & Television Alliance sponsors the american Film market (afm). The afm is the most efficient Film acquisition, development and networking event in the world. It is a marketplace where production and distribution deals are closed. With thousands of industry professionals from more than 70 countries, hundreds of production/distribution/sales companies, and more than 300 feature films screening, the afm continues to be the pivotal destination for acquisition and development executives, agents, attorneys, directors, distributors, festival directors, financiers, Film commissioners, producers, writers, the world's press and all those who provide services to the motion picture industry.
The Independent Film & Television Alliance's participation at various international Film and Television markets enables its members to establish and maintain a global presence in the distribution of motion picture and Television product.
Ifta collections secures the royalties and levies that flow from secondary audio-visual rights for Film and Television worldwide. Secondary rights include cable, satellite and other retransmission royalties, private copy levies, video rental levies, educational royalties, theatrical box office levies, public performance Television royalties, and public performance video royalties. Highly regarded and result-driven, since 1994 ifta collections has collected more than $160 million on behalf of the companies whose Film and Television works it represents from producers and authors societies throughout the world.
Ifta arbitration is a well-established international dispute resolution system that fairly, quickly, and economically resolved disputes involving entertainment-related production, finance, and distribution agreements. Open to the worldwide industry at large, ifta arbitration has administered the resolution of disputes in more than 3,050 cases involving more than $970 million in claims since its inception in 1984. Ifta arbitration may be used for a wide variety of domestic and international entertainment disputes, such as those arising out of production agreements, motion picture, Television and multimedia licensing agreements, financing agreements, Film exhibition agreements and sales agency agreements, to name a few. In december 2021, the ifta board approved the agreement between ifta and icdr/aaa so that effective january 1, 2022, icdr/aaa would be the service provider of all ifta arbitrations filed after that date. The transition of arbitration cases from ifta to the icdr/aaa has been very positive. They have boarded and trained most ifta arbitrators and have started to also recruit arbitrators with this experience from other global locations. The idcr/aaa case management team is handling these cases expeditiously as they are filed, according to the rules provided for in the contract of the parties. They will be offering mediation as an option early in the case process when the 2022 rules come into effect for cases going forward. The Independent Film & Television Alliance's website (www.ifta-online.org) serves as a resource for all member companies, the industry at large, and the general public, providing them with up-to-date information and knowledge pertaining to the global Independent motion picture & Television industry.myifta is the online community for members of the Independent Film & Television Alliance (ifta). This forum was created so that ifta members worldwide can gather, ask questions, share insights and information, learn, and help one another navigate an ever changing global marketplace. Members are welcome in the myifta community and encouraged to exchange information.the Film catalogue is ifta's online database and the Independent Film industry resource with information on thousands of projects and films available at all major markets, including afm, efm, filmart and cannes. Buyers can read synopses, view cast, production credits and posters, watch trailers, and easily search by production status, genre, language, director, cast, company and title.

Personnel at Independent Film and Television Alliance

NameTitleCompensation
Jean M. PrewittPresident and Chief Executive Officer
Newman RobertVice President and Chief Financial Officer$174,788
Burt RobinVice President Marketing and Membership$165,705
Jennifer GarnickVice President, Communications
Robin BurtVice President, Marketing and Membership Vice President, Marketing and Membership
...and 13 more key personnel

Financials for Independent Film and Television Alliance

RevenuesFYE 12/2022
Total grants, contributions, etc.$359,531
Program services$12,833,771
Investment income and dividends$25,114
Tax-exempt bond proceeds$0
Royalty revenue$0
Net rental income$0
Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets$0
Net income from fundraising events$0
Net income from gaming activities$0
Net income from sales of inventory$0
Miscellaneous revenues$858,209
Total revenues$14,076,625

Form 990s for Independent Film and Television Alliance

Fiscal year endingDate received by IRSFormPDF link
2022-122023-11-14990View PDF
2021-122022-11-14990View PDF
2020-122021-09-15990View PDF
2018-122020-02-01990View PDF
2017-122018-12-22990View PDF
...and 8 more Form 990s

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Data update history
January 24, 2024
Updated personnel
Identified 6 new personnel
January 5, 2024
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2022
January 4, 2024
Updated personnel
Identified 6 new personnel
November 25, 2023
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2021
June 4, 2023
Updated personnel
Identified 5 new personnel
Nonprofit Types
Trade associationsBusiness and community development organizationsHeadquarter / parent organizations
Issues
Arts, cultural, and humanitiesBusiness and industry
Characteristics
MembershipsOperates internationallyReceives government funding
General information
Address
10850 Wilshire Blvd 9th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90024
Metro area
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
County
Los Angeles County, CA
Website URL
ifta-online.org/ 
Phone
(310) 446-1000
Facebook page
IndependentFilmandTelevisionAlliance 
IRS details
EIN
95-3538775
Fiscal year end
December
Taxreturn type
Form 990
Year formed
1980
Eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions (Pub 78)
No
Categorization
NTEE code, primary
S41: Promotion of Business
NAICS code, primary
813910: Trade Associations
Parent/child status
Central organization
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