Idaho · Nonprofit
SUN VALLEY FILM FESTIVAL INC
SUN VALLEY FILM FESTIVAL INC (Idaho) receives grants from 26 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,408,799 to it, the largest being MOTT FAMILY FOUNDATION INC ($600,000). 16 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $380k
- Funders on record
- 26
- Grants received
- $1.4M
- Net assets
- $83k
What Sun Valley Film Festival Inc does
Mission
The sun valley film festival's (svff) mission is to discover, encourage, and promote the work of filmmakers and artists and to bring their films to the citizens and visitors of idaho. In addition, svff draws attention to sun valley, idaho and to its long tradition of tourism among hollywood actors and icons.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
The sun valley film festival (svff) conducted its twelveth edition in march/april 2024, serving as the organization's primary program. This five-day festival gathered filmmakers and film enthusiasts to champion artistic appreciation and strengthen community bonds through the unifying medium of storytelling. With a commitment to accessibility, svff continued its tradition of providing over 100 hours of free film screenings and industry knowledge sessions, open to the public, students, and emerging filmmakers. Throughout the festival, more than 30 captivating films were showcased at local theaters, offering a diverse range of cinematic experiences. Svff aimed to create an immersive atmosphere, encouraging active engagement from attendees through a variety of interactive activities and events. By fostering a dynamic space for networking, learning, and creative exchange, svff aimed to enrich the film community and inspire a deeper appreciation for the art of storytelling.
$923,949 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2023 Form 990. Program spending in total: $923,949.
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 2021 to 2022, from $121k to $507k (+320%).
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: 2017 1% · 2018 0% · 2019 2% · 2020 2% · 2021 3% · 2022 31%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
78% of SUN VALLEY FILM FESTIVAL INC’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. 5 of the last 8 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
Edward Grennan
Chairman/ed
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 12 funders, grant income rose $40k → $332k.
9 of 26 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 30% 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 SUN VALLEY FILM FESTIVAL 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
SUN VALLEY FILM FESTIVAL INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 43% of grant income and the top three 60%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
30% 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 SUN VALLEY FILM FESTIVAL INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 66% · 2018 93% · 2019 34% · 2020 31% · 2021 40% · 2022 35% · 2023 68% — 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.
How long its funders stay
43% of SUN VALLEY FILM FESTIVAL INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 62% give in more than one year at all.
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
74% of SUN VALLEY FILM FESTIVAL INC's grant income comes from Idaho funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $427k arriving through sponsors registered in 9 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.
Against its field
SUN VALLEY FILM FESTIVAL INC's funding base is broadening — from 4 funders to 12 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like SUN VALLEY FILM FESTIVAL INC
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 Idaho
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
88% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for SUN VALLEY FILM FESTIVAL INC: 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 SUN VALLEY FILM FESTIVAL INC?
- SUN VALLEY FILM FESTIVAL INC (Idaho) receives grants from 26 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,408,799 to it, the largest being MOTT FAMILY FOUNDATION INC ($600,000). 16 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SUN VALLEY FILM FESTIVAL INC have?
- IRS filings report 26 organizations giving $1,408,799 in grants to SUN VALLEY FILM FESTIVAL INC, 16 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SUN VALLEY FILM FESTIVAL INC?
- MOTT FAMILY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $600,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SUN VALLEY FILM FESTIVAL INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Idaho. 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 26 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