Catapult Film Fund

Analysis

Catapult Film Fund is a registered charity in United States, based in San Francisco, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 2017, 9 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, Catapult Film Fund reported income of $1.4m and spending of $1.4m, spending 102% of its income. Across the 6 years on record, from December 2018 to December 2023, income grew from $919k to $1.4m (+51%), an average of +8.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 55%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Catapult Film Fund sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile, and in the 83rd percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Upstate Films Limited ($1.4m), Circuit Arts Inc ($1.4m) and Springfield Symphony Orchestra ($1.4m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 98% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $393k. At year end it held assets of $143k against liabilities of $28k, net assets of $115k. It reported 5 employees.