Connecticut · Private foundation
The Filmmaker Fund
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $123k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 30
- Grants FY2024
- 22
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 59%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $2,041
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $30,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 22
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 7
- Total assets, FY2024
- $3.5M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 59% of the organizations The Filmmaker Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 92% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 8% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $176k 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 | 30 | $123k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 22 | $192k | 59% |
| FY2022 | 17 | $100k | 59% |
| FY2021 | 15 | $73k | 80% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $141k | 78% |
| FY2019 | 2 | $29k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 3 | $171k | 100% |
| FY2017 | 5 | $67k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Soze Foundation Inc | $150,000 | 1 | 18% |
| Jordan Davis Foundation Inc | $32,730 | 3 | n/a |
| Gofundmeorg | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| God's Love We Deliver Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Illumine Service Foundation Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 2% |
| The Brooklyn College Foundation Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| 4 Dogs Farm Rescue | $24,045 | 1 | 6% |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Feeding America | $17,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Connecticut Foodshare Inc | $14,500 | 4 | 0% |
Show all 41 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 26 recipients with no EIN on record ($383k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Filmmaker Fund supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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.
Open a dossier: Fairfield County's Community Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Ibm International Foundation · Jewish Communal Fund · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · The Chicago Community Trust · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Network for Good · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc
How this is measured
About The Filmmaker Fund
- How much does The Filmmaker Fund give?
- The Filmmaker Fund reported 30 grants totaling $123,466 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 22 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Filmmaker Fund fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (26%), Education (19%), Philanthropy (9%).
- Who are The Filmmaker Fund's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: The Soze Foundation Inc ($150k), Jordan Davis Foundation Inc ($33k), Gofundmeorg ($30k).
- Does The Filmmaker Fund fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 59% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Filmmaker Fund accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Filmmaker Fund?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fairfield County's Community Foundation Inc, National Philanthropic Trust, Ibm International Foundation.
- Where is The Filmmaker Fund based?
- The Filmmaker Fund is based in CT.
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