California · Public charity
Directors Guild Foundation
To provide assistance to dga members during times of temporary financial hardship or immediate need. The foundation supports the dga health plan and charities (the mptf and the actors fund) that provide services to dga members and other members of the entertainment community.
- $188k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 1
- Grants FY2025
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2025
- $188,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $188,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 2
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $4.5M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations Directors Guild Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 1 | $188k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $350k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $769k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $295k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $6k | 0% |
| FY2017 | 1 | $7k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Motion Picture and Television Fund | $1,554,810 | 6 | 1% |
| The Actors' Fund of America | $60,000 | 1 | 0% |
About Directors Guild Foundation
- How much does Directors Guild Foundation give?
- Directors Guild Foundation reported 1 grants totaling $188,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 2 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Directors Guild Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Public Safety & Disaster (53%), Health (36%), Human Services (7%).
- Who are Directors Guild Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Motion Picture and Television Fund ($1.6M), The Actors' Fund of America ($60k).
- Does Directors Guild Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Where is Directors Guild Foundation based?
- Directors Guild Foundation is based in CA.
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