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Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Foundation
Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Foundation (California) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,186,862 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($1,638,550). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 53% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $4.7M
- Funders on record
- 12
- Grants received
- $4.2M
- Net assets
- $36M
What Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Foundation does
Mission
The charitable arm of the tv academy, the academy of television arts & sciences foundation, is dedicated to preserving television while educating and inspiring future leaders.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The saban media center houses the television academy foundation offices, as well as spaces for foundation program events. Foundation events using the multipurpose conference facilities include the summer internship program's professional development, media educators conference, the college television awards ceremony and professional development, and other foundation programs. The foundation's "power of tv" public programming series included conversations about authentic representation of disability on screen, depictions of work, family, and care, as well as portrayals of democracy in television. The "power of tv" showcases the potential of television to advance cultural conversations and create social change. Foundation events using the theater, lobby and exterior spaces include networking mixers for foundation interns, media educators conference, discussions, and larger public programs. A small studio on the lower level has been used to record oral histories as part of the foundation's interviews program, as well as conduct virtual educational programs. All of the programs listed above are ongoing programs of the foundation and help to fulfill the foundation's mission to support…
$2,446,744 spent$224,000 earned by the program59% of program spendingThe interviews: an oral history of television is a robust repository of long-form video oral history interviews with television icons and changemakers. (it previously was known as the archive of american television.) the collection of more than 950+ interviews is available to the public, journalists, and scholars worldwide via a fully catalogued website. The interviews: an oral history of television helps fulfill one of the foundation's central goals - the preservation, celebration, and dissemination of television history. Oral history subject highlights for 2024 include legendary entertainment executive haim saban, actress tantoo cardinal, hair stylist kim kimble, director and producer chris eyre and production designer suzuki ingerslev.
$969,181 spent$25,796 earned by the program24% of program spendingThe college television awards is a renowned national competition recognizing excellence in college student produced content that helps to fulfill the foundation's mission of educating and preparing those who will impact the future of television. Students are invited to submit their best work and winners receive cash awards and industry recognition at an emmy awards style event. The awards ceremony and nominee professional development were held at the saban media center over several days. The foundation also engaged with other partners to extend the professional development opportunities for award winners following the ceremony.
$379,319 spent$25,545 earned by the program9% of program spendingThe internship program annually provides more than 50 industry wide internships to college and graduate students from across the country, and is a key part of fulfilling the foundation's mission of educating and preparing the next generation of television leaders. The highly selective program gives students in-depth exposure to professional television development during an eight-week paid summer internship. The program also provides 13-week paid part-time internships during the fall and spring semesters. To solicit interest in the application process, there is wide outreach that extends beyond the nation's top film/tv university programs across the country, and also includes historically black colleges and universities, hispanic serving institutions, tribal colleges, and asian pacific islander serving institutions. In addition, the foundation engaged more than 500 volunteers from the television academy in the review of more than 2,000 applications and other programmatic aspects. While participating in the internship program, students also attended professional development workshops and networking events to help prepare them for the next phase of their careers.
$318,043 spentof which $35,000 as grants8% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $4,113,287.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2017 to 2018, from $51M to $47M (−9%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
80% of Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Foundation’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 5 funders, grant income rose $725k → $821k.
7 of 12 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 53% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $41M from 4 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Academy of Television Arts and Sciences). These are real filings, and they are not money Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Foundation raised.
From the IRS filings of Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Foundation’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Foundation leans on a few funders — its largest provides 39% of grant income and the top three 76%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
53% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Foundation.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 83% · 2018 56% · 2019 93% · 2020 43% · 2021 41% · 2022 67% · 2023 73% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
57% of Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Foundation's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 83% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
53% of Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Foundation's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $2.0M that is directly attributable, 76% of it comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.2M arriving through sponsors registered in 7 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Foundation is better cushioned than half of the 5,127 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,127 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Foundation
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
67% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Academy of Television Arts & Sciences · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Foundation: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Foundation?
- Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Foundation (California) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,186,862 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($1,638,550). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 53% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Foundation have?
- IRS filings report 12 organizations giving $4,186,862 in grants to Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Foundation, 10 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Foundation?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $1,638,550 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Foundation find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 12 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing