Massachusetts · Nonprofit
WEST NEWTON CINEMA FOUNDATION INC
WEST NEWTON CINEMA FOUNDATION INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,163,280 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($5,380,050). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 99% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $6.7M
- Funders on record
- 12
- Grants received
- $7.2M
- Net assets
- $6.7M
What West Newton Cinema Foundation Inc does
Mission
The organization's mission is to restore, renovate and operate the historic west newton cinema as a hub of enjoyment and shared cinematic experiences, where mainstream, classic, independent, and otherwise unconventional films enrich the lives, expand the horizons, and strengthen the connection to one another and the world.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Educational programs for audiences following selected film screenings are moderated panel discussions with filmmakers, producers, directors, screenwriters, actors, academics, and subject matter experts exploring the stories, themes, and creative processes associated with the films
$1,245,096 spent$1,167,705 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,245,096.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2023, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2023, 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 2023 to 2024, from $72k to $6.7M (+9148%).
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.
99% of WEST NEWTON CINEMA FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 2 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
7 of 12 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 99% 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 WEST NEWTON CINEMA FOUNDATION 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
WEST NEWTON CINEMA FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 75% of grant income and the top three 98%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
99% 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 WEST NEWTON CINEMA FOUNDATION INC.
“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
99% of WEST NEWTON CINEMA FOUNDATION INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $84k that is directly attributable, 53% of it comes from Massachusetts funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $7.1M arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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
WEST NEWTON CINEMA FOUNDATION INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 5,127 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,127 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
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In Massachusetts
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
56% 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 WEST NEWTON CINEMA FOUNDATION 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 WEST NEWTON CINEMA FOUNDATION INC?
- WEST NEWTON CINEMA FOUNDATION INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,163,280 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($5,380,050). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 99% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does WEST NEWTON CINEMA FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 12 organizations giving $7,163,280 in grants to WEST NEWTON CINEMA FOUNDATION INC, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WEST NEWTON CINEMA FOUNDATION INC?
- DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC is the largest funder on record, with $5,380,050 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WEST NEWTON CINEMA FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Massachusetts. 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 2023–2024), and the filings of 12 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