Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$12,821,550

Total expenses

$12,858,359

Contributions and grants received

$10,912,176

Grants paid

$8,309,785

Program service revenue

$1,885,418

Investment income

$23,756

Other revenue

$200

Total assets, end of year

$9,630,830

Total liabilities, end of year

$2,506,674

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$7,124,156

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$11,796,696

Management and general expenses

$641,554

Fundraising expenses

$420,109

Program service expenses (Part III)

$11,796,696

Program services were 91.7% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Mission and programs · 2023

• FUNDSIDA SUPPORTS DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKERS ANNUALLY THROUGH SEVERAL THOUGHTFULLY DESIGNED AND EXECUTED GRANT-MAKING FUNDS. THESE INCLUDE THE ENTERPRISE DOCUMENTARY FUND, WHICH SUPPORTS THE QUALITY OF DOCUMENTARY JOURNALISM; THE PARE LORENTZ DOCUMENTARY FUND, WHICH SUPPORTS ARTFUL, CREATIVE EXPRESSION; AND THE LOGAN ELEVATE FUND, WHICH CREATES OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN AND NON-BINARY NONFICTION STORYTELLERS OF COLOR.IN 2024, IDA DISTRIBUTED $827,460, SUPPORTING A DIVERSE SLATE OF INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS AND COMMUNITY-BASED DOCUMENTARY ORGANIZATIONS.

  Expenses $3,008,871 · Grants $827,460 · Revenue $514,072

• ARTIST SERVICES & EDUCATION IDA SERVES THE DOCUMENTARY COMMUNITY ANNUALLY THROUGH A ROBUST SLATE OF PROGRAMMING AND ARTIST SERVICES THAT MEET THE BROAD, DIVERSE NEEDS OF AN INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY COMMUNITY. THESE INCLUDE: DOCUCLUB, A SCREENING SERIES FOR WORKS-IN-PROGRESS FILMS THAT OFFERS FILMMAKERS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR AUDIENCE FEEDBACK ON THEIR PROJECTS; AND YEAR-ROUND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING, INCLUDING MASTERCLASSES AND WORKSHOPS PROVIDING UNPARALLELED MENTORSHIP, TRAINING, AND RESOURCES FOR FILMMAKERS AT ALL STAGES OF THEIR CAREERS.WE HOLD MULTIPLE ANNUAL EVENTS THAT WELCOME NONFICTION FILMMAKERS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD, INCLUDING THE IDA DOCUMENTARY AWARDS. IN 2024, WE ALSO HELD OUR BIENNIAL GETTING REAL CONFERENCE, A UNIQUE GATHERING OF DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKERS AND INDUSTRY PROFESSIONALS. IN 2024, 735 IN-PERSON PARTICIPANTS AND 539 VIRTUAL PARTICIPANTS FROM 34 COUNTRIES PARTICIPATED.ADDITIONALLY, OUR DOCUMENTARY MAGAZINE, PUBLISHED QUARTERLY ONLINE AND IN PRINT, ATTRACTS AN ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL READERSHIP OF MORE THAN 400,000 FILMMAKERS, PRODUCERS, DISTRIBUTORS, EXHIBITORS, COMMISSIONING EDITORS, FUNDERS, EDUCATORS, STUDENTS, AS WELL AS INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITIES AND FANS OF DOCUMENTARY FILM.

  Expenses $1,003,119 · Revenue $527,717

• FISCAL SPONSORSHIPIDA PROVIDES FISCAL SPONSORSHIP FOR APPROVED DOCUMENTARY FILMS AND RELATED PROJECTS AND ACCEPTS GRANTS AND DONATIONS TO SUPPORT WORTHWHILE PROJECTS THAT MIGHT OTHERWISE HAVE DIFFICULTY FINDING FUNDING. IN FY24, IDA'S FISCAL SPONSORSHIP PROGRAM SUPPORTED 309 PROJECTS, TOTALING MORE THAN $7.9M IN PROJECT SUPPORT.

  Expenses $7,784,706 · Grants $7,482,325 · Revenue $499,665

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Schedule J

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

• BRAND RENEWABLE LLC

  $537,825

  FISCAL SPONSORSHIP

• CONMOTO CREATIVE COMPANY LLC

  $466,028

  FISCAL SPONSORSHIP

• UPPER EAST FILMS LLC

  $458,250

  FISCAL SPONSORSHIP

• UBANTU MOTION PICTURES

  $366,275

  FISCAL SPONSORSHIP

• 110TH STREET FILMS LLC

  $355,435

  FISCAL SPONSORSHIP

• ONE LAST HUG 2

  $297,600

  FISCAL SPONSORSHIP

• TERRACE FILMS LLC

  $259,500

  FISCAL SPONSORSHIP

• NICK MOLLE PRODUCTIONS INC

  $204,600

  FISCAL SPONSORSHIP

• FOOD LANDSCAPE LLC

  $188,957

  FISCAL SPONSORSHIP

• LOVE YOUR BIRTH MOM

  $160,263

  FISCAL SPONSORSHIP

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

14 May 2025

IRS schema version

2023v6.0

Source object

202521349349304012

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