Nevada · Nonprofit
FUTURE FILMMAKERS FOUNDATION
FUTURE FILMMAKERS FOUNDATION (Nevada) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $162,500 to it, the largest being NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ($160,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 98% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $96k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $163k
- Net assets
- $3k
What Future Filmmakers Foundation does
Mission
The organizations primary exempt purpose is to provide arts education through filmmaking that empowers children and youth to build confidence, collaboration, and creative voice. Through free, hands-on filmmaking programs, mentorship, and experiential learning opportunities, participants develop storytelling skills, teamwork, and self-expression while gaining exposure to the creative process. For older participants, the organization provides scholarships and program-related support to access advanced education, professional training, and supervised industry experiences. Film serves as a tool for personal growth, creative exploration, and expanded opportunity, with programs designed to remove financial barriers and support youth at different stages of development.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Program 2: Film Challenge Day Description: Film Challenge Day is a free, immersive filmmaking education program serving children and youth ages 518, primarily from underserved communities. Through hands-on instruction, mentorship from professional filmmakers, and collaborative team-based projects, participants learn the fundamentals of storytelling and filmmaking while developing creative confidence and finding their voice through visual storytelling. Participants work together to write, film, and edit short films within a limited timeframe, culminating in a red-carpet premiere at a professional theater venue. Meals are provided to support participant engagement throughout the program day and to ensure a safe, supportive learning environment. The program is designed to remove financial barriers and provide equitable access to creative education and mentorship. Persons benefited: Approximately 125 participants. Expenses: Film Challenge Day expenses include transportation for participating youth, meals provided throughout the program day, mentor travel, venue rental for a public film premiere, and program supplies. Transportation and meals are provided to ensure equitable access and…
$10,784 spent13% of program spendingProgram 1: Free Filmmaking Training Programs Description: The organization provides free hands-on filmmaking training programs designed to introduce participants to storytelling, production fundamentals, and collaborative creative work. Programs include workshops, mentorship, and experiential learning opportunities that build technical skills, confidence, and industry awareness while removing financial barriers to entry. Persons benefited: Approximately 420 participants. Expenses: Expenses for this program consist primarily of program supplies, materials, and limited operational costs associated with delivering free filmmaking workshops and training activities. Instruction and mentorship are provided by volunteer mentors, and facilities and resources are frequently donated or provided through community partnerships, resulting in minimal direct program expenditures.
$4,396 spent5% of program spendingProgram 3: Scholarships, Workforce Readiness, and Industry Access Description: The organization provides scholarships and program-related grants to older youth and young adult participants who have completed its free arts and filmmaking education programs. This program supports workforce readiness and pre-professional development by reducing financial barriers to continued learning and supervised industry exposure. Grant assistance includes reimbursement for travel to educational conferences and industry events, enrollment in external classes or advanced arts education, and participation in mentored, age-appropriate on-set or professional learning experiences. These activities are designed to support creative skill development, confidence, and informed career exploration, rather than job placement, and are offered in furtherance of the organizations charitable mission. Persons benefited: 32 participants. Expenses Description Expenses for this program consist of program-related scholarships and reimbursements provided to older youth and young adult participants to support continued arts education, workforce readiness, and supervised industry exposure. Allowable expenses include…
$67,595 spent82% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $82,775.
Leadership and staff
Board chair
Dennis Weisgerber
Chair and Treasurer
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 98% 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 FUTURE FILMMAKERS FOUNDATION’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
FUTURE FILMMAKERS FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 98% 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
98% 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 FUTURE FILMMAKERS FOUNDATION.
“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
98% of FUTURE FILMMAKERS FOUNDATION's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $3k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from Nevada funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $160k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
FUTURE FILMMAKERS FOUNDATION receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $163k to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 14,550 arts & culture nonprofits under $100k, FY2024
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In Nevada
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
41%
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 FUTURE FILMMAKERS FOUNDATION: 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 FUTURE FILMMAKERS FOUNDATION?
- FUTURE FILMMAKERS FOUNDATION (Nevada) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $162,500 to it, the largest being NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ($160,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 98% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does FUTURE FILMMAKERS FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $162,500 in grants to FUTURE FILMMAKERS FOUNDATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FUTURE FILMMAKERS FOUNDATION?
- NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $160,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FUTURE FILMMAKERS FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Nevada. 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 2024–2024), 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