New York · Nonprofit
INEVITABLE FOUNDATION
INEVITABLE FOUNDATION (New York) receives grants from 28 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,572,318 to it, the largest being THE FORD FOUNDATION ($812,500). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.1M
- Funders on record
- 28
- Grants received
- $3.6M
- Net assets
- $1.4M
What Inevitable Foundation does
Mission
To invest in disabled writers and filmmakers so they can achieve artistic and financial freedom and leverage film and television to destigmatize disability and mental health globally.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
The organization undertook a new program service called "visionary fellowship" during the year. The program service is described in detail on part iii, line 4c.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
Elevate collectiveelevate collective empowers mid- and upper-level disabled screenwriters with $5,000-$10,000 professional development grants for mentorship, coaching, and connections to level-up their careers. The collective also builds career momentum by helping screenwriters build community in the industry and among their peers, sharpen their writing skills and strategize with career and writing coaches. In december 2022 we also launched elevate for podcasters, the first program for disabled fiction podcasters.
$420,938 spentof which $168,409 as grants33% of program spendingAccelerate fellowshipour accelerate fellowship is a year-long program that gives mid-career disabled screenwriters $40,000 in unrestricted funding, bespoke mentorship and industry connections to help develop and sell their own content. The program gives fellows the financial stability to focus on their writing career full-time, empowers them with the business skills to accelerate their career development and opens up a community of peers to bond and grow with.
$412,478 spentof which $142,832 as grants32% of program spendingVisionary fellowshipthe visionary fellowship is a year-long program that invests in disabled filmmakers with the funding, mentorship and community they need to make a short film and leverage it into their first feature film. The program is uniquely designed to cover the transition between making a short and preparing and packaging a debut feature, ensuring they have ample support to connect the dots between the two.
$153,813 spentof which $37,500 as grants12% of program spendingResearch & advocacy destigmatizing disability and increasing access via innovative research and advocacy initiatives.
$89,251 spent7% of program spendingEmergency relief funda responsive grant program for disabled creatives in crisis. The relief fund was created in response to the 2023 wga strike to provide an emergency backstop to ensure disabled creatives aren't forced to leave the industry due to financial necessity during crises.
$91,100 spentof which $40,500 as grants7% of program spendingConciergethe concierge is a personalized service that links showrunners and creative executives with the best disabled writers for development and staffing. Research & advocacy, destigmatizing disability and increasing access via innovative research and advocacy initiatives.
$63,791 spent5% of program spendingOther special projects and productions
$51,751 spent4% of program spending
The 7 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,283,122.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 2021 to 2022, from $385k to $1.3M (+240%).
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.
99% of INEVITABLE FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (82% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 4 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
2021 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 17 funders, grant income rose $407k → $868k.
7 of 28 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 28% 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 INEVITABLE FOUNDATION’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
INEVITABLE FOUNDATION has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 23% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
48% 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 INEVITABLE FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 100% · 2022 41% · 2023 29% — 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
59% of INEVITABLE FOUNDATION'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. $1.0M arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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
INEVITABLE FOUNDATION has grown faster than three-quarters of the 2,910 philanthropy nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,910 philanthropy nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like INEVITABLE FOUNDATION
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 New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
78% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 2 states
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Inevitable Foundation Health Care Subsidiary LLC · corp_trust
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for INEVITABLE FOUNDATION: 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 INEVITABLE FOUNDATION?
- INEVITABLE FOUNDATION (New York) receives grants from 28 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,572,318 to it, the largest being THE FORD FOUNDATION ($812,500). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does INEVITABLE FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 28 organizations giving $3,572,318 in grants to INEVITABLE FOUNDATION, 13 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of INEVITABLE FOUNDATION?
- THE FORD FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $812,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like INEVITABLE FOUNDATION 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 2021–2024), 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