New York · Nonprofit
FIELD OF VISION INC
FIELD OF VISION INC (New York) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $9,372,941 to it, the largest being First Look Institute Inc ($9,372,941). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $748k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $9.4M
- Net assets
- $4.4M
What Field of Vision Inc does
Mission
Field of Vision is a filmmaker and artist driven organization that commissions, creates and supports original nonfiction films about developing and ongoing stories around the globe. Field of Vision supports work that uses innovative and artistic ways to explore contemporary global issues through a cinematic lens and that push the boundaries of nonfiction storytelling.In addition to providing funding, Field of Vision offers different free filmmaker and artist support services through its programs department and various clinics throughout the year.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Field of Vision is a filmmaker and artist driven organization that commissions, creates and supports original short-form and feature-length nonfiction films and episodic series about developing and ongoing stories around the globe.Field of Visions mission is to support work that uses innovative and artistic ways to explore contemporary global issues through a cinematic lens, and to push the boundaries of nonfiction storytelling.We are committed to supporting films and filmmakers from communities that have been historically underrepresented in the independent film industry. In 2025 we granted out over $200,000 to short and feature film teams. In addition to the financial support with our funding, we also offer filmmakers services as follows:A) Mentorship & Consultation Services/Office Hours: our mentorship and consultation service started at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, when Field of Vision first offered virtual "office hours" for the documentary community, providing over 200 meetings to filmmakers around the world partially in response to the ever-changing landscape of our industry that was exacerbated by the pandemic. To date, we have taken over 450 meetings globally…
$1,059,112 spentof which $242,430 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,059,112.
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 $7.2M to $5.5M (−23%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2023 1% · 2024 16% · 2025 7%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
89% of FIELD OF VISION INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 3 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.
Chief executive
Charlotte Cook
President & CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
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 FIELD OF VISION INC’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
FIELD OF VISION INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside New York, 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
FIELD OF VISION INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like FIELD OF VISION 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 New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
58% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
0%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 2 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for FIELD OF VISION 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 FIELD OF VISION INC?
- FIELD OF VISION INC (New York) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $9,372,941 to it, the largest being First Look Institute Inc ($9,372,941). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FIELD OF VISION INC have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $9,372,941 in grants to FIELD OF VISION INC.
- Who is the largest funder of FIELD OF VISION INC?
- First Look Institute Inc is the largest funder on record, with $9,372,941 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FIELD OF VISION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. 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 2023–2025), 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