California · Nonprofit
SAFE SPACE PICTURES FOUNDATION
SAFE SPACE PICTURES FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,374,750 to it, the largest being THE SOBRATO FAMILY FOUNDATION ($1,400,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2023
- $760k
- Funders on record
- 8
- Grants received
- $2.4M
- Net assets
- $8k
What Safe Space Pictures Foundation does
Mission
The Organization facilitates the production and distribution of educational media to inform the public on matters of justice, humanity, environment, culture, civil liberties, and more.
As stated on its FY2023 Form 990.
Programs
Run impact campaigns for the media the Organization helps create. These campaigns are intended to expand the educational media's reach as far as possible to raise the awareness of the covered topic. Organization initiatives include activities such as coordinating screenings at community centers and educational institutions, preparing educational companion materials, and hosting virtual Q+As. In 2023, the Organization worked on two major campaigns: widening exposure for "The 50" as well as "Another Body." For "Another Body," the Organization worked alongside women's rights groups to screen the film for affected communities. The Organization supported a virtual summit on deep fake abuse with influential thought leaders. For "the 50," the Organization worked with criminal justice reform groups to expand OMCP, the program featured in the documentary, a parallel path mentor program to rehabilitate incarcerated individuals.
$275,203 spentof which $56,000 as grants$6,000 earned by the program35% of program spendingSupport the production and release of educational media. This includes pre-production support, such as preparing budgets, vetting partners, and creating project plans. It includes production support, such as securing interviews with subjects, solving logistical issues, providing notes, and sharing institutional knowledge with filmmakers. It also includes release support, such as working with distributors, traveling to festivals, and building tools with the purpose of securing the widest possible exposure of the educational media. In 2023, the Organization worked on "One Point Five," "Battleground," "Been Here Stay Here," "Fairyland," The Last Guest of Holloway Hotel," as well as "Who Taught You?" These projects tackle a variety of important issues, including climate change, women's rights, civil rights, income inequality and education. The Organization successfully secured wide distribution for "Battleground" on the Starz television network. Other work included securing access to the UN's climate conferences, providing notes on edits, supporting "Fairyland" at its world premiere at Sundance Film Festival, and many other activities to support the production and distribution of…
$252,520 spentof which $33,317 as grants$55,000 earned by the program32% of program spendingConnect donors to filmmakers to ensure that individual educational films have the funding needed to be completed. The Organization will maintain a network of donors and filmmakers and will facilitate collaboration between the two in order to foster the production of educational media. In 2023, the Organization connected filmmakers and donors on 5 key projects: a documentary about eviction and housing inequality in America, a cultural equality documentary that investigates the gender gap in art, a docu-series that explores the cultural obsession with true crime and women as victims, a Ukrainian story of ordinary artists forced to become soldiers when war breaks out, and a program that supporting MENA emerging filmmakers.
$265,453 spentof which $110,000 as grants$4,670 earned by the program33% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $793,176.
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 $115k to $28k (−76%).
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.
91% of SAFE SPACE PICTURES FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 2 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
Nicole Shipley
CEO
As listed on its FY2023 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 5 funders, grant income rose $400k → $690k.
1 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 20% 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 SAFE SPACE PICTURES FOUNDATION’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
SAFE SPACE PICTURES FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 59% of grant income and the top three 91%; 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: 2022 100% · 2023 72% — 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
77% of SAFE SPACE PICTURES FOUNDATION's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $465k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
SAFE SPACE PICTURES FOUNDATION's funding base is broadening — from 1 funders to 5 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,174 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2023
Organizations like SAFE SPACE PICTURES FOUNDATION
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In California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
93% 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
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for SAFE SPACE PICTURES FOUNDATION: 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 SAFE SPACE PICTURES FOUNDATION?
- SAFE SPACE PICTURES FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,374,750 to it, the largest being THE SOBRATO FAMILY FOUNDATION ($1,400,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SAFE SPACE PICTURES FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $2,374,750 in grants to SAFE SPACE PICTURES FOUNDATION, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SAFE SPACE PICTURES FOUNDATION?
- THE SOBRATO FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,400,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SAFE SPACE PICTURES FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 FY2023 (financials across 2022–2023), and the filings of 8 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