Program areas at NFPF
Preserving American films through grants. Saved 68 titles through grants to 28 institutions. Among the films slated for preservation are Trailin (1921), a Tom Mix mystery-western; The Cruz Brothers and Miss Malloy (1980), a short feature by Kathleen Collins; Dian Fossey Gorilla Lecture Film (1973), research footage of gorillas in East Africa; Chocolate Babies (1997), a dramatic feature about LGBT+ activists exposing political corruption during the AIDS epidemic; After the Earthquake/Despus del Terremoto (1979), a fiction short about Nicaraguan refugees in San Francisco, made by Lourdes Portillo and Nina Serrano; and An Equal Chance (1920), a dramatized documentary produced by the National Organization for Public Health Nursing on challenges faced by medical workers during the 1918 flu epidemic.
Promoting film preservation through publications. The foundation produces DVD sets in the Treasures from American Film Archives series and books that advance national film preservation efforts. With support from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts, the NFPF continues production on Treasures 6: Next Wave Avant-Garde Film, a 5-hour DVD box set surveying 28 experimental filmmakersfrom Abigail Child to Phil Solomonwho rose to prominence after 1965. The sets release is planned for 2024.
Promoting Access. The NFPF websites online component of The Field Guide to Sponsored Films (2006) hosts 160 films free to stream from 13 organizations. In addition, the NFPF funded three access projects in 2021 to George Eastman Museum, Northeast Historic Film, and UCLA to create 4K scans of past grant projects. Once digitized, these will join 107 films preserved through NFPF programs already available in the online screening room as part of the launch of the NFPFs new streaming app. Additionally, continued working on the partnership with the EYE Filmmuseum Netherlands to make available more than 50 American films that have been unseen for decades.
Who funds National Film Preservation Foundation (NFPF)
Grants from foundations and other nonprofits
Personnel at NFPF
| Name | Title | Compensation | Date of data |
|---|
| Jeff Lambert | Board Member | | 2023-09-06 |
| Jeffery Lambert | Executive Director | $98,241 | 2023-10-31 |
| Rebecca Payne Collins | Board Member | | 2023-09-06 |
| Grover Crisp | Chair | $0 | 2023-09-06 |
| Eric J Schwartz | Vice Chair and Vice President / Board Member | $0 | 2022-12-31 |
Financials for NFPF
| Revenues | FYE 12/2022 | FYE 12/2021 | % Change |
|---|
| Total grants, contributions, etc. | $1,512,066 | $1,333,032 | 13.4% |
| Program services | $1,451 | $3,048 | -52.4% |
| Investment income and dividends | $-14,744 | $14,725 | -200.1% |
| Tax-exempt bond proceeds | $0 | $0 | - |
| Royalty revenue | $0 | $0 | - |
| Net rental income | $0 | $0 | - |
| Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets | $0 | $0 | - |
| Net income from fundraising events | $0 | $0 | - |
| Net income from gaming activities | $0 | $0 | - |
| Net income from sales of inventory | $0 | $0 | - |
| Miscellaneous revenues | $1,084 | $0 | 999% |
| Total revenues | $1,499,857 | $1,350,805 | 11% |
Organizations like NFPF
| Organization | Type | Location | Revenue |
|---|
| Chicken and Egg Pictures | 501(c)(3) | Brooklyn, NY | $4,420,113 |
| Catapult Film Fund | 501(c)(3) | Berkeley, CA | $894,759 |
| Redford Center | 501(c)(3) | San Francisco, CA | $4,498,128 |
| Center for Asian American Media | 501(c)(3) | San Francisco, CA | $4,982,490 |
| Entertainment 2 Affect Change | 501(c)(3) | Los Angeles, CA | $759,975 |
| Minnesota Motion Picture and Television Board | 501(c)(3) | Minneapolis, MN | $1,078,502 |
| American Documentary | 501(c)(3) | Brooklyn, NY | $5,823,487 |
| The Kindling Group | 501(c)(3) | Chicago, IL | $1,531,037 |
| Filmnorth | 501(c)(3) | Saint Paul, MN | $793,436 |
| Doc Society | 501(c)(3) | Brooklyn, NY | $1,989,789 |
Data update history
January 19, 2024
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2022
November 27, 2023
Received grants
Identified 1 new grant, including a grant for $7,549 from Give Back Foundation September 2, 2023
Updated personnel
Identified 1 new personnel
July 31, 2023
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2021
June 27, 2023
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2020
Nonprofit Types
Grantmaking organizationsArts, culture, and humanities nonprofitsMedia and communications organizationsCharities
Issues
Arts, cultural, and humanities
Characteristics
Provides grantsReceives government fundingTax deductible donationsAccepts online donations
General information
- Address
- 145 9th St 260
- San Francisco, CA 94103
- Metro area
- San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA
- County
- San Francisco County, CA
- Website URL
- filmpreservation.org/Â
- Phone
- (415) 392-7291
- Facebook page
- National-Film-Preservation-FoundationÂ
- Twitter profile
- @natlfilmpresÂ
IRS details
- EIN
- 52-2055624
- Fiscal year end
- December
- Taxreturn type
- Form 990
- Year formed
- 1997
- Eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions (Pub 78)
- Yes
Categorization
- NTEE code, primary
- A31: Film, Video
- NAICS code, primary
- 512110: Motion Picture and Video Production
- Parent/child status
- Independent
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