Minnesota · Public charity
Upper Midwest Film Office
To advance the creative economy in northern minnesota through film, tv and commercial content production. Umfo attracts projects through one-one connections, meetings, festivals and conferences. The office also connects community businesses, local crew, municipal offices and leaders to facilitate production in locations across the region.
- $987k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 9
- Grants FY2024
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $48,542
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $469,283
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 5
- FY2021 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 5
- Total assets, FY2024
- $367k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 100% of the organizations Upper Midwest Film Office 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; $832k went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 9 | $975k | 100% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $832k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $369k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $20k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marvista Entertainment LLC | $469,283 | 1 | n/a |
| Fun Raiser LLC | $406,430 | 1 | n/a |
| Body Language Movie | $311,140 | 1 | n/a |
| Closed Doors LLC | $243,621 | 1 | n/a |
| Fatal Photo LLC | $104,596 | 1 | n/a |
| Title One Films LLC | $91,445 | 1 | n/a |
| Her Deadly Letter LLC | $84,204 | 1 | n/a |
| Mery Kisscam Movie LLC | $68,335 | 1 | n/a |
| Nanas Here LLC | $65,528 | 1 | n/a |
| Twin Sisties LLC | $55,202 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 18 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marvista Entertainment LLC | $469,283 | 1 | n/a |
| Fun Raiser LLC | $406,430 | 1 | n/a |
| Body Language Movie | $311,140 | 1 | n/a |
| Closed Doors LLC | $243,621 | 1 | n/a |
| Fatal Photo LLC | $104,596 | 1 | n/a |
| Title One Films LLC | $91,445 | 1 | n/a |
| Her Deadly Letter LLC | $84,204 | 1 | n/a |
| Mery Kisscam Movie LLC | $68,335 | 1 | n/a |
| Nanas Here LLC | $65,528 | 1 | n/a |
| Twin Sisties LLC | $55,202 | 1 | n/a |
| Tgspp LLC | $48,542 | 1 | n/a |
| Pro Solutions Dba Leedrick Studios | $20,385 | 1 | n/a |
| Gabe Harden LLC | $16,059 | 1 | n/a |
| Big Var Productions | $13,750 | 1 | n/a |
| Spoke 612 LLC | $10,302 | 1 | n/a |
| Murder on the Great Lakes | $7,148 | 1 | n/a |
| Duluth Sister Cities International Inc | $6,736 | 1 | 7% |
| Thtf LLC | $5,174 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($168k), not named here.
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About Upper Midwest Film Office
- How much does Upper Midwest Film Office give?
- Upper Midwest Film Office reported 9 grants totaling $986,729 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 5 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2023.
- What does Upper Midwest Film Office fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (100%), International (0%).
- Who are Upper Midwest Film Office's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2024: Marvista Entertainment LLC ($469k), Fun Raiser LLC ($406k), Body Language Movie ($311k).
- Does Upper Midwest Film Office fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Where is Upper Midwest Film Office based?
- Upper Midwest Film Office is based in MN.
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