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Listed with the IRS. Every screen came back clear.
A 501(c)(3) on Publication 78 and the IRS master file.
- IRS nonprofit listing
- No issue
- Revocation
- None
- IRS files
- Agree
- Sanctions
- No match
- IRS bulletin
- No notice
- California
- No record
- Charity type
- 509(a)(2)
$144krevenue
FY2024 · +104% in 3 yrs6 of 6years filed
’19’20’21’22’23’24
Revenue and spendingRevenueSpendingDeficit
Against similar nonprofits FY2024
Operating margin−8.3%
Months of reserve7.2mo
Revenue growth (annualized)+9.3%
Middle half of peersMedianChicago Film Society
Where the money goes FY2024 · $156k spent
Programs$147k95%Management and general$6k4%Fundraising$3k2%990 FY2024 · Part IX line 25
Worth checking1
A funder worth 15% of revenue stopped after FY2020
Phalarope Foundation Co Rebecca H Dent gave about $10k a year for three years, 15% of revenue in FY2020.
Funders’ 990-PF grant listsIn its favor1
Growing faster than peers
Revenue up 9% a year since FY2019, faster than half of similar nonprofits.
990 Part I · peer cohort8funders
$54ka year, last 3 years
67%from its largest funder
Funder’17’18’19’20’21’22’23National Film Preservation FoundationSince FY2021$38k$30k$39kThe Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts IncSince FY2022$25k$25kPhalarope Foundation Co Rebecca H DentOn and off$10k$10k$10kDanny Lyon FoundationNew in FY2023$3kPentimenti Productions NfpNew in FY2023$250Donor-advised giftsDonors not disclosed$89$98$108$60
FundedThrough a donor-advised fund