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Nonprofit · EIN 16-1615583

CINEMA TROPICAL INC

Tax-exempt · BROOKLYN, NY 11201

Financials

$308K$256K2023$252K$249K2024
Revenue Expenses · by fiscal year end
Financials of CINEMA TROPICAL INC by year, from its e-filed returns
Year endedFormRevenueExpensesNet incomeTotal assetsLiabilitiesNet assets
June 30, 2025990$252,198$249,183$3,015$113,115$0$113,115
June 30, 2024990$308,232$255,918$52,314$446,600$336,500$110,100
Financial details: 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025

Revenue

Contributions, gifts and grants
$166,102
of which government grants
$93,325
Program service revenue
$86,096
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0

Expenses

Grants and similar amounts paid
$0
Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
$89,000
Other salaries and wages
$53,044
Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
$160,036
Professional fundraising fees
$0
Accounting fees
$7,276
Occupancy
$23,248
Depreciation
$348
Program services (functional)
$187,643
Management and general (functional)
$61,540

Balance sheet and other

Total assets, start of year
$446,600
Total assets, end of year
$113,115
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets, end of year
$113,115
Land, buildings and equipment
$86
Gross receipts
$252,198
Employees
2
Year formed
2002
State of legal domicile
NY

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 June 30, 2025, highest compensation first.

NameTitleHours / weekCompensation
CARLOS GUTIERREZDir/Officer
Trustee or director, Officer
50$89,000
MILA BURNSDirector
Trustee or director
0$0
JOSHUA SIEGELSecretary
Trustee or director, Officer
0$0
WARREN JAMESTreasurer
Trustee or director, Officer
0$0
MARIA RUIZ-BOTSACOSDirector
Trustee or director
0$0
DEBRA ZIMMERMANChairperson
Trustee or director
0$0
VILMA VALE-BRENNANDirector
Trustee or director
0$0
990 for the year ended June 30, 2024: 7 people
NameTitleHours / weekCompensation
CARLOS GUTIERREZDir/Officer
Trustee or director, Officer
50$88,000
ALEJANDRO GUTIERREZDirector
Trustee or director
0$0
JOSHUA SIEGELSecretary
Trustee or director, Officer
0$0
WARREN JAMESTreasurer
Trustee or director, Officer
0$0
FERNANDO RAMIREZDirector
Trustee or director
0$0
DEBRA ZIMMERMANChairperson
Trustee or director
0$0
VILMA VALE-BRENNANDirector
Trustee or director
0$0

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file)
68 JAY ST STE 812, BROOKLYN, NY 11201-8363
In care of
% CARLOS GUTIERREZ
Principal officer (990 for 2024)
CARLOS GUTIERREZ, 611 BROADWAY 836, NEW YORK, NY 10012
Signed the 990
CARLOS GUTIERREZ, Dir/Officer
Phone
(212) 254-5474
Return prepared by
P ASHOKA DAIBEE CPA JD LLM

Mission

TO PROMOTE LATIN AMERICAN CINEMA THROUGH APPROPRIATE CHANNELS FOR EXHIBITION.

990 for the year ended June 30, 2025

Program accomplishments

  • FILM PROGRAMMING: THROUGH ITS FILM PROGRAMMING, CINEMA TROPICAL IS AIMING TO CREATE VALUE TO THE FILMS THEY PRESENT IN THE FORM OF PARTICULARLY THEMED FILM SERIES. FOR THE REPORTING PERIOD, CINEMA TROPICAL PRESENTED A WIDE ARRAY OF FILM SERIES INCLUDING "GENMEX: RECENT FILMA FROM MEXICO, PART II", "TROPICAL TUESDAYS", "CINEMA TROPICAL'S MUSIC + FILM SERIES",AND "INDOCUMANTALES/UNDOCUMENTARIES: THE US/MEXICO INTERDEPENDENT FILM SERIES".SOME OF THESE SERIES CONTINUE TO TRAVEL AROUND THE COUNTRY PROVIDING THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE SEEN IN ALTERNATIVE FILM CIRCUITS. CINEMA TROPICAL HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED AS A MODEL NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION AND A PIONEER IN FINDING NEW WAYS FOR MEDIA ARTS ORGANIZATIONS TO ADAPT TO THE NEW CONTEXTS.CINEMA TROPICAL'S BIGGEST ASSET, AND WHAT DIFFERENCIATES CINEMA TROPICAL FROM ANY OTHER ORGANIZATION, IS THAT OVER THE COURSE OF THE PAST TEN YEARS CINEMA TROPICAL HAS BUILT A DEDICATED AUDIENCE INTERESTED IN LATIN AMERICAN FILMS. CINEMA TROPICAL'S GRASSROOTS EFFORTS HAVE ALLOWED IT TO FIND THE POPULATION, GAIN THE KNOW-HOW TO REACH, AND BUILD A COMMUNITY INTERESTED IN LEARNING AND EXPERIENCING THE CINEMA FROM LATIN AMERICA. BY FOCUSING ON RELEASING FILMS IN NEW YORK, CINEMA TROPICAL'S BIGGEST ASSET IS BEING MAXIMIZED.
    Expenses $86,728 · revenue $19,700
  • MARKETING & PUBLICITY: THE MAIN GOAL OF CINEMA TROPICAL'S MARKETING AND PUBLICITY PROGRAM IS TO CONSOLIDATE AND EXPAND THE COMMUNITY OF PEOPLE INTERESTED IN LATIN AMERICAN CINEMA AROUND THE U.S. CINEMA TROPICAL USES ITS MARKETING AND PUBLICITY SERVICES AS AN EDUCATIONAL TOOL FOR THE ORGANIZATION. CINEMA TROPICAL USES ITS OWN COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (MAILING LISTS, E-MAIL BLASTS, WEBSITE, POSTCARDS), GRASS-ROOTS STRATEGIES (RELATIONSHIPS WITH COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS, CULTURAL AND EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS), AND PRESS RELATIONS (CONTACT WITH GENERAL AND LATINO MEDIA) AS PART OF ITS CONTINUOUS OUTREACH CAMPAIGN TO EDUCATE A LARGER AUDIENCE ABOUT THE ARTISTIC AND CULTURAL VALUE OF THE FILMS PRODUCED IN THE REGION. IN ADDITION TO PROMOTING THEIR OWN FILMS IN THE CINEMA TROPICAL SERIES, AND WORKING ON THE NEW YORK THEATRICAL RELEASE OF FEATURE FILMS DISTRIBUTED BY CINEMA TROPICAL, IN THE PAST YEAR, CINEMA TROPICAL PROMOTED 53 FEATURE FILMS RELEASED BY RENOWNED US DISTRIBUTORS AND 5 FILM SERIES ORGANIZED BY PRESTIGIOUS NEW YORK AND NATIONAL CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS, SUPPORTING THE WORK OF MORE THAN 112 FILMMAKERS AND REACHING AN ESTIMATED AUDIENCE OF 93,000 PERSONS.AS THE LEADING ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO THE PROMOTION OF CULTURAL EXCHANGE BETWEEN LATIN AMERICA AND THE UNITED STATES, CINEMA TROPICAL OPERATES AN INFORMATION SERVICES PROGRAM THAT RESPONDS TO APPROXIMATELY 100 E-MAILS PER WEEK FROM INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS. THROUGH A WEEKLY E-MAIL NEWSLETTER AND THROUGH INDIVIDUALIZED ELECTRONIC QUERIES, CINEMA TROPICAL PROVIDES SUPPORT AND ASSISTANCE TO MORE THAN 11,000 INDIVIDUALS ANNUALLY. THE CINEMA TROPICAL E-MAIL NEWSLETTER INCLUDES ANNOUNCEMENTS ABOUT UPCOMING SCREENINGS OF LATIN AMERICAN FILMS IN ALL NEW YORK CITY AREA VENUES, THUS CULTIVATING A GROWING NETWORK OF LATIN AMERICAN AND LATINO AUDIENCES.
    Expenses $72,090 · revenue $59,328
  • FILM RENTALS: THIS PROGRAM ATTEMPTS TO OFFER A LIBRARY OF FILMS TO FURTHER EXPAND THE EXHIBITION OF LATIN AMERICAN FILMS BY PROMOTING THEM IN OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED STATES, ESPECIALLY WHERE LATIN AMERICAN CINEMA DOES NOT REACH COMMERCIAL THEATERS. CINEPHILES, STUDENTS OF FILM, AND PEOPLE INTERESTED IN LATIN AMERICAN CULTURE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ATTEND UNIVERSITIES, MUSEUMS, AND FESTIVALS, TO SEE THESE FILMS AROUND THE COUNTRY. WITH AN IMPRESSIVE LIBRARY OF FICTION FILMS AND DOCUMENTARIES, CINEMA TROPICAL OFFERS FILMS TO U.S. EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS THAT WOULD NOT HAVE REACHED THE COUNTRY HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR CINEMA TROPICAL. THE ORGANIZATION WILL CONTINUE TO EXPAND THIS ASPECT OF ITS OPERATION SO THAT MORE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS AROUND THE COUNTRY CAN BE REACHED.
    Expenses $28,825 · revenue $7,067

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 June, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.

Tax yearYear endedDueIRS public records
2025June 30, 2026November 16, 2026Not due yet
2024June 30, 2025November 17, 2025990 on file
2023June 30, 2024November 15, 2024990 on file

IRS record

EIN
16-1615583
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
2003
Accounting year ends
June
Files
Form 990 or 990-EZ
Assets (IRS master file)
$113,115
Income (IRS master file)
$252,198

Filing history

FormYear endedRevenueExpensesAssetsReturn
990June 2025$252,198$249,183$113,115XML
990June 2024$308,232$255,918$446,600XML
990June 2023$274,316$260,562$57,786IRS
990June 2022–––IRS
990June 2021–––IRS
990June 2019–––IRS

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 16-1615583).

Questions about CINEMA TROPICAL INC

What is the EIN of CINEMA TROPICAL INC?
The employer identification number (EIN) of CINEMA TROPICAL INC is 16-1615583.
Is CINEMA TROPICAL INC tax-exempt?
Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2003.
Are donations to CINEMA TROPICAL INC tax-deductible?
Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
Which annual return does CINEMA TROPICAL INC 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 CINEMA TROPICAL INC due?
The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending June 30, 2026) is due November 16, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
When did CINEMA TROPICAL INC last file with the IRS?
The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended June 2025.
Who is the principal officer of CINEMA TROPICAL INC?
The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 names CARLOS GUTIERREZ.
Who are the officers and directors of CINEMA TROPICAL INC?
The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 lists 7 people; 1 received compensation from the organization, the highest $89,000 (CARLOS GUTIERREZ, Dir/Officer).
How much revenue does CINEMA TROPICAL INC have?
On its 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $252,198, expenses of $249,183 and total assets of $113,115 at year end.

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