California · Nonprofit
Film Liaisons in California Statewide
Film Liaisons in California Statewide (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $15,000 to it, the largest being STUDIO TRANSPORTATION DRIVERS UNION LOCAL 399 ($15,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $239k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $15k
- Net assets
- $232k
What Film Liaisons in California Statewide does
Mission
Support filming commissioners throughout California
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The FLICS hosted the annual California on Locations Awards, an event honoring individuals and organizations who made a significant contribution to filming in California thoughout the last year.FLICS continued to hold regular meetings with members;We maintained 41 members throughout the state of California;We attended Cannes and FOCUS to promote filming in California;We lobbied in Sacramento to further California filming incentives and regulations;We hosted our annual California on Location Awards show recognizing location professionals in California;Website and social media presence was maintained throughout the year.
$179,864 spent$232,800 earned by the program95% of program spendingWebsite and marketing materials promoting filming in California
$8,912 spent5% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $188,776.
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. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $113k to $180k (+59%).
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.
3% of Film Liaisons in California Statewide’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (62% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 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 Film Liaisons in California Statewide’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 Film Liaisons in California Statewide's grant income comes from California funders.
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
Film Liaisons in California Statewide runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 7,175 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,175 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like Film Liaisons in California Statewide
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
93% 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 Film Liaisons in California Statewide: 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 Film Liaisons in California Statewide?
- Film Liaisons in California Statewide (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $15,000 to it, the largest being STUDIO TRANSPORTATION DRIVERS UNION LOCAL 399 ($15,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Film Liaisons in California Statewide have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $15,000 in grants to Film Liaisons in California Statewide.
- Who is the largest funder of Film Liaisons in California Statewide?
- STUDIO TRANSPORTATION DRIVERS UNION LOCAL 399 is the largest funder on record, with $15,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Film Liaisons in California Statewide 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 2018–2025), 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