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Grants for film production organizations
590 film and video production organizations received at least $29.8 million in grants for the most recent fiscal year. This includes 816 grants made from 650 grantmaking organizations, with a median grant amount of $2,000. Of these 650 foundations, 86% made just a single grant to film producers, and 2% made grants to four or more film producers. This analysis is based on grantmakers that e-file their Form 990s, and likely is an undercount of grants.
$29,766,006
Total grant dollars given to film production organizations
816
Number of grants made annually to film production organizations
650
Number of grantmakers funding film production organizations
$2,000
Median grant size to film production organizations
Foundations that support film and video production organizations
Foundation size
| Foundation size | Number of grantmakers |
|---|
| Small | |
| Medium | |
| Large | |
Small foundations have <$10M in assets. Medium foundations have $10M to $50M in assets. Large foundations have >$50M in assets.
Grants made
| Grants made to film producers | Number of grantmakers |
|---|
| 1 | |
| 2-3 | |
| 4-10 | |
| 11+ | |
Top 10 foundations supporting film and video production organizations
Film and video production organizations grantees
Film production organizations with more than $5 million in total revenues received 94% of all grant dollars. These larger organizations accounted for 19% of all film producers.
Grant amounts
| Size of grant | Number of grants |
|---|
| <$10k | |
| $10k-$25k | |
| $25k-$100k | |
| $100k+ | |
Grant amount by grantee size
| Grantee annual revenue | Median grant size |
|---|
| <$100k | |
| $100k-$500k | |
| $500k-$1M | |
| $1M-$5M | |
| >$5M | |
Top 25 grants made to film production organizations
| Grantee | Grant size | Purpose | Grantmaker |
|---|
| First Look Media | $25,045,000 | Arts & Culture | Silicon Valley Community Foundation (SVCF) |
| Forward Impact | $2,825,000 | Arts & Culture | Silicon Valley Community Foundation (SVCF) |
| San Diego Film Foundation | $5,000 | General | Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego |
| County Theater | $5,000 | General | Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego |
| Light House Studio | $5,000 | Pymwymi Project - Psa | Charlottesville Area Community Foundation |
| International League of Conservation Photographers | $5,000 | A Photographer for the Rapid Response Visual Conservation | Charlottesville Area Community Foundation |
| Light House Studio | $5,000 | The Keep It Reel Program | Charlottesville Area Community Foundation |
| The Lighthouse International Film Festival | $5,000 | To Further Its Charitable Purpose | Prince Family Foundation |
| Center for Southern Folkore | $5,000 | Memphis Music & Heritage | The Turley Foundation |
| If Not Us Then Who | $5,000 | General & Unrestricted | Francis and Christine Martin Family Foundation |
| Filmnorth | $5,000 | General Support | CommunityGiving |
| Facets Multi-Media Incorporated | $5,000 | Support General Operations | Jahn Foundation |
| Hamptons International Film Festival (HIFF) | $5,000 | General Operating Support | Our Fund |
| Expressive Media | $5,000 | Streaming Library Funding | The Community Foundation for Northern Virginia (CFNOVA) |
| Hot Springs Documentary Film Institute | $5,000 | General Operating Support | Arkansas Community Foundation |
| Ithaca Festival | $5,000 | Ithaca Festival at Stewart Park Program | JM McDonald Foundation |
| Hamptons International Film Festival (HIFF) | $5,000 | Perpetuate Charitable Mission | Sylvia and Howard G Minsky Foundation |
| Social Good Fund | $5,000 | Human Rights | Proteus Fund |
| Worcester Roots Project | $5,000 | Pilot Project Summer Program for Youth | Greater Worcester Community Foundation |
| Girl Rising | $5,000 | Direct Service Grant From A Donor Advised Fund | The Women's Foundation of Colorado |
| Flagstaff Mountain Film Festival | $5,000 | Project Support | Flagstaff Arts Council |
| Port Townsend Film Society | $5,000 | Donation for "the Translator, the Life & Work of Red Pine". Credit To Read Martha Trolin & Libby Atkins | Jefferson County Community Foundation |
| First Light Foundation | $5,000 | General Support | Aspen Community Foundation (ACF) |
| Media Working Group | $5,000 | To Support Production Costs of the Network | Community Foundation for the Greater Capital Region |
| Just Vision | $5,000 | General & Unrestricted | Natembea Foundation |
Methodology: To determine grants and grantees, Cause IQ analyzes electronically-filed Form 990, Form 990-EZ, and Form 990-PF financial disclosure documents, matching grantees to specific organizations using EINs and fuzzy matching logic. The "Film production organizations" category for this page is determined by the "A31: Film, Video" National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) code. Cause IQ determines NTEEs for organizations by its own internally-developed secret-sauce algorithms.