National Film Preserve Ltd

Analysis

National Film Preserve Ltd is a registered charity in United States, based in Berkeley, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 1975, 51 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts, culture and humanities, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, National Film Preserve Ltd reported income of $9.5m and spending of $6.3m, leaving 33% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $8.0m to $9.5m (+18%), an average of +4.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 474%. Over the whole period it spent 56% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, National Film Preserve Ltd sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile, and in the 95th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Aha Punana Leo ($9.5m), JCPDS International Centre for Diffraction Data ($9.5m) and The Childrens Museum ($9.5m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 55% and program service revenue 37% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $580k (9.1% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $1.2m. At year end it held assets of $42.8m against liabilities of $7.0m, net assets of $35.8m. It reported 204 employees.