Illinois · Nonprofit
CASTING SOCIETY OF AMERICA
CASTING SOCIETY OF AMERICA (Illinois) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $82,500 to it, the largest being STUDIO TRANSPORTATION DRIVERS UNION LOCAL 399 ($55,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.8M
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $83k
- Net assets
- $1.4M
What Casting Society of America does
Mission
The premier organization for casting directors in film, television, theatre, and commercials, Casting Society of America seeks to upload and honor the highest standards of professionalism in the casting field. Activities include an annual award show recognizing achievement in the art of casting, educational programs and panels, and meetings related to improving business conditions for the organization's members within the industry.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Yearly awards show with approximately 1,100 people in attendance globally
Numerous educational and networking panel discussions at film & television festivals during the year often with over 200 people in attendance (events held virtually and in-person)
Ongoing and development of a casting assistant pathway training program servicing a diverse group of people seeking training to enter the casting profession.
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense.
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 2024 to 2025, from $1.0M to $1.5M (+42%).
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.
0% of CASTING SOCIETY OF AMERICA’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (61% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $5k → $20k.
From the IRS filings of CASTING SOCIETY OF AMERICA’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
CASTING SOCIETY OF AMERICA leans on a few funders — its largest provides 67% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% 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 CASTING SOCIETY OF AMERICA.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 63% — 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.
Where its funders are
CASTING SOCIETY OF AMERICA draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Illinois, 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.
Against its field
CASTING SOCIETY OF AMERICA runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 2,127 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,127 community improvement nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like CASTING SOCIETY OF AMERICA
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 Illinois
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Casting Society Cares · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CASTING SOCIETY OF AMERICA: 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 CASTING SOCIETY OF AMERICA?
- CASTING SOCIETY OF AMERICA (Illinois) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $82,500 to it, the largest being STUDIO TRANSPORTATION DRIVERS UNION LOCAL 399 ($55,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CASTING SOCIETY OF AMERICA have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $82,500 in grants to CASTING SOCIETY OF AMERICA, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CASTING SOCIETY OF AMERICA?
- STUDIO TRANSPORTATION DRIVERS UNION LOCAL 399 is the largest funder on record, with $55,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CASTING SOCIETY OF AMERICA find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 2 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