Ohio · Nonprofit
CIFF
CIFF (Ohio) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $28,500 to it, the largest being Cincinnati Institute of Fine Arts ($28,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $102k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $29k
- Net assets
- $3k
What Ciff does
Mission
CIFF's purpose is to support independent filmmaking in Cincinnati, Ohio. Our goal is to strengthen the local independent film community. CIFF's objectives are:a. To educate the community in the art and craft of filmmakingb. To present independent film in Cincinnatic. To bring professional resources to independent filmmakersd. To promote Cincinnati as a destination for independent filmmaking, thereby stimulating the local economy
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Program
In 2025, the three largest program services of Cindependent are the Cindependent Film Festival, CindeNEXT, and Reels on Wheels. The Cindependent Film Festival is the organization's flagship program, presenting a multi-day celebration of independent film that brings filmmakers and audiences together for screenings, filmmaker conversations, screenplay readings, and community events. CindeNEXT is Cindependent's youth filmmaking education program, where high school students learn to write, shoot, and edit their own short films while working alongside professional mentors, helping build the next generation of storytellers. Reels on Wheels is the organization's mobile cinema initiative, designed to bring independent films into neighborhoods and community spaces throughout Cincinnati, expanding access to film and creating shared cultural experiences for audiences who may not otherwise attend traditional cinema events. Together, these programs support Cindependent's mission to strengthen the independent film ecosystem in Cincinnati by connecting filmmakers, audiences, and emerging artists through storytelling
$141,169 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $141,169.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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.
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 CIFF’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 2 reported years ran a deficit.
Leadership and staff
Chief executive
Allyson West
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $10k → $9k.
From the IRS filings of CIFF’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 CIFF's grant income comes from Ohio funders.
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
CIFF has grown faster than half of the 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like CIFF
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 Ohio
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
100%
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 CIFF: 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 CIFF?
- CIFF (Ohio) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $28,500 to it, the largest being Cincinnati Institute of Fine Arts ($28,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CIFF have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $28,500 in grants to CIFF, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CIFF?
- Cincinnati Institute of Fine Arts is the largest funder on record, with $28,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CIFF find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Ohio. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2018–2024), 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