Minnesota · Nonprofit
UPPER MIDWEST FILM OFFICE
UPPER MIDWEST FILM OFFICE (Minnesota) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $350,000 to it, the largest being C K BLANDIN FOUNDATION ($350,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.4M
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $350k
- Net assets
- $277k
What Upper Midwest Film Office does
Mission
To advance the creative economy in northern minnesota through film, tv and commercial content production. Umfo attracts projects through one-one connections, meetings, festivals and conferences. The office also connects community businesses, local crew, municipal offices and leaders to facilitate production in locations across the region.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Umfo leads the state in below-the-line workforce development programming by providing accessible, hands-on workshops for trainees. Curriculum includes learning the basics of being on a film set, to more specific basic department training, to providing opportunities that enable on-set mentorship.
$53,972 spent$18,430 earned by the program5% of program spendingUmfo assists in creator capacity-building by administrating regional film production incentive programs. This includes connecting with potential projects and showing the breadth and depth of locations for filming, connecting with services and crew in the region and funneling and verification, certification and payment of program incentives, thus funneling outside spend into the local economy.
$1,110,628 spentof which $837,148 as grants$837,273 earned by the program95% of program spendingUmfo administrators grants and sponsorships that support industry ecosystem development through event and program sponsorship including festivals, high school programs and other film-related events.
$10,591 spent1% of program spendingIn addition to running several workshops each year to train, educate and expand the workforce in the tv and film industry, umfo attracts and connects filmmakers and tv producers to the area's local resources.
$725,127 earned by the program
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,175,191.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 2022 to 2023, from $122k to $464k (+280%).
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: 2021 68% · 2022 100% · 2023 68% · 2024 92%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
98% of UPPER MIDWEST FILM OFFICE’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (61% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 4 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.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 UPPER MIDWEST FILM OFFICE’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 1 of 2 funders by total. 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.
Where its funders are
100% of UPPER MIDWEST FILM OFFICE's grant income comes from Minnesota funders.
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.
Against its field
UPPER MIDWEST FILM OFFICE has grown faster than three-quarters of the 4,203 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,203 community improvement nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like UPPER MIDWEST FILM OFFICE
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 Minnesota
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
93% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for UPPER MIDWEST FILM OFFICE: 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 UPPER MIDWEST FILM OFFICE?
- UPPER MIDWEST FILM OFFICE (Minnesota) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $350,000 to it, the largest being C K BLANDIN FOUNDATION ($350,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does UPPER MIDWEST FILM OFFICE have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $350,000 in grants to UPPER MIDWEST FILM OFFICE, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of UPPER MIDWEST FILM OFFICE?
- C K BLANDIN FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $350,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like UPPER MIDWEST FILM OFFICE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Minnesota. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2021–2024), 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