Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
GREATER PITTSBURGH OFFICE OF PROMOTION D/B/A THE PITTSBURGH FILM OFFICE
GREATER PITTSBURGH OFFICE OF PROMOTION D/B/A THE PITTSBURGH FILM OFFICE (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $562,600 to it, the largest being RICHARD KING MELLON FOUNDATION ($545,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.8M
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $563k
- Net assets
- $1.8M
What Greater Pittsburgh Office of Promotion D/B/A the Pittsburgh Film Office does
Mission
The pittsburgh film office is an economic development organization charged with marketing western pennsylvania to the film industry.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
The greater pittsburgh office of promotion (the film office) was established to support the pittsburgh region's economic development program by communicating the region's physical and economic transformation and high quality of life to local, national, and international audiences. The film office was created to help the growing film industry in western pennsylvania.the film office assists production companies with location scouting, area and resource identification, logistical planning, and problem solving.
$956,854 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $956,854.
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 2023 to 2024, from $2.2M to $3.1M (+38%).
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: 2017 45% · 2018 38% · 2019 24% · 2020 65% · 2021 12% · 2022 57% · 2023 59% · 2024 69% · 2025 47%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of GREATER PITTSBURGH OFFICE OF PROMOTION D/B/A THE PITTSBURGH FILM OFFICE’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (61% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 9 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.
Chief executive
Dawn Keezer
Executive director
Board chair
Russ Streiner
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2022: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $180k → $8k.
1 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 1% 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 GREATER PITTSBURGH OFFICE OF PROMOTION D/B/A THE PITTSBURGH FILM OFFICE’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
GREATER PITTSBURGH OFFICE OF PROMOTION D/B/A THE PITTSBURGH FILM OFFICE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 97% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 97% · 2022 100% — growing more concentrated.
“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 GREATER PITTSBURGH OFFICE OF PROMOTION D/B/A THE PITTSBURGH FILM OFFICE's grant income comes from Pennsylvania funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $5k 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
GREATER PITTSBURGH OFFICE OF PROMOTION D/B/A THE PITTSBURGH FILM OFFICE runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 2,127 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,127 community improvement nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding GREATER PITTSBURGH OFFICE OF PROMOTION D/B/A THE PITTSBURGH FILM OFFICE receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $765k on record.
- Department of Labor$765k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like GREATER PITTSBURGH OFFICE OF PROMOTION D/B/A THE PITTSBURGH FILM OFFICE
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 Pennsylvania
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
68% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
85%
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 GREATER PITTSBURGH OFFICE OF PROMOTION D/B/A THE PITTSBURGH FILM OFFICE: 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 GREATER PITTSBURGH OFFICE OF PROMOTION D/B/A THE PITTSBURGH FILM OFFICE?
- GREATER PITTSBURGH OFFICE OF PROMOTION D/B/A THE PITTSBURGH FILM OFFICE (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $562,600 to it, the largest being RICHARD KING MELLON FOUNDATION ($545,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does GREATER PITTSBURGH OFFICE OF PROMOTION D/B/A THE PITTSBURGH FILM OFFICE have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $562,600 in grants to GREATER PITTSBURGH OFFICE OF PROMOTION D/B/A THE PITTSBURGH FILM OFFICE, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GREATER PITTSBURGH OFFICE OF PROMOTION D/B/A THE PITTSBURGH FILM OFFICE?
- RICHARD KING MELLON FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $545,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GREATER PITTSBURGH OFFICE OF PROMOTION D/B/A THE PITTSBURGH FILM OFFICE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), 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