Louisiana · Nonprofit
NEW ORLEANS FILM & VIDEO SOCIETY INC
NEW ORLEANS FILM & VIDEO SOCIETY INC (Louisiana) receives grants from 19 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,540,237 to it, the largest being THE FORD FOUNDATION ($865,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.2M
- Funders on record
- 19
- Grants received
- $1.5M
- Net assets
- $980k
What New Orleans Film & Video Society Inc does
Mission
See schedule o for detail. The new orleans film society discovers, cultivates, and amplifies diverse voices of filmmakers who tell the stories of our time. We produce the oscar-qualifying new orleans film festival annually and invest year-round in building a vibrant film culture in the south to share transformative cinematic experiences with audiences, and connect dynamic filmmakers to career-advancing resources.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
New orleans film festival - the 36th new orleans film festival took a hybrid format, including both in-person screenings at venues throughout the city and a virtual cinema, presenting 150+ films plus panels, filmmaker q&as, a keynote address, and more to thousands of attendees from around the world.
$1,032,440 spentof which $36,100 as grants$238,700 earned by the program74% of program spendingFrench film festival - the 28th annual french film festival presented films--a combination of features and shorts--both in person at two different cinema locations and online through a virtual platform. The films represented french-language cinema from around the globe.
$146,140 spent10% of program spendingEmerging voices- the emerging voices directors lab supported emerging directors of color based in louisiana through a four-day in-person lab focusing on defining their creative voice and learning filmmaking tools to better position them and their projects for success. The lab included mentoring sessions that continued after the conclusion of the lab with hand-picked industry veterans to help advance their projects.
$171,894 spentof which $17,775 as grants12% of program spendingYear round programming- the new orleans film society offers a robust, year-round slate of programming focused on filmmaker support, community screenings, and industry development. South summit- over the course of two days, the south summit convened local, regional, and national media makers, arts funders, and institutional stakeholders for a series of virtual panels and conversations intended to seed action around creating, resourcing, and amplifying storytelling through film and media that shapes the perspective of the american south for those both outside and within it.the organization also co-presented a number of pre-release screenings free for members.
$47,403 spentof which $150 as grants3% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,397,877.
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 2024 to 2025, from $1.9M to $1.2M (−35%).
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: 2020 4% · 2021 12% · 2022 36% · 2023 21% · 2024 21% · 2025 9%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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
Sarah Escalante
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 7 funders, grant income rose $5k → $470k.
5 of 19 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 12% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $337k from 6 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest The Greater New Orleans Foundation). These are real filings, and they are not money NEW ORLEANS FILM & VIDEO SOCIETY INC raised.
From the IRS filings of NEW ORLEANS FILM & VIDEO SOCIETY 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.
How concentrated its funding is
NEW ORLEANS FILM & VIDEO SOCIETY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 56% of grant income and the top three 77%; 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% · 2018 100% · 2019 74% · 2020 69% · 2021 48% · 2022 81% · 2023 53% — 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.
How long its funders stay
30% of NEW ORLEANS FILM & VIDEO SOCIETY INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 42% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
NEW ORLEANS FILM & VIDEO SOCIETY INC draws 97% of its grant income from funders outside Louisiana, across 7 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $190k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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.
Government funding NEW ORLEANS FILM & VIDEO SOCIETY INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $709k on record.
- National Endowment for the Arts$709k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like NEW ORLEANS FILM & VIDEO SOCIETY INC
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 Louisiana
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
78% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
66%
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 NEW ORLEANS FILM & VIDEO SOCIETY 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 NEW ORLEANS FILM & VIDEO SOCIETY INC?
- NEW ORLEANS FILM & VIDEO SOCIETY INC (Louisiana) receives grants from 19 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,540,237 to it, the largest being THE FORD FOUNDATION ($865,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NEW ORLEANS FILM & VIDEO SOCIETY INC have?
- IRS filings report 19 organizations giving $1,540,237 in grants to NEW ORLEANS FILM & VIDEO SOCIETY INC, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NEW ORLEANS FILM & VIDEO SOCIETY INC?
- THE FORD FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $865,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NEW ORLEANS FILM & VIDEO SOCIETY INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Louisiana. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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 19 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