California · Public charity
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
To recognize and uphold excellence in the motion picture arts and sciences, inspire imagination, and connect the world through the medium of motion pictures.
- $57M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 3
- Grants FY2025
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $500,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $56,710,805
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 3
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $873M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 3 | $57M | 0% |
| FY2024 | 3 | $58M | 0% |
| FY2023 | 2 | $61M | 50% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $65M | 0% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $50M | 50% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $53M | 67% |
| FY2019 | 2 | $43M | 50% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $38M | 0% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Academy Foundation | $454,673,580 | 9 | 84% |
| Motion Picture and Television Fund | $3,000,000 | 3 | 3% |
| The Actors' Fund of America | $2,000,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Commission on Eliminating Harassment and Advancing Equality | $125,939 | 3 | 2% |
| Mitchell Kapor Foundation | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($29k), not named here.
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About Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
- How much does Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences give?
- Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences reported 3 grants totaling $57,255,805 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 3 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (99%), Human Services (1%), Membership Benefit (0%).
- Who are Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Academy Foundation ($455M), Motion Picture and Television Fund ($3.0M), The Actors' Fund of America ($2.0M).
- Does Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Where is Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences based?
- Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is based in CA.
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