Washington · Nonprofit
GRAND TACOMA CINE CLUB DBA THE GRAND CINEMA
GRAND TACOMA CINE CLUB DBA THE GRAND CINEMA (Washington) receives grants from 28 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,641,157 to it, the largest being M J MURDOCK CHARITABLE TRUST ($400,000). 15 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $3.0M
- Funders on record
- 28
- Grants received
- $1.6M
- Net assets
- $5.5M
What Grand Tacoma Cine Club Dba the Grand Cinema does
Mission
To enrich lives and enhance the cultural vitality of the community through the art of film by encouraging passion for film, providing a high quality theater experience, and educating the community about film.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
In addition to normal films shown to the general public, cultural and educational films were presented daily with lectures and discussion groups for target groups which included native americans, seniors, ethnic groups, and students in cooperation with schools. During 2024, films shown at the cinema resulted in approximately 81,349 viewers.
$1,500,092 spent$1,149,322 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,500,092.
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 2022 to 2023, from $3.1M to $4.7M (+51%).
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 42% · 2021 61% · 2022 28%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
60% of GRAND TACOMA CINE CLUB DBA THE GRAND CINEMA’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (63% 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 9 funders, grant income rose $33k → $77k.
6 of 28 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 20% 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 GRAND TACOMA CINE CLUB DBA THE GRAND CINEMA’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
GRAND TACOMA CINE CLUB DBA THE GRAND CINEMA has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 24% 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
26% 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 GRAND TACOMA CINE CLUB DBA THE GRAND CINEMA.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 74% · 2019 99% · 2020 39% · 2021 99% · 2022 35% · 2023 33% — 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
33% of GRAND TACOMA CINE CLUB DBA THE GRAND CINEMA's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 54% 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
88% of GRAND TACOMA CINE CLUB DBA THE GRAND CINEMA's grant income comes from Washington funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $336k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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
GRAND TACOMA CINE CLUB DBA THE GRAND CINEMA runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 5,127 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,127 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like GRAND TACOMA CINE CLUB DBA THE GRAND CINEMA
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 Washington
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
72% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
89%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for GRAND TACOMA CINE CLUB DBA THE GRAND CINEMA: 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 GRAND TACOMA CINE CLUB DBA THE GRAND CINEMA?
- GRAND TACOMA CINE CLUB DBA THE GRAND CINEMA (Washington) receives grants from 28 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,641,157 to it, the largest being M J MURDOCK CHARITABLE TRUST ($400,000). 15 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does GRAND TACOMA CINE CLUB DBA THE GRAND CINEMA have?
- IRS filings report 28 organizations giving $1,641,157 in grants to GRAND TACOMA CINE CLUB DBA THE GRAND CINEMA, 15 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GRAND TACOMA CINE CLUB DBA THE GRAND CINEMA?
- M J MURDOCK CHARITABLE TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $400,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GRAND TACOMA CINE CLUB DBA THE GRAND CINEMA 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 28 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