California · Nonprofit
AUTHENTIC ARC INC
AUTHENTIC ARC INC (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $500,000 to it, the largest being VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM ($500,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $272k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $500k
- Net assets
- $532k
What Authentic Arc Inc does
Mission
Authentic arc's mission includes supporting the independent documentary film community and supporting and promoting diversity in the independent documentary film community. Authentic arc helps fund unique films that make a meaningful contribution to society. We provide filmmakers with funding, educational programs and other support to bring their films to the public, with a focus on helping filmmakers from underrepresented groups and promoting films with an important message for our society. We support filmmakers who have a deep passion for their subjects and art, and who tell compelling stories. Without our funding, education and support for filmmakers, these stories might never be told. With our help, these films can be brought to life and share their important messages with the public.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Grants to individual content creators and independent content creation organizations:starting in 2024 our goal is to support independent filmmakers as they are funding, producing and distributing their documentaries, with a focus on helping filmmakers from underrepresented groups and promoting documentaries with an important message for our society. Our grants are tailored to help with the specific needs of each filmmakers project at the points in time where securing funding is most challenging, including at the beginning and end of production of the film and for distribution of the film. We will support filmmakers who do not receive financial support from conventional sources, such as filmmakers who are distributing their documentaries independently.
$0 spentEducational and community programs:starting in 2024 authentic arc is committed to providing resources and education to help filmmakers and aspiring filmmakers at the critical junctures of documentary production and distribution. Through workshops, seminars, webinars and one-to-one coaching, we will educate filmmakers on the tasks not taught in film school. These include how to create a pitch deck, approaching potential funders, creating a compelling website, submitting their films to broadcasters (such as pbs), securing theatrical and online distribution, and organizing grassroots outreach campaigns to raise awareness of their films. Filmmakers can also learn from each other's experiences, and we will facilitate in-person and on line gatherings for the independent documentary community. Authentic arc will also share information and materials about independent documentary filmmaking for the general public.
$0 spentPrograms to educate content creators on how to bring their work to audiences:starting in 2024 at authentic arc, we aim to empower independent documentary filmmakers to succeed in their craft by providing them with the important tools and knowledge. One crucial aspect of succeeding as a filmmaker, whether seeking funding or seeking distribution, is developing a clear strategy and an efficient marketing plan. Through our seminars, webinars and social media, we will educate filmmakers on the best tools available to help them finish their films, find distribution and share them with the public.
$0 spentFiscal sponsorships:starting in 2024 authentic arc intends to serve as a fiscal sponsor of projects that further authentic arc's charitable mission of supporting the independent documentary film community. Our fiscal sponsorships may include direct projects (model a, where the project belongs to authentic arc and is implemented by its employees and volunteers), independent contractor projects (model b, where the project belongs to authentic arc but is conducted by a separate organization under a contract), and pre-approved grant relationships (model c, where theproject applies to authentic arc for grant funding, authentic arc approves the project as a grantee, and authentic arc makes grants to the grantee to carry out the project). Authentic arc will have a fiscal sponsorship agreement with each project to ensure the project furthers authentic arc's charitable mission.
$0 spent
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2023, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2023, 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 2023 to 2024, from $260k to $532k (+105%).
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.
92% of AUTHENTIC ARC 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. 0 of the last 2 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
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
1 of 1 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% 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 AUTHENTIC ARC 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.
Where its funders are
100% of AUTHENTIC ARC INC'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. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $500k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
AUTHENTIC ARC INC receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $500k to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like AUTHENTIC ARC 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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
0% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for AUTHENTIC ARC 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 AUTHENTIC ARC INC?
- AUTHENTIC ARC INC (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $500,000 to it, the largest being VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM ($500,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does AUTHENTIC ARC INC have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $500,000 in grants to AUTHENTIC ARC INC.
- Who is the largest funder of AUTHENTIC ARC INC?
- VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM is the largest funder on record, with $500,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like AUTHENTIC ARC INC 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2023–2024), and the filings of 1 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