New York · Public charity
Moving Picture Institute
The MOVING PICTURE INSTITUTE is a nonprofit production company and talent incubator that creates high-impact films designed to entertain, inspire, and educate audiences with captivating stories about human freedom.
- $355k
- Granted FY2021
- 2
- Itemized grants FY2021
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2021
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2021
- Itemized, FY2021
- $300k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2021
- $242,024
- Largest grant, FY2021
- $242,024
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 7
- FY2017 to FY2021
- States reached, FY2021
- 2
- Total assets, FY2021
- $7.5M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2021, 50% of the organizations Moving Picture Institute funded were first-time grantees, receiving 81% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2021, 19% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $242k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | 2 | $300k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $283k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 2 | $173k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 6 | $222k | 67% |
| FY2017 | 7 | $275k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2021.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2021, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smock Media Holdings LLC | $337,150 | 5 | n/a |
| Disruptive Pictures | $242,024 | 1 | n/a |
| Man of Steel Productions LLC | $232,267 | 1 | n/a |
| Human Rights Foundation Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Hunter Image Media LLC | $57,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bowdon Media LLC Dba Choice Media | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Image Bearer Pictures LLC | $47,900 | 1 | n/a |
| Life Is My Movie Entertainment | $40,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Rumur Inc | $39,900 | 1 | n/a |
| Storytellers Ink Ltd | $37,800 | 2 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smock Media Holdings LLC | $337,150 | 5 | n/a |
| Disruptive Pictures | $242,024 | 1 | n/a |
| Man of Steel Productions LLC | $232,267 | 1 | n/a |
| Human Rights Foundation Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Hunter Image Media LLC | $57,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bowdon Media LLC Dba Choice Media | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Image Bearer Pictures LLC | $47,900 | 1 | n/a |
| Life Is My Movie Entertainment | $40,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Rumur Inc | $39,900 | 1 | n/a |
| Storytellers Ink Ltd | $37,800 | 2 | n/a |
| Speed Camera LLC | $35,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Montague Cervantes Inc | $18,300 | 1 | n/a |
| Passing Lane Films LLC | $10,800 | 1 | n/a |
| Big Honkin Inc | $5,300 | 1 | n/a |
About Moving Picture Institute
- How much does Moving Picture Institute give?
- Moving Picture Institute reported 2 itemized grants totaling $300,214, out of $354,722 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2021 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 7 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2021.
- What does Moving Picture Institute fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2021, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (92%), Civil Rights (8%).
- Who are Moving Picture Institute's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2021: Smock Media Holdings LLC ($337k), Disruptive Pictures ($242k), Man of Steel Productions LLC ($232k).
- Does Moving Picture Institute fund new organizations?
- In FY2021, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Where is Moving Picture Institute based?
- Moving Picture Institute is based in NY.
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