Arkansas · Nonprofit
ARKANSAS CINEMA SOCIETY INC
ARKANSAS CINEMA SOCIETY INC (Arkansas) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $633,533 to it, the largest being WINDGATE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC ($160,000). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $543k
- Funders on record
- 15
- Grants received
- $634k
- Net assets
- $81k
What Arkansas Cinema Society Inc does
Mission
To build a film community in arkansas where film lovers can watch films, share ideas, connect with each other and nurture the new and existing film talent within our state through increased exposure to filmmakers and their art.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Filmland - filmland is our annual curated celebration of cinema. Over 4 days, the festival includes screenings of cutting-edge films from all over the world and conversations with their filmmakers. Filmland: arkansas gives arkansas filmmakers or films made in arkansas a venue to screen their work. Film screenings are the lifeblood of our organization. The mission of this program is to be inclusive of all film genres and filmmakers to cast a wide net and attract a diverse audience. Having a filmmaker present for a masterclass-like conversation after the screening transforms the audience experience into more than entertainmentit creates an educational opportunity to inspire, inform, and connect the audience to industry professionals and each another.
$286,311 spent$119,912 earned by the program96% of program spendingFilmmaking lab for teen girls - this is a free hands-on lab where film professionals mentor teen girls aged 16-18 through every stage of the filmmaking process. Participants learn about screenwriting, directing, producing, lighting, cinematography, casting, editing, scoring, and sound design. Acs launched the first lab for teen girls in 2019 with 12 girls from high schools all over central arkansas, selected through an application process.
$7,798 spent3% of program spendingFilmmaking workshops - providing hands-on education from working filmmakers in the industry to demystify filmmaking for aspiring film and tv visual artists. Our youth filmmaking workshops teach fundamentals of filmmaking to students around the state, empowering a diverse next generation of arkansas storytellers.
$3,600 spent1% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $297,709.
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 2021 to 2022, from $130k to $38k (−71%).
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.
82% of ARKANSAS CINEMA SOCIETY INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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.
Chief executive
Kathryn Tucker
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 8 funders, grant income rose $13k → $97k.
2 of 15 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 19% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of ARKANSAS CINEMA SOCIETY INC’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
ARKANSAS CINEMA SOCIETY INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 25% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 80% · 2018 62% · 2019 54% · 2020 57% · 2021 46% · 2022 44% · 2023 41% — 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
67% of ARKANSAS CINEMA SOCIETY INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 73% 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
96% of ARKANSAS CINEMA SOCIETY INC's grant income comes from Arkansas funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $120k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
ARKANSAS CINEMA SOCIETY INC has grown faster than half of the 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Government funding ARKANSAS CINEMA SOCIETY INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $40k on record.
- National Endowment for the Arts$40k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like ARKANSAS CINEMA SOCIETY INC
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 Arkansas
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
71% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
80%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for ARKANSAS CINEMA SOCIETY INC: 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 ARKANSAS CINEMA SOCIETY INC?
- ARKANSAS CINEMA SOCIETY INC (Arkansas) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $633,533 to it, the largest being WINDGATE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC ($160,000). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ARKANSAS CINEMA SOCIETY INC have?
- IRS filings report 15 organizations giving $633,533 in grants to ARKANSAS CINEMA SOCIETY INC, 11 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ARKANSAS CINEMA SOCIETY INC?
- WINDGATE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $160,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ARKANSAS CINEMA SOCIETY INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Arkansas. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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 15 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