Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
DC DOX
DC DOX (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $8,577 to it, the largest being THE FILM COLLABORATIVE INC ($8,577). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $474k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $9k
- Net assets
- $8k
What DC Dox does
Mission
DC Dox is a major international film festival in the nation's capital dedicated to promoting documentary film as a leading art form, championing new voices and innovations in non-fiction storytelling, and using film as a catalyst to engage the most compelling issues of our day. The first edition showcased 60+films and hosted 100+ filmmakers and film industry participants who participated in q&as, panels, and networking. Over 3,000 audience members enjoyed the films on the festival's main slate which included numerous world, north american, and us premieres, and encompassed the most highly anticipated non-fiction titles of the year in both feature and shorts.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
As part of the film festival, the following main areas of focus are as follows:film programming - includes all costs and operations associated with presenting films, such as venue rental, film exhibition technology, staff associated with film selections, and support.hospitality - includes all costs and operations associated with travel and hotels for filmmakers and industry to the festival to represent the films in q&as and panels; creating network events for the industry to interact and engage.marketing/operations - includes all costs and operations associated with promoting and operating the film festival event, such as website production, system platforms, photography, social media, and operating supplies.
$467,092 spent$473,587 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $467,092.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2023, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2023, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $2k to $8k (+374%).
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.
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
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
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of DC DOX’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
DC DOX draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., 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.
Organizations like DC DOX
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 Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
100% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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 DC DOX: 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.
Screens are triage, not determinations; a source that cannot be read reports not screened, never clear. Screen this nonprofit · How the screen works · on the API as GET /api/screening/{ein}?format=pdf
Questions and answers
- Who funds DC DOX?
- DC DOX (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $8,577 to it, the largest being THE FILM COLLABORATIVE INC ($8,577). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does DC DOX have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $8,577 in grants to DC DOX.
- Who is the largest funder of DC DOX?
- THE FILM COLLABORATIVE INC is the largest funder on record, with $8,577 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like DC DOX find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington, D.C.. 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 2023–2024), 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