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Academy Foundation

The ACADEMY FOUNDATION was established with the purpose of organizing and overseeing the educational and cultural activities of the motion picture industry, including the presentation of its history and the promotion of its future including the margaret herrick library, the print and film archives and the academy museum of motion…

$77M
Granted FY2025still arriving
3
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$50M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$655MEducation$245kEmployment$188kPublic Safety & Disaster$150kYouth Development$128kHuman Services$65kCivil Rights$25kInternational$10kOther$0
02FY2025 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$15,635,096
Median grant
1
States reached
$68M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ACADEMY MUSEUM FOUNDATION$50,465,561
ARCHIVAL FOUNDATION$15,635,096
VINE STREET ARCHIVE FOUNDATION$9,564,646
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–20, $125k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%INTL INST FOR INDIGENOUS RESOURCE MGMT: $10k → 12%CREATIVE CAPITAL FOUNDATION: $15k → 17%GLAS ANIMATION GLAS ANIMATION FESTIVAL: $15k → 14%EXCEPTIONAL MINDS: $30k → 14%REEL ABILITIES NY: $25k → 17%THE JEWSIH COMMUNITY CTR IN MANHATTAN INC: $15k → 17%JCC MANHATTAN: $8k → 17%JCC MANHATTAN: $8k → 17%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

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WA
MT
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
OH
PA
NJ
CA
UT
CO
MO
MD
AZ
NM
TN
NC
SC
DC
LA
AL
GA
TX
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

100%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$654M · 56 repeat orgs$1.3M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +30% since the first grant, against +26% for those funded once.

56 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 53 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

56
62

Total granted

$654M
$1.3M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+30%
+26%

Still filing today

100%
94%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentEmploymentPhilanthropyOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • AM
    ACADEMY MUSEUM FOUNDATION
    9× · 2017–2025 · $416M · revenue +138% · 97% of their budget
  • TV
    THE VINE STREET ARCHIVE FOUNDATION
    9× · 2017–2025 · $58M · revenue +65% · 97% of their budget
  • FILM INDEPENDENT
    2× · 2019–2020 · $115k · revenue +72%

Funded once

  • MT
    MICHIGAN THEATER FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2020 · $200k · revenue +2%
  • NF
    National Film Preservation Foundationgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $50k · revenue +106%
  • SIFFgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $50k · revenue +262%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

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Independent Film Alliance F/K/a Stage 18
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2
The Filmmaker Fund
Philanthropy
3
Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles

Devoted to a greater appreciation of indian cinema and culture by showcasing films, supporting emerging filmmakers, and promoting the diverse perspectives of the indian diaspora.

Arts & Culture
4
Dc Independent Film Festival

The DC Independent Film Festival (DCIFF) showcases and supports local and international filmmakers and their work across the genres of fiction, animation, experimental and documentary through screening, discussion, professional…

Arts & Culture
5
Art of Brooklyn Festival

The Art of Brooklyn Film Festival is an annual event that brings Brooklyns celebrated film and media makers together with their peers across the country and around the world. AoBFF is a filmmaker-focused event, platform and showcase for…

Arts & Culture
6
San Francisco Independent Film Festival

SF IndieFest presents important independent narrative, documentary, and short films from around the world.

Arts & Culture
7
The American Film Institute

The american film institute ("afi") is a national institute providing leadership in screen education and the recognition and celebration of excellence in the art of film, television and digital media.

Arts & Culture
8
Centre Film Festival
Arts & Culture
9
Breaking Through the Lens

Advocate for gender equality in the film industry.

Arts & Culture
10
Chicago Filmmakers

To serve independent film and digital video artists by supporting the creation and dissemination of new media arts works, and to serve Chicago audiences by screening artistically innovative, socially relevant, and diverse films and videos.

Arts & Culture
11
Dc Dox

Dc dox is a major international film festival in the nation's capital dedicated to promoting documentary film as a leading art form, championing new voices and innovations in non-fiction storytelling, and using film as a catalyst to engage…

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12
Block Island Film Festival
Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Utah Film Center; the most unlike its peers is Echo Park Film Center. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

117 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 117 of the 120 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
35
Early backer (in before they grew)
116/117
Grantees still filing
82/117
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ACADEMY MUSEUM FOUNDATION: $416,070,315 · Arts & CultureACADEMY MUSEUM FOUNDATION+73 more: $2,562,000 · Arts & CultureARCHIVAL FOUNDATION: $177,528,890 · EducationARCHIVAL FOUNDATION+11 more: $217,000 · EducationTHE VINE STREET ARCHIVE FOUNDATION: $58,025,107 · PhilanthropyTHE VINE S…+1 more: $22,500 · PhilanthropyKARTEMQUIN EDUCATIONAL FILMS: $80,000 · OtherEDUCATIONAL VIDEO CENTER INC: $62,500 · OtherOUTFEST: $57,500 · OtherSan Francisco Film Society: $52,500 · OtherSCRIBE VIDEO CENTER INC: $50,000 · OtherNEW ORLEANS FILM & VIDEO SOCIETY INC: $50,000 · OtherINTERNATIONAL LATINO CULTURAL CENTER OF CHICAGO: $32,500 · OtherTHE CENTER FOR DOCUMENTARY STUDIES: $28,500 · OtherNEW YORK WOMEN IN FILM & TELEVISION INC: $25,000 · OtherTHE FLAHERTY FILM SEMINARINTL FILM SEMINARS: $25,000 · OtherINDIGENOUS SHOWCASE: $22,500 · OtherVISUAL COMMUNICATIONS MEDIA: $52,500 · OtherFIRELIGHT MEDIA INC: $25,000 · Other+7 more: $92,500 · OtherSTREETLIGHTS: $82,500 · EmploymentInner-City Filmmakers: $57,500 · EmploymentHOLLYWOOD CINEMA PRODUCTIONS RESOURCES: $27,500 · EmploymentTHE JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER IN MANHATTAN INC: $55,000 · Human ServicesEXCEPTIONAL MINDS: $30,000 · Human ServicesCREATIVE CAPITAL FOUNDATION: $15,000 · Human ServicesGLAS ANIMATION: $15,000 · Human ServicesINTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR INDIGENOUS RESOURCE MANAGEMENT INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesSIFF: $50,000 · Youth DevelopmentREEL STORIES TEEN FILMMAKING INC: $47,500 · Youth DevelopmentINTERNATIONAL CHILDRENS MEDIA CENTER: $17,500 · Youth DevelopmentDIAMOND IN THE RAW: $10,000 · Youth Development
Arts & Culture$418,632,315Education$177,745,890Philanthropy$58,047,607Other$656,000Employment$167,500Human Services$125,000Youth Development$125,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetACADEMY MUSEUM FOUNDATION: $416,070,315 over 9y, 97% of budgetARCHIVAL FOUNDATION: $177,528,890 over 9y, 99% of budgetTHE VINE STREET ARCHIVE FOUNDATION: $58,025,107 over 9y, 97% of budgetMICHIGAN THEATER FOUNDATION INC: $200,000 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetFILM INDEPENDENT: $115,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetSundance Institute: $110,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetINTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FOUNDATION INC: $105,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetFrameline Inc: $105,000 over 3y, 5.0% of budgetWOMEN IN FILM: $97,500 over 2y, 3.3% of budgetTHE GHETTO FILM SCHOOL INC: $95,000 over 3y, 2.3% of budgetSTREETLIGHTS: $82,500 over 3y, 13% of budgetNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LATINO INDEPENDENT PRODUCERS INC: $82,500 over 2y, 6.4% of budgetKARTEMQUIN EDUCATIONAL FILMS: $80,000 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetMAYSLES INSTITUTE INC: $62,500 over 4y, 4.8% of budgetEDUCATIONAL VIDEO CENTER INC: $62,500 over 4y, 2.9% of budgetCenter for Asian American Media: $60,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetCHICKEN & EGG FILMS INC: $57,500 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetOUTFEST: $57,500 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetInner-City Filmmakers: $57,500 over 3y, 21% of budgetUNIONDOCS INC: $55,000 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetASIAN CINE-VISION INC: $55,000 over 3y, 38% of budgetTHE JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER IN MANHATTAN INC: $55,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetWOMEN MAKE MOVIES INC: $52,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetVISUAL COMMUNICATIONS MEDIA: $52,500 over 3y, 4.3% of budgetSan Francisco Film Society: $52,500 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetChicago International Film Festival Inc Cinema-Chicago: $52,500 over 3y, 2.7% of budgetINDEPENDENT FEATURE PROJECT INC: $52,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetNational Film Preservation Foundation: $50,000 over 1y, 7.3% of budgetSIFF: $50,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetJewish Film Institute: $50,000 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetSCRIBE VIDEO CENTER INC: $50,000 over 3y, 2.9% of budgetNEW ORLEANS FILM & VIDEO SOCIETY INC: $50,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetREEL STORIES TEEN FILMMAKING INC: $47,500 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetTHE AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE: $47,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFacets Film Forum: $45,000 over 3y, 2.5% of budgetAMERICAN MUSEUM OF THE MOVING IMAGE: $45,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetRAGTAG FILM SOCIETY: $42,500 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetPAN AFRICAN FILM FESTIVAL INC: $37,500 over 1y, 4.8% of budgetBIG SKY FILM INSTITUTE: $35,000 over 3y, 3.8% of budgetFILM AT LINCOLN CENTER INC: $35,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetPoints North Institute: $35,000 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetMEDIA ARTS CENTER SAN DIEGO: $35,000 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetQueer Women of Color Media Arts Project: $35,000 over 2y, 5.1% of budgetINTERNATIONAL LATINO CULTURAL CENTER OF CHICAGO: $32,500 over 2y, 12% of budgetATLANTA JEWISH FILM SOCIETY INC: $32,500 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetECHO PARK FILM CENTER: $31,000 over 3y, 5.2% of budgetAFRICAN DIASPORA FILM FESTIVAL INC: $30,000 over 1y, 31% of budgetINDIE MEMPHIS: $30,000 over 1y, 3.8% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Perspective Media Ini…The Ford FoundationChicken & Egg Films I…Coolidge Corner Theat…Hollywood Foreign Pre…The San Francisco Fou…Sundance InstituteHollywood Foreign Pre…Michigan Theater Foun…California Community …Cinereach LtdCalifornia Humanities
Perspective Media Initiatives IncNY36.7× affinity15 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Perspective Media Initiatives Inc · The Ford Foundation · Chicken & Egg Films Inc · Coolidge Corner Theatre Foundation Inc · Hollywood Foreign Press Association · The San Francisco Foundation · Sundance Institute · Hollywood Foreign Press Association Charitable Trust · Michigan Theater Foundation Inc · California Community Foundation · Cinereach Ltd · California Humanities

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Academy Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Academy Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 3%
  • Raw Art Works Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Southern Oregon Film Society Ashland Independent Film Festival: 3% of income from government
  • Berklee College of Music Inc: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
37report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 120 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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