Totals
- Total revenue
- $747,975
- Total expenses
- $1,817,281
- Contributions and grants received
- $664,500
- Grants paid
- $242,430
- Program service revenue
- $83,475
- Investment income
- $0
- Other revenue
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $4,495,438
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $110,687
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $4,384,751
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $1,059,112
- Management and general expenses
- $758,169
- Fundraising expenses
- $0
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $1,059,112
Program services were 58.3% 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.
Revenue
Part VIII, the statement of revenue.
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1e · Government grants (contributions)
$49,500
-
1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$615,000
-
2a · Program service revenue: Film investment income
total $82,429 · related or exempt $82,429
-
2b · Program service revenue: Program service fees
total $1,046 · related or exempt $1,046
-
3 · Investment income
total $0
-
4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds
total $0
-
5 · Royalties
total $0
-
6d · Net rental income or loss
total $0
-
7d · Net gain or loss
total $0
-
8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $0
-
9c · Net income from gaming
total $0
-
10c · Net income from sales of inventory
total $0
-
11e · Other revenue, total
$0
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
-
1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $94,000 · program services $94,000
-
2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $21,180 · program services $21,180
-
3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals
total $127,250 · program services $127,250
-
4 · Benefits paid to or for members
total $0
-
5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $488,911 · program services $249,344 · management and general $239,567
-
6 · Compensation of disqualified persons
total $0
-
7 · Other salaries and wages
total $667,105 · program services $340,224 · management and general $326,881
-
8 · Pension plan contributions
total $38,818 · program services $19,797 · management and general $19,021
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $77,888 · program services $39,724 · management and general $38,164
-
10 · Payroll taxes
total $83,339 · program services $42,503 · management and general $40,836
-
11a · Fees: management
total $0
-
11b · Fees: legal
total $23,074 · program services $9,230 · management and general $13,844
-
11c · Fees: accounting
total $18,050 · program services $7,220 · management and general $10,830
-
11d · Fees: lobbying
total $0
-
11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $0
-
11f · Fees: investment management
total $0
-
11g · Fees: other
total $13,802 · program services $5,521 · management and general $8,281
-
12 · Advertising and promotion
total $33,287 · program services $33,287
-
13 · Office expenses
total $302 · management and general $302
-
14 · Information technology
total $0
-
15 · Royalties
total $474 · program services $474
-
16 · Occupancy
total $0
-
17 · Travel
total $40,409 · program services $40,409
-
18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials
total $0
-
19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $0
-
20 · Interest
total $0
-
21 · Payments to affiliates
total $0
-
22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $0
-
23 · Insurance
total $26,623 · program services $3,993 · management and general $22,630
-
24a · Other expenses: Computer supplies and IT
total $23,506 · program services $5,876 · management and general $17,630
-
24b · Other expenses: Staff training and meetings
total $15,259 · management and general $15,259
-
24c · Other expenses: Award Campaign and festival
total $9,013 · program services $9,013
-
24d · Other expenses: Meals and entertainment
total $4,033 · program services $4,033
-
24e · All other expenses
total $10,958 · program services $6,034 · management and general $4,924
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $5,325,962 · end of year $4,212,789
-
2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
end of year $0
-
3 · Pledges and grants receivable
end of year $0
-
4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $109,326 · end of year $104,078
-
5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people
end of year $0
-
6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons
end of year $0
-
7 · Other notes and loans receivable
end of year $0
-
8 · Inventories for sale or use
end of year $0
-
9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $17,305 · end of year $14,771
-
10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
end of year $0
-
11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
end of year $0
-
12 · Investments: other securities
end of year $0
-
13 · Investments: program-related
beginning of year $50,000 · end of year $163,800
-
14 · Intangible assets
end of year $0
-
15 · Other assets
end of year $0
-
17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $48,536 · end of year $110,687
-
27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $212,421 · end of year $4,077,251
-
28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $5,241,636 · end of year $307,500
Mission and programs · 2025
Mission
Field of Vision is a filmmaker and artist driven organization that commissions, creates and supports original nonfiction films about developing and ongoing stories around the globe. Field of Vision supports work that uses innovative and artistic ways to explore contemporary global issues through a cinematic lens and that push the boundaries of nonfiction storytelling.In addition to providing funding, Field of Vision offers different free filmmaker and artist support services through its programs department and various clinics throughout the year.
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Field of Vision is a filmmaker and artist driven organization that commissions, creates and supports original short-form and feature-length nonfiction films and episodic series about developing and ongoing stories around the globe.Field of Visions mission is to support work that uses innovative and artistic ways to explore contemporary global issues through a cinematic lens, and to push the boundaries of nonfiction storytelling.We are committed to supporting films and filmmakers from communities that have been historically underrepresented in the independent film industry. In 2025 we granted out over $200,000 to short and feature film teams. In addition to the financial support with our funding, we also offer filmmakers services as follows:A) Mentorship & Consultation Services/Office Hours: our mentorship and consultation service started at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, when Field of Vision first offered virtual "office hours" for the documentary community, providing over 200 meetings to filmmakers around the world partially in response to the ever-changing landscape of our industry that was exacerbated by the pandemic. To date, we have taken over 450 meetings globally and have since re-launched this mentorship and consultation program twice to offer a broader range of support, allowing us to collaborate with other organizations and institutions within the documentary and filmmaking community to widen the scope of our free service. This program is now made possible by the generous support of NYSCA. In the most recent round, we collaborated with our dear friends and partners at Firelight Media and FWD-DOC: Documentary Filmmakers With Disabilities, DCTV, Squeaky Wheel Film & Media Art Center, Museum of the Moving Image, and Youth FX.B) Digital Security Clinic: Field of Vision continued its partnership with Freedom of the Press Foundation (FPF), an organization at the forefront of advancing digital security best practices in journalism, to host the 2025 installment of the free digital security clinic for documentary filmmaking professionals, featuring group training and individual consultations. For the fifth round of the Clinic, time was spent time digging into high-priority concerns filmmakers have around protecting footage, communication, devices, and field work.C) IF/Then Shorts: a fund and mentorship program for short documentaries that supports storytellers in breaking barriers to access, exposure, and sustainability in the media landscape. IF/Then Shorts continued to support their active and alumni filmmakers in 2025. Several new filmmakers were brought into the fold at the beginning of the year through an accessibility-focused initiative. Those teams received one-on-one mentorship, and film festival and distribution guidance throughout the year, and several went on to premiere at top-tier film festivals globally.
Expenses $1,059,112 · Grants $242,430
As filed on the 2025 return.
Listed in Part VII
-
Charlotte Cook
President & CEO
- Total calculated
- $272,820
- From this org
- $251,620
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $21,200
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $251,620
- Bonus
- not reported
- Other
- not reported
- Deferred
- not reported
- Nontaxable benefits
- $21,200
- Filer's total
- $272,820
-
Kristen Fitzpatrick
Managing Dir.
- Total calculated
- $216,090
- From this org
- $192,648
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $23,442
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $192,648
- Bonus
- not reported
- Other
- not reported
- Deferred
- not reported
- Nontaxable benefits
- $23,442
- Filer's total
- $216,090
-
David Bralow
Secretary/Treas
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Matt Wolf
Board member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.
Schedule J
Answered yes
- 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
- 3 · Compensation survey or study
- 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
Answered no
- 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
- 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
- 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
- 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
- 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
- 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
- 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
- 7 · Other non-fixed payments
- 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception
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
-
Jaripeo Documentary LLC
$32,000
Feature Film, Festival Support
-
JVB Project LLC
$30,000
Feature Film Grants
-
NY Labor Documentary LLC
$15,000
Shorts Production Grants
-
Walking Iris Media
$12,500
General Artist Support Grant
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2025
- Filed
- 19 August 2026
- IRS schema version
- 2025v4.1
- Source object
- 202612319349301221
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