Texas · Nonprofit
Laredo Film Society
Laredo Film Society (Texas) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $211,032 to it, the largest being Laredo Cultural District Inc ($200,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $242k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $211k
- Net assets
- $201k
What Laredo Film Society does
Mission
We aim to use film as an artistic, cultural, and educational practice to build community and empower locals to create. Through accessible programming and resources, we encourage individuals to share their stories and participate in shaping a more connected and expressive border region.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Film Club is the organizations primary program service and consists of recurring public film screenings that further its cultural and educational mission Programming includes independent, international, and culturally relevant films, often accompanied by discussions or educational components.
$0 spentof which $200,000 as grants0% of program spendingEducational Workshops provide instruction and training in filmmaking and media arts for students, emerging filmmakers, and community members. Topics include production, screenwriting, and audio recording, supporting the organizations educational purpose.
$7,677 spent$19,399 earned by the program100% of program spendingSignature Events include local film showcases, premieres, and special screenings that advance the organizations exempt purpose by presenting culturally significant films and supporting filmmakers. These events serve as major public-facing programs and community engagement opportunities.
$0 spent$1,671 earned by the program0% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $7,677.
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
Andrea Ortiz
Board President
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
2 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 5% 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 Laredo Film Society’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
Laredo Film Society leans on a few funders — its largest provides 95% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% 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 Laredo Film Society.
“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
100% of Laredo Film Society's grant income comes from Texas funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $11k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
Laredo Film Society runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like Laredo Film Society
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 Texas
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
19% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Laredo Film Society: 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 Laredo Film Society?
- Laredo Film Society (Texas) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $211,032 to it, the largest being Laredo Cultural District Inc ($200,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Laredo Film Society have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $211,032 in grants to Laredo Film Society.
- Who is the largest funder of Laredo Film Society?
- Laredo Cultural District Inc is the largest funder on record, with $200,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Laredo Film Society find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Texas. 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 2025–2025), and the filings of 3 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