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International Cinematographers Guild Scholarship and Preservation Fund Inc

International Cinematographers Guild Scholarship and Preservation Fund Inc (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $38,000 to it, the largest being SCREEN ACTORS GUILD-AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TELEVISION AND RADIO ARTISTS ($38,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$481k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$38k
Net assets
$2.2M
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 7%
01What it does

What International Cinematographers Guild Scholarship and Preservation Fund Inc does

Mission

To provide financial aid to members and the children and grandchildren of eligible members to attend college and institutions of higher learning. To promote the arts and crafts of its members, which include the annual Publicists Awards Luncheon and the annual Emerging Cinematographer Awards; and for the archival of film, artifacts and documents related to the film and television industry.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Program

  1. Provided financial aid to members and the children and grandchildren of eligible members to attend college and institutions of higher learning.

    $70,000 spentof which $70,000 as grants
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $70,000.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($87k) Expenses 100 ($46k) Net assets 100 ($1.1M)2018 Revenue 195 ($169k) Expenses 199 ($92k) Net assets 99 ($1.1M)2019 Revenue 172 ($149k) Expenses 224 ($104k) Net assets 111 ($1.2M)2020 Revenue 114 ($98k) Expenses 197 ($91k) Net assets 119 ($1.3M)2021 Revenue 252 ($219k) Expenses 222 ($103k) Net assets 129 ($1.4M)2022 Revenue 362 ($314k) Expenses 162 ($75k) Net assets 129 ($1.4M)2023 Revenue 501 ($434k) Expenses 152 ($70k) Net assets 167 ($1.8M)2024 Revenue 555 ($481k) Expenses 152 ($70k) Net assets 207 ($2.2M)
'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24
Revenue (555)Expenses (152)Net assets (207)Peer revenue range

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 $1.8M to $2.2M (+24%).

$1.2M
$1.3M
$1.3M
$1.4M
$1.4M
$1.4M
$1.8M
$2.2M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

94% of International Cinematographers Guild Scholarship and Preservation Fund Inc’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 24,946 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$40k
’17
$77k
’18
$46k
’19
$8k
’20
$116k
’21
$239k
’22
$363k
’23
$410k
’24
122
months of
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.

Board chair

Baird Steptoe Sr

Chairperson

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

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Listed777871187
Joined·+0+5+1+0+4+0+0
No longer listed·0501031
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2019 → 2022: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $10k → $8k.

Funder
'19
'22
'24*
'25*
total
funders
1
1
1
1

From the IRS filings of International Cinematographers Guild Scholarship and Preservation Fund Inc’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

100% of International Cinematographers Guild Scholarship and Preservation Fund Inc's grant income comes from California funders.

CA

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’22
California out of state home

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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

International Cinematographers Guild Scholarship and Preservation Fund Inc runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 22,812 education nonprofits its size.

Operating margin85% · top quartile
Months of reserve122.3mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)28% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 22,812 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

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In California

Nationally

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

100% of spending goes to programs.

Program 100%Management 0%Fundraising 0%

Governance

7
board members
0%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

72%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

CA

Part of a family of 1 related entity

  • Int'L Cinematographers Guild Local 600 · exempt

Screen this organization

A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for International Cinematographers Guild Scholarship and Preservation Fund Inc: 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 International Cinematographers Guild Scholarship and Preservation Fund Inc?
International Cinematographers Guild Scholarship and Preservation Fund Inc (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $38,000 to it, the largest being SCREEN ACTORS GUILD-AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TELEVISION AND RADIO ARTISTS ($38,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does International Cinematographers Guild Scholarship and Preservation Fund Inc have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $38,000 in grants to International Cinematographers Guild Scholarship and Preservation Fund Inc, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of International Cinematographers Guild Scholarship and Preservation Fund Inc?
SCREEN ACTORS GUILD-AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TELEVISION AND RADIO ARTISTS is the largest funder on record, with $38,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like International Cinematographers Guild Scholarship and Preservation Fund Inc find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 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