Silent Film Festival

Analysis

Silent Film Festival is a registered charity in United States, based in San Francisco, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 1993, 33 years ago. Its declared purposes cover philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. 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 September 2023, Silent Film Festival reported income of $1.1m and spending of $1.2m, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2019 to September 2023, income grew from $793k to $1.1m (+41%), an average of +8.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income rose by 66%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Silent Film Festival sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile, and in the 81st percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include National Black Trans Advocacy Coalition ($1.1m), Mary Tyler Moore Vision Initiative Inc ($1.1m) and American Friends of Itim Inc ($1.1m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 80% and program service revenue 20% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $126k (11% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $214k. At year end it held assets of $595k against liabilities of $37k, net assets of $558k. It reported 17 employees.