Washington · Nonprofit
FRIDAY HARBOR FILM FESTIVAL
FRIDAY HARBOR FILM FESTIVAL (Washington) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $43,400 to it, the largest being ARTSFUND ($19,400). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $110k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $43k
- Net assets
- $4k
What Friday Harbor Film Festival does
Mission
The Friday Harbor Film Festival showcases the unique power of documentary films to: - entertain audiences through the art of compelling storytelling; - inspire audience members and filmmakers to be a force for positive change; - enlighten all participants by conveying relevant information, creating awareness, and expanding appreciation of our fragile planet, diverse cultures, and those daring to explore new frontiers; and we encourage students and emerging filmmakers to learn the art of storytelling through film with a variety of youth-centered programming. We build the web of community through diverse partnerships with other organizations, offering special film events throughout the year. The Friday Harbor Film Festival serves as the flagship event, creating a high-profile platform that attracts filmmakers, audiences, sponsors and media attention. It establishes credibility, builds excitement, and positions the festival as a cultural highlight in the calendar. By following this with m
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Program
Friday Harbor Film Festival produced a three-day film festival in fourth week of october showing 16 feature films, 21 short films, and 14 student films to over 500 attendees with over 1,500 total views. In addition fhff produced an on-line, on-demand exhibition of 15 feature films, 21 short films, and a young filmmakers showcase which ran the week following the film festival. The on-line exhibition had approximately 150 attendees with 500 total views. Finally, fhff showcased select films, often free of charge, throughout the year.
$108,408 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $108,408.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 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 at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $14k to $2k (−84%).
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.
66% of FRIDAY HARBOR FILM FESTIVAL’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.
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 FRIDAY HARBOR FILM FESTIVAL’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
FRIDAY HARBOR FILM FESTIVAL leans on a few funders — its largest provides 45% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
65% 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 FRIDAY HARBOR FILM FESTIVAL.
“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
100% of FRIDAY HARBOR FILM FESTIVAL's grant income comes from Washington 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
FRIDAY HARBOR FILM FESTIVAL receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $43k to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
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In Washington
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for FRIDAY HARBOR FILM FESTIVAL: 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 FRIDAY HARBOR FILM FESTIVAL?
- FRIDAY HARBOR FILM FESTIVAL (Washington) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $43,400 to it, the largest being ARTSFUND ($19,400). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FRIDAY HARBOR FILM FESTIVAL have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $43,400 in grants to FRIDAY HARBOR FILM FESTIVAL, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FRIDAY HARBOR FILM FESTIVAL?
- ARTSFUND is the largest funder on record, with $19,400 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FRIDAY HARBOR FILM FESTIVAL find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington. 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 2022–2024), and the filings of 3 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