Georgia · Nonprofit
INDEPENDENT MEDIA ARTISTS OF GA ETCINC
INDEPENDENT MEDIA ARTISTS OF GA ETCINC (Georgia) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $247,076 to it, the largest being THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GREATER ATLANTA INC ($94,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 83% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.0M
- Funders on record
- 8
- Grants received
- $247k
- Net assets
- $-68267
What Independent Media Artists of Ga Etcinc does
Mission
To connect, educate and engage audiences with the creative industry by supporting artists and providing a platform for their work. We champion cultural discovery, foster artistic growth, and advocate for diverse voices in film and media arts, both locally and worldwide. The atlanta film festival works year-round to develop film lovers of the future through screenings, events, social networking, and by presenting a world-class festival.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
2025 atlanta film festival: an internationally respected and academy award-qualifying festival, the 2025 atlanta film festival screened nearly 150 films over the course of eleven days from april 24th - may 4th. In addition to screenings, the event featured a series of seminars, classes and workshops "creative conference," a daily program of professional education q&as with experts in various subfields of the film and television industries. Attendees and filmmakers interacted with these guests virtually and at indoor screenings. The organization received over $75,000 in contributed services such as consulting,advertising. Video services, marketing, technical services as well as donated usage of facilities in the production of the festival. These contributions are not included in revenues, expenses, or grants on the 990.
$706,824 spent$573,845 earned by the program71% of program spendingAtlanta film festival screenplay competition: over 1000 screenwriters from all over the globe submitted works for critique and general feedback to polish and refine their scripts for style & marketability. Three winners were invited to participate in a three day virtual writer's retreat. The winners received 1 on 1 and collaborative instruction from leading, established professional screenwriters through a series of workshops during the screenplay winner retreat.
$91,200 spent$27,416 earned by the program9% of program spendingClasses/workshops: 50 affordable acting, writing, professional development, directing and production workshops provided beginning and aspiring filmmakers practical information and low-cost hands-on training. Enrollment ranged from 10 to 100 students per class with an annual attendance of over 4,000 - most classes were in-person and some were virtual. Pa academy: atlfs partnered with georgia production partnership (gpp), producer - linda burns and others, to put on four pa academy programs in 2025. Each program took place in-person and included 60-90 students. The pa academy helped aspiring producers learn the basic skill sets expected from production assistants in today's film & television industries, as well as provided professional coaching and insight on how to find opportunities in this field.
$204,003 spent$85,186 earned by the program20% of program spendingMember & social network screenings: at least twice a month, the atlfs presents and promotes film screenings and networking opportunities.
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,002,027.
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 2020 to 2021, from $408k to $645k (+58%).
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 16% · 2018 6% · 2019 7% · 2020 21% · 2021 46% · 2022 31% · 2023 23% · 2024 11% · 2025 12%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
34% of INDEPENDENT MEDIA ARTISTS OF GA ETCINC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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
Christopher Escobar
Executive director
Board chair
Josh Harris
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 6 funders, grant income rose $38k → $50k.
5 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 83% 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 INDEPENDENT MEDIA ARTISTS OF GA ETCINC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 7 of 8 funders by total. 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
INDEPENDENT MEDIA ARTISTS OF GA ETCINC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 38% of grant income and the top three 83%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
95% 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 INDEPENDENT MEDIA ARTISTS OF GA ETCINC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 88% · 2021 100% · 2022 98% · 2023 30% — 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
83% of INDEPENDENT MEDIA ARTISTS OF GA ETCINC'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 $43k that is directly attributable, 94% of it comes from funders outside Georgia, across 3 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $205k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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
INDEPENDENT MEDIA ARTISTS OF GA ETCINC's revenue grew 27% between 2017 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
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In Georgia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
83% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds INDEPENDENT MEDIA ARTISTS OF GA ETCINC?
- INDEPENDENT MEDIA ARTISTS OF GA ETCINC (Georgia) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $247,076 to it, the largest being THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GREATER ATLANTA INC ($94,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 83% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does INDEPENDENT MEDIA ARTISTS OF GA ETCINC have?
- IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $247,076 in grants to INDEPENDENT MEDIA ARTISTS OF GA ETCINC, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of INDEPENDENT MEDIA ARTISTS OF GA ETCINC?
- THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GREATER ATLANTA INC is the largest funder on record, with $94,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like INDEPENDENT MEDIA ARTISTS OF GA ETCINC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Georgia. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 8 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