Illinois · Nonprofit
CHHOBIGHAR FILM SOCIETY
CHHOBIGHAR FILM SOCIETY (Illinois) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,655 to it, the largest being EQUITABLE FOUNDATION INC ($1,600). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $54k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $2k
- Net assets
- $62k
What Chhobighar Film Society does
Mission
A not-for-profit organization to educate and create awareness/integration of Indian and American art and culture through film festivals, study sessions, diverse cinematic works, workshops and discussion forums with directors and university professors.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Program
Hosted annual Chicago Bengali Film Festival (CBFF) and Short Film Festival to showcase movies in a festive milieu, and emphasize cultural integration. Festival unfolds cinematic flair, showcasing the carefully curated lineup of diverse and thought-provoking new movies. The films sparked lively discussions and created a sense of community amongst attendees resulting in a vibrant environment coupled with film related quiz contest, Q&A with the directors and actors that increased knowledge and developed appreciation of global cinema, different cultures and beliefs. Short films produced by local directors and actors from Illinois and New Jersey with interactive discussion sessions significantly improved approximately 200 audience appreciation of filmmaking and its technical perspectives.
$25,562 spentof which $35,350 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $25,562.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $600 → $24.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 3% 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 CHHOBIGHAR FILM SOCIETY’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
CHHOBIGHAR FILM SOCIETY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 97% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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
CHHOBIGHAR FILM SOCIETY draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Illinois, across 1 state in all.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $55 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
CHHOBIGHAR FILM SOCIETY runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 10,242 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 10,242 arts & culture nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
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In Illinois
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CHHOBIGHAR FILM SOCIETY: 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 CHHOBIGHAR FILM SOCIETY?
- CHHOBIGHAR FILM SOCIETY (Illinois) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,655 to it, the largest being EQUITABLE FOUNDATION INC ($1,600). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CHHOBIGHAR FILM SOCIETY have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $1,655 in grants to CHHOBIGHAR FILM SOCIETY, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CHHOBIGHAR FILM SOCIETY?
- EQUITABLE FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,600 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CHHOBIGHAR FILM SOCIETY 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.
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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 2025–2025), 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