NonprofitsFilmmakers Collaborative Inc

Arts, Culture & Humanities

Filmmakers Collaborative Inc

SAN FRANCISCO, CA

Total revenue

$1.4M

Total expenses

$1.2M

Net assets

$351K

Grants received

$5.2M

113 grants

EIN

943059140

Tax year

2024

Mission

Filmmakers Collaborative is a non-profit media organization with a mission to catalyze positive change though the power of filmmaking. Significant activities to support our mission in 2024 were the screenings and fundraising for the For Us By Us Incubator program, continuation of our membership program, continued fiscal sponsorship of films that fit our mission, professional and artistic development workshops for filmmakers, continued distribution of our films, and sliding-scale consulting to help filmmakers get their films made.

Programs

2 programs

The For Us, By Us incubator program is a six-month intensive program to support a diverse cohort of seven local documentary filmmakers who are making films of six personal stories from underrepresented communities in the Bay Area.

workshops, membership services and other program services

Financials

FY 2024

Revenue

Contributions & grants$1.3M
Program service revenue$68K
Investment income
Other revenue
Total revenue$1.4M

Expenses

Grants paid$975K
Salaries & benefits$31K
Fundraising
Other expenses$184K
Total expenses$1.2M
Total assets$351K
Net assets$351K

People

7 listed

NameRoleCompensation

HOWARD KEVIN WHITE

Executive Dir.

Board

$28K

40 hrs/wk

Jamie Wright

Director

Board

2 hrs/wk

EVA SANTELLI

SECRETARY-TREAS

Board

3 hrs/wk

MICHAEL MITRANI

Director

Board

2 hrs/wk

Jason Wolos

Director

Board

2 hrs/wk

STEVE LADD

Vice President

Board

2 hrs/wk

JENNIFER CHIEN

President

Board

4 hrs/wk

Grants received

Showing 113 of 113

FromAmountPurposeYear
$150K
TO SUPPORT A DOCUMENTARY FILM SERIES OF A SPONSORED PROJECT
2024
$55K
TIMED EXPOSURES: I LIKE IT HERE FILM
2024
$50K
GENERAL SUPPORT OF FILMMAKERS
2024
$50K
PUBLIC CHARITY
2024
$20K
Glen Park Films
2024
$15K
PROGRAM SUPPORT
2024
$10K
PROJECT NAME: SEARCHING FOR SABIHA
2024
$10K
TO FURTHER CHARITABLE WORKS
2024
$10K
DOMESTIC NEEDS
2024
$5K
GENERAL & UNRESTRICTED
2024
$5K
PUBLIC AWARENESS
2024
$5K
General Support for Re-Present Media
2024
$411K
ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES
2023
$250K
TO SPONSOR THE "STRANGER AT THE GATE" 2023 IMPACT CAMPAIGN
2023
$250K
TO SPONSOR THE "STRANGER AT THE GATE" 2023 IMPACT CAMPAIGN
2023
$75K
Grant to support program
2023
$50K
DOCUMENTARY FILM "THE MOVEMENT AND THE MADMAN"
2023
$30K
AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMMING WITH FC ACADEMY AND HIGHER GROUND
2023
$30K
AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMMING WITH FC ACADEMY AND HIGHER GROUND
2023
$25K
EXEMPT PURPOSE
2023
$13K
COMMISSIONING OF SARANAM GACCHAMI (I TAKE REFUGE)
2023
$11K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2023
$11K
Unrestricted
2023
$5K
To sponsor and support the independent media community through fiscal sponsorship as well as offering programming opportunities that bring people together for learning and networking.
2023
$5K
General support for Re-Present Media
2023
$3K
MEDIA FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE
2023
$2K
EXEMPT PURPOSE
2023
$1K
YOUTH FILM SCHOLARSHIPS
2023
$385K
ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES
2022
$100K
PROGRAM/PROJECT SUPPORT
2022
$100K
SAVE THE TRIPLEX
2022
$100K
PROGRAM/PROJECT SUPPORT
2022
$75K
PROJECT SUPPORT: TIMED EXPOSURES: I LIKE IT HERE FILM
2022
$75K
PROJECT SUPPORT: TIMED EXPOSURES: I LIKE IT HERE FILM
2022
$50K
TO SUPPORT THE RESISTANCE PROJECT, A FEATURE-LENGTH DOCUMENTARY THAT USES GEOLOGY, GEOGRAPHY, PHYSICS, SOIL SCIENCE, AND STATISTICS TO EXAMINE HOLOCAUST RESISTANCE MOVEMENTS
2022
$40K
TO SUPPORT COMPLETION OF "STRANGER AT THE GATE," A DOCUMENTARY FILM THAT CHALLENGES PEOPLE TO RETHINK THEIR ASSUMPTIONS AND MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT MUSLIMS
2022
$15K
PROGRAM SUPPORT OF SABRIBA AVILES AND JENNY ALEXANDER'S PROJECT CHELSEA (WORKING TITLE)
2022
$13K
GENERAL ACTIVITIES
2022
$10K
CORE PROGRAMS
2022
$10K
CULTURE & ARTS
2022
$8K
FISCAL SPONSOR FOR SPECTRUM MEDIA
2022
$6K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2022
$3K
PROGRAM SUPPORT OF MIKE SILVA'S PROJECT LOCKED OUT
2022
$1K
PUBLIC CHARITY GENERAL FUND
2022
$515
RELIGIOUS, EDUCATIONAL, OR ARTISTIC
2022
$500
EXEMPT PURPOSE
2022
$200
Tails of the City Film Project
2022
$200
Social Justice Grant
2022
$100
Employee matching - Susan Clark
2022
$100
Employee matching - Susan Clark
2022
$101K
ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES
2021
$100K
MOVEMENT AND THE MADMAN FILM
2021
$51K
For recipient's exempt purpose
2021
$47K
TO SUPPORT "MUSLIMS IN AMERICA," A THREE-HOUR DOCUMENTARY SERIES EXPLORING THE HISTORY OF MUSLIMS IN THE UNITED STATES
2021
$29K
TO SUPPORT THE STARFISH ACCELERATOR, A PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND LEADERSHIP INITIATIVE WHICH INVESTS IN ORIGINAL POPCULTURE PROJECTS FROM MID-CAREER STORYTELLERS OF COLOR
2021
$20K
IN SUPPORT OF SMARTYPANTS PRODUCTIONS.
2021
$19K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT FOR THE MUSLIMS IN AMERICA PROJECT
2021
$15K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT FOR SMARTY PANTS PRODUCTIONS FOR THE DIGITAL TV SERIES SECRET LIFE OF MUSLIMS, SEASON 3
2021
$14K
General Support
2021
$13K
FBO: A.K. SANDHU, AND THE COMMISSIONING OF FOR LOVE AND LEGACY
2021
$12K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2021
$12K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2021
$10K
STEWART UDALL PUBLIC
2021
$8K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2021
$5K
PROGRAM SUPPORT OF SABRINA AVILES AND JENNY ALEXANDER'S PROJECT CHELSEA: AN ESSENTIAL CITY
2021
$1K
PUBLIC CHARITY GENERAL FUND
2021
$500
PROGRAM SUPPORT
2021
$500K
ENCOURAGING A JUST TRANSITION AWAY FROM FOSSIL FUELS
2020
$401K
ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES
2020
$284K
TO SUPPORT THE STARFISH ACCELERATOR, A PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT & LEADERSHIP INITIATIVE WHICH INVESTS IN ORIGINAL POPCULTURE PROJECTS FROM MID-CAREER STORYTELLERS OF COLOR
2020
$225K
MOVEMENT AND THE MADMAN FILM
2020
$100K
TO SUPPORT THE RESISTANCE PROJECT, A FEATURE-LENGTH DOCUMENTARY THAT USES GEOLOGY, GEOGRAPHY, PHYSICS, SOIL SCIENCE, AND STATISTICS TO EXAMINE HOLOCAUST RESISTANCE MOVEMENTS
2020
$50K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2020
$31K
General Support
2020
$25K
ARTS/CULTURE/HUMANITIES
2020
$25K
SUPPORT FOR ACROSS THE PACIFIC
2020
$25K
IN SUPPORT OF SMARTYPANTS PRODUCTIONS.
2020
$25K
SACRED COW IMPACT CAMPAIGN
2020
$15K
PROGRAM SUPPORT OF BOUND BY BLOOD: ECHOES OF THE ELAINE MASSACRE
2020
$10K
OAKLAND RELIEF FUND
2020
$10K
FILM PROJECT SUPPORT
2020
$6K
DIANA FULLER'S FILM PROJECT
2020
$6K
CORE PROGRAMS
2020
$5K
PROGRAM ASSISTANCE - COMMUNITY EDUCATIONAL SERVICES
2020
$5K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2020
$4K
Project Support
2020
$3K
PROGRAM SUPPORT OF ALVIN CASES DOCUMENTARY
2020
$100K
ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES
2019
$20K
General Charitable Purposes
2019
$5K
ONCE THERE WAS WATER - FILM SPONSORSHIP
2019
$5K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2019
$53K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2018
$2K
GEN'L CONTRIBUTION
2018
$50K
EXEMPT PURPOSE OF ORGANIZATION
2017

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$1.4M · 5 grants · 2019–2023

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$500K · 2 grants · 2023

The Schmidt Family Foundation

$500K · 1 grant · 2020

Doris Duke Foundation For Islamic Art

$433K · 6 grants · 2020–2022

Friends Fiduciary Corporation

$345K · 3 grants · 2020–2024

Novo Foundation

$205K · 3 grants · 2022–2024

Flock Inc

$200K · 2 grants · 2022

The Andrew W Mellon Foundation

$150K · 1 grant · 2024

Details

EIN943059140
NTEE codeA31Z
Subsection03
Ruling date1993-05
Formed1988
Employees1
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