2024-11-11T09:42:50-06:00 2024-06-30 582676261 Rogers & Company PLLC 8300 Boone Boulevard Suite 600 Vienna VA 22182 990 2023-07-01 131580907 National Association of Theatre Owners Inc NATI 2029620054 1705 N Street NW Washington DC 20036 Lou DiGioia Chief Operating Officer 2029620054 2024-11-11 1 1 Lori A Collingsworth P00639819 7038930300 2024-11-11 2023 2024-10-15 13:58:12Z Michael O'Leary 1705 N Street NW Washington DC 20036 12599795 0 X https://www.natoonline.org/ X 1948 NY 501(c)(6) trade association whose mission is to advance the moviegoing experience. See Sch O 19 19 17 500 0 0 0 0 9436235 9764139 1098039 272712 70934 3129 10605208 10039980 0 0 0 0 3522218 3139950 0 0 0 8024277 7951629 11546495 11091579 -941287 -1051599 13613730 10908999 2568867 504172 11044863 10404827 X The National Association of Theatre Owners is a 501(c)(6) trade association whose mission is to advance the moviegoing experience. 0 0 Theatrical content advocacy: NATO advocates for theatrical movie releases and other content to drive box office revenue. Government relations advocacy: NATO advocates for pro-theater government legislation and regulation to improve the theatre business. Moviegoing promotion: NATO promotes the moviegoing experience to consumers to drive theatre attendance. Community building: NATO facilitates community building to strengthen the industry. This includes in-person events like CinemaCon and virtual events such as webinars and special interest group discussions. 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 33 0 1 17 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 X 19 19 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 CA X Lou DiGioia COO 2029620054 1705 N Street NW Washington DC 20036 John Fithian President and CEO through April 2023 36.00 4.00 X 550638 61182 386862 Michael O'Leary President and CEO 40.00 0.00 X 438684 0 17456 Mitch Neuhauser Managing Director - CinemaCon 40.00 0.00 X 401643 0 28787 Matt Pollock Associate Convention Director 40.00 0.00 X 284911 0 33512 Lou DiGioia Chief Financial Officer 30.00 10.00 X 183536 61179 31766 Jackie Brenneman EVP and General Counsel 20.00 20.00 X 128196 128196 167658 Patrick Corcoran Chief Communications Officer 40.00 0.00 X 191069 0 6336 Todd Halstead Director of Govt. Relations 40.00 0.00 X 142092 0 16757 Matt Shapiro Director of Operations, CinemaCon 40.00 0.00 X 111822 0 14344 Erin Von Hoetzendorff Director of Membership 20.00 20.00 X 54389 54389 13632 Robert Bagby Chairman 6.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Mike Bowers Vice Chairman 6.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Joe Masher Treasurer 4.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Bo Chambliss Secretary 4.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Adam Aron Director 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Chris Johnson Director 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Colleen Barstow Director 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Eddy Duquenne Director 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Eduardo Acuna Director 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Elizabeth Frank Director 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Ellis Jacob Director 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Greg Marcus Director 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 John Curry Director 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Paul Glantz Director 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Paul Gunsky Director 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Phil Zacheretti Director 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Randy Hester Director 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Sean Gamble Director 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Wanda Gierhart Fearing Director 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 2486980 304946 717110 9 1 1 0 Boston Light & Sound LLC 290 North Beacon Street Boston MA 02135 Technical operations at conference 349000 KJB LLC 1820 Kilbourne Place NW Washington DC 20010 Communications consulting 240000 Oligopoly Productions 2401 Pacific Coast Hwy Suite 202 Hermosa Beach CA 90254 Technical operations at conference 231983 HP Holdings (Invariant) 740 15th Street NW 5th Floor Washington DC 20005 Government relations 164800 GES PO Box 96174 Chicago IL 90693 Technical operations at conference 139472 6 CinemaCon 900099 7666981 7666981 Membership dues 900099 2097158 2097158 9764139 188531 188531 2643996 2559815 84181 84181 84181 Refunds and adjustments 900099 3129 3129 3129 10039980 9764139 0 275841 1601335 1293807 44683 61626 138499 11218 30927 488847 37145 797242 86714 210540 308428 97851 328837 5242303 85305 97136 Proxy tax 121351 Licenses & registration 7785 11091579 250 250 2442611 495339 431950 463440 263768 325326 4393659 539790 3847072 3853869 6543272 5740402 84807 30373 13613730 10908999 2551126 436482 17741 67690 2568867 504172 X 10810851 10193093 234012 211734 11044863 10404827 13613730 10908999 -1051599 411563 0 X X 0 1 X 1 0 0 0 0 2097158 488847 488847 0 488847 1846480 1846480 2413322 493227 1920095 133857 46563 87294 3853869 X Part X, Line 2: Management has evaluated the Association's tax positions and concluded that no significant uncertain tax positions qualify for either recognition or disclosure in the consolidated financial statements. 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Relations 132100 0 9992 0 0 0 7557 0 9200 0 158849 0 0 0 Part I, Line 1a NATO'S travel policy calls for staff officers to fly coach class on airline flights of three hours or less in duration, and business class on flights of more than three hours (including connecting flights that add up to more than three hours). Part I, Line 3 The NATO Compensation Committee, appointed by the NATO Executive Board, reviews and approves the President/CEO's compensation (salary and bonuses). The committee reviews salary histories, comparability data (for positions at similar organization within the motion picture industry, and for comparable positions in the association management profession), and the committee documents its deliberations and communicates its decisions to the COO in writing for processing. Part I, Line 4a John Fithian, President & CEO through April of 2023, received severance compensation in 2 installments. The first installment was paid on 5/12/23 in the amount of $432,532 reported in Schedule J, Part II, Column B(iii) Rows (i) and (ii). The second installment of $369,831 was paid on 1/5/2024 and reported as deferred compensation in Schedule J Part II, Column C, Rows (i) and (ii). Jackie Brenneman, EVP and General Counsel through August of 2023, received severance compensation in 2 installments. The first installment was paid on 08/30/23 in the amount of $148,718 reported in Schedule J, Part II, Column B(iii) Rows (i) and (ii). The second installment of $148,718 was paid on 1/5/2024 and reported as deferred compensation in Schedule J Part II, Column C, Rows (i) and (ii). Patrick Corcoran, Chief Communications Officer through June 2023, received severance compensation in the amount of $93,569 on June 30, 2023. Form 990, Part I, Line 1, Brief Summary of Organization Mission: The National Association of Theatre Owners is the largest exhibition trade organization in the world, representing over 34,000 movie screens in all 50 states, and additional cinemas in over 100 countries worldwide. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., with a second office in Los Angeles, California, NATO represents its members in the heart of the nation's capital as well as the center of the entertainment industry. From these vantage points, NATO helps exhibition influence federal policy-making and work with movie distributors on all areas of mutual concern, from new technologies to legislation, marketing, and First Amendment issues. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 6 The Association has dues paying members. A Regular Member is any sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation, or other business entity which is directly engaged in the operation of one or more motion picture exhibition facilities. A Regular Member can be a private and public sector (non-military) non-profit business entity in the United States of America and its Territories. A Regional Association Member is a United States single-state (including the District of Columbia) or multi-state trade association established for the purpose of furthering the interests of those engaged in the operation of motion picture exhibition facilities. Regional Association Members must meet minimum criteria established by the Membership Committee and approved by the Executive Board, which will periodically certify them. Honorary Members are persons who have provided outstanding service to NATO and who are no longer engaged in movie theatre operations are eligible to be elected as Honorary Members of NATO. The Membership Committee will submit names of prospective Honorary Members to the Executive Board for election. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 7a NATO's governing body, the Executive Board, is comprised of a combination of automatic and elected seats. Eight automatic seats are filled by a representative of each of the top eight circuits, by screen count on a record date, in the United States and Canada. One additional automatic seat will be filled by a representative of each circuit with more than 3,000 screens as determined by screen count on a record date, in the United States and Canada. Nine seats are filled by election. Four seats are elected from the members of the Advisory Board who own or are employed at regional circuits, defined as NATO member companies with 75 or more screens, but not eligible for an automatic seat, and four seats are elected from the members of the Advisory Board who own or are employed at independent theatres, defined as NATO member companies with fewer than 75 screens. Each NATO member company in the regional circuit or independent theatre category that has at least one representative on the NATO Advisory Board is eligible to cast one vote in the election of their category's representatives to the Executive Board. The ninth elected seat on the Executive Board is held by a representative of NATO's Certified Regional Association Members. Only voting delegates from each of NATO's Certified Regional Associations are eligible to run and vote in this election. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11b The Executive Board, the governing body of NATO, has delegated the responsibility of reviewing the draft form 990 to the NATO Audit Committee. All members of the Audit Committee receive and review the complete copy of the draft form 990 before it is finalized and filed with the IRS. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 12c The statements of acknowledgment and disclosure are collected annually from all NATO officers, directors and key employees. The COO reviews them, ensures that forms are signed and submitted by all officers, directors and key employees, and then shares all disclosures with NATO's General Counsel who examines them and determines if any disclosure constitutes a conflict that requires action (such as having the individual recuse herself/himself from certain matters). Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 15 The NATO Compensation Committee, appointed by the NATO Executive Board, reviews and approves the President/CEO's compensation (salary and bonuses). The committee reviews salary histories, comparability data (for positions at similar organizations within the motion picture industry, and for comparable positions in the association management profession), and the committee documents its deliberations and communicates its decisions to the COO in writing for processing. The compensation committee also reviews and approves the compensation recommendation for senior management staff. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 18 Governing documents and conflict of interest policy are available to the public upon request. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19 According to the preference of the requester - by email, fax, or U.S. mail. Form 990, Part XII, Line 2c: The Association's oversight process or selection process has not changed during the tax year. CinemaCon LLC 1705 N Street NW Washington DC 20036 272313196 Convention/ Trade Show DE 7666981 4596687 National Association of Theatre Owners (NATO) NATO Political Action Committee 1705 N Street NW Washington DC 20036 Political Action Committee DC 527 NATO 1 National Association of Theatre Owners Cinema Foundation Inc 3450 Cahuenga Blvd W 410 Los Angeles CA 90068 872867661 Charitable Supporting Organization CA 501(c)(3) Line 12a, I NATO 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 National Association of Theatre Owners Cinema Foundation Inc O 648270 Allocated personnel costs