New York · Nonprofit
BLACK FILMMAKER FOUNDATION INC
BLACK FILMMAKER FOUNDATION INC (New York) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $100,000 to it, the largest being Time Warner Foundation Inc CO Warner Bros Discovery Inc ($100,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $76k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $100k
- Net assets
- $300k
What Black Filmmaker Foundation Inc does
Mission
To promote the inclusion of filmmakers of color in the motion picture art form and industry.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Program
The organization runs a digital filmmaking and genai lab which commissions new work by filmmakers of color; in addition, the organization organizes an annual industry business caucus for people of color in motion pictures and television which was attended by over 100 people.
$223,855 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $223,855.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $1.5M to $1.1M (−25%).
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.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 7 of the last 9 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 → 2018: the base held at 1 funder, grant income held at $50k.
From the IRS filings of BLACK FILMMAKER FOUNDATION 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
BLACK FILMMAKER FOUNDATION INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 1 state in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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.
Organizations like BLACK FILMMAKER FOUNDATION 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 New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
12%
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 BLACK FILMMAKER FOUNDATION 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 BLACK FILMMAKER FOUNDATION INC?
- BLACK FILMMAKER FOUNDATION INC (New York) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $100,000 to it, the largest being Time Warner Foundation Inc CO Warner Bros Discovery Inc ($100,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BLACK FILMMAKER FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $100,000 in grants to BLACK FILMMAKER FOUNDATION INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BLACK FILMMAKER FOUNDATION INC?
- Time Warner Foundation Inc CO Warner Bros Discovery Inc is the largest funder on record, with $100,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BLACK FILMMAKER FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), 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