How much does Filmnorth give?

Filmnorth reported 17 itemized grants totaling $951,446, out of $1,279,172 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 12 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2023.

What does Filmnorth fund?

By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (82%), Community Improvement (11%), Philanthropy (3%).

Who are Filmnorth's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2021 to FY2024: Mecklenberg County Film LLC ($800k), Techknow Productions LLC ($576k), Brinkema Brothers LLC ($286k).

Does Filmnorth fund new organizations?

In FY2023, 42% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

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Minnesota · Public charity

Filmnorth

FILMNORTH inspires and provides opportunities for all filmmakers and media artists in the north to thrive, with a commitment to eliminate disparities for those from communities that have been historically underrepresented in the film industry.

$1.3M
Granted FY2024(still arriving): 17
Itemized grants FY2024: 12
Organizations funded FY2023: 42%
First-time grantees FY2023

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Itemized, FY2024: $951k; The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2024: $17,621
Largest grant, FY2024: $405,220
Organizations funded a year: 8 to 12; FY2021 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024: 5
Total assets, FY2024: $6.1M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 42% of the organizations Filmnorth funded were first-time grantees, receiving 75% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 25% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $303k went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

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

EducationArts & CultureOther

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.

The numbers by year

Fiscal year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2024still arriving	17	$951k	47%
FY2023	12	$402k	42%
FY2022	12	$137k	58%
FY2021	8	$1.1M	n/a

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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$2.1MCommunity Improvement$286kPhilanthropy$74kPublic Benefit$58kHuman Services$42kEducation$24k

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Mecklenberg County Film LLC	$800,003	4	n/a
Techknow Productions LLC	$576,220	2	n/a
Brinkema Brothers LLC	$285,563	1	n/a
Warrior Productions LLC	$188,604	1	n/a
Storyforge LLC	$118,132	2	n/a
Elk Mountain Productions LLC	$82,219	2	n/a
Tonka Amusements LLC	$80,439	3	n/a
Nautilus Film Project LLC	$49,704	3	n/a
Sound Unseen	$45,674	3	n/a
Lake Effect LLC	$41,585	1	n/a

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All grantees of Filmnorth by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Mecklenberg County Film LLC	$800,003	4	n/a
Techknow Productions LLC	$576,220	2	n/a
Brinkema Brothers LLC	$285,563	1	n/a
Warrior Productions LLC	$188,604	1	n/a
Storyforge LLC	$118,132	2	n/a
Elk Mountain Productions LLC	$82,219	2	n/a
Tonka Amusements LLC	$80,439	3	n/a
Nautilus Film Project LLC	$49,704	3	n/a
Sound Unseen	$45,674	3	n/a
Lake Effect LLC	$41,585	1	n/a
Andy Frye Productions LLC	$40,225	3	n/a
People and Wolves	$37,004	3	n/a
Oceans of Light Productions Inc	$25,987	2	n/a
Carleton College	$24,000	1	0%
Angry Deaf People Productions LLC	$23,527	1	n/a
Inside Senior Living LLC	$22,761	1	n/a
What America Needs Films LLC	$21,420	2	n/a
Come Talk to Me LLC	$19,283	1	n/a
The Nearness of You LLC	$18,360	2	n/a
Walker West Music Academy	$17,500	2	1%
Ocho Bajos Music LLC	$17,100	2	n/a
Dead Media Movie LLC	$16,791	1	n/a
Rebel Girl Film LLC	$14,577	1	n/a
Score LLC	$13,892	1	n/a
Estra House Productions LLC	$13,354	1	n/a
Pickett Pictures LLC	$9,400	1	n/a
Macphail Center for Music	$7,500	1	0%
Alec Fisher - the Fair Documentary LLC	$6,201	1	n/a

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About Filmnorth

How much does Filmnorth give?: Filmnorth reported 17 itemized grants totaling $951,446, out of $1,279,172 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 12 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2023.
What does Filmnorth fund?: By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (82%), Community Improvement (11%), Philanthropy (3%).
Who are Filmnorth's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2021 to FY2024: Mecklenberg County Film LLC ($800k), Techknow Productions LLC ($576k), Brinkema Brothers LLC ($286k).
Does Filmnorth fund new organizations?: In FY2023, 42% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Where is Filmnorth based?: Filmnorth is based in MN.

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