New York · Nonprofit
NEW YORK STAGE AND FILM INC
NEW YORK STAGE AND FILM INC (New York) receives grants from 76 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,619,409 to it, the largest being THE HOWARD GILMAN FOUNDATION INC ($697,500). 36 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.7M
- Funders on record
- 76
- Grants received
- $3.6M
- Net assets
- $1.3M
What New York Stage and Film Inc does
Mission
New york stage and film is a not-for-profit company dedicated to both emerging and established artists in the development and production of new theater and film, away from critical and commercial pressures.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Summer season -safs 40th summer season took place july 11 - august 3, 2025 and was the third as a part of our dedicated collaboration with marist university in poughkeepsie, ny. We engaged over 220 artists, 7 apprentices, 35 seasonal staff members and developed 35 new projects with a total audience of over 2,500 through multi-week workshops, public presentations of works-in progress, and 10 residencies that participated as individuals, small teams, or with companies in residence, developing more than 35 unique stories.
$660,286 spent$175,898 earned by the program85% of program spendingNyc programming - year-round programming in nyc allows saf to address our communitys developmental needs outside of the summer season, either through overlapping or one-off initiatives. The winter season in nyc supports projects through workshops, readings and residencies over one-two weeks. Like the summer season, projects rehearse side-by-side within a nurturing environment and are presented free of charge to the public. During the 2025 winter season, we worked on a slate of programming that prioritized gathering and reconnection. During the rest of the year, nysaf is open to supporting workshops in new york.
$50,465 spent$37,419 earned by the program6% of program spendingStories that move: developing dance narratives - with support from the jerome robbins foundation, the program expands safs artistic community to include stories for which choreographers are the primary generative storytellers and dance and music are the main forms of creative expression. Projects receive support in various phases of their trajectory, through workshops within the summer season, as well as residencies in nyc.
$42,090 spent$14,500 earned by the program5% of program spendingFilmmakers workshops the filmmakers workshop serves a group of film and tv writers each year. Participants receive a table read of their script with professional actors, attend the readings of fellow writers, and receive one-on-one feedback from leading industry professionals.
$27,861 spent4% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $780,702.
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 2021 to 2022, from $1.1M to $546k (−52%).
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 3% · 2018 5% · 2019 4% · 2020 2% · 2021 46% · 2022 21% · 2023 3% · 2024 6% · 2025 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
101% of NEW YORK STAGE AND FILM INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations 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. 3 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 15 funders to 24 funders, grant income rose $276k → $415k.
7 of 76 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.
From the IRS filings of NEW YORK STAGE AND FILM INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 76 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
NEW YORK STAGE AND FILM INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 19% of grant income, and it takes 5 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 5 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 24% · 2018 18% · 2019 24% · 2020 30% · 2021 22% · 2022 31% · 2023 19% — 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
32% of NEW YORK STAGE AND FILM INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 47% 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
76% of NEW YORK STAGE AND FILM INC'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. $421k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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
NEW YORK STAGE AND FILM INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 3,430 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,430 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding NEW YORK STAGE AND FILM INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $380k on record.
- National Endowment for the Arts$380k
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 YORK STAGE AND FILM 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 New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
57% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
83%
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 YORK STAGE AND FILM 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 YORK STAGE AND FILM INC?
- NEW YORK STAGE AND FILM INC (New York) receives grants from 76 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,619,409 to it, the largest being THE HOWARD GILMAN FOUNDATION INC ($697,500). 36 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NEW YORK STAGE AND FILM INC have?
- IRS filings report 76 organizations giving $3,619,409 in grants to NEW YORK STAGE AND FILM INC, 36 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NEW YORK STAGE AND FILM INC?
- THE HOWARD GILMAN FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $697,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NEW YORK STAGE AND FILM INC 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 76 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing