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THE VINE STREET ARCHIVE FOUNDATION

THE VINE STREET ARCHIVE FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $69,539,921 to it, the largest being ACADEMY FOUNDATION ($58,025,107). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$9.8M
Funders on record
3
Grants received
$70M
Net assets
$4.2M
3/3 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 99%
01The 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 ($6.0M) Expenses 100 ($7.6M) Net assets 100 ($3.0M)2018 Revenue 110 ($6.5M) Expenses 100 ($7.6M) Net assets 74 ($2.2M)2019 Revenue 119 ($7.1M) Expenses 100 ($7.6M) Net assets 53 ($1.6M)2020 Revenue 136 ($8.1M) Expenses 105 ($8.0M) Net assets 36 ($1.1M)2021 Revenue 125 ($7.5M) Expenses 104 ($7.9M) Net assets 30 ($918k)2022 Revenue 145 ($8.6M) Expenses 123 ($9.3M) Net assets 16 ($494k)2023 Revenue 178 ($11M) Expenses 145 ($11M) Net assets 25 ($757k)2024 Revenue 188 ($11M) Expenses 130 ($9.9M) Net assets 98 ($3.0M)2025 Revenue 165 ($9.8M) Expenses 124 ($9.5M) Net assets 140 ($4.2M)
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Revenue (165)Expenses (124)Net assets (140)Peer revenue range

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

99% of THE VINE STREET ARCHIVE FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (82% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 3,048 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

−$1.6M
’17
−$1.1M
’18
−$513k
’19
$119k
’20
−$445k
’21
−$701k
’22
−$374k
’23
$1.3M
’24
$371k
’25
0.1
months of
reserve
02Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income rose $5.1M → $10M.

Funder
'17
'18
'19
'20
'21
'22
'23
'24*
'25*
total
funders
2
2
2
3
2
1
2
2
3

From the IRS filings of THE VINE STREET ARCHIVE FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation.

How concentrated its funding is

THE VINE STREET ARCHIVE FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 83% 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

83%
largest funder
100%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 58% · 2018 66% · 2019 67% · 2020 64% · 2021 81% · 2022 100% · 2023 97% — growing more concentrated.

“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration.

Where its funders are

100% of THE VINE STREET ARCHIVE FOUNDATION's grant income comes from California funders.

CA

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

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’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
California out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing.

03Its place in the field

Against its field

THE VINE STREET ARCHIVE FOUNDATION's funding has concentrated — grant income rose while the number of funders held roughly flat.

Operating margin4% · below the median
Months of reserve0.1mo · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)6% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,336 philanthropy nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025

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04Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

97% of spending goes to programs.

Program 97%Management 3%Fundraising 0%

Governance

10
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

CA

Part of a family of 4 related entities

  • Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Scie · exempt
  • Academy Foundation · exempt
  • Archival Foundation · exempt
  • Academy Museum Foundation · exempt

Screen this organization

A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE VINE STREET ARCHIVE 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 THE VINE STREET ARCHIVE FOUNDATION?
THE VINE STREET ARCHIVE FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $69,539,921 to it, the largest being ACADEMY FOUNDATION ($58,025,107). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does THE VINE STREET ARCHIVE FOUNDATION have?
IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $69,539,921 in grants to THE VINE STREET ARCHIVE FOUNDATION, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of THE VINE STREET ARCHIVE FOUNDATION?
ACADEMY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $58,025,107 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like THE VINE STREET ARCHIVE 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 3 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. What this page cannot tell you · view filing