Connecticut · Nonprofit
RIDGEFIELD INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL
RIDGEFIELD INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL (Connecticut) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $30,900 to it, the largest being THE GOLDSTONE FAMILY FOUNDATION ($19,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $33k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $31k
- Net assets
- $878
What Ridgefield Independent Film Festival does
Mission
To produce an annual independent film festival in order to make the world a more compassionate place through the sharing of stories through cinema.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
The primary purpose of ridgefield indpendent film festival is to produce an annual independent film festival showcasing independent films from around the world at various venues in the town of ridgefield, ct. And to promote the town as a destination for arts & culture. 2023 program accomplishments include screening 44 films in 6 venues throughout ridgefield from may 19-21, 2023 welcoming filmmakers from los angeles, mexico city, nyc and all over ct to attend in person. Awards for emerging filmmaker, screening fees and travel expenses provided for winning filmmakers. Engaging the community in participating in an international independent film festival including as screeners volunteers, patrons, audience and sponsors. Providing sold out high quality screenings to many filmmakers
$26,002 spentof which $22,625 as grants50% of program spendingIN 2024 WE PRODUCED OUR 9TH ANNUAL RIDGEFIELD INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL, BRINING FILMMAKERS FROM CONNECTICUT, NEW YORK, MASSACHUSETTS, CANADA, TURKEY, IRAN, GERMANY AND BOSNIA TOGETHER TO SCREEN AT THE FESTIVAL IN THE STATE OF THE ART VENUE, THE PROSPECTOR THEATER. 25 Filmmakers attended in person along with around 500 audience members. As part of the festival we produced a filmmaker panel, MAKE YOUR MOVIE and screened 36 films. We also hosted 2 filmmaker receptions and an Awards Brunch giving filmmakers the chance to network and promote their independent films.
$26,002 spentof which $22,625 as grants50% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $52,004.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 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 2022 to 2023, from $2k to $845 (−46%).
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.
79% of RIDGEFIELD INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (78% 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.
Leadership and staff
Chief executive
Joanne Hudson
Executive Director
Board chair
Lisa Cambridge-Mitchell
Board Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $3k → $8k.
From the IRS filings of RIDGEFIELD INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL’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
RIDGEFIELD INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL leans on a few funders — its largest provides 63% 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
37% 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 RIDGEFIELD INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 68% — 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
100% of RIDGEFIELD INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL's grant income comes from Connecticut funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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.
Against its field
RIDGEFIELD INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL has grown faster than three-quarters of the 10,242 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 10,242 arts & culture nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Government funding RIDGEFIELD INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $30k on record.
- sponsorship$20k
- State Aid Grants$5k
- Pass thru Grant Non-State$4k
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 RIDGEFIELD INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL
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 Connecticut
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for RIDGEFIELD INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL: 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 RIDGEFIELD INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL?
- RIDGEFIELD INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL (Connecticut) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $30,900 to it, the largest being THE GOLDSTONE FAMILY FOUNDATION ($19,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does RIDGEFIELD INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $30,900 in grants to RIDGEFIELD INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of RIDGEFIELD INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL?
- THE GOLDSTONE FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $19,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like RIDGEFIELD INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Connecticut. 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 2022–2025), 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