California · Public charity
Motion Picture Association Inc
The motion picture association (mpa, inc.) serves as the voice and advocate of the american motion picture, home video and television industries. Mpa, inc. Undertakes various activities in the furtherance of its mission, including, among other things, monitoring federal and state legislation affecting the motion picture industry,…
- $3.6M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 55
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 52
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 12%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $3.5M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $750,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 52 to 66
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 10
- Total assets, FY2024
- $67M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 12% of the organizations Motion Picture Association Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $88k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 55 | $3.5M | 7% |
| FY2023 | 52 | $3.1M | 12% |
| FY2022 | 55 | $3.9M | 13% |
| FY2021 | 62 | $3.8M | 8% |
| FY2020 | 58 | $3.1M | 17% |
| FY2019 | 66 | $4.1M | 35% |
| FY2017 | 59 | $3.4M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carnegie Mellon University | $6,500,000 | 7 | 0% |
| The Copyright Alliance | $3,660,822 | 7 | 85% |
| George Mason University Foundation Inc | $1,320,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Entertainment Industry College Outreach Program | $885,000 | 7 | 20% |
| International Intellectual Property Alliance | $750,000 | 4 | 25% |
| Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies Inc | $702,000 | 7 | 16% |
| Democratic Governors Association | $700,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Republican Governors Association | $655,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Americans for Tax Reform | $525,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Int'l Center for Law & Economics | $500,000 | 5 | n/a |
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Where it is load-bearing
Motion Picture Association Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 94 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
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How this is measured
About Motion Picture Association Inc
- How much does Motion Picture Association Inc give?
- Motion Picture Association Inc reported 55 itemized grants totaling $3,522,958, out of $3,621,975 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 52 and 66 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Motion Picture Association Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (47%), Public Benefit (18%), Community Improvement (9%).
- Who are Motion Picture Association Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Carnegie Mellon University ($6.5M), The Copyright Alliance ($3.7M), George Mason University Foundation Inc ($1.3M).
- Does Motion Picture Association Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 12% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Motion Picture Association Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Ncta - the Internet & Television Association, Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, Mywirelessorg.
- Where is Motion Picture Association Inc based?
- Motion Picture Association Inc is based in CA.
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