New York · Nonprofit
IMAGINE SCIENCE FILMS CORP
IMAGINE SCIENCE FILMS CORP (New York) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $568,185 to it, the largest being THE SIMONS FOUNDATION INC ($366,675). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $199k
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $568k
- Net assets
- $0
What Imagine Science Films Corp does
Mission
The mission is to bridge the gap between art and science through film, thereby transforming the way science is communicated to the public and encouraging collaboration across disciplines.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Program
FILM FESTIVAL:In 2023, our primary focus centered around the Science New Wave Film Festival XVI, held from October 20th to October 27th, 2023. The festival showcased a total of 64 films, comprising 3 world premieres, 21 U.S. premieres, and 24 New York premieres. Additionally, the event featured engaging panel discussions, captivating performances, and enlightening live presentations.Last year's festival not only celebrated avant-garde hybrid science cinema across 28 programs at the centrally-located Cinema Village in Manhattan but also included special evenings dedicated to new works-in-progress within the Science New Wave genre, as well as insightful discussions on the use of field notes as a tool both in scientific exploration and filmmaking. Moreover, the event featured the latest edition of our esteemed Symbiosis Competition presented by the Simons Foundation. The festival comprised four main components:Films: A diverse selection of compelling films.Symbiosis: The competition commenced on October 19, with a midpoint Symbiosis Lab Meeting held on Monday, October 23, at Caveat. The Symbiosis Closing Night took place at the Wythe Hotel Screening Room on Friday, Oct 27. This…
$201,443 spentof which $49,010 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $201,443.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $12k to $111k (+824%).
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.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $23k → $88k.
3 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 14% 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 IMAGINE SCIENCE FILMS CORP’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
IMAGINE SCIENCE FILMS CORP leans on a few funders — its largest provides 65% of grant income and the top three 93%; 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: 2017 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 74% · 2021 100% · 2022 77% · 2023 89% — 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.
Where its funders are
79% of IMAGINE SCIENCE FILMS CORP's grant income comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $81k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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.
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In New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
25%
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 IMAGINE SCIENCE FILMS CORP: 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 IMAGINE SCIENCE FILMS CORP?
- IMAGINE SCIENCE FILMS CORP (New York) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $568,185 to it, the largest being THE SIMONS FOUNDATION INC ($366,675). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does IMAGINE SCIENCE FILMS CORP have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $568,185 in grants to IMAGINE SCIENCE FILMS CORP, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of IMAGINE SCIENCE FILMS CORP?
- THE SIMONS FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $366,675 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like IMAGINE SCIENCE FILMS CORP find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. 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 7 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