Berkeley Film Foundation

Tax-deductible

Berkeley, CA501(c)(3)Arts & CultureEIN 26-4484794Revenue $593K in FY2024

On file with the IRSberkeleyfilmfoundation.org2600 10th St Ste 427, 94710-3105 · Berkeley, CATax-exempt since May 2009Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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BFF provides grants to filmmmakers who live or work in the East Shore cities of the Bay Area for a film project about an important social issue. We also host film screenings several times per year, educational workshops, and provide mentorship services.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
96¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 12 volunteers and 1 employee.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2024 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
2 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $69K a year · 14% of revenue · last 5 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 2 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
96%
of spending
Looks good: 96% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$90K
to officers and key staff · 15% of spending
Top officer’s pay higher than 82% of similar orgs
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 15% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
14 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 14.3 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
4
named funders · $547K
Looks good: 4 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$113K
16% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 16% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
10
of 11 voting members
Looks good: 10 of 11 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
Looks goodFineWorth a lookConcernNo data yetTap a box for the reason.
Revenue
$593K
-27% vs prior year
Spent
$598K
To programs
96%
Net assets
$611K
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$593K
FY2024▼ -27%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$467K
FY2021$212K
FY2022$329K
FY2023$811K
FY2024$593K
Expenses
$598K
FY2024▲ +83%
Tap a bar for its year
Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$414K
FY2021$358K
FY2022$371K
FY2023$327K
FY2024$598K
Net assets
$611K
FY2024▼ -0.8%
Tap a bar for its year
Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$319K
FY2021$173K
FY2022$131K
FY2023$616K
FY2024$611K

From the FY2024 Form 990 · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in May 2009.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

96 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 96% · $575K Management & general 4% · $23K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

11 people listed on the 990; $90K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Programdirector
$89,808Pt VII · Sec A
President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Isabella Miller’s $90K as Programdirector is at the 82nd percentile of top reported officer pay among 2215 $100K–1M arts & culture nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 2 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Isabella Miller$89,808$80,004$80,000$80,000
Abby Ginzberg——$650$650

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

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  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo

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Funds filmmakers addressing social issues and hosts educational events.

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1 program · $575K · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

For the sixteenth year, the Berkeley FILM Foundation held its annual open call for filmmakers and were proud distribute to $385,288 in grants to 30 films. Support from Saul Zaentz charitable Foundation, the Saul Zaentz Company, The Nancy P. and Richard K Robbins Family Foundation made these grants possible.

$575Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2024
Total grants receivedfrom 4 funders$547K
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Grants paid · 10 grants · $1.3M · 2020–2024
Unitemized GrantFY2024$385,288
Unitemized GrantFY2023$200,000
Unitemized GrantFY2022$207,550
Unitemized GrantFY2021$227,000
Unitemized GrantFY2020$139,000
Kilgust & Cohen LLCFY2020$25,000
Swell CinemaCA · FY2020$12,000
The Freedom Bound CenterCA · FY2020$12,000

By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$593K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$588K
Investment incomeLn 3$5K
Other incomeLn 4–11$242
Money outPt IX
$598K
Ln 25
Programscol B$575K
Managementcol C$23K
Owns and owesPt X
$611K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$711K
Total assetsLn 16$724K
LiabilitiesLn 26$113K
PeoplePt VI, VII
11
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a11
IndependentVI 1b10
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$588K
Government grantsLn 1e$28K
Investment incomeLn 3$5K
Other incomeLn 4–11$242
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$593K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$272K
SavingsLn 2$439K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$711K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$0
Other assetsLn 15$0
Total assetsLn 16$724K
LiabilitiesLn 26$113K
Net assetsLn 32$611K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 51
VolunteersI 612
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$564K$711K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$0
Total assetsLn 16$618K$724K
LiabilitiesLn 26$3K$113K
Net assetsLn 32$616K$611K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$118K$118K
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$268K$268K
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$94K$84K$10K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$0
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$611$489$122
Payroll taxesLn 10$7K$7K$737
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$1K$1K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$6K$6K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$8K$8K$325
Office expensesLn 13$9K$7K$2K
Information technologyLn 14$4K$4K
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$10K$8K$2K
TravelLn 17$4K$4K
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$0
InterestLn 20$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$0
InsuranceLn 23$372$298$74
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$66K$66K
All other expensesLn 24e$3K$3K$129
Total functional expensesLn 25$598K$575K$23K$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest Viewing $593K$598K−$5K$611K 990 PDF
FY2023 $811K$327K$484K$616K 990 PDF
FY2022 $329K$371K−$42K$131K 990 PDF
FY2021 $212K$358K−$146K$173K 990 PDF
FY2020 $467K$414K$53K$319K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
See the full FY2024 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $592,884 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $810,731$587,945
I-9 Program service revenue$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $53$4,697
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $105$242
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $810,889$592,884
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $200,000$385,288
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $89,642$101,573
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $36,979$110,866
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $326,621$597,727
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $484,268−$4,843
Part VI · Governance 10 of 11 board members independent, 3 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body11
VI-1b Independent voting members10
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $592,884 across 10 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$27,500
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$560,445
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$587,945
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $4,697$4,697
VIII-5 Royalties$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or loss$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assets$0
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$19
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $223$223
VIII-12 Total revenueExcluded from tax $4,920$592,884
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $597,727 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $117,700$117,700
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $267,588$267,588
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipients$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for members$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $83,820 · Management $9,838$93,658
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wages$0
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$0
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $489 · Management $122$611
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $6,567 · Management $737$7,304
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal fees$0
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $1,200$1,200
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11e Professional fundraising fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesManagement $6,396$6,396
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $7,540 · Management $325$7,865
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $6,968 · Management $1,742$8,710
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $3,835$3,835
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $7,884 · Management $1,971$9,855
IX-17 TravelPrograms $4,170$4,170
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetings$0
IX-20 Interest$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortization$0
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $298 · Management $74$372
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $65,596$65,596
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $2,738 · Management $129$2,867
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $575,193 · Management $22,534 · Fundraising $0$597,727
Part X · Balance sheet $724,180 assets, 19 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $542,242$271,664
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $21,270$438,966
X-3 Pledges and grants receivable$0
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $54,735$12,735
X-8 Inventories for sale or use$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred charges$815
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, net$0
X-11 Publicly traded securities$0
X-12 Other securities$0
X-13 Program-related investments$0
X-14 Intangible assets$0
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $1$0
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $618,248$724,180
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $2,655$113,430
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $2,655$113,430
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $615,593$86,038
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictions$524,712
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $615,593$610,750
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $618,248$724,180
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $610,750 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$592,884
XI-2 Total expenses$597,727
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$4,843
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$615,593
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$610,750

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