California · Nonprofit
FILM LIFE FOUNDATION DBA ART IN BLACK
FILM LIFE FOUNDATION DBA ART IN BLACK (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $150,000 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF GREATER ST LOUIS INC ($100,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $111k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $150k
- Net assets
- $328k
What Film Life Foundation Dba Art in Black does
Mission
Film life foundation's mission is to inspire and support women and multicultural artists pursuing careers in film and art by providing grants and other resources. To assist in producing and getting a film distributed.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Through its cause-oriented programs social justice, education & professional development and arts & cultural exchange the foundation works with underrepresented artists while aiming to bridge the gap and spark engagement between people of african descent and the broader society.
$27,230 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2023 Form 990. Program spending in total: $27,230.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 $299k to $427k (+43%).
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.
95% of FILM LIFE FOUNDATION DBA ART IN BLACK’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 5 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
2020 → 2022: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $50k → $100k.
From the IRS filings of FILM LIFE FOUNDATION DBA ART IN BLACK’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
FILM LIFE FOUNDATION DBA ART IN BLACK leans on a few funders — its largest provides 67% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
67% 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 FILM LIFE FOUNDATION DBA ART IN BLACK.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2022 100% — broadly stable.
“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
FILM LIFE FOUNDATION DBA ART IN BLACK draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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 LIFE FOUNDATION DBA ART IN BLACK holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like FILM LIFE FOUNDATION DBA ART IN BLACK
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
80% 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 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for FILM LIFE FOUNDATION DBA ART IN BLACK: 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 LIFE FOUNDATION DBA ART IN BLACK?
- FILM LIFE FOUNDATION DBA ART IN BLACK (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $150,000 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF GREATER ST LOUIS INC ($100,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FILM LIFE FOUNDATION DBA ART IN BLACK have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $150,000 in grants to FILM LIFE FOUNDATION DBA ART IN BLACK.
- Who is the largest funder of FILM LIFE FOUNDATION DBA ART IN BLACK?
- UNITED WAY OF GREATER ST LOUIS INC is the largest funder on record, with $100,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FILM LIFE FOUNDATION DBA ART IN BLACK 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.
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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 2020–2024), 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