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SALTY EARTH PICTURES INC

SALTY EARTH PICTURES INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $324,064 to it, the largest being THEODORE W BATTERMAN FAMILY FOUNDATION INC ($115,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$215k
Funders on record
10
Grants received
$324k
Net assets
$99k
6/10 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 19%
01What it does

What Salty Earth Pictures Inc does

Mission

The organization creates and distributes christian, family-oriented multimedia content designed to share the message of the gospel, promote biblical values, and provide uplifting, faith-based entertainment and education to individuals and families.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Program

  1. 2025 program service accomplishments: film exhibition and distribution: conducted 42 screenings of the feature film one by one across the united states, reaching over 3,000 attendees and advancing the organizations mission through faith-based storytelling and community engagement. Youth education and media training: conducted 22 studio tours and movie in a day experiences, serving approximately 600 students. These programs provided hands-on education in filmmaking while integrating christian values and creative storytelling. Film premieres and public screenings: hosted a premiere performance of a life of music the daniel truhitte story and launched run for glory the don beebe story, with a combined attendance of 242 individuals. Additionally, conducted a public screening of a life of music the daniel truhitte story in concord, north carolina, with approximately 400 attendees. Feature film development: completed the screenplay for run for glory the don beebe story and initiated pre-production planning, supporting the creation of future faith-based film content. Film festival programming: hosted an online film festival receiving over 120 entries, supporting independent filmmakers…

    $247,137 spent$22,526 earned by the program
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $247,137.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($215k) Expenses 100 ($222k) Net assets 100 ($78k)2018 Revenue 100 ($215k) Expenses 95 ($210k) Net assets 107 ($84k)2019 Revenue 88 ($189k) Expenses 98 ($217k) Net assets 71 ($55k)2020 Revenue 81 ($175k) Expenses 74 ($164k) Net assets 85 ($66k)2021 Revenue 135 ($290k) Expenses 92 ($203k) Net assets 196 ($154k)2022 Revenue 135 ($290k) Expenses 131 ($289k) Net assets 196 ($154k)2023 Revenue 243 ($522k) Expenses 172 ($381k) Net assets 375 ($295k)2024 Revenue 94 ($202k) Expenses 140 ($309k) Net assets 238 ($187k)2025 Revenue 100 ($215k) Expenses 137 ($303k) Net assets 127 ($99k)
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Revenue (100)Expenses (137)Net assets (127)Peer revenue range

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 $238k to $377k (+58%).

$130k
$136k
$58k
$156k
$242k
$238k
$377k
$406k
$444k
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

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2018
2019
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2021
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2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2020 12% · 2021 7% · 2023 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

84% of SALTY EARTH PICTURES INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 19,618 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

−$7k
’17
$5k
’18
−$28k
’19
$11k
’20
$87k
’21
$173
’22
$141k
’23
−$107k
’24
−$88k
’25
12
months of
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.

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Listed77799991010
Joined·+0+0+3+0+0+0+2+0
No longer listed·00100010
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $6k → $43k.

5 of 10 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 39% 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 SALTY EARTH PICTURES 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

SALTY EARTH PICTURES INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 35% of grant income and the top three 69%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

42% 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 SALTY EARTH PICTURES INC.

35%
largest funder
69%
top three
~5
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 82% · 2021 80% · 2022 46% · 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

40% of SALTY EARTH PICTURES INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 60% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y

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

94% of SALTY EARTH PICTURES INC's grant income comes from Wisconsin funders.

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WI
CT

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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Wisconsin out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $127k 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

SALTY EARTH PICTURES INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 12,262 arts & culture nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−41% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve12.2mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)0% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 12,262 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

82% of spending goes to programs.

Program 82%Management 10%Fundraising 8%

Governance

10
board members
80%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

85%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

WI

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Questions and answers

Who funds SALTY EARTH PICTURES INC?
SALTY EARTH PICTURES INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $324,064 to it, the largest being THEODORE W BATTERMAN FAMILY FOUNDATION INC ($115,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does SALTY EARTH PICTURES INC have?
IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $324,064 in grants to SALTY EARTH PICTURES INC, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of SALTY EARTH PICTURES INC?
THEODORE W BATTERMAN FAMILY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $115,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like SALTY EARTH PICTURES INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Wisconsin. 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 10 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