California · Nonprofit
CINEMATOGRAPHY FOR ACTORS INSTITUTE INC
CINEMATOGRAPHY FOR ACTORS INSTITUTE INC (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $30,000 to it, the largest being THE CATHERINE VINCENT DEARDORF CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($30,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $598k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $30k
- Net assets
- $105k
What Cinematography for Actors Institute Inc does
Mission
To empower underrepresented and emerging filmmakers and actors by providing comprehensive education and community-building opportunities, fostering confidence, and expanding their networks within the film industry.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
We empower our community through a variety of innovative programs and events. In addition to our core team, we partner with industry leaders on both the vendor and creator sides to facilitate year-round workshops and educational initiatives. We produce industry-leading podcasts, including the cinematography for actors podcast and the indiewood podcast, providing valuable insights and industry knowledge on a weekly basis. We also run league of filmmakers, a website that offers both written and visual educational material on the bts of filmmaking.our cfa institute programs offer hands-on labs and year-round networking opportunities for both talent and crew. Our networking events, more affectionately called, community-building events foster the careers of emerging, talented filmmakers. Although based in los angeles, our reach extends far beyond the local community. We prioritize live streaming our events to a global audience and recording them for future access, ensuring our educational initiatives are accessible worldwide.additionally, we offer fiscal sponsorship, allowing filmmakers to receive tax-deductible donations and grants, facilitating the funding and realization of their…
$410,154 spentof which $288,286 as grants$208,986 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $410,154.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2024, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2024, 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 $61k to $138k (+129%).
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.
65% of CINEMATOGRAPHY FOR ACTORS INSTITUTE INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 2 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 CINEMATOGRAPHY FOR ACTORS INSTITUTE INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 1 of 2 funders by total. 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
CINEMATOGRAPHY FOR ACTORS INSTITUTE INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 1 state in all.
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
CINEMATOGRAPHY FOR ACTORS INSTITUTE INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 16,849 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 16,849 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like CINEMATOGRAPHY FOR ACTORS INSTITUTE 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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
75% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CINEMATOGRAPHY FOR ACTORS INSTITUTE 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 CINEMATOGRAPHY FOR ACTORS INSTITUTE INC?
- CINEMATOGRAPHY FOR ACTORS INSTITUTE INC (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $30,000 to it, the largest being THE CATHERINE VINCENT DEARDORF CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($30,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CINEMATOGRAPHY FOR ACTORS INSTITUTE INC have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $30,000 in grants to CINEMATOGRAPHY FOR ACTORS INSTITUTE INC.
- Who is the largest funder of CINEMATOGRAPHY FOR ACTORS INSTITUTE INC?
- THE CATHERINE VINCENT DEARDORF CHARITABLE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $30,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CINEMATOGRAPHY FOR ACTORS INSTITUTE INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 2024–2025), 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