New York · Nonprofit
RochesterFinger Lakes Film & Video Office
RochesterFinger Lakes Film & Video Office (New York) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $1,598,373 to it, the largest being Greater Rochester Visitors Association Inc ($1,598,373). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $217k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $1.6M
- Net assets
- $39k
What RochesterFinger Lakes Film & Video Office does
Mission
To augment the economy of Rochester, Monroe County, and the Finger Lakes Region by attracting film and video production that shoot on location. (Continued on Schedule O)The organizations' management and administration are provided by Greater Rochester Visitors Association, Inc. a related non-profit.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Direct sales, mail, and advertising are used to promote and publicize the extensive film and video production community, competitive pricing, and scenic beauty found in the Rochester, Monroe County, and Finger Lakes Regions to film and video producers. Film and video producers are offered location scouting crew, location coordination, and assistance in obtaining permits.(Continued on Schedule O)Direct Sales:In-person and virtual attendance at motion picture industry events.In 2025 The Film Office established the FLX Lounge at Sundance Film Festival. 7 days including in person virtual FAM tours.Anomaly Film Festival - attended and connected with content creators for 3 days.Virtual attendance - Slamdance FF, Panic Fest 7 days, Chattanooga Film Festival 7 days, Popcorn Frights 7 days - follow up with content creators with virtual FAM tours.Research - Identify and pursue leads through trade publications to connect with content creators.Total Direct Sales connections 120+ Promotions:Hosted 8 in person FAM tours, with various producers, directors, production designers and locations professionals - provided welcome bags with Film Office promotional items.FLX Film Festival - This event is…
$212,775 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $212,775.
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 2019 to 2020, from $17k to $44k (+163%).
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: 2024 100% · 2025 100%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of RochesterFinger Lakes Film & Video Office’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (64% for the typical peer).
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.
Board chair
William Benet
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $155k → $195k.
From the IRS filings of RochesterFinger Lakes Film & Video Office’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 RochesterFinger Lakes Film & Video Office'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. 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
RochesterFinger Lakes Film & Video Office's funding has concentrated — grant income rose while the number of funders held roughly flat.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like RochesterFinger Lakes Film & Video Office
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
100% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Great Rochester Visitors Association Inc · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for RochesterFinger Lakes Film & Video Office: 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 RochesterFinger Lakes Film & Video Office?
- RochesterFinger Lakes Film & Video Office (New York) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $1,598,373 to it, the largest being Greater Rochester Visitors Association Inc ($1,598,373). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does RochesterFinger Lakes Film & Video Office have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $1,598,373 in grants to RochesterFinger Lakes Film & Video Office, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of RochesterFinger Lakes Film & Video Office?
- Greater Rochester Visitors Association Inc is the largest funder on record, with $1,598,373 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like RochesterFinger Lakes Film & Video Office 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 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