Illinois · Nonprofit
Groundswell Educational Films NFP
Groundswell Educational Films NFP (Illinois) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $2,500 to it, the largest being THE NATHAN CUMMINGS FOUNDATION INC ($2,500). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2022
- $78k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $3k
- Net assets
- $32k
What Groundswell Educational Films NFP does
Mission
Educational Programs
As stated on its FY2022 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Production of documentary video about investigative journalists
$2,500 spentof which $5,000 as grants5% of program spendingProduction of documentary about law students of color who worked as interns for judges
$2,500 spentof which $5,000 as grants5% of program spendingProduction of report about cancer hospitals that formed a supportive oncology collective to share best practices
$50,000 spentof which $50,000 as grants91% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2022 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $55,000.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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.
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.
67% of Groundswell Educational Films NFP’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (78% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 2 reported years ran a deficit.
Leadership and staff
Chief executive
Jeffrey Spitz
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2022 Form 990-EZ.
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 Groundswell Educational Films NFP’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.
Where its funders are
Groundswell Educational Films NFP draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Illinois, across 1 state in all.
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
Groundswell Educational Films NFP runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 14,184 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 14,184 arts & culture nonprofits under $100k, FY2022
Organizations like Groundswell Educational Films NFP
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 Illinois
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.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Groundswell Educational Films NFP: 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 Groundswell Educational Films NFP?
- Groundswell Educational Films NFP (Illinois) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $2,500 to it, the largest being THE NATHAN CUMMINGS FOUNDATION INC ($2,500). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Groundswell Educational Films NFP have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $2,500 in grants to Groundswell Educational Films NFP.
- Who is the largest funder of Groundswell Educational Films NFP?
- THE NATHAN CUMMINGS FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $2,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Groundswell Educational Films NFP find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. 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 FY2022 (financials across 2019–2022), and the filings of 1 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