· Public charity
Denver Film Society
The mission of the DENVER FILM SOCIETY is to develop opportunities for diverse audiences to discover film through creative, thought-provoking experiences.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2026.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2026
- Under $10k1 grant · $7k
- $10k–50k13 grants · $277k
- $50k–250k6 grants · $681k
- $250k+4 grants · $2.5M
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| POSSIBILITIES IN AMERICA LLC | $1,290,109 |
| BRAIDING PICTURES LLC | $525,500 |
| WONDER LLC | $375,000 |
| I WAS BORN THIS WAY PRODUCTION LLC | $309,246 |
| EXPOSURE LLC | $241,000 |
| CHASING TWICE LLC | $148,055 |
| THE CAPITALISM DILEMMA LLC | $140,000 |
| ECHOSTORY LLC | $51,250 |
| GREATER PURPOSE MEDIA | $50,253 |
| COAL ASH DOCUMENTARY LLC | $50,125 |
| SWITCHBOARD STRATEGIES LLC | $42,000 |
| GREATER PURPOSE MEDIA | $34,410 |
| PANDO PRODUCTIONS LLC | $33,301 |
| CINEMA TOAST HOUSE HOUSE LLC | $30,690 |
| MIKE SHUM PRODUCTIONS LLC | $23,250 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY19–26) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 90% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
20 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2026, 8 since wound down; 11 grantees were first funded in FY2026 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2026, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $297k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- ELEXPOSURE LABS6× · 2021–2026 · $4.6M
- SDSocial Dilemma (AKA Social Media Project)3× · 2019–2021 · $2.4M
- PIPOSSIBILITIES IN AMERICA LLC2× · 2025–2026 · $1.8M
Funded once
- RARINO ART DISTRICTone grant, 2019 · $148k · revenue -8%
- RURemembering Us LLCone grant, 2019 · $120k
- FTFox Tale Films (Intrepid Adevntures LLC)one grant, 2019 · $104k
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.
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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How this is measured
11 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. 11 of the 55 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Denver Film Society funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Denver Film Society. Bigger dots raise more.
- The Center for Independent Documentary Inc: 6% of income from government
How this is measured
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