Pennsylvania · Public charity
Blackstar Projects Inc
Promoting film and visual culture by people of color, blackstar is focused on creating the spaces and resources needed to uplift the work of black, brown and indigenous artists working outside of the confines of genre.
- $363k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 12
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 86%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $315k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $81,906
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 7
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $5.5M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 86% of the organizations Blackstar Projects Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 94% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 6% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $138k went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 12 | $315k | 67% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $148k | 86% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $86k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $7k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lalibaltimore LLC | $81,906 | 1 | n/a |
| Studio Anyi LLC | $50,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Ingoma LLC | $50,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Sotomayor Productions Development LLC | $50,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Soft Film LLC | $42,750 | 2 | n/a |
| Sickamoe Media LLC | $38,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Highways Doc LLC | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Two Birds One Key LLC | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Dandelion Pictures | $28,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Botanica Pictures | $28,500 | 2 | n/a |
Show all 18 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lalibaltimore LLC | $81,906 | 1 | n/a |
| Studio Anyi LLC | $50,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Ingoma LLC | $50,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Sotomayor Productions Development LLC | $50,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Soft Film LLC | $42,750 | 2 | n/a |
| Sickamoe Media LLC | $38,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Highways Doc LLC | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Two Birds One Key LLC | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Dandelion Pictures | $28,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Botanica Pictures | $28,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Karmalux LLC | $23,750 | 1 | n/a |
| Fire Work Media LLC | $19,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Red Typewriter Studio | $19,000 | 1 | n/a |
| White Meat Movie LLC | $19,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Keeps Me Free LLC | $18,750 | 1 | n/a |
| Studio Kaleidoscope | $9,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Dana Reilly (Mostly True Films LLC) | $9,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Dave Purchase Project | $7,304 | 1 | 0% |
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About Blackstar Projects Inc
- How much does Blackstar Projects Inc give?
- Blackstar Projects Inc reported 12 itemized grants totaling $314,906, out of $363,106 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 7 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does Blackstar Projects Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (74%), Environment (12%), Community Improvement (10%).
- Who are Blackstar Projects Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Lalibaltimore LLC ($82k), Studio Anyi LLC ($50k), Ingoma LLC ($50k).
- Does Blackstar Projects Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 86% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Where is Blackstar Projects Inc based?
- Blackstar Projects Inc is based in PA.
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