Nonprofit screen
Screen a listFilmforum Inc
Can you give?
Listed with the IRS. Every screen came back clear.
A 501(c)(3) on Publication 78 and the IRS master file.
- IRS nonprofit listing
- No issue
- Revocation
- None
- IRS files
- Agree
- Sanctions
- No match
- IRS bulletin
- No notice
- California
- Registered
- Charity type
- 509(a)(2)
$324krevenue
FY2025 · +31% in 3 yrs2staff
8 of 8years filed
’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Revenue and spendingRevenueSpendingDeficit
Against similar nonprofits FY2025
Operating margin−12.3%
Months of reserve3.9mo
Revenue growth (annualized)+23.5%
Middle half of peersMedianFilmforum
Where the money goes FY2025 · $363k spent
Programs$347k95%Management and general$9k3%Fundraising$7k2%990 FY2025 · Part IX line 25
Worth checking2
A funder worth 26% of revenue stopped after FY2021
The Mike Kelley Foundation for the Arts gave about $38k a year for two years, 26% of revenue in FY2021.
Funders’ 990-PF grant listsDeficits in 2 of the last 3 years
−$87k in FY2024 and −$40k in FY2025. Cash covers 3.9 months, under the peer median of 5.6.
990 Part I and balance sheetIn its favor1
Growing faster than peers
Revenue up 23% a year since FY2017, in the top quarter of similar nonprofits.
990 Part I · peer cohort12funders
$136ka year, last 3 years
65%from its largest funder
Funder’17’18’19’20’21’22’23The J Paul Getty TrustOn and off$85k$180kThe Mike Kelley Foundation for the ArtsStopped after FY2021$45k$30k–Sunrise Foundation for Education and the ArtsOn and off$47kCalifornia HumanitiesOn and off$35kAcademy FoundationOn and off$17kDonor-advised giftsDonors not disclosed$10k$14k$13k$18k$30k2 other fundersUp to $10k a year each$11k$500$1k$2k$2k$2k
FundedThrough a donor-advised fundStopped