Funding search · EIN 522055624 · San Francisco, CA

National Film Preservation Foundation

Name: National Film Preservation Foundation grants, 2022–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

99
grants reported: $2.4M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $18,490
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

film preservation

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

1 grant matching “cultue” · $19,290

$19,290
Center for Folklife and Cultu · Washington, DC · 2023
Film preservation

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

George Eastman Museum3 grants · $322,410
UCLA Film & Television Archiv3 grants · $184,440
Knox Cty Public Library Tami2 grants · $100,490
San Francisco Silent Film Fes1 grant · $80,090
Chicago Film Soc2 grants · $69,440
Chicago Film Archives3 grants · $68,000
Pan Am Historical Fdn2 grants · $67,270
Appalshop Archive1 grant · $62,120
Smithsonian Library and Archi1 grant · $57,340
Nmaahc Smithsonian Inst3 grants · $56,720

Giving over time

$648,450

2022

$1.1M

2023

$685,210

2024

Grant history

All 99 reported grants, largest first.

$220,310
George Eastman Museum · Rochester, NY · 2023
Film preservation
$162,340
UCLA Film & Television Archiv · Santa Clarita, CA · 2023
Film preservation
$80,090
San Francisco Silent Film Fes · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Film preservation
$71,400
Knox Cty Public Library Tami · Knoxville, TN · 2022
Film preservation
$65,720
George Eastman Museum · Rochester, NY · 2024
Film preservation
$62,120
Appalshop Archive · Whitesburg, KY · 2023
Film preservation
$57,340
Smithsonian Library and Archi · Washington, DC · 2024
$54,630
Paso Del Norte Cmty Fdn · Paso Robles, CA · 2022
Film preservation
$52,160
Pan Am Historical Fdn · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Film preservation
$42,040
Third World Newsreel · New York, NY · 2023
Film preservation
$39,150
Chicago Film Soc · Chicago, IL · 2023
Film preservation
$38,120
Chicago Film Archives · Chicago, IL · 2023
Film preservation
$37,590
Chicago Film Society · Chicago, IL · 2024
Film preservation
$37,450
University of California San · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
$36,800
Association of Moving Image a · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Film preservation
$36,380
George Eastman Museum · Rochester, NY · 2022
Film preservation
$32,370
Nyu Fales Library · New York, NY · 2024
Film preservation
$31,400
Univ of South Carolina · Columbia, SC · 2024
Film preservation
$30,290
Chicago Film Soc · Chicago, IL · 2022
Film preservation
$29,590
Nmaahc Smithsonian Inst · Washington, DC · 2023
Film preservation
$29,090
Knox Cty Public Library Tami · Knoxville, TN · 2024
Film preservation
$22,350
Yale Film Archive · New Haven, CT · 2022
Film preservation
$22,240
National Museum of American H · Washington, DC · 2023
Film preservation
$20,860
Berkeley Art Museum and Pacif · Berkeley, CA · 2024
Film preservation
$20,520
National Museum of Natural Hi · Suitland, MD · 2023
Film preservation
$20,000
National Museum of African Ar · Washington, DC · 2024
Film preservation
$20,000
New York Public Library · New York, NY · 2024
Film preservation
$20,000
Nmaahc Smithsonian Inst · Washington, DC · 2024
Film preservation
$20,000
Alaska Moving Image Preservat · Anchorage, AK · 2023
Film preservation
$20,000
Archives of American Gardens · Washington, DC · 2023
Film preservation
$20,000
Documentary Educational Resou · Watertown, MA · 2023
Film preservation
$20,000
Natl Gallery of Art · Washington, DC · 2023
Film preservation
$20,000
Roger Tory Peterson Institute · Jamestown, NY · 2023
Film preservation
$20,000
Visual Communications · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Film preservation
$20,000
Bampfa · Berkeley, CA · 2022
Film preservation
$20,000
Frameline · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Film preservation
$20,000
Moore College of Art and Desi · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Film preservation
$20,000
New York Public Library · New York, NY · 2022
Film preservation
$20,000
Pittsburgh Sound Image · Homestea, PA · 2022
Film preservation
$20,000
Univ of South Carolina · Columbia, SC · 2022
Film preservation
$19,690
Yale University · New Haven, CT · 2024
Film preservation
$19,670
Chicago Film Archives · Chicago, IL · 2024
Film preservation
$19,660
Phoenix Arts Alliance · Bozeman, MT · 2024
Film preservation
$19,450
Natl Geographic Soc · Washington, DC · 2022
Film preservation
$19,310
Alaska Moving Image Preservat · Anchorage, AK · 2024
Film preservation
$19,290
Center for Folklife and Cultu · Washington, DC · 2023
Film preservation
$19,100
Huna Heritage Foundation · Juneau, AK · 2023
Film preservation
$18,930
Ted Stevens Fdn · Anchorage, AK · 2022
Film preservation
$18,830
Hartford Public Library · Hartford, CT · 2022
Film preservation
$18,490
Cranbrook Educational Cmty · Bloomfield Hill, MI · 2022
Film preservation
$18,370
Canyon Cinema Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Film preservation
$18,270
Filipino American Historical · Chicago, IL · 2024
Film preservation
$17,910
Atlanta History Center · Atlanta, GA · 2024
Film preservation
$17,890
Cranbrook Educational Cmty · Bloomfield Hill, MI · 2024
Film preservation
$17,870
Onondaga Historical Associati · Syracuse, NY · 2023
Film preservation
$15,480
Hagley Museum and Library · Wilmington, DE · 2023
Film preservation
$15,110
Pan Am Historical Fdn · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Film preservation
$14,820
Nyu Fales Library · New York, NY · 2022
Film preservation
$14,720
American Jewish Joint Dist C · New York, NY · 2023
Film preservation
$14,600
UCLA Film & Television Archiv · Santa Clarita, CA · 2022
Film preservation
$14,490
Alaska Moving Image Preservat · Anchorage, AK · 2022
Film preservation
$14,320
Hagley Museum and Library · Wilmington, DE · 2024
Film preservation
$14,270
Natl Gallery of Art · Washington, DC · 2024
Film preservation
$13,950
University of North Carolina · Chapel Hill, NC · 2023
Film preservation
$13,760
Yale University · New Haven, CT · 2023
Film preservation
$13,350
Bruce Museum · Greenwich, CT · 2022
Film preservation
$13,270
American Jewish Joint Dist C · New York, NY · 2022
Film preservation
$13,070
Pittsburgh Sound Image · Homestead, PA · 2024
Film preservation
$12,710
Delaware Cty Historical Assn · Delhi, NY · 2022
Film preservation
$12,450
Roger Tory Peterson Inst · Jamestown, NY · 2022
Film preservation
$12,340
State Univ of Ny at Binghamt · Binghamton, NY · 2022
Film preservation
$12,010
National Air and Space Museum · Washington, DC · 2023
Film preservation
$11,910
Knox County Public Library · Knoxville, TN · 2023
Film preservation
$11,720
Atlanta History Center · Atlanta, GA · 2023
Film preservation
$11,430
Natl Gallery of Art · Washington, DC · 2022
Film preservation
$11,380
Electronic Arts Intermix · New York, NY · 2022
Film preservation
$10,960
American Museum of Natural Hi · New York, NY · 2024
Film preservation
$10,530
American Jewish Joint Dist C · New York, NY · 2024
Film preservation
$10,250
Wildlife Conservation Society · New York, NY · 2023
Film preservation
$10,210
Chicago Film Archives · Chicago, IL · 2022
Film preservation
$10,140
American Song Archives · Tulsa, OK · 2024
Film preservation
$9,710
Madera County Library · Madera, CA · 2024
Film preservation
$9,340
Pittsburgh Sound Image · Homestead, PA · 2023
Film preservation
$9,200
Washington University in St · St Louis, MO · 2024
Film preservation
$9,070
North Carolina State Universi · Raleigh, NC · 2023
Film preservation
$8,710
Delaware Valley University · Doylestown, PA · 2024
Film preservation
$8,560
Walker Art Center · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Film preservation
$8,000
Association for Recorded Soun · Eugene, OR · 2024
$7,720
Uss Hornet Sea Air & Space M · Alameda, CA · 2022
Film preservation
$7,500
UCLA Film & Television Archiv · Santa Clarita, CA · 2024
Film preservation
$7,480
Hagley Museum and Library · Wilmington, DE · 2022
Film preservation
$7,130
Nmaahc Smithsonian Inst · Washington, DC · 2022
Film preservation
$6,990
Southern Oregon Historical So · Medford, OR · 2022
Film preservation
$6,920
Ohio State University · Detroit, MI · 2024
Film preservation
$6,800
Association of Moving Image a · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Film preservation
$6,620
Walker Art Center · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Film preservation
$6,610
Bob Mizer Fdn · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Film preservation
$6,450
Rhode Island School of Design · Providence, RI · 2023
Film preservation
$5,750
Walker Art Center · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Film preservation

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Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.