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Screen a listThe Silent Film Festival
Can you give?
Listed with the IRS. Every screen came back clear.
A 501(c)(3) on Publication 78 and the IRS master file.
- IRS nonprofit listing
- No issue
- Revocation
- None
- IRS files
- Agree
- Sanctions
- No match
- IRS bulletin
- No notice
- California
- Registered
- Charity type
- 509(a)(1)
$656krevenue
FY2025 · −33% in 3 yrs16staff
8 of 8years filed
’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Revenue and spendingRevenueSpendingDeficit
Against similar nonprofits FY2025
Operating margin6.8%
Months of reserve7.5mo
Revenue growth (annualized)−1.6%
Middle half of peersMedianSilent Film Festival
Where the money goes FY2025 · $612k spent
Programs$351k57%Management and general$249k41%Fundraising$11k2%990 FY2025 · Part IX line 25
Worth checking1
Deficits in 2 of the last 3 years
−$35k in FY2023 and −$231k in FY2024. Cash covers 7.5 months, under the peer median of 8.1.
990 Part I and balance sheetIn its favor1
A history of government grants
Government grants on 6 of its 8 returns, 8% of revenue in FY2025. $50k is traced federal awards from National Endowment for the Arts.
990 Part VIII · USAspending17funders
$176ka year, last 3 years
25%from its largest funder
Funder’17’18’19’20’21’22’23National Film Preservation FoundationNew in FY2023$80kThe Barbro Osher Pro Suecia FoundationOn and off$20k$15k$15k$15kHollywood Foreign Press AssociationStopped after FY2020$10k$10k$10k$20k–Academy FoundationOn and off$8k$15kThe Owsley Brown III Philanthropic FoundOn and off$10kFleishhacker FoundationStopped after FY2019$3k$6k–Donor-advised giftsDonors not disclosed$110k$143k$127k$87k$139k$106k$189k1 other fundersUp to $1k a year each$1k
FundedThrough a donor-advised fundStopped