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From The Heart Productions

From The Heart Productions (California) receives grants from 227 organizations whose IRS filings report $23,785,660 to it, the largest being ANDREW J & JOYCE D MANDELL FAMILY FOUNDATION INC ($7,899,677). 70 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$8.5M
Funders on record
227
Grants received
$24M
Net assets
$1.7M
70/227 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 76%
01What it does

What From The Heart Productions does

Mission

From the Heart is dedicated to helping independent filmmakers create and complete films that make a difference in the world. Through fiscal sponsorship, film grants, education, mentorship, and community support.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. FISCAL SPONSORSHIP in 2024 continued to expand its service and impact within the filmmaking community to hundreds of independent film projects enabling filmmakers to raise millions of dollars through grants, crowdfunding, and private donations. These projects reflect diverse voices and socially relevant stories from around the world.

    $7,292,604 spentof which $23,548 as grants$4,491,745 earned by the program
    99% of program spending
  2. FILMAKER GRANTS program awarded thousands of dollars in cash and in-kind services to emerging and established filmmakers committed to producing stories of social, cultural, and humanitarian value. Four grants were awarded to exceptional filmmakers whose work embodies stories that uplift and inspire. For a list of these awardees please visit this site: https://fromtheheartproductions.com/roy-w-dean-film-grants-and-awards/

    $31,518 spentof which $6,674 as grants
    0% of program spending
  3. EDUCATAIONAL PROGRAMS, WORKSHOPS and PODCASTS These programs trained filmmakers in funding, producing, distribution, and media relations, empowering them to secure financing and successfully complete their films. Carole Dean taught 25 Film Funding Guidance Classes exclusively for their fiscally sponsored filmmakers, providing practical strategies to help them secure funding and bring their films to completion. 25 new podcast episodes in 2024, featuring filmmakers, producers, and industry professionals reaching thousands of listeners worldwide.

    $32,000 spent$3,934,927 earned by the program
    0% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $7,356,122.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($3.9M) Expenses 100 ($3.9M) Net assets 100 ($166k)2018 Revenue 64 ($2.5M) Expenses 66 ($2.6M) Net assets 47 ($78k)2019 Revenue 95 ($3.7M) Expenses 85 ($3.3M) Net assets 224 ($373k)2020 Revenue 118 ($4.6M) Expenses 78 ($3.0M) Net assets 1154 ($1.9M)2021 Revenue 102 ($4.0M) Expenses 103 ($4.0M) Net assets 653 ($1.1M)2022 Revenue 186 ($7.2M) Expenses 184 ($7.2M) Net assets 592 ($983k)2023 Revenue 162 ($6.3M) Expenses 160 ($6.3M) Net assets 850 ($1.4M)2024 Revenue 219 ($8.5M) Expenses 194 ($7.6M) Net assets 1042 ($1.7M)
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Revenue (219)Expenses (194)Net assets (1042)Peer revenue range

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 $411k to $2.0M (+386%).

$188k
$106k
$411k
$2.0M
$1.8M
$1.9M
$2.0M
$2.2M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2024 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

100% of From The Heart Productions’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (63% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 5,377 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

−$20k
’17
−$88k
’18
$338k
’19
$1.5M
’20
−$36k
’21
$21k
’22
$49k
’23
$954k
’24
3.1
months of
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.

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Listed57776666
Joined·+2+0+0+0+0+0+0
No longer listed·0001000
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 34 funders to 58 funders, grant income rose $1.3M → $4.8M.

47 of 227 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 33% 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 From The Heart Productions’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 227 funders by total. 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

From The Heart Productions has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 33% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left

36% 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 From The Heart Productions.

33%
largest funder
51%
top three
~7
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 36% · 2018 26% · 2019 24% · 2020 25% · 2021 19% · 2022 44% · 2023 30% — 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

19% of From The Heart Productions's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 31% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y+6y

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

From The Heart Productions draws 94% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 37 states in all.

VT
NH
WA
MT
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
NV
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
UT
CO
NE
MO
VA
MD
DE
AZ
NM
TN
NC
SC
HI
LA
MS
GA
TX
FL

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’22
’23
California out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $7.9M arriving through sponsors registered in 21 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

From The Heart Productions runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 5,127 arts & culture nonprofits its size.

Operating margin11% · above the median
Months of reserve3.1mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)12% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,127 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024

Organizations like From The Heart Productions

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

97% of spending goes to programs.

Program 97%Management 2%Fundraising 1%

Governance

7
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

76%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

CA

Screen this organization

A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for From The Heart Productions: 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 From The Heart Productions?
From The Heart Productions (California) receives grants from 227 organizations whose IRS filings report $23,785,660 to it, the largest being ANDREW J & JOYCE D MANDELL FAMILY FOUNDATION INC ($7,899,677). 70 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does From The Heart Productions have?
IRS filings report 227 organizations giving $23,785,660 in grants to From The Heart Productions, 70 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of From The Heart Productions?
ANDREW J & JOYCE D MANDELL FAMILY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $7,899,677 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like From The Heart Productions 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 227 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