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Washington Filmworks

To build and enhance the competitiveness of Washington State's film and associated creative industry. We accomplish this by marketing and managing the state's production incentive program, representing the state in national and international film production market, supporting the business of film, encouraging professional development and…

$152k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
6
Itemized grants FY2025
3
Organizations funded FY2024
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Itemized, FY2025
$70k
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2025
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$20,000
States reached, FY2025
1
Total assets, FY2025
$33M
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2024 to 2025.

Employment$85kArts & Culture$8kCivil Rights$8k

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2024 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Atina Film Studios$20,0001n/a
Olympic College Foundation$16,00010%
Northwest Film Forum$10,40011%
Film Crew Academy LLC$10,4001n/a
Wahkiakum West Television Inc$10,4001n/a
Wenatchee School District$10,0001n/a
Seattle Documentary Association$8,0001n/a
Tasveer$8,0001n/a

Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($8k), not named here.

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About Washington Filmworks

How much does Washington Filmworks give?
Washington Filmworks reported 6 itemized grants totaling $70,000, out of $152,300 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing.
What does Washington Filmworks fund?
By grant dollars over FY2024 to FY2025, its largest causes are Employment (84%), Arts & Culture (8%), Civil Rights (8%).
Who are Washington Filmworks's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2024 to FY2025: Atina Film Studios ($20k), Olympic College Foundation ($16k), Northwest Film Forum ($10k).
Where is Washington Filmworks based?
Washington Filmworks is based in WA.

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 9 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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