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SCREEN SLATE INC

SCREEN SLATE INC (New York) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,750 to it, the largest being SIMONSON FAM CHARITABLE FNDN ($5,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$106k
Funders on record
2
Grants received
$6k
Net assets
$34k
1/2 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 1%
01What it does

What Screen Slate Inc does

Mission

Screen Slate is a guide to moving image culture in New York the SF Bay and beyond We share city-specific daily listings of arthouserepertory cinema and gallery shows and publish original cultural criticism interviews zines and podcasts We also connect the film community in-person with our own screenings and events Screen Slate is maintained by a New York charitable corporation that is tax-exempt under section 501c3 of the Internal Revenue Code

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.

Program

  1. 0

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $0.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20222022 Revenue 100 ($71k) Expenses 100 ($75k) Net assets 100 ($34k)2023 Revenue 112 ($79k) Expenses 100 ($75k) Net assets 102 ($34k)2024 Revenue 149 ($106k) Expenses 137 ($102k) Net assets 100 ($34k)
202220232024
Revenue (149)Expenses (137)Net assets (100)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 2023 to 2024, from $34k to $34k (−2%).

$34k
$34k
$34k
202220232024
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.

2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

52% of SCREEN SLATE INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 19,547 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 3 reported years ran a deficit.

−$4k
’22
$4k
’23
$3k
’24
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2020 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $1k → $1k.

Funder
'20
'21
'22
'23
'24*
total
funders
2
1
1
1
1

From the IRS filings of SCREEN SLATE 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

SCREEN SLATE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 96% 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

96%
largest funder
100%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 80% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — growing more concentrated.

“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

SCREEN SLATE INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 2 states in all.

MO
NM

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

’20
’21
’22
’23
New York out of state home

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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

SCREEN SLATE INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits its size.

Operating margin3% · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)22% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

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05Profile & governance

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

Public support

0%

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

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

NY

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Questions and answers

Who funds SCREEN SLATE INC?
SCREEN SLATE INC (New York) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,750 to it, the largest being SIMONSON FAM CHARITABLE FNDN ($5,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does SCREEN SLATE INC have?
IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $5,750 in grants to SCREEN SLATE INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of SCREEN SLATE INC?
SIMONSON FAM CHARITABLE FNDN is the largest funder on record, with $5,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like SCREEN SLATE 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 FY2024 (financials across 2022–2024), and the filings of 2 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