California · Nonprofit
FILM2FUTURE
FILM2FUTURE (California) receives grants from 23 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,410,128 to it, the largest being THE DELASKI FAMILY FOUNDATION ($600,000). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $621k
- Funders on record
- 23
- Grants received
- $1.4M
- Net assets
- $621k
What Film2future does
Mission
Film2future (f2f) is a nonprofit, professional-level filmmaking program providing a pipeline for underserved los angeles youth to achieve careers in the entertainment industry through hands-on training and career development support, all at zero cost to students.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
F2f's innovative program educates students on many aspects of filmmaking, including narrative filmmaking, animation, emerging technologies, and advertising. While many f2f graduates want to pursue careers as writers and directors, our program is unique as it also stresses below-the-line careers such as editors, production designers, cinematographers, animators, storyboard artists, etc. F2f students are well equipped to fill these jobs as they receive hands-on production experience as well as guidance from industry experts. F2f attracts hundreds of industry experts who share their experiences & advice with students. In 2023, more than 300 industry experts gave their time and expertise to f2f students, supporting more than 650 hours of free programming for our students.in addition to the knowledge imparted to students, f2f students have a valuable opportunity to network with industry experts. Additionally, we connect our 18-year-old students with paid pa jobs and internships. We have facilitated 122 paid internships and jobs for our students at companies such as netflix, shondaland, funny or die, and on tv shows such as mayans mc, brooklyn 99 and many others.
$521,747 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2023 Form 990. Program spending in total: $521,747.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 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 2019 to 2020, from $161k to $404k (+151%).
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: 2020 3% · 2021 4% · 2023 21% · 2024 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of FILM2FUTURE’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (83% 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.
Board chair
Barrett Garese
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 7 funders, grant income rose $52k → $276k.
5 of 23 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 5% 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 FILM2FUTURE’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
FILM2FUTURE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 43% of grant income and the top three 77%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 96% · 2018 59% · 2019 78% · 2020 79% · 2021 62% · 2022 29% · 2023 36% — 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.
How long its funders stay
44% of FILM2FUTURE's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 39% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
50% of FILM2FUTURE's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $65k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 states 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
FILM2FUTURE holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 5,688 youth development nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,688 youth development nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like FILM2FUTURE
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
86% 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 FILM2FUTURE: 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 FILM2FUTURE?
- FILM2FUTURE (California) receives grants from 23 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,410,128 to it, the largest being THE DELASKI FAMILY FOUNDATION ($600,000). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FILM2FUTURE have?
- IRS filings report 23 organizations giving $1,410,128 in grants to FILM2FUTURE, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FILM2FUTURE?
- THE DELASKI FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $600,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FILM2FUTURE 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 23 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