Nonprofit · EIN 27-3319192
CHARLOTTE FILM SOCIETY
Tax-exempt · CHARLOTTE, NC 28213
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2025 | 990 | $1,555,087 | $1,495,968 | $59,119 | $3,534,688 | $2,047,680 | $1,487,008 |
| December 31, 2024 | 990 | $1,590,774 | $978,656 | $612,118 | $3,424,749 | $1,996,860 | $1,427,889 |
| December 31, 2023 | 990 | $875,414 | $741,865 | $133,549 | $1,851,461 | $1,035,690 | $815,771 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $604,416
- Membership dues
- $100,900
- Program service revenue
- $511,070
- Investment income
- $20,573
- Net rental income
- $132,426
- Net gain from sales of assets
- $8,610
- Net income from sales of inventory
- $265,914
- Other revenue
- $419,028
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $86,000
- Other salaries and wages
- $469,093
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $651,033
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Occupancy
- $213,576
- Travel
- $21,200
- Depreciation
- $94,834
- Program services (functional)
- $1,125,998
- Management and general (functional)
- $90,973
- Fundraising (functional)
- $278,997
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $3,424,749
- Total assets, end of year
- $3,534,688
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $2,047,680
- Net assets, end of year
- $1,487,008
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $3,020,067
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $1,263,774
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $223,234
- Gross receipts
- $1,657,786
- Employees
- 22
- Volunteers
- 60
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bradley S Ritter | Executive Dir. Officer | 60 | $86,000 | $6,350 |
| Christopher Huntley | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 8 | $0 | $0 |
| Setu Raval | Chairman Trustee or director, Officer | 8 | $0 | $0 |
| Tom Eiselt | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| Terri Brown | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| Jennifer Ward | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| Lisa Davis | Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| Marcie Kelso | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| Rodney Stringfellow | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| Amy Teats | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| David Thalberg | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| Lillian Parker | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| Christopher Zeigler | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| James L Kiser | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| John Burton Jr | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2024: 14 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bradley S Ritter | Executive Dir. Officer | 60 | $81,523 | $6,150 |
| Terri Brown | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 6 | $0 | $0 |
| Tom Eiselt | Chairman Trustee or director, Officer | 18 | $0 | $0 |
| Heather Bard | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| Christopher Huntley | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| Olivia Horton | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| Lisa Davis | Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| Marcie Kelso | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| Rodney Stringfellow | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| Amy Teats | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| David Thalberg | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| Setu Raval | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| Christopher Zeigler | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| James Kisner | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 13 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bradley S Ritter | Executive Dir. Officer | 60 | $50,000 | $5,850 |
| Terri Brown | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 6 | $0 | $0 |
| Tom Eiselt | Chairman Trustee or director, Officer | 18 | $0 | $0 |
| Heather Bard | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| Will Martin | Director Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| Jason Lambertson | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| Lisa Davis | Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| Marcie Kelso | Director Trustee or director | 6 | $0 | $0 |
| Rodney Stringfellow | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| Amy Teats | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| David Thalberg | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| Setu Raval | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| Christopher Zeigler | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 4237 RALEIGH STREET SUITE 4, CHARLOTTE, NC 28213-6901
- In care of
- % BRADLEY RITTER
- Mailing address (990-N for 2019)
- 3908 Woodfox Drive, Charlotte NC 28277
- Principal officer (990 for 2025)
- Bradley S Ritter, 4237 Raleigh Street Suite 4, Charlotte, NC 28213
- Principal officer (990-N for 2019)
- Richard Ritter, 3908 Woodfox Drive, Charlotte NC 28277
- Signed the 990
- Bradley S Ritter, Executive Dir.
- Website
- charlottefilmsociety.org
- Return prepared by
- Foard and Company PA
Mission
The Charlotte Film Societys primary mission is to bring arthouse foreign and independent films to Charlotte and to educate, enable and engage the community through film. The Independent Picture House, and is open year around.
Program accomplishments
- The Charlotte Film Society (CFS) operates a four-screen cinema for motion pictures, The Independent Picture House (IPH). IPH presents foreign, arthouse, and independent films for all community members to enjoy throughout the year. The mission of IPH is to educate, engage, and enable individuals through the powerful medium of film. This is done through various film series, special screenings by filmmakers throughout the region, and post-screening discussions during which patrons connect with film and subject area experts to learn more about the process of the movie and/or the subject it explores.Expenses $1,058,484 · revenue $1,026,912
- The Charlotte Film Festival (CFF) is an annual 6-day long Festival held primarily at IPH. Typically CFF will present over 130 films from independent, foreign, and/or emerging filmmakers. The festival usually sees approximately 2,000 patrons coming to the cinema to enjoy new and remastered works and includes post-screening discussions, free panel discussions about the film industry known as 'Daily Talks, and networking opportunities for filmmakers visiting the area for the festival.Expenses $48,473 · revenue $54,194
- CFS/IPH is committed to keeping cinema accessible, affordable, and informative for the public. This is primarily done through community-oriented events such as the Community Impact Film Series (CIFS) and Indie on Wheels (IoW). CIFS is an on-going free event series that rotates on issues the community is facing. In 2025, these subjects included: human trafficking, womens health, environmental justice, mental health, immigration reform, animal welfare, invisible/visible disabilities, and housing insecurity/homelessness. Each CIFS event includes a film screening, panel discussion, resource fair, and some form of activation (volunteer opportunity, movement class, artistic reaction, etc.). IoW is a film series in which IPH removes the barrier of transportation by bringing movies out into the community. Most of these events occur in libraries, rec centers, and public spaces due to ASCs Culture Blocks Grant support. In 2025, IPH presented 12 IoW events that are free to the public.Expenses $19,041 · revenue $19,456
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | December 31, 2025 | May 15, 2026 | 990 on file |
| 2024 | December 31, 2024 | May 15, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | December 31, 2023 | May 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 27-3319192
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (509(a)(2))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 2016
- Accounting year ends
- December
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Arts, culture and humanities (A31)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $3,534,688
- Income (IRS master file)
- $1,657,786
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | December 2025 | $1,555,087 | $1,495,968 | $3,534,688 | XML |
| 990 | December 2024 | $1,590,774 | $978,656 | $3,424,749 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2023 | $875,414 | $741,865 | $1,851,461 | XML |
| 990 | December 2022 | $461,636 | $328,395 | $1,710,323 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990-EZ | December 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990-N for 2019 Officer: Richard Ritter | December 31, 2019 | ≤ $50,000 receipts | – | – | e-Postcard |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 27-3319192).
Questions about CHARLOTTE FILM SOCIETY
- What is the EIN of CHARLOTTE FILM SOCIETY?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of CHARLOTTE FILM SOCIETY is 27-3319192.
- Is CHARLOTTE FILM SOCIETY tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2016.
- Are donations to CHARLOTTE FILM SOCIETY tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does CHARLOTTE FILM SOCIETY file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of CHARLOTTE FILM SOCIETY due?
- The return for tax year 2026 (the year ending December 31, 2026) is due May 17, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did CHARLOTTE FILM SOCIETY last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of CHARLOTTE FILM SOCIETY?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 names Bradley S Ritter.
- Who are the officers and directors of CHARLOTTE FILM SOCIETY?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 lists 15 people; 1 received compensation from the organization, the highest $86,000 (Bradley S Ritter, Executive Dir.).
- How much revenue does CHARLOTTE FILM SOCIETY have?
- On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $1,555,087, expenses of $1,495,968 and total assets of $3,534,688 at year end.
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