Small Public Charity

CREATIVE FILMMAKERS ASSOCIATION LAURA PAGLIN

Based in CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, OH, CREATIVE FILMMAKERS ASSOCIATION LAURA PAGLIN operates as a Small Public Charity. The organization reported $75K in revenue, $112K in expenses, $224K in total assets for fiscal year 2025.

EIN: 341694837 CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, OH Film & Video NTEE: A31 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$75K
Total Expenses$112K
Total Assets$224K
Grant Records0
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

MISSION STATEMENT: CREATIVE FILMMAKERS ASSOCIATION (CFA) WAS INCORPORATED IN 1992 AS A NONPROFIT 501.C.3 PRODUCTION COMPANY DEDICATED TO PRODUCING THOUGHTFUL AND PROVOCATIVE MEDIA. CFA'S PRODUCTIONS HAVE AIRED ON PUBLIC TELEVISION AND NATIONAL CABLE, AND HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTED INTERNATIONALLY TO THE EDUCATIONAL MARKET AND SHOWN THEATRICALLY IN THE US AND CANADA.

Where $100 goes at Creative Filmmakers Association Laura Paglin

How Creative Filmmakers Association Laura Paglin divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990-EZ filings, averaged across 9 years.

$28 Programs the work itself
$72 Everything else operations and overhead

Form 990-EZ reports program spending but doesn't separate management from fundraising, so those are shown together.

Inside the $28 for programs

$7
Pike continued post production of a documentary that will be a portrait piece of an impoverished southern ohio town that is the epicenter of the opioid crisis, will…
25% of program spending
$7
Breakthrough produced a a mini documentary video for the 2024 annual breakthrough schools fundraising event (breakthrough bash)
25% of program spending
$7
Royalties other income includes educational distribution royalties (bullfrog films and alexander press) for the completed documentary films, no umbrella about chaos at the polls during the 2004 national…
25% of program spending

Plus 1 more program. Cost per person served and the full program breakdown are on the full profile.

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Source: Form 990-EZ filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

PRESIDENT Jordan Davis
EXEC DIRECTOR Laura Paglin
BOARD MEMBER Mary Anne Vogele
BOARD MEMBER Mickie Mcgraw
TREASURER Patricia Noonan
BOARD MEMBER Rita Pajek

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $75K $112K $224K
2024 $63K $75K $261K
2023 $59K $40K $273K
2022 $93K $91K $255K
2021 $106K $48K $220K

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue declined from $106K to $75K (-30%), with total assets most recently reported at $224K.

Interactive year-over-year charts and full filing details available with membership.

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