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The Film Collaborative Inc

THE FILM COLLABORATIVE INC., (tfc), provides independent filmmakers with a robust offering of free educational materials about distribution and a full range of services, including fiscal sponsorship, film distribution and impact marketing services without taking filmmakers' rights.

$14M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
1
Itemized grants FY2024
1
Organizations funded FY2023
100%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Itemized, FY2024
$13M
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2024
$12,724,745
Largest grant, FY2024
$12,724,745
Organizations funded a year
1 to 82
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
1
Total assets, FY2024
$4.9M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 100% of the organizations The Film Collaborative Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7.0M went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
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 yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving1$13M0%
FY20231$7.0M100%
FY202282$11M65%
FY202149$2.6M76%
FY202030$1.0M57%
FY201946$3.0M70%
FY201847$2.8M43%
FY201753$2.4Mn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$40MHealth$886kYouth Development$698kCommunity Improvement$151kPublic Benefit$95kEducation$80kCivil Rights$57kEnvironment$43kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
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ID
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
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SD
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
NE
MO
VA
MD
DE
AZ
NM
KS
TN
NC
SC
DC
MS
GA
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Domestic Org - See Pdf List$19,743,2542n/a
Lilly Movie Development Compa$5,985,2152n/a
PSF Underground LLC$1,958,4114n/a
The Joy Film LLC$858,6051n/a
Complexity Pictures LLC$756,6151n/a
Nervous Breakthrough Prod LLC$529,7442n/a
Singer & Deschamps Productions Inc$503,8085n/a
Automat Pictures Inc$496,5886n/a
Black Valley Films Inc$492,8142n/a
You Are Not Alone LLC$420,7681n/a
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All grantees of The Film Collaborative Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Domestic Org - See Pdf List$19,743,2542n/a
Lilly Movie Development Compa$5,985,2152n/a
PSF Underground LLC$1,958,4114n/a
The Joy Film LLC$858,6051n/a
Complexity Pictures LLC$756,6151n/a
Nervous Breakthrough Prod LLC$529,7442n/a
Singer & Deschamps Productions Inc$503,8085n/a
Automat Pictures Inc$496,5886n/a
Black Valley Films Inc$492,8142n/a
You Are Not Alone LLC$420,7681n/a
Borracho Pictures Inc$413,8573n/a
Millenial Movie LLC$379,2142n/a
Triptych Films LLC$370,4702n/a
The Blech Effect LLC$274,5413n/a
Big Boys LLC$267,1581n/a
Every Act of Life LLC$246,3862n/a
Elizabeth A Lane$219,1241n/a
Fab Films LLC$205,2322n/a
Chuparosa Films LLC$181,5564n/a
Geist Productions LLC$160,8964n/a
Adama Films LLC$153,0192n/a
One of a Kind Movie LLC$152,8381n/a
Concorde Productions LLC$152,0002n/a
Forbidden Steps LLC$149,4892n/a
Public Square Films LLC$141,2274n/a
Fab Films LLC$135,1601n/a
Sylvia & Marsha LLC$131,5832n/a
Throuple The Movie LLC$131,5331n/a
Teale Productions Inc$125,0262n/a
Frankly Speaking Films LLC$121,7163n/a
BRITE PRODUCTIONS INC dba G$118,1226n/a
Christopher Street LLC$111,8631n/a
Portal A LLC$106,3591n/a
Chatsby Films Inc$103,3932n/a
Gary Gand Music Inc$103,0082n/a
After Roe LLC$101,1641n/a
Attention Era Studios LLC$99,2871n/a
Stories Matter Media LLC$96,7645n/a
StoryFile Inc$95,0001n/a
Endo What LLC$88,7501n/a
Afghan Dreamers Productions LLC$85,4991n/a
Miss Sherri LLC$85,0501n/a
Mu Productions LLC$83,0441n/a
Galewind Films LLC$82,7863n/a
SF Core Media LLC$80,7591n/a
The Film Collaborative Inc$76,18022%
Marminchilla LLC$76,0002n/a
Life After You LLC$75,4262n/a
Documentary Producers Alliance$74,5543n/a
Journey of Consciousness LLC$72,6103n/a
Lost Rivers Economic Development Inc$71,9911n/a
Without Arrows LLC$69,9992n/a
The Sexual Health NetworkInc$66,7372n/a
Black Tabby Films LLC$66,4932n/a
Pandora Films LLC$66,1891n/a
The Berkeley Company LLC$59,5171n/a
Rosalia Films Inc$58,4002n/a
Kassie Films LLC$58,2162n/a
West 8th LLC$57,4531n/a
Podium Pictures LLC$57,2652n/a
Dos Burts Productions Inc$55,7571n/a
University of California Berkeley Foundation$52,75020%
Council Pictures LLC$50,1482n/a
Helix Pictures LLC$47,8751n/a
Memory Workers LLC$47,5001n/a
Barred Rock Chicken Run LLC$47,4971n/a
On Assignment Pictures LLC$47,4951n/a
The Ebersole Hughes Company$43,4452n/a
At the End of the Day LLC$42,5102n/a
Symon Productions Inc$42,0462n/a
Blue Water Entertainment Inc$40,1521n/a
Culture Catalyst LLC$39,8941n/a
Embrem Entertainment LLC$39,2863n/a
Spektral Ink Films Limited$38,5501n/a
Michael Donte Films LLC$38,4861n/a
Galdanova Film LLC$38,0001n/a
Eidolon Films LLC$37,9993n/a
Eye for an Eye Filmworks LLC$37,9991n/a
The Heart Revolution LLC$37,9162n/a
Knee Knocker Productions LLC$37,4912n/a
Keeper of the Flame LLC$37,3661n/a
My 3 Shorts LLC$37,1992n/a
Lucky Bean Productions LLC$34,9451n/a
Arch Cape Films LLC$34,7141n/a
Leslie Silver Enterprises LL$34,6781n/a
Inciteful Media Corp$34,2802n/a
Cresting Moon Productions Inc$33,2182n/a
High Touch LLC$33,0241n/a
Jones Wellness LLC$32,7612n/a
Splicer Films LLC$30,7202n/a
Izidor Story LLC$30,6092n/a
Additive Adventure LLC$30,3751n/a
Laced Film Ltd$30,0471n/a
KP Productions LLC$29,8352n/a
Woodbine Films LLC$28,8691n/a
Kathryn A Lauritzen$28,5181n/a
Lesbian Home Movie Project$27,0002n/a
Kino Lorber Inc$26,6231n/a
Crumbel & Smeer Inc$25,5001n/a
Carole Ann Lowe$24,7771n/a
Equal Means Equal LLC$24,5292n/a
1893 the Film LLC$24,0211n/a
1893 the Film LLC$23,7491n/a
James Parker Films LLC (DBA Synchronous Pictures)$23,7471n/a
Compadre Media Group$23,4642n/a
Andrea Naar$23,2601n/a
Unchained Productions LLC$23,0001n/a
Waterbug Eater Films LLC$22,8652n/a
Bonded Films LLC$22,5331n/a
A Loves Z LLC$22,2222n/a
Blackscrackle Films LLC$22,0121n/a
Popper Film LLC$20,6301n/a
Tigerlily Pictures LLC$20,2552n/a
Randy G Inc$19,7171n/a
Swan Song Film LLC$19,2721n/a
Point Nemo Productions LLC$19,0001n/a
Chain of Rocks LLC$19,0001n/a
Old Chilly Pics LLC$18,9991n/a
Curios Media Inc$18,8121n/a
Meetai LLC$18,2253n/a
McKee Wallwork Company LLC$18,1901n/a
Mack Attack LLC$18,1542n/a
Collective Projects Inc$18,1251n/a
Freehold Pictures LLC$17,9641n/a
4Planes Productions LLC$17,5771n/a
Clipper Pictures Inc$17,1421n/a
La Osa LLC$16,5001n/a
Carbon Film LLC$16,3011n/a
Looky Looky Pictures$16,0001n/a
120E Films LLC$15,7401n/a
Mapping Alzheimers Productio$15,7001n/a
FischerCat Productions LLC$15,6691n/a
Allison Johnson Inc$15,2661n/a
220th Street Productions LLC$15,1701n/a
Morrisa Maltz LLC$15,1422n/a
GTN Creative LLC$15,0831n/a
QR Movie LLC$14,5052n/a
Detroit Newspaper Partnership LP$14,2501n/a
Old Chilly Pictures LLC$14,1621n/a
Cardinal Flix Inc$14,1131n/a
American Noise LLC$13,8051n/a
Mama Bears Documentary LLC$12,5131n/a
Common Pilgrim LLC$12,0281n/a
Morganville Films LLC$11,8751n/a
Framing Agnes LLC$11,8631n/a
Dca Film LLC$11,1521n/a
Trio Diamond Productions LLC$10,5981n/a
Point of View Story LLC$10,5971n/a
Ramona at Midlife LLC$10,5081n/a
Titanio Productions LLC$10,4501n/a
Mike Mosallam Productions LLC$10,3351n/a
Juana Doe Film LLC$9,8741n/a
So Fare Films LLC$9,7361n/a
The Peoples Poet LLC$9,7271n/a
Time Warp Films LLC$9,5001n/a
Guest House Film LLC$9,4991n/a
Hybrid Cinema LLC$9,4991n/a
Diversity Theater Productions$9,4971n/a
Lady Who Productions INC$9,3451n/a
Flickering Duck Productions$9,2881n/a
Culture Shock ProductionsLLC$9,1361n/a
Dark Forest Movie LLC$9,0221n/a
Born River Bye LLC$8,8821n/a
DC Dox$8,5771n/a
CoExisting Films LLC$8,5241n/a
Sylvia The Wood Nymph$8,5001n/a
Flavio Alves TGLB Production$8,1231n/a
Reno Martin LLC$8,0361n/a
Green Girl Productions Inc$7,9411n/a
The End Productions LLC$7,8021n/a
Boone LLC$7,6581n/a
Ripple Effect ProductionsLLc$7,6201n/a
Fight Forward Films LLC$7,5621n/a
Quest Fury Sound LLC$7,4791n/a
Debbie Lum LLC$7,4341n/a
AfterLouieLLC$7,3381n/a
Dem Fruitz LLC$7,1321n/a
Three Judges LLC$6,9831n/a
Blvd Du Cinema ProductionsLLC$6,9551n/a
Cicada Film LLC$6,8531n/a
Hairiette of Harlem LLC$6,6301n/a
Bright Eyes LLC$6,4951n/a
LA Panda Productions LLC$6,4951n/a
The D-Word LLC$6,2881n/a
marco pictures llc$6,2101n/a
Shakedown Documentary LLC$6,2051n/a
Limbic Productions Inc$6,1091n/a
Shannon Raeschelle Kring$6,0881n/a
SYT Film$5,8951n/a
The Heart of Mine LLC$5,8891n/a
Rio Grande Film LLC$5,8591n/a
Magenta Pictures LLC$5,7951n/a
The Hole Truth LLC$5,6021n/a
Roberto Sammy Productions LLC$5,5641n/a
People's Television Inc$5,5141n/a
Sirens LLC$5,5111n/a
Arts and Magic Films LLC$5,4501n/a
Wild Nights with Emily LLC$5,4431n/a
Wohler Films LLC$5,4351n/a
Red Dirt Pictures LLC$5,4141n/a
Open Door Productions$5,3841n/a
TransMilitary LLC$5,3601n/a
Ro Co Films International LLC$5,1751n/a
Third Shift Media Inc$5,1301n/a
Missing in Brooks County LLC$5,1141n/a
Canary in a Coal Mine LLC$5,0841n/a
KxW Productions LLC$5,0721n/a

Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.1M), not named here.

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.

International Documen…Sundance InstituteThe Ford Foundation
International Documentary Foundation IncCA33.8× affinity17 shared granteesties to 2 of 2Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: International Documentary Foundation Inc · Sundance Institute · The Ford Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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How do I get to The Film Collaborative Inc?

Find your warmest path to The Film Collaborative Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

About The Film Collaborative Inc

How much does The Film Collaborative Inc give?
The Film Collaborative Inc reported 1 itemized grants totaling $12,724,745, out of $14,238,584 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 82 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does The Film Collaborative Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (95%), Health (2%), Youth Development (2%).
Who are The Film Collaborative Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Domestic Org - See Pdf List ($20M), Lilly Movie Development Compa ($6.0M), PSF Underground LLC ($2.0M).
Does The Film Collaborative Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Film Collaborative Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include International Documentary Foundation Inc, Sundance Institute, The Ford Foundation.
Where is The Film Collaborative Inc based?
The Film Collaborative Inc is based in CA.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 213 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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