Delaware · Nonprofit
DOCUMENTARY PRODUCERS ALLIANCE
DOCUMENTARY PRODUCERS ALLIANCE (Delaware) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $284,554 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($150,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 53% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $91k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $285k
- Net assets
- $151k
What Documentary Producers Alliance does
Mission
To set standards for inclusive, sustainable and equitable business practices based on research, collective experience and input from strategic partners, amplifying the voice of documentary producers worldwide, while educating the industry about producers' essential role from development through financing, production and distribution.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Ethics resource library: expanded and maintained a centralized collection of educational materials designed to support ethical decision-making and professional conduct. The library serves as an accessible reference for members, reinforcing shared standards and encouraging accountability and transparency across the field.
$7,750 spent45% of program spendingRegional and community events: the organization hosted regional and community-focused events to support in-person connection, peer learning, and professional collaboration among members. Activities included member engagement initiatives and the rollout of updated organizational guidelines and programs. These events strengthened community ties, increased awareness of industry standards, and supported members in applying best practices within their work.
$5,711 spent33% of program spendingSpeaker series: provided internal educational programming for members through a structured set of virtual calls featuring subject-matter experts. Sessions focused on timely and relevant industry topics, promoting knowledge sharing, professional development, and informed decision-making within the membership community.
$2,180 spent13% of program spendingContract guidelines: the organization has developed and disseminated contract guidelines to promote clarity, fairness, and consistency in professional agreements. These resources support members in navigating industry standards, reducing disputes, and fostering equitable working relationships.
$1,500 spent9% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $17,141.
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. 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 2023 to 2024, from $119k to $138k (+16%).
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.
96% of DOCUMENTARY PRODUCERS ALLIANCE’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (78% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 3 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $14k → $60k.
1 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 53% 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 DOCUMENTARY PRODUCERS ALLIANCE’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
DOCUMENTARY PRODUCERS ALLIANCE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 53% of grant income and the top three 96%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
79% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund DOCUMENTARY PRODUCERS ALLIANCE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 42% — diversifying over time.
“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
53% of DOCUMENTARY PRODUCERS ALLIANCE's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $135k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Delaware, across 3 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $150k 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
DOCUMENTARY PRODUCERS ALLIANCE runs a healthier operating margin than half 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
Organizations like DOCUMENTARY PRODUCERS ALLIANCE
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 Delaware
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 4 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for DOCUMENTARY PRODUCERS ALLIANCE: 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 DOCUMENTARY PRODUCERS ALLIANCE?
- DOCUMENTARY PRODUCERS ALLIANCE (Delaware) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $284,554 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($150,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 53% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does DOCUMENTARY PRODUCERS ALLIANCE have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $284,554 in grants to DOCUMENTARY PRODUCERS ALLIANCE, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of DOCUMENTARY PRODUCERS ALLIANCE?
- DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC is the largest funder on record, with $150,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like DOCUMENTARY PRODUCERS ALLIANCE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Delaware. 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 2023–2025), and the filings of 4 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